Papua New Guinea national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Kapuls (Cuscus) |
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| Association | Papua New Guinea Football Association |
| Confederation | OFC (Oceania) |
| Head coach | Flemming Serritslev |
| Most caps | Reggie Davani (23) |
| Top scorer | Reggie Davani (15) |
| Home stadium | Hubert Murray Stadium |
| FIFA code | PNG |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 171  1 (12 January 2017)
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| Highest | 159 (October 2016) |
| Lowest | 206 (October–November 2015) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 165 (15 June 2016) |
| First international | |
 Fiji 3–1 Papua New Guinea  (Suva, Fiji; 29 August 1963) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Papua New Guinea 20–0 American Samoa  (Nouméa, New Caledonia; 15 December 1987) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Australia 11–2 Papua New Guinea (Nouméa, New Caledonia; 26 February 1980) |
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| OFC Nations Cup | |
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1980) |
| Best result | Runners-up, 2016 |
The Papua New Guinea national football team is the national team of Papua New Guinea and is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association. Its nickname is the Kapuls, which is Tok Pisin for Cuscus.
Papua New Guinea's highest ever FIFA ranking was 160, in June 2004. Papua New Guinea had previously left the FIFA rankings, having not competed in a match between July 2007 and August 2011. Their matches at the 2015 Pacific Games saw them return to the rankings, and they competed in the 2016 OFC Nations Cup in June 2016.
* Although initially listed by FIFA as having entered the 2010 World Cup, PNG did not enter the football tournament at the 2007 South Pacific Games, which was used as the preliminary round of the Oceanian zone qualification tournament.
The following players were called up for the home and away mathes against Tahiti on 20 and 28 March 2016.
Caps and goals correct after match against Malaysia on 14 November 2016.
The following players have also been called up to represent Papua New Guinea within the last 12 months.
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