The West Papua football team is a team from the Indonesian western half of the island of Western New Guinea. It is a member of ConIFA, having previously been a member of the NF-Board. On June 23, 2005, the West Papua national football team played in the 2005 UNPO Cup in The Hague. They played only one match against South Moluccas. They drew (1–1), and South Moluccas won on penalties. West Papuans were listed to take part in the 2006 VIVA World Cup but then withdrew.[citation needed]
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Nickname(s) | Oranje, Zwart, Blauw (Orange, Black, and Blue)[1] Tjenderawasih (Birds of Paradise)[2] | |||
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Association | Football Association of West Papua[3] West Papua Football Association (defunct)[4] | |||
Confederation | ConIFA NF Board (former) | |||
Head coach | Garry llina[5] | |||
Top scorer | Rudy Gell de la Cruz (2) | |||
Home stadium | Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg, Bosjes van Pex, Bohemen en Meer en Bos, Loosduinen, The Hague[6] | |||
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First international | ||||
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Biggest win | ||||
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Biggest defeat | ||||
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Its federation (F.A.W.P.) was created around 2017.[4] The national team returned to action in 2019, playing a friendly against East Turkestan, for the first time after 14 years hiatus.[7] On 25 January 2020, the F.A.W.P. was accepted in to ConIFA as its full member.[4]
Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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UNPO Cup | |||||||
![]() | Semifinalist | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
23 June 2005 UNPO Cup | West Papua ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Stadium: Sportpark De Verademing |
19 October 2019 Friendly | West Papua ![]() | 2–8 (Half Time 1–5) | ![]() | ![]() |
14:00 CET[8] | Rudy Gell de la Cruz ![]() Samuel Taria ![]() |
Ihtiyar Yusupov ![]() ![]() Abdushukur Abduryin ![]() Salaydin Tursun ![]() Ripkat Bilal ![]() Alisher Tashmetov ![]() East Turkestan player ![]() Elzat Kader ![]() |
Stadium: Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg |
21 December 2019 2020 CONIFA World Cup qualification[9] | West Papua ![]() | 2–10 (Half Time 1–5) | ![]() | ![]() |
14:00 CET[9] | Rudy Gell de la Cruz ![]() Kila Toilala ![]() |
Senthuran Uthayasuthan ![]() ![]() ![]() Nirunthan Sivananthan ![]() ![]() ![]() Steven Sacayaradj ![]() Mayooran Chelliah ![]() |
Stadium: Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg[9][10] Referee: Kees Ekelmann |
23 October 2021 Friendly | West Papua ![]() | 22–0 (Half Time 12-0)[11] | ![]() | ![]() |
14:45 CET[12][13] | Stadium: Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg Referee: Marcel de Kler[14] |
1 november 2022 Friendly charity match | West Papua ![]() | 5–5 | TikTok United FC | ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Sportpark De Verademing |
13 november 2022 Friendly | West Papua ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Stadium: Sportpark De Verademing |
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