The Palau national football team represents Palau in international football. The team is not affiliated with FIFA or a local confederation. The team play their home games at the PCC Track and Field Stadium in the town of Koror City. Currently, the side is ranked second-lowest in the world by the Elo rating system.The rating for the team is 225th globally.
History Palau hosted and competed in the Micronesian Games in 1998, in which they finished third. In the tournament, teams were 9-a-side and the matches were 80 minutes in duration and were played on a pitch which was below regulation size. In addition to their first team, Palau also fielded a team consisting of Bangladeshis living on the island. They reached the final in the Micronesian Games in 2014, where the team's trip was partly covered by internet crowd funding."Country forced to use crowdfunding to play tournament" (worldsoccer.com)
Competitive record
OFC Nations Cup The Palau national football team was affiliated with OFC between 2007 and 2009. It is currently not a member of OFC.
OFC Nations Cup recordYearResultPosition 1973 Not a member of the OFC 19801996 1998 2000 2002 20042008 Did not enter 2012 Not a member of the OFC 2016 2020Cancelled 2024 Not a member of the OFCTotal0/1000000
Micronesian Games
Micronesian Games recordYearResultPosition 1998Third place3rd63032640 2001 Did not enter 2014Runners-up2nd411298 2018Third place3rd410345 2028To be determinedTotalRunners-up3/3145183953
Results Palau's score is shown first in each case. No.DateVenueOpponentsScoreCompetitionPalau scorersAtt.Ref.1Adelaide City Park, Adelaide (N)2–6FriendlyUnknown–27–1Unknown–3Emmaus High School Field, Koror (H)7–11998 Micronesian GamesUnknown–—Emmaus High School Field, Koror (H)3–81998 Micronesian GamesUnknown–4Emmaus High School Field, Koror (H)1–121998 Micronesian GamesUnknown–5Emmaus High School Field, Koror (H)2–151998 Micronesian GamesUnknown–—Emmaus High School Field, Koror (H)6–31998 Micronesian GamesStefano (5), unknown goal–6PICS Field & Track, Palikir (A)1–32014 Micronesian GamesMitchell–7PICS Field & Track, Palikir (N)5–02014 Micronesian Games–8PICS Field & Track, Palikir (N)2–22014 Micronesian GamesCanseco, Mitchell–9PICS Field & Track, Palikir (A)1–32014 Micronesian GamesMitchell–10Yap Sports Complex, Gagil (N)1–22018 Micronesian GamesUnknown–11Yap Sports Complex, Gagil (N)0–12018 Micronesian Games–12Yap Sports Complex, Gagil (A)1–22018 Micronesian GamesUnknown–13Yap Sports Complex, Gagil (N)2–02018 Micronesian GamesUnknown–
Last squad Squad for 2014 Micronesian Games
Head-to-head record
Up to matches played on 23 July 2018.
Opponent 3 2 0 1 7 1 1 0 0 1 2 15 1 0 0 1 1 12 2 1 0 1 9 11 4 1 0 3 10 9 1 0 0 1 2 6 3 1 1 1 10 5 Total 15 5 1 9 41 59
Notable players
See List of Palau international footballers.
Charles Reklai Mitchell - played for Cal State Northridge Matadors and Oceanian president for ConIFA between 2014 and 2017.
Player records
+Most appearancesRankNameCapsGoalsCareer1Stephen Stefano6519982Armando Canseco422014Charles Reklai Mitchell32014Christian Etpison Nicolescu12014Mohoshin Miah12014Robert Victor Bishop Jr.12014
+Top goalscorersRankNameGoalsCapsRatioCareer1Stephen Stefano5619982Charles Reklai Mitchell3420143Armando Canseco2420144Christian Etpison Nicolescu142014Mohoshin Miah42014Robert Victor Bishop Jr.42014
Historical kits
Sources:
See also Football in Palau Oceania Football Confederation
References
External links Palau Football Association