The West Papua football team is a football team from the Indonesian half (Western New Guinea) of the New Guinea island. It is a member of ConIFA, having previously been a member of the NF-Board. On 23 June 2005, the West Papua national football team played in the UNPO Cup in The Hague. They played only one match, against South Moluccas. West Papuans were listed to take part in the 2006 VIVA World Cup, but withdrew. The Football Association West Papua was founded in 2017.
The national team returned to action in 2019, playing a friendly against East Turkestan, after 14 years hiatus. On 25 January 2020, the F.A.W.P. was accepted in to ConIFA as its full member.
Tournament records YearPositionGPWDLGSGAUNPO Cup 2005Semifinal101011
Matches played
References
External links West Papua in Fedefutbol.net November 1999 version website