The Papua New Guinea national under-23 soccer team, also known as PNG U23, represents Papua New Guinea at U23 tournaments. The team is considered to be the feeder team for the Papua New Guinea national soccer team
History PNG U23 made five appearances so far at the OFC U23 Championship. Their best result was third place, achieved at the 2015 Pacific Games.
OFC The OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every four years to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the Olympic Games.
OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying TournamentYearRound 1991Fourth place6015419-151 1996Did not enter 1999Fourth place4103311-83 2004Group Stage4013721-141 2008Fourth place52031820-26 2012Fourth place410335-23 2015Semi-finals410336-33 2019Group Stage310287+13 2023Group Stage200205-50TotalSemi-Finals3262244694-4820
Fixtures & results
2019
Current technical staff Position Head coach Warren Moon Assistant coach David Muta Team manager Gordon Manub
Current squad The following players were called to the squad for the 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament from 21 September - 5 October 2019. Caps and goals updated as of 28 September 2019 after the match against the Tonga.
List of coaches
Frank Farina (2012) Flemming Serritslev (2015) Percy Mataio (2019) Santiago Marina (2022-2023) Warren Moon (2023-present)