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| Nickname(s) | Lakatois (Motuan sailing vessel) | ||
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| Association | Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA) | ||
| Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
| Head coach | Spencer Prior | ||
| Captain | Meagen Gunemba | ||
| Most caps | Deslyn Siniu (43) | ||
| Top scorer | Meagen Gunemba (28) | ||
| Home stadium | Sir Hubert Murray Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | PNG | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 56  1 (16 August 2024)[1] | ||
| Highest | 46 (December 2019 – December 2020) | ||
| Lowest | 60 (June – September 2005) | ||
| First international | |||
 Australia B 2–0 Papua New Guinea  (Brisbane, Australia; 26 March 1989)[2] | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Kiribati 0–13 Papua New Guinea (Nausori, Fiji; 30 June 2003)[3] | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 New Zealand 16–0 Papua New Guinea (Sydney, Australia; 19 May 1991)[4] | |||
| OFC Women's Nations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 10 (first in 1989) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2022) | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| OFC Women's Nations Cup | ||
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2022 Fiji | Team |
| Pacific Games | ||
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2003 Suva | Team |
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2007 Apia | Team |
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2011 Nouméa | Team |
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2015 Port Moresby | Team |
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2019 Apia | Team |
The Papua New Guinea women's national soccer team is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA). Its nickname is the Lakatois,[5] which is a Motuan sailing vessel. Their home ground is the Sir Hubert Murray Stadium, located in Port Moresby and their current manager is Peter Gunemba. Deslyn Siniu is the team's most capped player and top scorer.
Papua New Guinea has never qualified for a FIFA Women's World Cup or the Olympic Games, but won the Pacific Games Football Tournament on five occasions (2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019) and won the 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup and was runner up three times (2007, 2010 and 2014). They can be considered the second-best team in the Oceania Football Confederation after New Zealand.
Papua New Guinea's FIFA ranking as of December 2022 is 51. Their highest ever ranking was 46 in December 2019 and their worst ranking was 133 in September 2014.
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "Women's Oceania Cup 1989". RSSSF.
- ^ "South Pacific Games 2003 (Fiji) – Tournament Details". RSSSF.
- ^ "Kazakhstan, Portugal produce thrilling fightbacks to reach semis". Archived from the original on 3 September 2017.
- ^ Hugosson, Annika (20 October 2016). "SOCCER.COM Outfits Papua New Guinea U20 Women's National Team". SOCCER.COM. Retrieved 3 August 2024.