The Papua New Guinea national under-23 football team, also known as PNG U23, represents

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

at U23 tournaments. The team is considered to be the feeder team for the

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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

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(OFC) and representatives at the

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Fixtures & Results

2019

Current technical staff

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 .''

List of coaches

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(2012) * Flemming Serritslev (2015) * Percy Mataio (2019) {{DEFAULTSORT:Papua New Guinea National Under-23 Football Team Oceanian national under-23 association football teams Under-23 1992 establishments in Papua New Guinea Association football clubs established in 1992