West Papua football team
The West Papua football team is a team from the Indonesian western half of the island of Western New Guinea. It is a member of ConIFA, having previously been a member of the NF-Board. On June 23, 2005, the West Papua national football team played in the 2005 UNPO Cup in The Hague. They played only one match against South Moluccas. They drew (1–1), and South Moluccas won on penalties. West Papuans were listed to take part in the 2006 VIVA World Cup but then withdrew.
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Nickname(s) | Oranje, Zwart, Blauw (Orange, Black, and Blue)[1] Tjenderawasih (Birds of Paradise)[2] | |||
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Association | Football Association of West Papua[3] West Papua Football Association (defunct)[4] | |||
Confederation | ConIFA NF Board (former) | |||
Head coach | Garry llina[5] | |||
Top scorer | Rudy Gell de la Cruz (2) | |||
Home stadium | Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg, Bosjes van Pex, Bohemen en Meer en Bos, Loosduinen, The Hague[6] | |||
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First international | ||||
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Biggest win | ||||
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Biggest defeat | ||||
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Its federation (F.A.W.P.) was created around 2017.[4] The national team returned to action in 2019, playing a friendly against East Turkestan, for the first time after 14 years hiatus.[7] On 25 January 2020, the F.A.W.P. was accepted in to ConIFA as its full member.[4]
Matches played
23 June 2005 UNPO Cup | West Papua ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Stadium: Sportpark De Verademing |
19 October 2019 Friendly | West Papua ![]() | 2–8 (Half Time 1–5) | ![]() | ![]() |
14:00 CET[8] | Rudy Gell de la Cruz ![]() Samuel Taria ![]() |
Ihtiyar Yusupov ![]() ![]() Abdushukur Abduryin ![]() Salaydin Tursun ![]() Ripkat Bilal ![]() Alisher Tashmetov ![]() East Turkestan player ![]() Elzat Kader ![]() |
Stadium: Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg |
21 December 2019 2020 CONIFA World Cup qualification[9] | West Papua ![]() | 2–10 (Half Time 1–5) | ![]() | ![]() |
14:00 CET[9] | Rudy Gell de la Cruz ![]() Kila Toilala ![]() |
Senthuran Uthayasuthan ![]() ![]() ![]() Nirunthan Sivananthan ![]() ![]() ![]() Steven Sacayaradj ![]() Mayooran Chelliah ![]() |
Stadium: Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg[9][10] Referee: Kees Ekelmann |
23 October 2021 Friendly | West Papua ![]() | 22–0 (Half Time 12-0)[11] | ![]() | ![]() |
14:45 CET[12][13] | Stadium: Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg Referee: Marcel de Kler[14] |
References
- Football Association of West Papua [@OfficialFAWP] (September 15, 2020). "Anybody doing anything" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Football Association of West Papua [@OfficialFAWP] (October 23, 2021). "Back to the mothership" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Football Association of West Papua [@FAWPunofficial] (February 4, 2020). "Welcome to this unofficial account" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Football Association of West Papua [@FAWPunofficial] (February 4, 2020). "The FA of West Papua, an organisation distinct from the West Papua Football Association" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- "Who we are". Football Association of West Papua. October 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- "Western Papua". ConIFA. 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- "East Turkistan, West Papua and an Extraordinary Game of Football". the Diplomat. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- CONIFA [@CONIFAOfficial] (October 19, 2019). "LIVE" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- CONIFA [@CONIFAOfficial] (December 21, 2019). "MATCHDAY" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Football Association of West Papua [@FAWPunofficial] (February 9, 2020). "Op deze stormachtige zondag" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Football Association of West Papua [@OfficialFAWP] (October 23, 2021). "HT Friendly CORRECTION" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Football Association of West Papua [@OfficialFAWP] (October 23, 2021). "FT" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Football Association of West Papua [@OfficialFAWP] (October 23, 2021). "Kick-off has been delayed again" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Football Association of West Papua [@OfficialFAWP] (October 23, 2021). "Today's match officials" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links
- West Papua in Fedefutbol.net Archived 2011-11-07 at the Wayback Machine
- November 1999 version website
- 2017 version website
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