West Papua
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Oranje, Zwart, Blauw (Orange, Black, and Blue)[1]
Tjenderawasih (Birds of Paradise)[2]
AssociationFootball Association West Papua[3]
West Papua Football Association (defunct)[4]
ConfederationConIFA
NF Board (former)
Head coachGarry llina[5]
Top scorerRudy Gell de la Cruz (2)
Home stadiumSportpark Nieuw Hanenburg, Bosjes van Pex, Bohemen en Meer en Bos, Loosduinen, The Hague[6]
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
First international
 West Papua 1–1 South Moluccas 
(The Hague, Netherlands; 23 June 2005)
Biggest win
 West Papua 22–0 Katanga
(The Hague, Netherlands; 23 October 2021)
Biggest defeat
 West Papua 2–10 Tamil Eelam 
(The Hague, Netherlands; 21 December 2019)
Website[1]

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.[citation needed]

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]

Football Association West Papua

The Football Association West Papua is the football association of West Papua and was founded in 2017.[8][9]

Tournament records

Year Position GP W D L GS GA
UNPO Cup
Netherlands 2005 Semifinalist 1 0 1 0 1 1

Matches played

23 June 2005 UNPO Cup West Papua Republic of West Papua 1–1  South Moluccas Netherlands The Hague, Netherlands
Stadium: Sportpark De Verademing
19 October 2019 Friendly West Papua Republic of West Papua 2–8
(Half Time 1–5)		  East Turkestan Netherlands The Hague, Netherlands
14:00 CET[10] Rudy Gell de la Cruz 19'
Samuel Taria 88'		 [2][3] Ihtiyar Yusupov 8' 75'
Abdushukur Abduryin 25'
Salaydin Tursun 31'
Ripkat Bilal 35'
Alisher Tashmetov 39'
East Turkestan player 62'
Elzat Kader 86'		 Stadium: Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg
21 December 2019 2020 CONIFA World Cup qualification[11] West Papua  2–10
(Half Time 1–5)		  Tamil Eelam Netherlands The Hague, Netherlands
14:00 CET[11] Rudy Gell de la Cruz 37'
Kila Toilala 83'		 [4] Senthuran Uthayasuthan 1' 8' 52'
Nirunthan Sivananthan 42' 43' 44'
Steven Sacayaradj 52'
Mayooran Chelliah 70' (pen)		 Stadium: Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg[11][12]
Referee: Kees Ekelmann
23 October 2021 Friendly West Papua  22–0
(Half Time 12–0)[15]		 Katanga Netherlands The Hague, Netherlands
14:45 CET[13][14] Stadium: Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg
Referee: Marcel de Kler[16]
1 November 2022 Friendly charity match West Papua Republic of West Papua 5–5 TikTok United FC Netherlands The Hague, Netherlands
Report Stadium: Sportpark De Verademing
13 November 2022 Friendly West Papua Republic of West Papua 1–1  Raetia Netherlands The Hague, Netherlands
Stadium: Sportpark De Verademing
18 August 2023 Friendly West Papua Republic of West Papua 5–2  Tibet Netherlands The Hague, Netherlands
Stadium: Sportpark De Verademing

References

  1. ^ Football Association of West Papua [@OfficialFAWP] (September 15, 2020). "Anybody doing anything" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Football Association of West Papua [@OfficialFAWP] (October 23, 2021). "Back to the mothership" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Football Association of West Papua [@FAWPunofficial] (February 4, 2020). "Welcome to this unofficial account" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ a b 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.
  5. ^ "Who we are". Football Association of West Papua. October 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Western Papua". ConIFA. 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  7. ^ "East Turkistan, West Papua and an Extraordinary Game of Football". the Diplomat. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Profile".
  9. ^ "Participation in the CONIFA Football Strategy Days in Sabbioneta, Italy". internations-exchange.org.
  10. ^ CONIFA [@CONIFAOfficial] (October 19, 2019). "LIVE" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ a b c CONIFA [@CONIFAOfficial] (December 21, 2019). "MATCHDAY" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ Football Association of West Papua [@FAWPunofficial] (February 9, 2020). "Op deze stormachtige zondag" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ^ Football Association of West Papua [@OfficialFAWP] (October 23, 2021). "FT" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ Football Association of West Papua [@OfficialFAWP] (October 23, 2021). "Kick-off has been delayed again" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ^ Football Association of West Papua [@OfficialFAWP] (October 23, 2021). "HT Friendly CORRECTION" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ^ @OfficialFAWP (October 23, 2021). "Today's match officials" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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