Papua New Guinea

OFC167 data points

Current Rank

#167

4 Jun 2026

Current Rating

1,135

4 Jun 2026

Peak Rating

1,223

27 Sept 2022

Lowest Rating

1,016

15 Apr 2000

All-Time Change

+53

since Aug 1963

Rating History

Match Statistics

Total	Home	Away	Neutral	Wins	Losses	Draws	GF	GA
165	30	43	92	54	80	31	352	356

Match History

165 matches

H = home, A = away, N = neutral site, No tag = unknown/unspecified venue.

Date	Tournament	Home	Score	Away	Elo / Rank
23 Nov 2025	Melanesian Cup	Papua New Guinea	2–2	Vanuatu	1,135 -7·#166 ↓2
20 Nov 2025	Melanesian Cup	Fiji	0–2	Papua New Guinea	1,142 +22·#164 ↑8
13 Nov 2025	Melanesian Cup	Papua New Guinea	1–0	Solomon Islands	1,120 +16·#171 ↑3
21 Dec 2024	Melanesian Cup	Papua New Guinea	2–1(N)	Vanuatu	1,104 +19·#172 ↑4
18 Dec 2024	Melanesian Cup	Papua New Guinea	3–2	Solomon Islands	1,085 +32·#176 ↑4
15 Dec 2024	Melanesian Cup	Fiji	1–1(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,053 +9·#180 ↑2
17 Nov 2024	World Cup qualifier	Papua New Guinea	1–2	Solomon Islands	1,044 -20·#182 ↓2
14 Nov 2024	World Cup qualifier	Fiji	3–3	Papua New Guinea	1,064 +3·#181 —
10 Oct 2024	World Cup qualifier	New Caledonia	3–1(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,061 -18·#179 ↓1
22 Jun 2024	Oceania Nations Cup	Papua New Guinea	2–1(N)	Samoa	1,079 +6·#176 —
19 Jun 2024	Oceania Nations Cup	Papua New Guinea	1–1(N)	Tahiti	1,073 +9·#177 ↑2
16 Jun 2024	Oceania Nations Cup	Fiji	5–1	Papua New Guinea	1,064 -19·#179 ↓6
25 Mar 2024	FIFA Series	Central African Republic	4–0(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,083 -13·#175 ↓3
22 Mar 2024	FIFA Series	Sri Lanka	0–0	Papua New Guinea	1,096 -11·#172 ↓1
30 Nov 2023	Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	0–2(N)	Tahiti	1,107 -28·#170 ↓1
23 Nov 2023	Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	1–1(N)	Vanuatu	1,135 -1·#169 —
14 Oct 2023	Melanesian Cup	Papua New Guinea	0–1(N)	Vanuatu	1,136 -24·#168 ↓2
11 Oct 2023	Melanesian Cup	New Caledonia	3–1	Papua New Guinea	1,160 -20·#165 ↓2
8 Oct 2023	Melanesian Cup	Papua New Guinea	1–3(N)	Solomon Islands	1,180 -27·#163 ↓6
20 Jun 2023	Friendly	Malaysia	10–0	Papua New Guinea	1,207 -16·#158 ↓1
16 Jun 2023	Friendly	Papua New Guinea	2–2	Singapore	1,223 ±0·#157 —
27 Sept 2022	Melanesian Cup	Fiji	0–1(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,223 +23·#156 ↑5
24 Sept 2022	Melanesian Cup	Papua New Guinea	1–0	Vanuatu	1,200 +24·#161 ↑3
27 Mar 2022	World Cup qualifier	Papua New Guinea	2–3(N)	Solomon Islands	1,176 -20·#161 ↓3
24 Mar 2022	World Cup qualifier	Fiji	1–2(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,196 +24·#159 ↑4
21 Mar 2022	World Cup qualifier	New Caledonia	0–1(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,172 +26·#163 ↑7
18 Mar 2022	World Cup qualifier	New Zealand	1–0(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,146 -4·#170 ↓1
20 Jul 2019	Pacific Games	Fiji	1–1(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,150 +5·#169 —
18 Jul 2019	Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	8–0(N)	Tonga	1,145 +3·#169 —
10 Jul 2019	Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	2–0(N)	Vanuatu	1,142 +38·#169 ↑9
8 Jul 2019	Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	6–0	Samoa	1,104 +13·#178 ↑3
13 Jun 2017	World Cup qualifier	Papua New Guinea	1–2	Solomon Islands	1,091 -24·#178 ↓4
9 Jun 2017	World Cup qualifier	Papua New Guinea	2–3	Solomon Islands	1,115 -14·#176 ↓3
28 Mar 2017	World Cup qualifier	Papua New Guinea	2–1	Tahiti	1,129 +32·#173 ↑5
23 Mar 2017	World Cup qualifier	Papua New Guinea	1–3	Tahiti	1,097 -31·#179 ↓6
14 Nov 2016	Friendly	Malaysia	2–1	Papua New Guinea	1,128 -7·#174 ↓3
10 Nov 2016	Friendly	Iran	8–1(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,135 -1·#171 —
17 Jun 2016	Friendly	Malaysia	0–2	Papua New Guinea	1,136 +11·#173 ↑1
11 Jun 2016	Oceania Nations Cup	New Zealand	0–0	Papua New Guinea	1,125 +19·#173 ↑5
8 Jun 2016	Oceania Nations Cup	Papua New Guinea	2–1	Solomon Islands	1,106 +24·#178 ↑6
5 Jun 2016	World Cup qualifier and Oceania Nations Cup	Papua New Guinea	8–0	Samoa	1,082 +7·#184 —
1 Jun 2016	World Cup qualifier and Oceania Nations Cup	Papua New Guinea	2–2	Tahiti	1,075 +4·#182 ↑1
29 May 2016	World Cup qualifier and Oceania Nations Cup	New Caledonia	1–1	Papua New Guinea	1,071 +12·#183 ↑1
27 Mar 2016	Friendly	Papua New Guinea	2–1	Solomon Islands	1,059 +16·#185 —
24 Mar 2016	Friendly	Papua New Guinea	0–2	Solomon Islands	1,043 -7·#185 —
12 Oct 2014	Friendly	Papua New Guinea	0–5	Philippines	1,050 -7·#186 ↓1
6 Sept 2014	Friendly	Papua New Guinea	1–2	Singapore	1,057 -3·#184 ↓1
6 Jun 2012	World Cup qualifier and Oceania Nations Cup	Fiji	1–1(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,060 +15·#183 —
4 Jun 2012	World Cup qualifier and Oceania Nations Cup	New Zealand	2–1(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,045 -2·#183 —
2 Jun 2012	World Cup qualifier and Oceania Nations Cup	Papua New Guinea	0–1	Solomon Islands	1,047 -7·#183 —
5 Sept 2011	Pacific Games	Fiji	2–0(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,054 -10·#180 —
3 Sept 2011	Pacific Games	Kiribati	1–17(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,064 +7·#180 —
1 Sept 2011	Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	1–1(N)	Tahiti	1,057 +6·#181 —
27 Aug 2011	Pacific Games	Cook Islands	0–4(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,051 +11·#181 ↑2
13 Jul 2007	Friendly	Papua New Guinea	1–2	Solomon Islands	1,040 -2·#183 —
19 May 2004	World Cup and Oceania Nations Cup qualifier	Papua New Guinea	4–1	Samoa	1,042 +15·#187 —
17 May 2004	World Cup and Oceania Nations Cup qualifier	Eastern Samoa	0–10(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,027 +2·#187 —
12 May 2004	World Cup and Oceania Nations Cup qualifier	Fiji	4–2(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,025 -7·#187 —
10 May 2004	World Cup and Oceania Nations Cup qualifier	Papua New Guinea	1–1(N)	Vanuatu	1,032 +8·#187 ↑1
7 Jul 2003	South Pacific Games	FS Micronesia	0–10(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,024 +8·#187 ↑1
3 Jul 2003	South Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	0–3(N)	Tahiti	1,016 -8·#188 —
1 Jul 2003	South Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	2–2(N)	Tonga	1,024 -16·#188 ↓3
30 Jun 2003	South Pacific Games	New Caledonia	2–0(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,040 -28·#185 ↓6
14 Jun 2003	Friendly	Papua New Guinea	3–5	Solomon Islands	1,068 -13·#179 ↓1
9 Jul 2002	Oceania Nations Cup	Papua New Guinea	1–3(N)	Tahiti	1,081 -14·#177 ↓1
7 Jul 2002	Oceania Nations Cup	New Zealand	9–1	Papua New Guinea	1,095 -6·#175 —
5 Jul 2002	Oceania Nations Cup	Papua New Guinea	0–0(N)	Solomon Islands	1,101 +13·#175 ↑2
18 Mar 2002	Oceania Nations Cup qualifier	Eastern Samoa	0–7(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,088 +2·#177 —
16 Mar 2002	Oceania Nations Cup qualifier	Papua New Guinea	4–1	Samoa	1,086 +14·#177 ↑1
14 Mar 2002	Oceania Nations Cup qualifier	Papua New Guinea	5–0(N)	Tonga	1,072 +8·#178 ↑1
12 Mar 2002	Oceania Nations Cup qualifier	New Caledonia	1–4(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,064 +48·#179 ↑7
15 Apr 2000	Oceania Nations Cup qualifier and Melanesian Cup	Papua New Guinea	1–4(N)	Vanuatu	1,016 -29·#187 ↓3
13 Apr 2000	Oceania Nations Cup qualifier and Melanesian Cup	Papua New Guinea	2–4(N)	Solomon Islands	1,045 -13·#184 ↓4
11 Apr 2000	Oceania Nations Cup qualifier and Melanesian Cup	New Caledonia	6–1(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,058 -32·#180 ↓4
8 Apr 2000	Oceania Nations Cup qualifier and Melanesian Cup	Fiji	5–0	Papua New Guinea	1,090 -6·#176 —
19 Sept 1998	Friendly	Papua New Guinea	1–2	Solomon Islands	1,096 -3·#175 —
10 Sept 1998	Oceania Nations Cup qualifier and Melanesian Cup	Fiji	2–0(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,099 -9·#175 ↓2
8 Sept 1998	Oceania Nations Cup qualifier and Melanesian Cup	Papua New Guinea	1–1	Vanuatu	1,108 +1·#173 —
7 Sept 1998	Oceania Nations Cup qualifier and Melanesian Cup	New Caledonia	0–1(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,107 +25·#173 ↑3
5 Sept 1998	Oceania Nations Cup qualifier and Melanesian Cup	Papua New Guinea	1–3(N)	Solomon Islands	1,082 -12·#176 ↓1
21 Jun 1997	World Cup qualifier	Fiji	1–0	Papua New Guinea	1,094 -11·#172 ↓3
15 Jun 1997	World Cup qualifier	Fiji	3–1	Papua New Guinea	1,105 -6·#169 —
11 Jun 1997	World Cup qualifier	New Zealand	7–0	Papua New Guinea	1,111 -7·#169 —
31 May 1997	World Cup qualifier	New Zealand	0–1	Papua New Guinea	1,118 +33·#169 ↑5
20 Sept 1996	World Cup qualifier	Papua New Guinea	2–1	Vanuatu	1,085 +12·#173 ↑3
16 Sept 1996	World Cup qualifier	Papua New Guinea	1–1	Solomon Islands	1,073 +6·#176 ↑1
22 Aug 1995	South Pacific Games	Guam	0–9(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,067 +10·#180 —
20 Aug 1995	South Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	0–3(N)	Vanuatu	1,057 -46·#180 ↓9
16 Aug 1995	South Pacific Games	Fiji	2–2(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,103 +14·#171 ↑4
7 Jul 1994	Oceania Nations Cup qualifier and Melanesian Cup	Papua New Guinea	1–1(N)	Vanuatu	1,089 -6·#177 ↓3
6 Jul 1994	Oceania Nations Cup qualifier and Melanesian Cup	Fiji	1–0(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,095 -5·#174 —
5 Jul 1994	Oceania Nations Cup qualifier and Melanesian Cup	Papua New Guinea	0–2	Solomon Islands	1,100 -15·#174 ↓5
3 Jul 1994	Oceania Nations Cup qualifier and Melanesian Cup	New Caledonia	0–1(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,115 +30·#169 ↑9
13 Dec 1993	South Pacific Mini-Games	Papua New Guinea	0–1	Vanuatu	1,085 -20·#177 ↓5
10 Dec 1993	South Pacific Mini-Games	Papua New Guinea	5–0(N)	Tonga	1,105 +6·#172 ↑2
8 Dec 1993	South Pacific Mini-Games	New Caledonia	1–1(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,099 +10·#174 ↑3
13 Sept 1991	South Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	5–0	Wallis and Futuna	1,089 +4·#166 —
11 Sept 1991	South Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	0–1	Vanuatu	1,085 -28·#166 ↓5
9 Sept 1991	South Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	0–0	Solomon Islands	1,113 -5·#161 —
8 Nov 1990	Melanesian Cup	Fiji	1–0(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,118 -7·#155 ↓2
6 Nov 1990	Melanesian Cup	Papua New Guinea	0–1(N)	Solomon Islands	1,125 -22·#153 ↓4
5 Nov 1990	Melanesian Cup	Papua New Guinea	0–1(N)	Vanuatu	1,147 -29·#149 ↓6
3 Nov 1990	Melanesian Cup	New Caledonia	2–1	Papua New Guinea	1,176 -11·#143 ↓3
4 Nov 1989	Melanesian Cup	New Caledonia	2–1(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,187 -15·#140 ↓3
3 Nov 1989	Melanesian Cup	Papua New Guinea	0–0(N)	Solomon Islands	1,202 -7·#137 ↓1
31 Oct 1989	Melanesian Cup	Papua New Guinea	3–0(N)	Vanuatu	1,209 +16·#136 ↑4
28 Oct 1989	Melanesian Cup	Fiji	2–1	Papua New Guinea	1,193 -6·#140 ↓2
19 Dec 1987	South Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	3–1(N)	Vanuatu	1,199 +19·#138 ↑3
17 Dec 1987	South Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	2–0(N)	Wallis and Futuna	1,180 +4·#141 ↑1
15 Dec 1987	South Pacific Games	Eastern Samoa	0–20(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,176 +5·#142 ↑1
12 Dec 1987	South Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	1–1(N)	Vanuatu	1,171 -7·#143 ↓2
10 Dec 1987	South Pacific Games	New Caledonia	2–0	Papua New Guinea	1,178 -13·#141 ↓2
9 Dec 1987	South Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	0–0(N)	Tahiti	1,191 +16·#139 ↑4
19 Sept 1985	Friendly	China	1–1	Papua New Guinea	1,175 +7·#143 ↑1
16 Sept 1985	Friendly	China	4–1	Papua New Guinea	1,168 -5·#144 —
13 Sept 1985	Friendly	China	4–1	Papua New Guinea	1,173 -6·#144 ↓1
4 Sept 1984	Independence Tournament	Malaysia	5–1	Papua New Guinea	1,179 -10·#143 ↓2
1 Sept 1984	Independence Tournament	Indonesia	0–1(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,189 +15·#141 ↑3
29 Aug 1984	Independence Tournament	Papua New Guinea	4–1(N)	Thailand	1,174 +41·#144 ↑2
24 Aug 1984	Independence Tournament	Liberia	1–2(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,133 +23·#146 ↑6
1 Sept 1983	South Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	1–6(N)	Tahiti	1,110 -17·#149 ↓4
1 Sept 1983	South Pacific Games	Fiji	2–0(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,127 +11·#149 ↓4
1 Sept 1983	South Pacific Games	New Caledonia	2–1(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,116 -32·#149 ↓4
24 Aug 1983	South Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	1–2(N)	Tahiti	1,148 -4·#145 —
23 Aug 1983	Olympic Games qualifier	Papua New Guinea	0–0	Taiwan	1,152 +8·#145 —
22 Aug 1983	South Pacific Games	Niue	0–19(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,144 +4·#145 —
21 Aug 1983	Olympic Games qualifier	Papua New Guinea	3–3	Taiwan	1,140 +9·#145 ↑1
15 Jul 1981	South Pacific Mini-Games	Papua New Guinea	1–0(N)	Vanuatu	1,131 +19·#144 ↑5
14 Jul 1981	South Pacific Mini-Games	Papua New Guinea	2–1	Solomon Islands	1,112 +27·#149 ↑4
13 Jul 1981	South Pacific Mini-Games	Papua New Guinea	3–2(N)	Vanuatu	1,085 +23·#153 ↑3
11 Jul 1981	South Pacific Mini-Games	Papua New Guinea	0–5(N)	Tahiti	1,062 -5·#156 —
10 Jul 1981	South Pacific Mini-Games	New Caledonia	5–1(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,067 -14·#156 ↓3
9 Jul 1981	South Pacific Mini-Games	Papua New Guinea	4–1(N)	Western Samoa🏳	1,081 +5·#153 ↑1
8 Jul 1981	South Pacific Mini-Games	Fiji	2–3(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,076 +30·#154 ↑4
28 Feb 1980	Oceania Nations Cup	New Caledonia	8–0	Papua New Guinea	1,046 -11·#158 ↓3
26 Feb 1980	Oceania Nations Cup	Australia	11–2(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,057 -4·#155 ↓1
24 Feb 1980	Oceania Nations Cup	🏳New Hebrides	3–4(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,061 +32·#154 ↑6
5 Sept 1979	South Pacific Games	🏳New Hebrides	2–0(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,029 -27·#160 ↓6
3 Sept 1979	South Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	2–3(N)	Solomon Islands	1,056 -16·#154 ↓1
31 Aug 1979	South Pacific Games	Kiribati	0–13(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,072 +7·#153 —
29 Aug 1979	South Pacific Games	Fiji	0–0	Papua New Guinea	1,065 +8·#153 ↑1
7 Jul 1978	Independence Tournament	Papua New Guinea	2–0	Solomon Islands	1,057 +35·#156 ↑5
22 Feb 1976	Olympic Games qualifier	North Korea	4–0(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,022 -2·#158 ↓1
20 Feb 1976	Olympic Games qualifier	Papua New Guinea	4–7(N)	Singapore	1,024 -21·#157 —
17 Feb 1976	Olympic Games qualifier	Indonesia	8–2	Papua New Guinea	1,045 -7·#157 ↓1
15 Feb 1976	Olympic Games qualifier	Malaysia	10–1(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,052 -13·#156 —
5 Feb 1976	Friendly	Australia	6–1	Papua New Guinea	1,065 -1·#156 —
5 Aug 1975	South Pacific Games	New Caledonia	5–1(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,066 -5·#156 —
4 Aug 1975	South Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	2–4(N)	Tahiti	1,071 -8·#156 ↓1
2 Aug 1975	South Pacific Games	🏳New Hebrides	3–0(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,079 -34·#155 ↓7
18 Sept 1971	South Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	1–8	Tahiti	1,113 -8·#150 ↓3
16 Sept 1971	South Pacific Games	New Caledonia	4–0(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,121 -9·#147 ↓1
11 Sept 1971	South Pacific Games	Cook Islands	1–16(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,130 +11·#145 ↑1
9 Sept 1971	South Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	2–2	Tahiti	1,119 +17·#146 ↑4
22 Aug 1969	South Pacific Games	Fiji	1–2	Papua New Guinea	1,102 +21·#151 ↑1
20 Aug 1969	South Pacific Games	Fiji	1–1	Papua New Guinea	1,081 +1·#152 ↓1
18 Aug 1969	South Pacific Games	🏳New Hebrides	1–2	Papua New Guinea	1,080 +15·#151 ↑4
16 Aug 1969	South Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	4–0	Solomon Islands	1,065 +37·#155 ↑2
15 Aug 1969	South Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	1–3	Tahiti	1,028 -8·#157 ↓1
14 Aug 1969	South Pacific Games	New Caledonia	4–1	Papua New Guinea	1,036 -8·#156 —
17 Dec 1966	South Pacific Games	🏳New Hebrides	5–2(N)	Papua New Guinea	1,044 -38·#154 ↓2
15 Dec 1966	South Pacific Games	New Caledonia	4–0	Papua New Guinea	1,082 -4·#152 —
13 Dec 1966	South Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	9–1(N)	Wallis and Futuna	1,086 +10·#152 ↑1
9 Dec 1966	South Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	3–4(N)	Tahiti	1,076 -6·#153 ↓1
29 Aug 1963	South Pacific Games	Fiji	3–1	Papua New Guinea	1,082 #143 —