West Papua football team

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West Papua
Garry 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
2006 VIVA World Cup but then withdrew.[citation needed
]

The national team returned to action in 2019, playing a friendly against

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

Republic of West Papua v  East Turkestan
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. 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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