Palau national football team

The Palau national football team represents Palau in international football. The team is not affiliated with FIFA or a local confederation. The team play their home games at the PCC Track and Field Stadium in the town of Koror City. Currently, the side is ranked as the worst national team in the world by the Elo rating system.

Palau
AssociationPalau Football Association
ConfederationNone
Head coachLukeson Sifix
Most capsStephen Stefano (6)
Top scorerStephen Stefano (5)
Home stadiumPCC Track and Field Stadium
FIFA codePLW
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Vanuatu 6–2 Palau 
(Adelaide, Australia; 27 March 1987)
Biggest win
 Palau 7–1 Yap 
(Koror City, Palau; 27 July 1998)
 Palau 7–1 Pohnpei 
(Koror City, Palau; 28 July 1998)
Biggest defeat
 Palau 2–15 Guam 
(Koror City, Palau; 1 August 1998)

History

Palau hosted and competed in the Micronesian Games in 1998, in which they finished third. In the tournament, teams were 9-a-side and the matches were 80 minutes in duration and were played on a pitch which was below regulation size. In addition to their first team, Palau also fielded a team consisting of Bangladeshis living on the island.[2] They reached the final in the Micronesian Games in 2014,[3] where the team's trip was partly covered by internet crowd funding.[4]

Competitive record

Micronesian Games

Micronesian Games record
YearResultPositionPldWD*LGSGA
1998Third place3rd63032640
2014Runners-up2nd411298
2018Third place3rd410345
2026To be determined
TotalRunners-up3/3145183953

OFC Nations Cup

The Palau national football team was affiliated with OFC between 2007 and 2009. It is currently not a member of OFC.

OFC Nations Cup record
YearResultPositionPldWDLGFGA
1973 Not a member of the OFC
1980
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2008 Did not enter
2012 Not a member of the OFC
2016
2020Cancelled
Total0/1000000

Results

Palau's score is shown first in each case.

No.DateVenueOpponentsScoreCompetitionPalau scorersAtt.Ref.
127 March 1987Adelaide (N)  Vanuatu2–6FriendlyUnknown[5]
227 July 1998Emmaus High School Field, Koror (H)  Yap7–11998 Micronesian GamesUnknown[5][2]
328 July 1998Emmaus High School Field, Koror (H)  Pohnpei7–11998 Micronesian GamesUnknown[5][2]
30 July 1998Emmaus High School Field, Koror (H)  Palau B3–81998 Micronesian GamesUnknown[5][2]
431 July 1998Emmaus High School Field, Koror (H)  Northern Mariana Islands1–121998 Micronesian GamesUnknown[6][5][2]
51 August 1998Emmaus High School Field, Koror (H)  Guam2–151998 Micronesian GamesUnknown[6][5][2]
2 August 1998Emmaus High School Field, Koror (H)  Palau B6–31998 Micronesian GamesStefano (5), unknown goal[5][2]
625 July 2014PICS Field & Track, Palikir (A)  Pohnpei1–32014 Micronesian GamesMitchell[5][3]
726 July 2014PICS Field & Track, Palikir (N)  Chuuk5–02014 Micronesian GamesBishop Jr., Miah, Nicolescu, Canseco, unknown (o.g.)[5][3]
828 July 2014PICS Field & Track, Palikir (N)  Yap2–22014 Micronesian GamesCanseco, Mitchell[5][3]
929 July 2014PICS Field & Track, Palikir (A)  Pohnpei1–32014 Micronesian GamesMitchell[5][3]
1023 July 2018Yap Sports Complex, Gagil (N)  Pohnpei1–22018 Micronesian GamesUnknown[5][7]
1124 July 2018Yap Sports Complex, Gagil (N)  Chuuk0–12018 Micronesian Games[5][7]
1225 July 2018Yap Sports Complex, Gagil (A)  Yap1–22018 Micronesian GamesUnknown[5][7]
1326 July 2018Yap Sports Complex, Gagil (N)  Chuuk2–02018 Micronesian GamesUnknown[5][7]

Head-to-head record

Up to matches played on 23 July 2018.

OpponentPWDLGFGA
 Chuuk320171
 Guam1001215
 Northern Mariana Islands1001112
 Palau B2101911
 Pohnpei4103109
 Vanuatu100126
 Yap3111105
Total155194159

Notable Players

See List of Palau international footballers.

Player records

As of 23 July 2018
Top goalscorers
RankNameGoalsCapsRatioCareer
1Stephen Stefano560.831998
2Charles Reklai Mitchell340.752014
3Armando Canseco240.52014
4Christian Etpison Nicolescu140.252014
Mohoshin Miah40.252014
Robert Victor Bishop Jr.40.252014

Historical kits

2014-18 Home
2014-18 Away
2014-18 GK

Sources:[10][11][12][13][14]

See also

References

External links