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Soccer in Papua New Guinea
Footballers in Papua New Guinea
Country	Papua New Guinea
Governing body	Papua New Guinea Football Association
National team(s)	men's national team women's national team national futsal team
Club competitions
Papua New Guinea National Soccer League
International competitions
OFC Champions League

The sport of soccer in the country of Papua New Guinea is run by the Papua New Guinea Football Association. The association has been affiliated with FIFA and the Oceania Football Confederation since 1966. The association administers national soccer and futsal teams, as well as the national league. Soccer is a popular sport in Papua New Guinea.

In 2016 PNG hosted the U-20 Women's World Cup.

League system

Level	League(s)/Division(s)
1	Papua New Guinea National Soccer League 14 clubs in 4 regional conferences

Top clubs from PNG participate in the Oceania Champions League.

In the 2009-10 season, Hekari United won that competition and went on to represent Oceania at the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup.

Champions

Season	Winner
Papua New Guinea Overall Championship
1976	Mopi FC (1)
1977	Germania FC (1)
1978	Tarangau SC (1)
1979	Tarangau SC (2)
1980	No competition
1981	Mopi FC (2)
1982	Buresong FC (1)
1983	No competition
1984	Buresong FC (2)
1985	No competition
1986	Guria Port Moresby (1)
1987	Westpac FC (1)
1988	Guria Lahi (1)
1989	Guria Port Moresby (2)
1990	Leipon Manus (1)
1991	Not known
1992	Guria Port Moresby (3)
1993	Not known
1994	Not known
1995	ICF University (1)
1996	ICF University (2)
1997	ICF University (3)
1998	ICF University (4)

Season	Winner
1999	Guria Lahi (2)
2000	Unitech FC (1)
2001	Sobou FC (1)
2002	Sobou FC (2)
2003	Sobou FC (3)
2004	Sobou FC (4)
2005	Sobou FC (5)
Papua New Guinea National Soccer League
2006	Hekari United (1)
2007–08	Hekari United (2)
2008–09	Hekari United (3)
2009–10	Hekari United (4)
2010–11	Hekari United (5)
2011–12	Hekari United (6)
2013	Hekari United (7)
2014	Hekari United (8)
2015	Toti City FC (1)
2015–16	Toti City FC (2)
2017	Toti City FC (3)
2018	Toti City FC (4)
2019	Toti City FC (5)
2019–20	Toti City FC (6)
2021	Cancelled
Papua New Guinea Premier Soccer League
2022–23	Hekari United (9)

Women's soccer

Women's soccer is a minority pursuit in the country.

References

"PNG Soccer moves to bridge gap - Papua New Guinea - News - Islands Business magazine". Islandsbusiness.com. 2013-09-20. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
"World Cup within reach for Papua New Guinea's women – DW – 02/17/2023". dw.com.

Soccer in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Football Association

National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17 Variants (Futsal)
Women	National team U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Soccer League Club Championship Premier League (defunct) Overall Champion (defunct)
Women	Soccer League

Domestic cups

Men	Papua New Guinea FA Cup
International	Wantok Cup Melanesia Cup (defunct)

Awards

Lists

League systems in sport

Association
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