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Men's association football team

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)
Micronesian Games
Appearances3 (first in 1998)
Best resultRunners-up (2014)

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.

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. They reached the final in the Micronesian Games in 2014, where the team's trip was partly covered by internet crowd funding.

Competitive record

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
Year Result Position

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Pld W D L GF GA
New Zealand 1973 Not a member of the OFC
New Caledonia 1980
Pacific Community 1996
Australia 1998
French Polynesia 2000
New Zealand 2002
Australia 2004
Pacific Community 2008 Did not enter
Solomon Islands 2012 Not a member of the OFC
Papua New Guinea 2016
New Zealand 2020 Cancelled
Vanuatu 2024 Not a member of the OFC
Total 0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Micronesian Games

Micronesian Games record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GS GA
Palau 1998 Third place 3rd 6 3 0 3 26 40
Yap State 2001 Did not enter
Pohnpei State 2014 Runners-up 2nd 4 1 1 2 9 8
Yap State 2018 Third place 3rd 4 1 0 3 4 5
Nauru 2026 To be determined
Total Runners-up 3/3 14 5 1 8 39 53

Results

Palau's score is shown first in each case.

No. Date Venue Opponents Score Competition Palau scorers Att. Ref.
1 27 March 1987 Adelaide (N)  Vanuatu 2–6 Friendly Unknown –
2 27 July 1998 Emmaus High School Field, Koror (H)  Yap 7–1 1998 Micronesian Games Unknown –
3 28 July 1998 Emmaus High School Field, Koror (H)  Pohnpei 7–1 1998 Micronesian Games Unknown –
— 30 July 1998 Emmaus High School Field, Koror (H)  Palau B 3–8 1998 Micronesian Games Unknown –
4 31 July 1998 Emmaus High School Field, Koror (H)  Northern Mariana Islands 1–12 1998 Micronesian Games Unknown –
5 1 August 1998 Emmaus High School Field, Koror (H)  Guam 2–15 1998 Micronesian Games Unknown –
— 2 August 1998 Emmaus High School Field, Koror (H)  Palau B 6–3 1998 Micronesian Games Stefano (5), unknown goal –
6 25 July 2014 PICS Field & Track, Palikir (A)  Pohnpei 1–3 2014 Micronesian Games Mitchell –
7 26 July 2014 PICS Field & Track, Palikir (N)  Chuuk 5–0 2014 Micronesian Games Bishop Jr., Miah, Nicolescu, Canseco, unknown (o.g.) –
8 28 July 2014 PICS Field & Track, Palikir (N)  Yap 2–2 2014 Micronesian Games Canseco, Mitchell –
9 29 July 2014 PICS Field & Track, Palikir (A)  Pohnpei 1–3 2014 Micronesian Games Mitchell –
10 23 July 2018 Yap Sports Complex, Gagil (N)  Pohnpei 1–2 2018 Micronesian Games Unknown –
11 24 July 2018 Yap Sports Complex, Gagil (N)  Chuuk 0–1 2018 Micronesian Games –
12 25 July 2018 Yap Sports Complex, Gagil (A)  Yap 1–2 2018 Micronesian Games Unknown –
13 26 July 2018 Yap Sports Complex, Gagil (N)  Chuuk 2–0 2018 Micronesian Games Unknown –

Head-to-head record

Up to matches played on 23 July 2018.

Opponent P W D L GF GA
 Chuuk 3 2 0 1 7 1
 Guam 1 0 0 1 2 15
 Northern Mariana Islands 1 0 0 1 1 12
 Palau B 2 1 0 1 9 11
 Pohnpei 4 1 0 3 10 9
 Vanuatu 1 0 0 1 2 6
 Yap 3 1 1 1 10 5
Total 15 5 1 9 41 59

Notable Players

See List of Palau international footballers.

Player records

As of 23 July 2018
Most appearances
Rank Name Caps Goals Career
1 Stephen Stefano 6 5 1998
2 Armando Canseco 4 2 2014
Charles Reklai Mitchell 3 2014
Christian Etpison Nicolescu 1 2014
Mohoshin Miah 1 2014
Robert Victor Bishop Jr. 1 2014
Top goalscorers
Rank Name Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Stephen Stefano 5 6 0.83 1998
2 Charles Reklai Mitchell 3 4 0.75 2014
3 Armando Canseco 2 4 0.5 2014
4 Christian Etpison Nicolescu 1 4 0.25 2014
Mohoshin Miah 4 0.25 2014
Robert Victor Bishop Jr. 4 0.25 2014

Historical kits

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

Sources:

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Micronesian Games 1998". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Micronesia Games 2014". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. "Country forced to use crowdfunding to play tournament" Archived 1 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine (worldsoccer.com)
  5. ^ "Palau – International Matches". RSSSF. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  6. ^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Palau". eloratings.net. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Micronesia Games 2018". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  8. "THEY DO PLAY FOOTBALL IN PALAU AFTER ALL, MATT". Archived from the original on 24 December 2022.
  9. "The country forced to use crowdfunding to play a tournament". worldsoccer.com. 27 September 2014. Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  10. "2014 Home and GK". Archived from the original on 1 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  11. "2014 Home". Facebook.
  12. "2014 Away".
  13. "2014 Home". Archived from the original on 1 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  14. "2014 Away".

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