Papua New Guinea women's national soccer team

Papua New Guinea

Nickname(s)	Lakatois (Motuan sailing vessel)
Association	Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA)
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Spencer Prior
Captain	Meagen Gunemba
Most caps	Deslyn Siniu (43)
Top scorer	Meagen Gunemba (28)
Home stadium	Sir Hubert Murray Stadium
FIFA code	PNG
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	56 1 (16 August 2024)[1]
Highest	46 (December 2019 – December 2020)
Lowest	60 (June – September 2005)
First international
Australia B 2–0 Papua New Guinea  (Brisbane, Australia; 26 March 1989)[2]
Biggest win
Kiribati 0–13 Papua New Guinea  (Nausori, Fiji; 30 June 2003)[3]
Biggest defeat
New Zealand 16–0 Papua New Guinea  (Sydney, Australia; 19 May 1991)[4]
OFC Women's Nations Cup
Appearances	10 (first in 1989)
Best result	Champions (2022)

Papua New Guinea women's national soccer team

Medal record
OFC Women's Nations Cup
	2022 Fiji	Team
Pacific Games
	2003 Suva	Team
	2007 Apia	Team
	2011 Nouméa	Team
	2015 Port Moresby	Team
	2019 Asia	Team

The Papua New Guinea women's national soccer team is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA). Its nickname is the Lakatois,^[5] which is a Motuan sailing vessel. Their home ground is the Sir Hubert Murray Stadium, located in Port Moresby and their current manager is Peter Gunemba. Deslyn Siniu is the team's most capped player and top scorer.

Papua New Guinea has never qualified for a FIFA Women's World Cup or the Olympic Games, but won the Pacific Games Football Tournament on five occasions (2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019) and won the 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup and was runner up three times (2007, 2010 and 2014). They can be considered the second-best team in the Oceania Football Confederation after New Zealand.

Papua New Guinea's FIFA ranking as of December 2022 is 51. Their highest ever ranking was 46 in December 2019 and their worst ranking was 133 in September 2014.