Palau national football team

Palau
AssociationPalau Football Association
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 
(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)

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.[1] They reached the final in the Micronesian Games in 2014,[2] where the team's trip was partly covered by internet crowd funding.[3]

Competitive record

Micronesian Games
Micronesian Games Record
Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA
1998 Third place 6 3 0 3 26 40
2001 Did not enter
2014 Runners-up 4 1 1 2 9 8
2018 Third place 4 1 0 3 4 5
2023 To be determined
2026
TotalRunners-up145183953

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 Pld W D L GF GA
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
2020 Cancelled
Total 0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Results

Palau's score is shown first in each case.

No.[A] Date Venue Opponents Score Competition Palau scorers Att. Ref.
1 27 March 1987 Adelaide (N)  Vanuatu 2–6 Friendly Unknown – [4]
2 27 July 1998 PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror (H)  Yap 7–1 1998 Micronesian Games Unknown – [4][1]
3 28 July 1998 PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror (H)  Pohnpei 7–1 1998 Micronesian Games Unknown – [4][1]
4 30 July 1998 PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror (H)  Palau B 3–8 1998 Micronesian Games Unknown – [4][1]
5 31 July 1998 PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror (H)  Northern Mariana Islands 1–12 1998 Micronesian Games Unknown – [5][4][1]
6 1 August 1998 PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror (H)  Guam 2–15 1998 Micronesian Games Unknown – [5][4][1]
7 2 August 1998 PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror (H)  Palau B 6–3 1998 Micronesian Games Stefano (5) – [4][1]
8 25 July 2014 PICS Field & Track, Palikir (A)  Pohnpei 1–3 2014 Micronesian Games Mitchell – [4][2]
9 26 July 2014 PICS Field & Track, Palikir (N)  Chuuk 5–0 2014 Micronesian Games Bishop Jr., Miah, Nicolescu, Canseco, unknown (o.g.) – [4][2]
10 28 July 2014 PICS Field & Track, Palikir (N)  Yap 2–2 2014 Micronesian Games Canseco, Mitchell – [4][2]
11 29 July 2014 PICS Field & Track, Palikir (A)  Pohnpei 1–3 2014 Micronesian Games Mitchell – [4][2]
12 23 July 2018 Yap Sports Complex, Gagil (N)  Pohnpei 1–2 2018 Micronesian Games Unknown – [4][6]
13 24 July 2018 Yap Sports Complex, Gagil (N)  Chuuk 0–1 2018 Micronesian Games – [4][6]
14 25 July 2018 Yap Sports Complex, Gagil (A)  Yap 1–2 2018 Micronesian Games Unknown – [4][6]
15 26 July 2018 Yap Sports Complex, Gagil (N)  Chuuk 2–0 2018 Micronesian Games Unknown – [4][6]

Head-to-head record

Up to matches played on 23 July 2018.

Opponent P W D L GF GA
 Chuuk 320171
 Guam 1001215
 Northern Mariana Islands 1001112
 Palau B 2101911
 Pohnpei 4103109
 Vanuatu 100126
 Yap 3111105
Total155194159

Notable Players

See List of Palau international footballers.

Player records
As of 23 July 2018

See also

References
  1. "Micronesian Games 1998". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  2. "Micronesia Games 2014". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. "Country forced to use crowdfunding to play tournament" (worldsoccer.com)
  4. "Palau – International Matches". RSSSF. 12 November 2020.
  5. "World Football Elo Ratings: Palau". eloratings.net. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  6. "Micronesia Games 2018". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  7. "THEY DO PLAY FOOTBALL IN PALAU AFTER ALL, MATT". Archived from the original on 24 December 2022.
  8. "The country forced to use crowdfunding to play a tournament". worldsoccer.com.
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