Palau national football team
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| Association | Palau Football Association | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most caps | Stephen Stefano (6) | |||
| Top scorer | Stephen Stefano (5) | |||
| Home stadium | PCC Track and Field Stadium | |||
| FIFA code | PLW | |||
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| First international | ||||
 Vanuatu 6–2 Palau (27 March 1987) | ||||
| Biggest win | ||||
Palau 7–1 Yap  (Koror, Palau; 27 July 1998) Palau 7–1 Pohnpei  (Koror, Palau; 28 July 1998) | ||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||
Palau 2–15 Guam  (Koror, 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.
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 | |
 1969 |
Football not included in games programs | |||||||
 1990 | ||||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||
| 1998 |
Third place | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 40 | |
| 2001 |
Did not enter | |||||||
| 2002 |
Football not included in games programs | |||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||
| 2014 |
Runners-up | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |
| 2018 |
Third place | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
 2022 |
To be determined | |||||||
| Total | Runners-up | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 39 | 53 | |
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 | ||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | 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] |
| 3 | 28 July 1998 | PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror (H) | Pohnpei |
7–1 | 1998 Micronesian Games | Unknown | – | [4] |
| 4 | 30 July 1998 | PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror (H) | Palau B |
3–8 | 1998 Micronesian Games | Unknown | – | [4] |
| 5 | 31 July 1998 | PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror (H) | Northern Mariana Islands |
1–12 | 1998 Micronesian Games | Unknown | – | [4][5] |
| 6 | 1 August 1998 | PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror (H) | Guam |
2–15 | 1998 Micronesian Games | Unknown | – | [4][5] |
| 7 | 31 July 1998 | PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror (H) | Palau B |
6–3 | 1998 Micronesian Games | Stefano (5) | – | [4] |
| 8 | 25 July 2014 | PICS Field & Track, Palikir (A) | Pohnpei |
1–3 | 2014 Micronesian Games | Mitchell | – | [4] |
| 9 | 26 July 2014 | PICS Field & Track, Palikir (N) |  Chuuk |
5–0 | 2014 Micronesian Games | Bishop Jr., Miah, Nicolescu, Canseco, Unknown (o.g.) | – | [4] |
| 10 | 18 July 2014 | PICS Field & Track, Palikir (N) | Yap |
2–2 | 2014 Micronesian Games | Canseco, Mitchell | – | [4] |
| 11 | 29 July 2014 | PICS Field & Track, Palikir (A) | Pohnpei |
1–3 | 2014 Micronesian Games | Mitchell | – | [4] |
| 12 | 23 July 2018 | Yap Sports Complex, Gagil (N) | Pohnpei |
1–2 | 2018 Micronesian Games | Unknown | – | [4] |
| 13 | 24 July 2018 | Yap Sports Complex, Gagil (N) | Chuuk |
0–1 | 2018 Micronesian Games | – | [4] | |
| 14 | 25 July 2018 | Yap Sports Complex, Gagil (A) | Yap |
1–2 | 2018 Micronesian Games | Unknown | – | [4] |
| 15 | 23 July 2018 | Yap Sports Complex, Gagil (N) | Chuuk |
2–0 | 2018 Micronesian Games | Unknown | – | [4] |
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 |
Player records
- As of 23 July 2018
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References
- "Micronesian Games 1998". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- "Micronesia Games 2014". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- "Country forced to use crowdfunding to play tournament" (worldsoccer.com)
- "Palau – International Matches". RSSSF. 12 November 2020.
- "World Football Elo Ratings: Palau". eloratings.net. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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