The West Papua football team is a team from the Indonesian western half of the island of

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. It is a member of

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, having previously been a member of the

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. On 23 June 2005, the West Papua national football team played in the 2005 UNPO Cup in The Hague. They played only one match against South Moluccas. They drew (1–1), and South Moluccas won on penalties. West Papuans were listed to take part in the 2006 VIVA World Cup but then withdrew. The national team returned to action in 2019, playing a friendly against

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, for the first time after 14 years hiatus. On 25 January 2020, the F.A.W.P. was accepted in to

as its full member.

Football Association West Papua

The Football Association West Papua is the football association of West Papua and was founded in 2017.

Tournament records

Matches played

References

External links

West Papua in Fedefutbol.net

2017 version website
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