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| Nickname(s) | Oranje, Zwart, Blauw(Orange, Black, and Blue) [1] Tjenderawasih (Birds of Paradise) [2] | |||
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| Association | Football Association West Papua [3] West Papua Football Association (defunct) [4] | |||
| Confederation | ConIFA NF Board (former) | |||
| Head coach | Garry llina [5] | |||
| Top scorer | Rudy Gell de la Cruz (2) | |||
| Home stadium | Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg, Bosjes van Pex, Bohemen en Meer en Bos, Loosduinen, The Hague [6] | |||
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| First international | ||||
 West Papua 1–1 South Moluccas  (The Hague, Netherlands; 23 June 2005) | ||||
| Biggest win | ||||
West Papua 22–0 Katanga  (The Hague, Netherlands; 23 October 2021) | ||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||
West Papua 2–10 Tamil Eelam  (The Hague, Netherlands; 21 December 2019) | ||||
| Website | ||||
The West Papua football team is a team from the Indonesian western half of the island of Western New Guinea. It is a member of ConIFA, having previously been a member of the NF-Board. 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. [7]
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The national team returned to action in 2019, playing a friendly against East Turkestan, for the first time after 14 years hiatus. [8] On 25 January 2020, the F.A.W.P. was accepted in to ConIFA as its full member. [4]
