Palau national football team facts for kids
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| Association | Palau Football Association | ||
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| Confederation | None | ||
| Head coach | Lukeson Sifix | ||
| Most caps | Stephen Stefano (6) | ||
| Top scorer | Stephen Stefano (5) | ||
| Home stadium | PCC Track and Field Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | PLW | ||
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| Elo ranking | |||
| Current | 238  (3 March 2019) |
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| Highest | 222 (August 1998) | ||
| Lowest | 239 (September 2019) | ||
| First international | |||
 Vanuatu 6–2 Palau  (Adelaide, Australia; 27 March 1987) |
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| Biggest win | |||
Palau 7–1 Yap  (Koror City, Palau; 27 July 1998) Palau 7–1 Pohnpei  (Koror City, Palau; 28 July 1998) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
Palau 2–15 Guam  (Koror City, Palau; 1 August 1998) |
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| Micronesian Games | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1998) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (2014) | ||
The Palau national football team plays for Palau in international football matches. This team is not part of FIFA, which is the main world football organization. They also do not belong to a local football group.
The team plays its home games at the PCC Track and Field Stadium in Koror City. According to the Elo rating system, Palau is currently ranked as one of the lowest national teams in the world.
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History of Palau Football
Palau hosted the Micronesian Games in 1998 and took part in the football tournament. They finished in third place. In this tournament, teams played with 9 players instead of the usual 11. Matches lasted 80 minutes, and the fields were smaller than regular football pitches. Palau even had a second team made up of people from Bangladesh who lived on the island.
In 2014, the team reached the final of the Micronesian Games. Part of their travel costs for this tournament were paid for by crowd funding, where many people donate small amounts of money online.
Playing in Competitions
OFC Nations Cup Matches
The Palau national football team was once connected to the OFC from 2007 to 2009. However, they are not a member of the OFC anymore.
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| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
 1973 |
Not a member of the OFC | |||||||
 1980 |
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| 1996 | ||||||||
 1998 |
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 2000 |
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| 2002 |
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| 2004 |
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| 2008 | Did not enter | |||||||
 2012 |
Not a member of the OFC | |||||||
 2016 |
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| 2020 |
Cancelled | |||||||
| 2024 |
Not a member of the OFC | |||||||
| Total | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Micronesian Games Performance
The Micronesian Games are a regional sports event. Palau has done well in football at these games.
| Micronesian Games Record | ||||||||
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| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 1998 |
Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 40 |
| 2001 |
Did not enter | |||||||
| 2014 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 |
| 2018 |
Third place | 3rd | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
 2026 |
To be determined | |||||||
| Total | Runners-up | 3/3 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 39 | 53 |
Head-to-Head Records
This table shows how Palau has played against other teams. It includes matches up to July 23, 2018.
| Opponent | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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 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 |
Famous Players
You can find a full list of Palau's international footballers at List of Palau international footballers.
- Charles Reklai Mitchell - He played for the Cal State Northridge Matadors team. He was also the president for ConIFA in the Oceania region from 2014 to 2017.
Player Records
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Historical Kits
These are some of the football kits (uniforms) Palau has worn over the years.
         2014-18 Home
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   2014-18 Away
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 2014-18 GK
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See also
In Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Palaos para niños
- Football in Palau
- Oceania Football Confederation
