West Papua

West Papua 2017 Home matchworn by ?

Some say that Hummel don’t make bad shirts and this, template though it is, is no exception. Traditional chevrons down the side, lovely dark colour and an interesting pair of logos. Unusually for non-FIFA, while there are sponsors, they are limited to the rear of the shirt and aren’t too egregious. The Hummel logo is also fairly tucked away. All in all, it does nothing special, but what it does it does well.

The shirt was worn at the 2017 UNPO Tournament, where eight teams competed. West Papua came third, beating out the likes of Southern Cameroon and a locally based Kurdistan side. While supplemented by some local players themselves, being competitive with sides like CONIFA affiliated Chameria shows the talent that can come from the region.

Generally not a very active side, West Papua have a penalties loss in the 2005 UNPO Cup and recently returned to action in heavy friendly losses to East Turkestan and Tamil Eelam. Organised, regular sides seem to a level above them at the moment but more games should improve that. Being able to actually draw from West Papua itself would also help considerably, with there being Papuan teams in the Indonesian league system.

Hard to tell what games they’ll be able to play in future or where West Papuan football will go, but the current team looks here to stay!