Solomon Islands national under-17 football team

Solomon Islands U17
Nickname(s)	The Katukatus
Association	Solomon Islands Football Federation
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Stanley Waita
Captain	Junior Ereiwala Hou
Top scorer	Larry Zama (13)
FIFA code	SOL
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Australia 2 – 0 Solomon Islands ; (New Zealand; 1993)
Biggest win
	Solomon Islands 15 – 0 Tonga ; (Auckland, New Zealand; January 13, 2011)
Biggest defeat
	Australia 4 – 0 Solomon Islands ; (New Zealand; April 1997)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2019)
OFC Under-17 Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1993)
Best result	Second Place (1993)

The Solomon Islands national under-17 football team is the national U-17 team of the Solomon Islands and is controlled by the Solomon Islands Football Federation.

History

During the 2015 tournament in a game against American Samoa, striker Larry Zama scored the unbelievable number of 8 goals in one game, something that is a record in the books of the tournament so far. Because of these 8 goals, Zama ended the campaign with 13 goals, which made him the top goal scorer of the tournament.

Competition Record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1993 to 2005	Did not qualify
2007 to 2009	Did not participate
2011	Did not qualify
2013	Withdrew
2015 to 2017	Did not qualify
2019	Qualified
Total	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

OFC U-17 Championship record

The OFC Under 17 Championship is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

OFC Under-17 Championship
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1993	Second Place	4	2	0	2	3	6	-3	2
1995	Fourth Place	4	0	1	3	3	8	-5	1
1997	Third Place	5	3	0	2	9	7	+2	6
1999	Third Place	6	4	1	1	19	5	+14	12
/ 2001	Group Stage	4	2	0	2	20	3	+17	6
// 2003	Group Stage	5	2	1	2	18	6	+12	7
2005	Third Place	6	3	2	1	20	8	+12	8
2007	Did not participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Did not participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Third Place	5	4	0	1	24	4	+20	12
2013	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
/ 2015	Group Stage	4	2	0	2	24	6	+18	6
2017	Semi-finals	4	1	1	2	16	6	+10	4
2018	Second Place	5	4	0	1	18	1	+17	12
Total	'	52	27	6	19	174	60	+114	76

History Matches

2015

13 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	Solomon Islands	10–1	Tonga	Pago Pago, American Samoa
15:30 UTC−11	Junior Hou 19', 58' Larry Zama 20', 53', 78', 85' Richard Raramo 31', 60' Kaliz Atu 75' Hendrick Jirah 89'	Report	Soakai Vea 14'	Stadium: Pago Park Soccer Stadium Referee: Salesh Chand

17 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	Vanuatu	2–1	Solomon Islands	Pago Pago, American Samoa
15:30 UTC−11	Sylvain Worworbu 6' Ronaldo Wilkins 62' (pen.)	Report	Larry Zama 43'	Stadium: Pago Park Soccer Stadium Referee: Averii Jacques

19 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	Tahiti	3–0	Solomon Islands	Pago Pago, American Samoa
13:00 UTC−11	Marc Siejidr 35' Michel Maihi 45+4' (pen.) 59' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Pago Park Soccer Stadium Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

21 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	Solomon Islands	13–0	American Samoa	Pago Pago, American Samoa
13:00 UTC−11	Larry Zama 9', 27', 39', 45+6', 52', 68', 88', 90' Philip Maeta 42', 70' Junior Hou 72' Benjimin Toata 76' Hendrick Jirah 81'	Report		Stadium: Pago Park Soccer Stadium Referee: Hillary Any

2017

12 February 2017 2017 OFC U-17 Championship Group Stage	Fiji	1–1	Solomon Islands	Papeete, Tahiti
19:00	Dau 4'	Report	Mana 52'	Stadium: Stade Pater, Pirae Attendance: 550 Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

15 February 2017 2017 OFC U-17 Championship Group Stage	New Zealand	2–1	Solomon Islands	Papeete, Tahiti
16:00	Williams 3' Spragg 84'	Report	Kaoni 48'	Stadium: Stade Pater, Pirae Attendance: 500 Referee: Abdelkader Zitouni (Tahiti)

18 February 2017 2017 OFC U-17 Championship Group Stage	Solomon Islands	12–0	Samoa	Papeete, Tahiti
16:00	Mekawir 9', 19', 30' Toata 29' Kaoni 45+4', 67', 80', 88' Keana 53', 65' Allen 57', 79'	Report		Stadium: Stade Pater, Pirae Attendance: 300 Referee: Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)

21 February 2017 2017 OFC U-17 Championship Semi-finals	New Caledonia	3–2	Solomon Islands	Papeete, Tahiti
16:00	Bako 23' Jeno 68' Longue 80'	Report	Toata 62' Allen 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Mahina, Mahina Attendance: 400 Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

2018

9 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Group Stage	Papua New Guinea	0-5	Solomon Islands	Honiara, Solomon Islands
15:00		Report	Le'ai 12', 30' (pen.), 41', 90+2' Satu 70'	Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 3.500 Referee: Salesh Chand (Fiji)

12 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Group Stage	Solomon Islands	5-0	New Zealand	Honiara, Solomon Islands
15:00	Wae 18' Le'ai 41', 85' Kofana 55' Keana 87'	Report		Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

15 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Group Stage	Solomon Islands	5-0	Vanuatu	Honiara, Solomon Islands
15:00	Wae 4' H. Pao 20' Le'ai 47' Mani 53', 64'	Report		Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Template:Country data TNG Sione Lelenga (Tonga)

19 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Semi-Final	Solomon Islands	3-1	Fiji	Honiara, Solomon Islands
10:00	Mani 1', 29' Le'ai 90+1'	Report	Pillay 45+3'	Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 8.000 Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

22 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Final	Solomon Islands	0-0 (4–5 p)	New Zealand	Honiara, Solomon Islands
15:00		Report		Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 12.000 Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
	Penalties
	Satu Keana Taebo Mani Le'ai		Van Hattum Stamenic Garbett Lee Bright

Current Technical Staff

Position
Head coach	Marlon Houkarawa
Assistant coach	Jerry Allen
Goalkeeper coach	Severino Aefi
Teammanager	Leonard Paia
Medical officer	Issac Donua

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2018 OFC U-16 Championship from 9 to 22 September 2018.

Caps and goals as of 22 September 2018 after the game against New Zealand.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Davidson Malam	(2002-11-25) 25 November 2002	4	0	Laugu United
12	1GK	Gideon Suta	(2003-04-07) 7 April 2003	1	0	Henderson Eels

2	2DF	Derrick Taebo	(2002-08-18) 18 August 2002	4	0	Our Breeze
3	2DF	Stanford Fakasori	(2002-10-10) October 10, 2002	4	0	Solomon Warriors
4	2DF	Leon Kofana	(2002-06-22) 22 June 2002	4	1	Henderson Eels
5	2DF	Javin Wae	(2002-11-17) 17 November 2002	5	2	Kossa
18	2DF	Fabio Pao	(2003-02-08) 8 February 2003	2	0	Western United
19	2DF	Benbate Lamupio	(2003-07-09) 9 July 2003	3	0	Western United
20	2DF	Pateson Tongaka	(2004-08-08) 8 August 2004	1	0	Renbel

6	3MF	Alford Kanahanimae	(2002-10-01) 1 October 2002	4	0	West Honiara Royals
8	3MF	Maxwell Keana	(2002-07-01) 1 July 2002	5	1	Naha
13	3MF	Densley Gesini	(2002-06-21) 21 June 2002	5	0	Guadalcanal
14	3MF	Richie Kwaimamani	(2002-04-06) 6 April 2002	2	0	CY Strikers
15	3MF	Philip Ropa	(2002-10-21) 21 October 2002	3	0	Guadalcanal
16	3MF	Clayton Menapa	(2002-08-05) 5 August 2002	2	0	West Honiara
17	3MF	Hamilton Pao	(2003-11-06) 6 November 2003	1	1	Western United

7	4FW	Steward Quanafia	(2002-06-11) 11 June 2002	4	0	Makuru
9	4FW	Charles Mani	(2002-02-07) 7 February 2002	5	4	Malaita Kingz
10	4FW	Raphael Lea'i	(2002-09-09) September 9, 2002	5	8	Marist
11	4FW	Chris Satu	(2002-12-24) 24 December 2002	5	1	Makuru

2017 squad

The following players were called up for the 2017 OFC U-17 Championship from 11 to 24 February 2017.

Caps and goals as of 18 January 2017 after the game against Samoa.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Joel Nanago	(2000-12-13) 13 December 2000	4	0	Real Kakamora
12	1GK	John Brown	(2000-03-03) 3 March 2000	0	0	West Honiara

2	2DF	John Aeta	(2000-09-02) 2 September 2000	4	0	Marist Fire
3	2DF	Aengari Gagame	(2000-04-15) 15 April 2000	4	0	Solomon Warriors
4	2DF	Junior Ashley	(2000-09-24) 24 September 2000	3	0	West Honiara
5	2DF	Raymond Dauabu	(2000-06-19) 19 June 2000	4	0	Malaita Kingz
13	2DF	Stanley Ryniker	(2001-09-19) 19 September 2001	2	0	Koloale FC Honiara
14	2DF	Danny Ofeni	(2001-01-12) 12 January 2001	2	0	Marist Fire

6	3MF	Bobby Ramo	(2000-04-14) 14 April 2000	0	0	North Force
8	3MF	Simon Jedzini	(2000-10-11) 11 October 2000	2	0	Western United
10	3MF	Elis Mana	(2000-03-09) 9 March 2000	4	1	Koloale FC Honiara
15	3MF	Alfred Elvis	(2000-07-27) 27 July 2000	4	0	Makuru
16	3MF	John Mana	(2001-01-21) 21 January 2001	1	0	Hana
17	3MF	Michael Lalo	(2001-01-18) 18 January 2001	2	0	Real Kakamora
18	3MF	Steward Toata	(2001-01-10) 10 January 2001	4	1	Marist Fire
19	3MF	Richmond Hatarau	(2000-04-03) 3 April 2000	0	0	Compol

7	4FW	Junior Kaoni	(2000-06-16) 16 June 2000	4	5	Solomon Warriors
9	4FW	Don Keana	(2000-09-09) 9 September 2000	4	2	Hana
11	4FW	Ali Mekawir	(2000-07-27) 27 July 2000	4	3	Hana
20	4FW	Junior Allen	(2001-12-15) 15 December 2001	2	2	Saint Luke

List of coaches

Chris Asipara (2010-2012)
Jacob Moli (2014-2016)
Marlon Hoekarawa (2016-2017)
Stanley Waita (2018-)

External links

Solomon Islands Football Federation official website

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OFC U-16/U-17 Championship
U-17	New Zealand 1983 Taiwan 1986 Australia 1989 New Zealand 1991 New Zealand 1993 Vanuatu 1995 New Zealand 1997 Fiji 1999 Samoa/Cook Islands 2001 American Samoa 2003 New Caledonia 2005 Tahiti 2007 New Zealand 2009 New Zealand 2011 Vanuatu 2013 American Samoa/Samoa 2015 Tahiti 2017
U-16	Solomon Islands 2018
Squads	1983 1986 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup
Tournaments	China 1985 Canada 1987 Scotland 1989 Italy 1991 Japan 1993 Ecuador 1995 Egypt 1997 New Zealand 1999 Trinidad and Tobago 2001 Finland 2003 Peru 2005 South Korea 2007 Nigeria 2009 Mexico 2011 UAE 2013 Chile 2015 India 2017 Peru 2019
Qualification	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA
Squads	1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
Team appearances Records and statistics

International association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-20 U-17 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings The Best FIFA Football Awards Timeline of association football Comparison of association football and futsal
Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU) Intercontinental (UAFA)
Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, CAFA, WAFF) Intercontinental (UAFA)
Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17 Nations League
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15 Nations League Regional (CFU, UNCAF)
Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-19 U-17
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15
Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA – ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IIGA – Island Games
Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games
See also Geography Codes Player/Club of the Century Women's football

National under-17 football teams of Oceania (OFC)
American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati¹ New Caledonia New Zealand Niue¹ Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Tonga Tuvalu¹ Vanuatu
¹ Associate member - Not a member of FIFA