Solomon Islands women's national football team

Solomon Islands
Association	Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF)
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Timothy Inifiri
Captain	Laydah Samani
Most caps	Ileen Pegi (14)
Top scorer	Laydah Samani (6)
Home stadium	Lawson Tama Stadium
FIFA code	SOL
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	105 36 (28 September 2018)
Highest	92 (2009)
Lowest	142 (July 2015)
First international
	Papua New Guinea 6–1 Solomon Islands ; (Lae, Papua New Guinea; 9 April 2007)
Biggest win
	Solomon Islands 4–0 Tonga ; (Auckland, New Zealand; 29 September 2010); American Samoa 0–4 Solomon Islands ; (Nouméa, New Caledonia; 1 September 2011)
Biggest defeat
	Solomon Islands 0–8 New Zealand ; (Lae, Papua New Guinea; 11 April 2007); New Zealand 8–0 Solomon Islands ; (Auckland, New Zealand; 5 October 2010)
OFC Women's Nations Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2007)
Best result	Fourth place, 2010

The Solomon Islands women's national football team represents Solomon Islands in international women's association football. The team is controlled by the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) and is affiliated to the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). Their current head coach is the former footballer Timothy Inifiri.

Despite having not yet qualified for a FIFA Women's World Cup, the Solomon Islands finished fourth in the OFC Women's Nations Cup twice, in 2007 and 2010. The team is one of the youngest national teams in Oceania, having played its first match in April 2007.

History

Solomon Islands disputed its first game on 9 April 2007, for the eight OFC Women's Nations Cup, celebrated in their neighbour country Papua New Guinea. Their first rival was the host team, against whom the team lost 6–1. Prudence Fula became the Solomon Islands' first scorer ever.^[1] The nation finished last in the four-team tournament, after a heavy loss with New Zealand^[2] and a goalless tie against Tonga. Noel Wagapu coached the team,^[3] which consisted of former players of the under-17, under-19 and under-20 national teams.^[4]

With Timothy Infiri as the team's manager, the Solomon Islands did an average performance at the 2007 South Pacific Games football tournament in Apia, Samoa. There, the national team managed to achieve its first victory, 3–0 facing American Samoa.^[5] Unfortunately, they couldn't advance to the semi-finals due to two losses; with Fiji and Papua New Guinea.

Solomon Islands returned in the 2010 OFC Women's Championship, celebrated in New Zealand. The team was drawn in Group B, along with Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Fiji. The Solomon Islands qualified for the semi-finals after winning to Tonga and tying with Fiji. The team was beaten by the Football Ferns of New Zealand 8–0 in the semi-finals and 2–0 by the Cook Islands in the third-place match.

The team failed to past the group stage in the 2011 Pacific Games tournament. Solomon Islands only won over American Samoa 4–0 and lost the other three games. However, they managed to achieve their best result against Papua New Guinea, a narrow 1–0 loss.^[6]

The national team's most recent appearance was in the 2015 Pacific Games, after not entering the 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup. Solomon Islands was defeated in all of its three matches.

Records

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record									FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
1995									–	–	–	–	–	–
1999									–	–	–	–	–	–
2003									–	–	–	–	–	–
2007	Did not qualify								3	0	1	2	1	14
2011	Did not qualify								5	1	1	3	5	12
2015	Did not enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
2019	Did Not Qualify								3	1	1	1	2	1
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	2	3	6	8	27

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record									Olympic Games qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Ineligible								No Qualifying Process
2000	Ineligible								No Qualifying Process
2004	Did not enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
2008	Did not qualify								4	1	1	2	4	8
2012	Did not enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
2016	Did not qualify								3	0	0	3	2	12
2020	To Be Determined
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	1	1	5	6	20

OFC Nations Cup record

OFC Nations Cup record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1983	Did not enter
1986
1989
1991
1994
1998
2003
2007	Fourth place	4th	3	0	0	3	1	14
2010	Fourth place	4th	5	1	1	3	5	12
2014	Did not enter
2018	Did not qualify
Total	Fourth place	2/10	8	1	2	5	6	26

Pacific Games

Pacific Games record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2003	Did not enter
2007	Group stage	6th	4	1	1	2	4	8
2011	Group stage	7th	4	1	0	3	4	6
2015	Group stage	7th	3	0	0	3	2	12
2019	To Be Determined
2023	To Be Determined
Total	Group stage	3/4	11	2	1	8	10	26

All-time record against other nations

Against	Pld	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
American Samoa	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7
Cook Islands	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2
Fiji	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3
New Caledonia	2	0	0	2	1	11	−10
New Zealand	2	0	0	2	0	16	−16
Papua New Guinea	4	0	0	4	2	13	−11
Samoa	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Tahiti	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Tonga	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2
Total	19	3	3	33	16	52	−36

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the squad for the 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup qualification from 24 to 30 August 2018.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Margaret Kofela	(1999-08-17) 17 August 1999	3	0	Solomon Warriors
12	1GK	Sylvester Maenu'u	(1993-10-08) 8 October 1993	0	0	Koloale

2	2DF	Edith Nari	(2003-08-28) 28 August 2003	7	0	Marist
3	2DF	Cathy Aihunu	(1995-06-23) 23 June 1995	8	1	Koloale
4	2DF	Rosie Sambiru	(2000-12-24) 24 December 2000	7	0	Koloale
5	2DF	Liza Solo	(1997-09-27) 27 September 1997	3	0	Koloale
17	2DF	Rose Oge	(2000-09-21) 21 September 2000	0	0	WanSOL
19	2DF	Jemina David	(1994-12-04) 4 December 1994	3	0	WanSOL

6	3MF	Merina Joe	(1995-05-05) 5 May 1995	8	1	Koloale
8	3MF	Serah Ragomo	(1994-05-15) 15 May 1994	3	0	Solomon Warriors
9	3MF	Agnes Noisi	(1998-10-06) 6 October 1998	5	0	Koloale
13	3MF	Delmay Waihaho	(1996-08-27) 27 August 1996	0	0	Breeze
14	3MF	Muriel Gua	(2001-03-18) 18 March 2001	3	0	Koloale
15	3MF	Alisha Donga	(2002-04-12) 12 April 2002	0	0	Solomon Warriors
16	3MF	Joy Timo	(1993-12-22) 22 December 1993	3	0	Koloale
18	3MF	Wendy Basil	(1998-08-19) 19 August 1998	3	0	Marist

7	4FW	Laydah Samani	(1992-02-18) 18 February 1992	13	6	Solomon Warriors
10	4FW	Crystal Bakolo	(1986-12-25) 25 December 1986	13	0	Koloale
11	4FW	Ileen Pegi	(1992-07-18) 18 July 1992	14	2	Koloale
20	4FW	Imelda Tehekeni	(1998-09-14) 14 September 1998	3	0	Marist

Match results

Win Draw Loss

No.	Opponent	Date	Result	Competition	Venue	Report
1	Papua New Guinea	9 April 2007	1–6	2007 OFC Women's Championship	Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium, Lae (Papua New Guinea)	Report
2	New Zealand	11 April 2007	0–8	2007 OFC Women's Championship	Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium, Lae (Papua New Guinea)	Report
3	Tonga	13 April 2007	0–0	2007 OFC Women's Championship	Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium, Lae (Papua New Guinea)	Report
4	Papua New Guinea	28 August 2007	0–4	2007 South Pacific Games	Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia (Samoa)	Report
5	Cook Islands	30 August 2007	1–1	2007 South Pacific Games	Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia (Samoa)	Report
6	American Samoa	1 September 2007	3–0	2007 South Pacific Games	Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia (Samoa)	Report
7	Fiji	3 September 2007	0–3	2007 South Pacific Games	Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia (Samoa)	Report
8	Tonga	30 September 2010	4–0	2010 OFC Women's Championship	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland (New Zealand)	Report
9	Papua New Guinea	2 October 2010	1–2	2010 OFC Women's Championship	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland (New Zealand)	Report
10	Fiji	4 October 2010	0–0	2010 OFC Women's Championship	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland (New Zealand)	Report
11	New Zealand	6 October 2010	0–8	2010 OFC Women's Championship	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland (New Zealand)	Report
12	Cook Islands	8 October 2010	0–2	2010 OFC Women's Championship	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland (New Zealand)	Report
13	New Caledonia	27 August 2011	0–3	2011 Pacific Games	Stade PLGC, Nouméa (New Caledonia)	Report
14	Tahiti	31 August 2011	0–2	2011 Pacific Games	Stade PLGC, Nouméa (New Caledonia)	Report
15	American Samoa	2 September 2011	4–0	2011 Pacific Games	Stade PLGC, Nouméa (New Caledonia)	Report
16	Papua New Guinea	5 September 2011	0–1	2011 Pacific Games	Stade PLGC, Nouméa (New Caledonia)	Report
17	New Caledonia	6 July 2015	1–8	2015 Pacific Games	Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)	Report
18	Tonga	8 July 2015	0–2	2015 Pacific Games	Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)	Report
19	Samoa	11 July 2015	1–2	2015 Pacific Games	Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)	Report
20	Vanuatu	4 December 2017	0–5	2017 Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila (Vanuatu)	Report
21	Tonga	7 December 2017	1–3	2017 Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila (Vanuatu)	Report
22	Fiji	11 December 2017	0–2	2017 Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila (Vanuatu)	Report
23	Tonga	14 December 2017	0–1	2017 Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila (Vanuatu)	Report
24	American Samoa	24 August 2018	2–0	2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup qualification	Churchill Park, Lautoka (Fiji)	Report
25	Fiji	27 August 2018	0–0	2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup qualification	Churchill Park, Lautoka (Fiji)	Report
26	Vanuatu	30 August 2018	0–1	2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup qualification	Churchill Park, Lautoka (Fiji)	Report

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Laydah Samani	6
2	Betty Maenu'u	2
2	Ileen Pegi	2
4	Cathy Aihunu	1
	Crystal Annie	1
	Margaret Daudau	1
	Prudence Fula	1
	Merina Joe	1
	Diane Jusuts	1
	Elsie Kwoaetolo	1
	Ella Misibini	1
	Mesalyn Saepio	1
Total		19

References

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↑ "OFC – NEW ZEALAND TOO STRONG FOR SOLOMONS | Oceania Football Confederation". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
↑ "OFC – WOMEN'S WORLD CUP PREVIEW – PNG 2007 | Oceania Football Confederation". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
↑ "SOLOMON ISLANDS – WOMEN'S TEAM PACKS A PUNCH | Oceania Football Confederation". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
↑ "SOLOMON ISLANDS KEEP SEMI-FINAL HOPES ALIVE | Oceania Football Confederation". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
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[1] "OFC – PAPUA NEW GUINEA HIT SOLOMONS FOR SIX | Oceania Football Confederation". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 2017-09-29.

[2] "OFC – NEW ZEALAND TOO STRONG FOR SOLOMONS | Oceania Football Confederation". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 2017-09-29.

[3] "OFC – WOMEN'S WORLD CUP PREVIEW – PNG 2007 | Oceania Football Confederation". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 2017-09-29.

[4] "SOLOMON ISLANDS – WOMEN'S TEAM PACKS A PUNCH | Oceania Football Confederation". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 2017-09-29.

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International women's association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Rankings Player of the Year The Best FIFA Women's Player
Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)
Africa	CAF Women Cup of Nations U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, COSAFA, WAFU)
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17
South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17
Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17
Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17
Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup
Games	African Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games Indian Ocean Island Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games Universiade
Worldwide	World Cup U-17 U-20 Albena Cup Algarve Cup Brazil Cup China Cup Cyprus Women's Cup Turkish Women’s Cup Istria Cup Peace Queen Cup SheBelieves Cup Tournament of Nations Yongchuan International Tournament Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade
Geography Codes Player of the Century Men's football

National women's football teams of Oceania (OFC)
American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati† New Caledonia New Zealand Niue† Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Tonga Vanuatu
† Associate member - Not a member of FIFA