Solomon Islands national football team

The Solomon Islands national football team is the national football team of the Solomon Islands and is administered by the Solomon Islands Football Federation. The Solomon Islands national football team was founded in 1978. They were officially recognised by FIFA a decade later, in 1988.[4]

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Solomon Islands women's national football team.

Solomon Islands
Nickname(s)Bonitos
AssociationSolomon Islands Football Federation
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachStanley Waita (caretaker)
CaptainBenjamin Totori
Most capsHenry Fa'arodo (61)
Top scorerCommins Menapi (34)[1]
Home stadiumLawson Tama Stadium
FIFA codeSOL
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 141 (11 June 2020)[2]
Highest120 (October 2007, April 2008)
Lowest200 (January–March 2016)
Elo ranking
Current 169 15 (2 April 2020)[3]
Highest109 (September 2005)
Lowest177 (November 2016)
First international
 Solomon Islands 6–3 New Hebrides 
(Fiji; 30 August 1963)
Biggest win
 Solomon Islands 16–0 Cook Islands 
(Tahiti; 21 August 1995)
Biggest defeat
 Tahiti 18–0 Solomon Islands
(Fiji; 8 December 1963)
OFC Nations Cup
Appearances5 (first in 1980)
Best resultRunners-up, 2004

History

During the 2004 Oceania World Cup qualification/Oceania Cup the team drew 2–2 with Australia and qualified for the second leg. In the second leg, the Solomon Islands national men's team was humiliated by Australia 5–1 and 6–0 in the two matches, with Australia qualifying for the 2005 Confederations Cup.

The Solomons got a second chance against the Socceroos in a two-legged series in September 2005, this time with the winner advancing to a two-legged series against CONMEBOL's fifth-place finisher for a berth in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and the team was thrashed by Australia 7–0 on the first leg and 2–1 in the second played at home.

The Solomons were knocked out of the 2010 FIFA World Cup – having got off to a good start winning every game in their qualifying group and comfortably progressing to the knockout rounds, defeats to New Caledonia and then to Vanuatu saw them knocked out of the competition.

In 2012, the Solomon Islands held the 2012 OFC Nations Cup which was also the second round of World Cup qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup where they finished in fourth place after qualifying through to the knockout stage by defeating Papua New Guinea and having draws against Fiji and New Zealand. They lost in the semi-final after they lost to the champions Tahiti after Jonathan Tehau scored the only goal. They later lost to New Zealand in the third-place playoff. The third round of World Cup qualifying saw the team finish bottom of the group after only taking one win against Tahiti.

Kit sponsorship
Kit lier Period
Lotto2004–2012
Pasifika2013–2016
Veto2016-

World Cup record
FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup
qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Pos Pld W D L GF GA
1930 Did not participate Did not participate
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994 Did not qualify GS 4 0 1 3 5 13
1998 GS 6 2 3 4 9 23
2002 GS 4 2 0 2 17 10
2006 P/O 9 6 2 1 23 7
2010 4th 6 4 0 2 23 6
2014 4th 11 2 2 7 10 27
2018 P/O 10 4 1 5 11 18
2022 To be determined
2026
Total – 0/21 – – – – – – 48* 20 8 23 95 96
  • Excludes two play-off matches against Tonga during 1998 qualifiers in which they won both legs 0–4, 9–0 with 13–0 on aggregate.

Oceania Nations Cup record
OFC Nations Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1973 Did Not Enter
1980 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 3 21
1996 Third Place 3rd 2 0 0 2 1 3
1998 Did Not Qualify
2000 Third Place 3rd 4 2 0 2 7 10
2002 Group stage 6th 3 0 1 2 3 9
2004 Runners-Up 2nd 7 3 1 3 10 17
2008 Did Not Qualify
2012 Fourth Place 4th 5 1 2 2 5 6
2016 Fourth Place 4th 4 1 0 3 2 4
2020 Qualified TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Runners-Up 8/11 28 7 4 17 31 70

Pacific Games record
South Pacific Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1963 Fourth place 4th 3 1 0 2 6 26
1966 Round 1 6th 2 0 1 1 4 12
1969 Sixth place 6th 5 0 1 4 8 19
1971 Did not enter
1975 Third place 3rd 4 2 1 1 9 8
1979 Third place 3rd 5 4 0 1 24 5
1983 Round 1 10th 3 1 0 2 0 11
1987 Did not enter
1991 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 1 0 12 3
1995 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 34 10
2003 Round 1 5th 4 2 1 1 14 4
2007 Fourth place 4th 6 4 0 2 23 6
2011 Runners-up 2nd 7 5 0 2 21 6
2015 Round 1 8th 3 0 0 3 1 5
Total Second place 12/14 53 27 5 21 156 115

Wantok Cup record
  • 2008 (July, 1st edition) – First place

Results and fixtures
Main articles: Solomon Islands national football team 2000–19 results and Solomon Islands national football team 1963–99 results

Recent results
8 July 2019 2019 Pacific Games Group StageTuvalu 0–13 Solomon IslandsApia, Samoa
10:00 Report
Stadium: J.S. Blatter Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Pari Oito (Tahiti)
10 July 2019 2019 Pacific Games Group StageSolomon Islands 0–2 New CaledoniaApia, Samoa
13:00 Report Saïko  50', 90' Stadium: J.S. Blatter Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
12 July 2019 2019 Pacific Games Group StageSolomon Islands 0–3 TahitiApia, Samoa
10:00 Report
Stadium: J.S. Blatter Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)
15 July 2019 2019 Pacific Games Group StageSolomon Islands 13–0 American SamoaApia, Samoa
16:00
  • Feni  18', 34', 61'
  • Ledoux  27' (o.g.)
  • Totori  42'
  • Abba  49', 54', 60', 84'
  • Ifunaoa  51', 62', 74'
  • Taroga  69'
 Report Stadium: J.S. Blatter Stadium
Attendance: 400
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
18 July 2019 2019 Pacific Games Group StageFiji 4–4 Solomon IslandsApia, Samoa
19:00
Report
Stadium: J.S. Blatter Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

Record by opponent

Up to matches played on 18 July 2019.

Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD %W
 American Samoa 3 3 0 0 29 1 +28 100.00
 Australia 10 0 1 9 8 55 −47 000.00
 Chinese Taipei 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
 Cook Islands 4 4 0 0 35 2 +33 100.00
 Fiji 35 5 15 15 38 68 −30 014.29
 Guam 3 3 0 0 24 2 +22 100.00
 Kiribati 1 1 0 0 7 0 +7 100.00
 Macau 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
 New Caledonia 25 9 2 14 29 53 −24 036.00
 New Zealand 12 0 2 10 11 44 −33 000.00
 Papua New Guinea 21 12 4 5 34 26 +8 057.14
 Samoa 3 3 0 0 30 0 +30 100.00
 Singapore 1 0 0 1 3 4 −1 000.00
 Tahiti 23 4 3 16 23 75 −52 017.39
 Tonga 5 5 0 0 31 0 +31 100.00
 Tuvalu 4 4 0 0 29 1 +28 100.00
 Wallis and Futuna 3 3 0 0 23 1 +22 100.00
 Vanuatu 33 20 7 6 64 37 +27 060.61
Total 188 78 34 76 423 370 +53 041.49

Current technical staff
Position
Head coach Stanley Waita
Assistant coach Eddie Marahare
Goalkeeper coach Zantas Kabini
Kit Manager Augustine Hou
Team Manager Patrick Miniti

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Tri-Nations Cup, which will be held in Fiji in March 2020.
Caps and goals updated as of 18 July after the match against Fiji.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Desmond Tutu (1997-09-29) 29 September 1997 6 0 Henderson Eels
1GK Harold Nauania (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 0 0 Isabel United
1GK Joel Nanogo (2000-12-13) 13 December 2000 0 0 Real Kakamora
2DF Hadisi Aengari (1988-10-23) 23 October 1988 39 0 Solomon Warriors
2DF Emmanuel Poila (1990-07-16) 16 July 1990 23 1 Solomon Warriors
2DF Boni Pride (1995-09-10) 10 September 1995 13 0 Henderson Eels
2DF Richard Hiromana (1996-11-30) 30 November 1996 11 0 Kossa
2DF Allen Peter (1995-09-15) 15 September 1995 10 0 Laugu United
2DF John Aeta (2000-09-02) 2 September 2000 4 0 Marist
2DF Nathaniel Mosese 0 0 Isabel United
2DF Junior Aengari (2000-04-15) 15 April 2000 0 0 Solomon Warriors
2DF William Komasi (2000-06-10) 10 June 2000 0 0 Malaita Kingz
2DF Junior David (2001-09-22) 22 September 2001 0 0 Hekari United
2DF Javin Wae (2002-11-17) 17 November 2002 0 0 Kossa
2DF Eddie Supa 0 0 Isabel United
2DF Leon Kofana (2002-06-22) 22 June 2002 0 0 Henderson Eels
3MF Jerry Donga (1991-01-31) 31 January 1991 27 4 Solomon Warriors
3MF Gagame Feni (1992-08-21) 21 August 1992 25 13 ABM Galaxy
3MF Atkin Kaua (1996-04-04) 4 April 1996 21 4 Nasinu
3MF Tutizama Tanito (1993-11-27) 27 November 1993 17 4 Henderson Eels
3MF Micah Lea'alafa (1991-06-01) 1 June 1991 15 6 unattached
3MF Patrick Taroga (2000-05-25) 25 May 2000 1 1 Henderson Eels
3MF Rodney Suri (1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 0 0 Henderson Eels
3MF Augustine Waita (1997-06-13) 13 June 1997 0 0 Henderson Eels
3MF Molis Junior Gagame (1999-09-14) 14 September 1999 0 0 Solomon Warriors
3MF Frank Kabui (2000-10-23) 23 October 2000 0 0 Malaita Kingz
4FW Adrian Mara (1998-08-01) 1 August 1998 3 4 Kossa
4FW Raynick Laeta (1999-11-16) 16 November 1999 3 0 Henderson Eels
4FW Edward Huniehu 0 0 Malaita Kingz
4FW Darold Kakasi (1999-02-07) 7 February 1999 0 0 Ba
4FW Raphael Le'ai (2003-09-09) 9 September 2003 0 0 Henderson Eels

Preliminary squad
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Philip Mango (1995-08-28) 28 August 1995 22 0 Kossa
12 1GK Timothy Maerasia (1995-06-19) 19 June 1995 1 0 Solomon Warriors
5 2DF Michael Boso (1991-09-03) 3 September 1991 13 0 Suva
6 2DF Andrew Rarangia (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 2 0 Henderson Eels
14 3MF Joses Nawo (1988-05-03) 3 May 1988 33 7 Henderson Eels
15 3MF Alwin Hou (1996-09-18) 18 September 1996 4 2 Kossa
17 3MF Dennis Ifunaoa (1991-09-18) 18 September 1991 6 5 Solomon Warriors
9 4FW Benjamin Totori (Captain) (1986-02-20) 20 February 1986 52 29 Ba
19 4FW Andrew Abba (1989-11-25) 25 November 1989 7 5 Napier City Rovers

Honours

Coaches

Sponsors

References
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