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.[3]
Nickname(s) | Bonitos | ||
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Association | Solomon Islands Football Federation | ||
Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
Head coach | Stanley Waita (caretaker) | ||
Captain | Benjamin Totori | ||
Most caps | Henry Fa'arodo (61) | ||
Top scorer | Commins Menapi (34)[1] | ||
Home stadium | Lawson Tama Stadium | ||
FIFA code | SOL | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 141 | ||
Highest | 120 (October 2007, April 2008) | ||
Lowest | 200 (January–March 2016) | ||
First international | |||
(Fiji; 30 August 1963) | |||
Biggest win | |||
(Tahiti; 21 August 1995) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
(Fiji; 8 December 1963) | |||
OFC Nations Cup | |||
Appearances | 5 (first in 1980) | ||
Best result | Runners-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 |
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2004–2012 | |
2013–2016 | |
2016- |
World Cup record
FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
Did not participate | Did not participate | |||||||||||||||
Did not qualify | GS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |||||||||
GS | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 23 | ||||||||||
GS | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | ||||||||||
P/O | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | ||||||||||
4th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 6 | ||||||||||
4th | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 27 | ||||||||||
P/O | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | ||||||||||
To be determined | ||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
Did Not Enter | ||||||||
Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | |
1996 | Third Place | 3rd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
Third Place | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |
Group stage | 6th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
Runners-Up | 2nd | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 17 | |
2008 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
Fourth Place | 4th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |
Fourth Place | 4th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
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 | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
Fourth place | 4th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 26 | |
Round 1 | 6th | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | |
Sixth place | 6th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | |
Did not enter | ||||||||
Third place | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | |
Third place | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | |
Round 1 | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |
Did not enter | ||||||||
Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | |
Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 10 | |
Round 1 | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | |
Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 6 | |
Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 6 | |
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
Recent results
8 July 2019 2019 Pacific Games Group Stage | Tuvalu | 0–13 | Apia, Samoa | |
10:00 | Report | Stadium: J.S. Blatter Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Pari Oito (Tahiti) |
10 July 2019 2019 Pacific Games Group Stage | Solomon Islands | 0–2 | Apia, Samoa | |
13:00 | Report | Saïko |
Stadium: J.S. Blatter Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea) |
12 July 2019 2019 Pacific Games Group Stage | Solomon Islands | 0–3 | Apia, Samoa | |
10:00 | Report | Stadium: J.S. Blatter Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia) |
15 July 2019 2019 Pacific Games Group Stage | Solomon Islands | 13–0 | Apia, Samoa | |
16:00 | Report | Stadium: J.S. Blatter Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea) |
18 July 2019 2019 Pacific Games Group Stage | Fiji | 4–4 | Apia, 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 |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | +28 | 100.00 | |
10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 55 | −47 | 0.00 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | +33 | 100.00 | |
35 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 38 | 68 | −30 | 14.29 | |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | +22 | 100.00 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 100.00 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 | |
25 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 36.00 | |
12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 44 | −33 | 0.00 | |
21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 57.14 | |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | +30 | 100.00 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 0.00 | |
23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 75 | −52 | 17.39 | |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | +31 | 100.00 | |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | +28 | 100.00 | |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | +22 | 100.00 | |
33 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 60.61 | |
Total | 188 | 78 | 34 | 76 | 423 | 370 | +53 | 41.49 |
Current technical staff
Position | |
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Head coach | |
Assistant coach | |
Goalkeeper coach | |
Kit Manager | |
Team Manager |
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 |
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GK | Desmond Tutu | 29 September 1997 | 6 | 0 | ||
GK | Harold Nauania | 10 October 1997 | 0 | 0 | ||
GK | Joel Nanogo | 13 December 2000 | 0 | 0 | ||
DF | Hadisi Aengari | 23 October 1988 | 39 | 0 | ||
DF | Emmanuel Poila | 16 July 1990 | 23 | 1 | ||
DF | Boni Pride | 10 September 1995 | 13 | 0 | ||
DF | Richard Hiromana | 30 November 1996 | 11 | 0 | ||
DF | Allen Peter | 15 September 1995 | 10 | 0 | ||
DF | John Aeta | 2 September 2000 | 4 | 0 | ||
DF | Nathaniel Mosese | 28 November 1994 | 0 | 0 | ||
DF | Junior Aengari | 15 April 2000 | 0 | 0 | ||
DF | William Komasi | 10 June 2000 | 0 | 0 | ||
DF | Junior David | 22 September 2001 | 0 | 0 | ||
DF | Javin Wae | 17 November 2002 | 0 | 0 | ||
DF | Eddie Supa | 0 | 0 | |||
DF | Leon Kofana | 22 June 2002 | 0 | 0 | ||
MF | Jerry Donga | 31 January 1991 | 27 | 4 | ||
MF | Gagame Feni | 21 August 1992 | 25 | 13 | ||
MF | Atkin Kaua | 4 April 1996 | 21 | 4 | ||
MF | Tutizama Tanito | 27 November 1993 | 17 | 4 | ||
MF | Micah Lea'alafa | 1 June 1991 | 15 | 6 | unattached | |
MF | Patrick Taroga | 25 May 2000 | 1 | 1 | ||
MF | Rodney Suri | 12 March 1997 | 0 | 0 | ||
MF | Augustine Waita | 13 June 1997 | 0 | 0 | ||
MF | Molis Junior Gagame | 14 September 1999 | 0 | 0 | ||
MF | Frank Kabui | 23 October 2000 | 0 | 0 | ||
FW | Adrian Mara | 1 August 1998 | 3 | 4 | ||
FW | Raynick Laeta | 16 November 1999 | 3 | 0 | ||
FW | Edward Huniuehu | 8 August 1993 | 0 | 0 | ||
FW | Darold Kakasi | 7 February 1999 | 0 | 0 | ||
FW | Raphael Le'ai | 9 September 2003 | 0 | 0 |
Preliminary squad
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Philip Mango | 28 August 1995 | 22 | 0 | |
12 | GK | Timothy Maerasia | 19 June 1995 | 1 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Michael Boso | 3 September 1991 | 13 | 0 | |
6 | DF | Andrew Rarangia | 1 June 1994 | 2 | 0 | |
14 | MF | Joses Nawo | 3 May 1988 | 33 | 7 | |
15 | MF | Alwin Hou | 18 September 1996 | 4 | 2 | |
17 | MF | Dennis Ifunaoa | 18 September 1991 | 6 | 5 | |
9 | FW | Benjamin Totori (Captain) | 20 February 1986 | 52 | 29 | |
19 | FW | Andrew Abba | 25 November 1989 | 7 | 5 |
Honours
Coaches
Edward Ngara (1995–1996) Wilson Maelaua (1996) George Cowie (2000–2003) Alan Gillett (2004–2005) Ayrton Andrioli (2006–2009) Jacob Moli (2010–2014)[4] Moses Toata (2015–2016)[5] Felipe Vega-Arango (2017) Moses Toata (2018–2019) Wim Rijsbergen (2019) Stanley Waita (caretaker) (2020-)
Sponsors
References
- Soccer: the Ultimate Guide. DK Publishing. 19 April 2010. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-7566-6318-6. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- "Member Association – Solomon Islands". FIFA.com. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- Solomon Islands at FIFA.com
- "Solomons search for new coach". Oceania Football Confederation. 29 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.