Solomon Islands national football team

Solomon Islands

Nickname(s)	Bonitos
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
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	141 (10 December 2020)[2]
Highest	120 (October 2007, April 2008)
Lowest	200 (January–March 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
Appearances	7 (first in 1980)
Best result	Runners-up, 2004

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]

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
Lotto	2004–2012
Pasifika	2013–2016
Veto	2016-

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 to 1990	Did not participate									Did not participate
1994	Did not qualify									GS	4	0	1	3	5	13
1998										GS	8	3	3	2	22	23
2002										GS	4	2	0	2	17	10
2006										P/O	11	6	2	3	24	18
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									To be determined
2026
Total	–	0/21	–	–	–	–	–	–			54	21	9	24	112	115

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	Cancelled
Total	Runners-Up	7/10	28	7	4	17	31	70

Pacific Games record

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	See Solomon Islands national under-23 football team
2019	Round 1	7th	5	2	1	2	30	9
Total	Second place	12/15	55	29	6	20	185	119

Wantok Cup record

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

Results and fixtures

Recent results

Forthcoming fixtures

2021

Record by opponent

Up to matches played on 18 July 2019.

Record by opponent

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
American Samoa	3	3	0	0	29	1	+28	100.00
Australia	10	0	1	9	8	55	−47	0.00
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	14.29
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	36.00
New Zealand	12	0	2	10	11	44	−33	0.00
Papua New Guinea	21	12	4	5	34	26	+8	57.14
Samoa[a]	3	3	0	0	20	0	+20	100.00
Singapore	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	0.00
Tahiti	23	4	3	16	23	75	−52	17.39
Tonga	5	5	0	0	31	0	+31	100.00
Tuvalu	4	4	0	0	29	1	+28	100.00
Vanuatu[b]	33	20	7	6	74	37	+37	60.61
Wallis and Futuna	3	3	0	0	23	1	+22	100.00
Total	188	78	34	76	423	370	+53	41.49

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
	GK	Desmond Tutu	29 September 1997	6	0	Henderson Eels
	GK	Harold Nauania	10 October 1997	0	0	Isabel United
	GK	Joel Nanogo	13 December 2000	0	0	Real Kakamora
	DF	Hadisi Aengari	23 October 1988	39	0	Solomon Warriors
	DF	Emmanuel Poila	16 July 1990	23	1	Solomon Warriors
	DF	Boni Pride	10 September 1995	13	0	Henderson Eels
	DF	Richard Hiromana	30 November 1996	11	0	Real Kakamora
	DF	Allen Peter	15 September 1995	10	0	Laugu United
	DF	John Aeta	2 September 2000	4	0	Marist
	DF	Nathaniel Mosese	28 November 1994	0	0	Isabel United
	DF	Junior Aengari	15 April 2000	0	0	Solomon Warriors
	DF	William Komasi	10 June 2000	0	0	Central Coast
	DF	Junior David	22 September 2001	0	0	Hekari United
	DF	Javin Wae	17 November 2002	0	0	Central Coast
	DF	Eddie Supa		0	0	Isabel United
	DF	Leon Kofana	22 June 2002	0	0	Henderson Eels
	MF	Jerry Donga	31 January 1991	27	4	Solomon Warriors
	MF	Gagame Feni	21 August 1992	25	13	Laugu United
	MF	Atkin Kaua	4 April 1996	21	4	Laugu United
	MF	Tutizama Tanito	27 November 1993	17	4	Henderson Eels
	MF	Micah Lea'alafa	1 June 1991	15	6	unattached
	MF	Patrick Taroga	25 May 2000	1	1	Suva
	MF	Rodney Suri	12 March 1997	0	0	Henderson Eels
	MF	Augustine Waita	13 June 1997	0	0	Henderson Eels
	MF	Molis Junior Gagame	14 September 1999	0	0	Solomon Warriors
	MF	Frank Kabui	23 October 2000	0	0	Malaita Kingz
	FW	Adrian Mara	1 August 1998	3	4	Real Kakamora
	FW	Raynick Laeta	16 November 1999	3	0	Henderson Eels
	FW	Edward Huniuehu	3 March 1993	0	0	Malaita Kingz
	FW	Darold Kakasi	7 February 1999	0	0	Ba
	FW	Raphael Le'ai	9 September 2003	0	0	Henderson Eels

Preliminary squad

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

Honours

• Oceania Nations Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2004
  • Third place (2): 1996, 2000
• South Pacific Games
  • Runners-up (3): 1991, 1995, 2011
  • Third place (1): 1975, 1979
• Wantok Cup
  • Winners (1): 2008

Coaches

• Edward Ngara (1995–1996)
• Wilson Maelaua (1996)
• George Cowie (2000–2003)
• Alan Gillett (2004–2005)
• Ayrton Andrioli (2006–2009)
• Jacob Moli (2010–2014)^[5]
• Moses Toata (2015–2016)^[6]
• Felipe Vega-Arango (2017)
• Moses Toata (2018–2019)
• Wim Rijsbergen (2019)
• Stanley Waita (caretaker) (2020-)

Sponsors

• Lotto
• Telekom

References

External links

• Solomon Islands Football Federation official website