Solomon Islands national football team

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The Solomon Islands men's national football team is the national football team of Solomon Islands, 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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 were thrashed by Australia 5–1 and 6–0 in the two matches, with Australia qualifying for the 2005 FIFA 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.

After first taking charge of the team in 2017, Spaniard Felipe Vega-Arango was appointed for his second stint in June 2021.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2019, they went on a three-week training tour in Netherlands.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In June 2023, Solomon Islands played their friendly match against Southeast Asia countries, Singapore and Malaysia. Solomon Island won the 2023 MSG Prime Minister's Cup after winning against Papua New Guinea (3–1), Vanuatu (1–0) and New Caledonia (1–0) as Raphael Lea'i clinch the golden boots as the tournament top scorer with four goals.

Team image

Kit sponsorship

Kit lier Period
Template:Flagicon Lotto 2004–2013
Template:Flagicon Bocini 2014
Template:Flagicon OFC 2015
None 2016
Template:Flagicon Veto 2017
Template:Flagicon UCAN 2019–2022
Template:Flagicon SUNAIS 2022–2024
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Sponsors

Results and fixtures

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

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Coaching staff

Position Name
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Assistant coach Template:Flagicon Moses Toata<ref name="JoshSmith" />
Goalkeeper coach Template:Flagicon Tibon Oge
Kit Manager Template:Flagicon Augustine Hou
Team Manager Template:Flagicon Dixion Lauia Anga

Coaching history

Wim Rijsbergen became the manager of the Solomon Islands in 2019
Caretaker managers are listed in italics.

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Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification against Fiji on 10 October 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2024, after the match against Fiji.

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Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up within the last twelve months.

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Player records

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Players in bold are still active with Solomon Islands.

Most appearances

Henry Fa'arodo is the Solomon Islands' most-capped player with 64 appearances.
Rank Name Caps Goals Career
1 Henry Fa'arodo 64 20 2002–2017
2 Joses Nawo 56 8 2011–present
3 Benjamin Totori 52 29 2007–2019
4 Atkin Kaua 47 6 2016–present
5 Philip Mango 45 0 2016–present
6 Hadisi Aengari 44 0 2011–present
7 Nelson Sale Kilifa 37 0 2004–2017
8 Commins Menapi 36 34 2000–2007
Batram Suri 36 14 1995–2005
10 Gagame Feni 35 19 2012–present

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Commins Menapi 34 36 {{#expr:34/36 round 2}} 2000–2007
2 Benjamin Totori 29 52 {{#expr:29/52 round 2}} 2007–2019
3 Henry Fa'arodo 20 64 {{#expr:20/64 round 2}} 2002–2017
4 Gagame Feni 19 35 {{#expr:19/35 round 2}} 2012–present
5 Batram Suri 14 36 {{#expr:14/36 round 2}} 1995–2005
6 Raphael Lea'i 12 27 {{#expr:12/27 round 2}} 2022–present
7 Noel Berry 10 15 {{#expr:10/15 round 2}} 1995–2000
8 Micah Lea'alafa 9 31 {{#expr:9/31 round 2}} 2016–present
9 John Orobulu 8 16 {{#expr:8/16 round 2}} 2018–present
Joses Nawo 8 56 {{#expr:8/56 round 2}} 2011–present

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip* Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1930 Not member of FIFA Not member of FIFA
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Template:Flagicon 1978
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Template:Flagicon 1986
Template:Flagicon 1990 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1994 Did not qualify 1st Round 4 0 1 3 5 13
Template:Flagicon 1998 2nd Round 8 3 3 2 22 23
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002 1st Round 4 2 0 2 17 10
Template:Flagicon 2006 2nd 11 6 2 3 24 16
Template:Flagicon 2010 SF 6 4 0 2 23 6
Template:Flagicon 2014 4th 9 2 2 5 7 22
Template:Flagicon 2018 2nd 9 4 1 4 10 16
Template:Flagicon 2022 2nd 3 2 0 1 6 8
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026 2nd Round 3 1 0 2 4 5
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2030 To be determined To be determined
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Total Template:Sortdash 0/23 – – – – – – — 60 24 9 27 122 126

OFC Nations Cup

Oceania Cup / OFC Nations Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Squad Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1973 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1980 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 3 21 Template:N/a No qualification
Template:Flagicon 1996 Semi-finals 3rd 2 0 0 2 1 3 Squad 4 4 0 0 10 1
Template:Flagicon 1998 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 8 7
Template:Flagicon 2000 Third place 3rd 4 2 0 2 7 10 Squad 4 2 1 1 10 9
Template:Flagicon 2002 Group stage 6th 3 0 1 2 3 9 Squad Qualified automatically
Template:Flagicon 2004 Runners-up 2nd 7 3 1 3 10 17 Squad 4 3 1 0 14 1
Template:Flagicon 2008 Did not qualify 6 4 0 2 23 6
Template:Flagicon 2012 Fourth place 4th 5 1 2 2 5 6 Squad Qualified automatically
Template:Flagicon 2016 Semi-finals 3rd 4 1 0 3 2 4 Squad
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2024 Group stage 6th 2 0 0 2 0 4 Squad
Total Runners-up 8/11 30 7 4 19 31 74 — 22 15 3 4 65 24

Pacific Games

Pacific Games record
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Template:Flagicon 1963 Fourth place 4th 3 1 0 2 6 26
Template:Flagicon 1966 Group stage 6th 2 0 1 1 4 12
Template:Flagicon 1969 Sixth place 6th 5 0 1 4 8 19
Template:Flagicon 1971 did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1975 Bronze medal 3rd 4 2 1 1 9 8
Template:Flagicon 1979 Bronze medal 3rd 5 4 0 1 24 5
Template:Flagicon 1983 Group stage 10th 3 1 0 2 0 11
Template:Flagicon 1987 did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1991 Silver medal 2nd 5 4 1 0 12 3
Template:Flagicon 1995 Silver medal 2nd 6 4 0 2 34 10
Template:Flagicon 2003 Group stage 5th 4 2 1 1 14 4
Template:Flagicon 2007 Fourth place 4th 6 4 0 2 23 6
Template:Flagicon 2011 Silver medal 2nd 7 5 0 2 21 6
Template:Flagicon 2015 See Solomon Islands national under-23 football team
Template:Flagicon 2019 Group stage 7th 5 2 1 2 30 9
Total Runners-up 12/15 55 29 6 20 185 119

Wantok Cup

Head-to-head record

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Honours

Continental

Regional

Awards

Summary

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OFC Nations Cup 0 1 1 2
Total 0 1 1 2

Historical kits

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References

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Further reading

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