Solomon Islands national football team
Shirt badge/Association crest | |||
Nickname(s) | Bonitos | ||
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Association | Solomon Islands Football Federation | ||
Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
Head coach | Moses Toata | ||
Home stadium | Lawson Tama Stadium | ||
FIFA code | SOL | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 199 2 (5 November 2015) | ||
Highest | 120 (October 2007, April 2008) | ||
Lowest | 199 (November 2015) | ||
First international | |||
23x15px Solomons 6–3 New Hebrides (Fiji; 30 August 1963) |
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OFC Nations Cup | |||
Appearances | 5 (First in 1980) | ||
Best result | Second; 2004 |
The Solomon Islands national football team is the national team of Solomon Islands and is controlled by the Solomon Islands Football Federation.
Contents
Overview
During the 2004 Oceania World Cup qualification/Oceania Cup the team drew 2-2 with Australia and qualified for the second leg. However, 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 2006 confederation cup.
The Solomons would get 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 World Cup, and the team was thrashed by Australia 7–0 on the first leg and 2–1 in the 2nd played at home.
The Solomons were knocked out of the 2010 FIFA World Cup particularly as they were seen[by whom?] as the favourites to challenge New Zealand for the Oceanian qualifying slot. They got off to a good start winning every game in their qualifying group and comfortably progressing to the knockout rounds, but defeats to New Caledonia and then to Vanuatu saw them knocked out of the competition.
World Cup record
Oceania Nations Cup record
OFC Nations Cup record | ||||||||
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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 | To Be Determined | |||||||
Total | Runners-Up | 6/9 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 66 |
Pacific Games record
- 1963 – Fourth place
- 1966 – Round 1
- 1969 – Sixth place
- 1971 – Did not enter
- 1975 – Third place
- 1979 – Third place
- 1983 – Round 1
- 1987 – Did not enter
- 1991 – Second place
- 1995 – Second place
- 2003 – Round 1
- 2007 – Fourth place
- 2011 – Second place
Wantok Cup record
- 2008 (July, 1st edition) – First place
Fixtures and Results
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Date | Competition | Location | Opponent | Result | Scorers for Solomon Islands |
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7 July 2008 | Wantok Cup | Honiara, Solomon Islands | Vanuatu | 1–2 | Lency Saeni |
Current Squad
The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Fiji
List of coaches
- Edward Ngara (1995–1996)
- Wilson Maelaua (1996)
- George Cowie (2000–2003)
- Alan Gillett (2004–2005)
- Ayrton Andrioli (2006–2009)
- Jacob Moli (2010–2014)[1]
- Moses Toata (2015–)