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Solomon Islands
Nickname(s)	Bonitos
Association	Solomon Islands Football Federation
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Jacob Moli
Home stadium	Lawson Tama Stadium
FIFA code	SOL
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	149
Highest	120 (October 2007, April 2008)
Lowest	184 (April 2012)
First international
	Solomons 6–3 New Hebrides ; (Fiji; 30 August 1963)
Biggest win
	Solomons 17–0 Wallis and Futuna ; (Papua New Guinea; September 1991)
Biggest defeat
	French Polynesia 18–0 Solomons ; (Fiji; 17 December 1963)
OFC Nations Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 1980)
Best result	Second; 2004

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The Solomon Islands national football team is the national team of the Solomon Islands and is controlled by Solomon Islands Football Federation.

Overview

The team shocked the (Oceanian) football world in the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup (which doubles as World Cup Qualifying), tying Australia 2–2 to nip heavily-favored New Zealand for second place and a spot in a championship playoff against Australia. Although they lost to the Socceroos 5–1 and 6–0, finishing second in the confederation is a remarkable achievement for the island nation.

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 lost 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

1930 to 1990 – Did not enter
1994 to 2010 – Did not qualify

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	Semi-final	3rd	2	0	0	1	1	3
1998	Did not qualify
2000	Semi-final	3rd	4	2	0	2	7	10
2002	Group stage	6th	3	0	1	2	3	9
2004	Final	2nd	7	3	1	3	10	17
2008	Did not qualify
2012	Semi-final	4th	4	1	2	1	2	2
Total		6/9	23	6	4	13	26	62

South 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

Main article: Solomon Islands national football team results

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers for Solomon Islands
7 July 2008	Wantok Cup	Honiara, Solomon Islands	Vanuatu	1–2	Lency Saeni

Current squad

Caps and goals as of 27 October 2012.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Samson Koti	(1991-12-11) 11 December 1991 (age 32)	4	0	Kossa FC
1GK	Paul Huia	(1988-05-05) 5 May 1988 (age 36)	1	0	Solomon Warriors FC

2DF	Tome Faisi	(1982-01-21) 21 January 1982 (age 42)	17	1	Solomon Warriors FC
2DF	Nelson Sale Kilifa	(1986-10-07) 7 October 1986 (age 37)	28	0	Amicale F.C.
2DF	Hadisi Aengari	(1988-10-23) 23 October 1988 (age 35)	12	0	Solomon Warriors FC
2DF	Freddie Kini	(1992-11-27) 27 November 1992 (age 31)	3	0	Koloale FC Honiara
2DF	Seni Ngava	(1988-09-14) 14 September 1988 (age 35)	9	0	Kossa FC
2DF	Loni Qaraba	(1984-11-08) 8 November 1984 (age 39)	4	0	Western United FC
2DF	Emmanuel Poila	(1990-07-16) 16 July 1990 (age 34)	3	0	Solomon Warriors FC
2DF	Willie Lamani	(1991-05-20) 20 May 1991 (age 33)	1	0	Kossa FC

3MF	Jeffrey Bule	(1991-11-15) 15 November 1991 (age 32)	10	1	Solomon Warriors FC
3MF	Leslie Nate	(1986-06-25) 25 June 1986 (age 38)	9	0	Kossa FC
3MF	Henry Fa'arodo	(1982-10-05) 5 October 1982 (age 41)	42	15	Team Wellington
3MF	Jack Wetney	(1990-03-04) 4 March 1990 (age 34)	5	0	Western United FC
3MF	Joses Nawo	(1988-05-03) 3 May 1988 (age 36)	14	4	Amicale F.C.
3MF	Joachim Waroi	(1988-09-20) 20 September 1988 (age 35)	3	0	Solomon Warriors FC
3MF	Himson Teleda	(1992-08-28) 28 August 1992 (age 32)	3	2	Western United FC

4FW	Ian Paia	(1990-10-20) 20 October 1990 (age 33)	5	1	Koloale FC Honiara
4FW	Benjamin Totori	(1986-02-20) 20 February 1986 (age 38)	20	14	Wellington Phoenix FC
4FW	Joe Luwi	(1983-07-18) 18 July 1983 (age 41)	12	3	Western United FC
4FW	Paul Hiri	(1991-11-30) 30 November 1991 (age 32)	2	0	Real Kakamora FC
4FW	Gagame Feni	(1992-08-21) 21 August 1992 (age 32)	1	0	Waitakere United
4FW	Tutizama Tanito	(1993-11-27) 27 November 1993 (age 30)	2	1	Marist Fire FC

List of coaches

Edward Ngara (1995–1996)
Wilson Maelaua (1996)
Alexander Napa (1998)
George Cowie (2000–2003)
Alan Gillett (2004–2005)
Ayrton Andrioli (2006–2009)
Jacob Moli (2010–)^[1]

References

^ Solomon Islands at FIFA.com

External links

Solomon Islands Football Federation official website

[1] Solomon Islands at FIFA.com

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Active	American Samoa Cook Islands FS Micronesia² Fiji Kiribati¹ New Caledonia New Zealand Niue² Palau² Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Tonga Tuvalu¹ Vanuatu
Former	Australia (moved to AFC in 2006) Northern Mariana Islands³ (moved to AFC in 2009) Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)⁴ (returned to AFC in 1989)
¹ Associate member of OFC - Not a member of FIFA ² Not a member of OFC and consequently not a member of FIFA ³ Northern Mariana Islands was only an associate member of OFC between 1998 and 2009 - Not a member of FIFA ⁴ Although not geographically in Oceania, Chinese Taipei was a member of the OFC between 1976–1978 and 1982–1989 Although not geographically in Oceania Israel entered OFC World Cup qualification in 1986 and 1990 due to political reasons, though it never became a formal OFC member.