Solomon Islands national under-20 football team

Solomon Islands U20

Nickname(s)	Bonitos, Mamula's
Association	Solomon Islands Football Federation
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Pedro Mateo
Captain	Philip Mango
Top scorer	Atkin Kaua (5), Himson Teleda (4)
FIFA code	SOL
First colours Second colours
First international
Fiji 1 - 3 Solomon Islands (Suva, Fiji; September 24, 1994)
Biggest win
American Samoa 0 - 23 Solomon Islands (Apia, Samoa; August 15, 1998)
Biggest defeat
Solomon Islands 0 - 3 New Zealand (Auckland, New Zealand; April 23, 2011)
World Cup
Appearances	0
OFC U-20 Championship
Appearances	7 (1994), (1998), (2001), (2005), (2007), (2011), (2014)
Best result	2005, 2011 (second place)

The Solomon Islands national under-20 football team is the national U-20 team of the Solomon Islands and is controlled by the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF)

History

The Solomon Islands national under-20 football team took seven times part on a tournament (1995, 2005, 2009, 2011 and 2013, 2014, 2016) and the best result was in 2005 when the team reached the final but unfortunately they lost it against Australia.

Competition record

OFC

The OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

OFC U-20 Championship
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1974
1978
1980
1982
1985
1987
1988
1990
1992
1994	3rd Place	5	3	0	2	5	8	-3	9
1997
1998	4th Place	5	2	1	2	26	4	+22	7
& 2001	Group Stage	4	3	0	1	12	2	+10	9
& 2002
2005	2nd Place	5	4	0	1	12	6	+6	12
2007	3rd Place	6	3	2	1	14	8	+6	11
2008
2011	2nd Place	4	2	0	2	7	10	-3	6
2013
2014	4th Place	5	1	1	3	7	7	0	4
& 2016
Total	7	34	18	4	12	83	45	+38	58

Fixtures & Results

Tahiti v Solomon Islands

3 September 2016 2016 OFC U-20 Championship	Tahiti	2-2	Solomon Islands	Luganville, Vanuatu
15:00	Siejidr 13' Salem 34'	Report	Witney 50' Raramo 65'	Stadium: Luganville Soccer City Stadium Referee: Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)

Cook Islands v Solomon Islands

6 September 2016 2016 OFC U-20 Championship	Cook Islands	0-3	Solomon Islands	Luganville, Vanuatu
12:00		Report	Waita 54' Witney 56', 83'	Stadium: Luganville Soccer City Stadium Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)

Solomon Islands v New Zealand

Vanuatu v Solomon Islands

Mango

Peter

Misitana

Bala

Chacha

Kaua

Rangosulia

Bakale

Kairi

Quanafia

Kevin

Solomon Islands's starting line-up against Papua New Guinea, OFC U-20 Championship 2014

Current Technical Staff

Position
Head coach	Commins Menapi
Assistant coach	Gideon Omokirio
Teammanager	Leonard Paia
Physio	Michael Lalagogno

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2016 OFC U-20 Championship from 3 to 17 September 2016. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.

Caps and goals as of 13 September 2016 after the game against Vanuatu.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Desmond Tutu		4	0	West Honiara
12	1GK	Harold Nauania	(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997	1	0	Marist Fire
2	2DF	Sedrick Doliasi		4	0
3	2DF	Joe Gise		4	1	West Honiara
4	2DF	Richard Raramo (captain)	(1998-08-22) 22 August 1998	4	1	Marist Fire
5	2DF	Kisina Silas		4	0	Kossa
6	2DF	Steven Toleyi	(1997-07-26) 26 July 1997	4	0
13	2DF	Ian Kalu	(1999-06-06) 6 June 1999	0	0	Hana
20	2DF	John Dauta		0	0
7	3MF	David Filia		4	0	Malaita Kingz
8	3MF	Molis Gagame		2	0	Solomon Warriors
10	3MF	Albert Witney	(1997-08-20) 20 August 1997	4	3	Solomon Warriors
14	3MF	Darold Wane		0	0
15	3MF	Sandrack Tui		0	0
19	3MF	Larry Zama	(1998-11-26) 26 November 1998	4	0	Kossa
9	4FW	Jabeth Solomon	(1998-11-25) 25 November 1998	4	0	Western United
11	4FW	Adrian Rickson		4	0	Real Kakamora
16	4FW	Augustine Waita		4	1	Koloale FC Honiara
17	4FW	Israel Tatai		2	0	Kossa
18	4FW	Alvin Ray	(1997-01-23) 23 January 1997	2	0	Marist Fire

External links

• Islands football federation official website