Nickname(s) Bonitos Top scorer Commins Menapi (34) FIFA code SOL Arena/Stadium Lawson Tama Stadium Head coach Moses Toata | Most caps Batram Suri (48) Home stadium Lawson Tama Stadium Founded 1978 Manager Moses Toata | |
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Current 187 1 (9 February 2017) Association Solomon Islands Football Federation Confederation Oceania Football Confederation (Oceania) | ||
Solomon islands national football team arrived today
The Solomon Islands national football team is the national team of Solomon Islands and is controlled by the Solomon Islands Football Federation.
Contents
- Solomon islands national football team arrived today
- History
- World Cup record
- Pacific Games record
- Wantok Cup record
- Current squad
- Recent call ups
- List of coaches
- References
History
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 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.
World Cup record
Pacific Games record
Wantok Cup record
Current squad
The following players were called up for the games against Tahiti on 7 and 13 November 2016.
Caps and goals updated as of 13 November after the match against Tahiti.
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.