Solomon Islands women's national under-20 football team explained

Solomon Islands women's U-20
Association:Solomon Islands Football Federation
Confederation:OFC (Oceania)
Coach: Patrick Miniti
Top Scorer:Laydah Samani, Vanessa Inifiri & Edith Nari (1)
Home Stadium:Lawson Tama Stadium
Fifa Trigramme:SOL
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First Game: 0–0
(Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; 20 April 2004)
Largest Loss: 19–0
(Suva, Fiji; 2 July 2023)
World Cup Apps:0
Regional Name:OFC U-20 Women's Championship
Regional Cup Apps:4
Regional Cup First:2004
Regional Cup Best:Third Place (2004) [1]

The Solomon Islands women's national under-20 football team is the highest women's youth team of women's football in the Solomon Islands and is controlled by the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF).

History

The Solomon Islands is known as one of the best footballing countries in the Pacific. However, that counts for the men's. The women's are still far behind. The Women's under-20 team participated just two times so far at the OFC U-20 Women's Championship: in 2004 and 2006. In both of these tournament they managed to get a draw: a 0–0 against Papua New Guinea and a 1–1 against Melanesian rivals Vanuatu. They suffered there biggest loss in 2004: a 13–0 loss against Australia. So far the Solomon Islands under-20 team has never won a single game. However, in 2019 they will get a new chance as they will participate again.

OFC Championship Record

OFC U-20 Women's Championship
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2002Did not Participate
2004Third Place2011013-13
2006Group stage301227-5
2010Did not Participate
2012
2014
2015
2017
2019[2] Group stage310227-5
2023Quarter-finals3102120-19
Total4/1011227540-35

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship from 30 August–12 September in Avarua, the Cook Islands.

Caps and goals updated as of 6 September 2019, after the game against the Cook Islands.

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cook Islands training squad o course. oceaniafootball . 4 September 2009 . 19 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Draw for U-16 & U-19 Women's Championships complete. oceaniafootball . 18 April 2019 . 19 August 2019.