| Solomon Islands | |
| Badge: | Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg |
| Badge Size: | 220px |
| Nickname: | Bonitos |
| Association: | Solomon Islands Football Federation |
| Confederation: | OFC (Oceania) |
| Coach: | Josh Smith |
| Captain: | Joses Nawo |
| Most Caps: | Henry Fa'arodo (64) |
| Top Scorer: | Commins Menapi (34) |
| Home Stadium: | National Stadium, Lawson Tama Stadium |
| Fifa Trigramme: | SOL |
| Fifa Max: | 120 |
| Fifa Max Date: | October 2007, April 2008 |
| Fifa Min: | 200 |
| Fifa Min Date: | January–March 2016 |
| Elo Max: | 109 |
| Elo Max Date: | September 2005 |
| Elo Min: | 177 |
| Elo Min Date: | November 2016 |
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| Socks1: | F1FF00 |
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| First Game: | 6–3 (Suva, Fiji; 30 August 1963) |
| Largest Win: | 16–0 (Papeete, Tahiti; 21 August 1995) |
| Largest Loss: | 18–0 (Suva, Fiji; 8 December 1963) |
| Regional Name: | OFC Nations Cup |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 8 |
| Regional Cup First: | 1980 |
| Regional Cup Best: | Runners-up, 2004 |
The Solomon Islands men's national football team is the national football team of Solomon Islands, administered by the Solomon Islands Football Federation. The Solomon Islands national football team was founded in 1978. They were officially recognised by FIFA a decade later, in 1988. Paul Francis, their greatest ever player died on 30 November 2024. [1]
During the 2004 Oceania World Cup qualification/Oceania Cup the team drew 2–2 with Australia and qualified for the second leg. In the second leg, the Solomon Islands national men's team were thrashed by Australia 5–1 and 6–0 in the two matches, with Australia qualifying for the 2005 FIFA 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.
After first taking charge of the team in 2017, Spaniard Felipe Vega-Arango was appointed for his second stint in June 2021.[2]
In 2019, they went on a three-week training tour in Netherlands.[3]
In June 2023, Solomon Islands played their friendly match against Southeast Asia countries, Singapore and Malaysia. Solomon Island won the 2023 MSG Prime Minister's Cup after winning against Papua New Guinea (3–1), Vanuatu (1–0) and New Caledonia (1–0) as Raphael Lea'i clinch the golden boots as the tournament top scorer with four goals.
| Kit lier | Period | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004–2012 | ||
 Pasifika | 2013–2016 | |
 Veto | 2016–2021 | |
 UCAN | 2022– |
See main article: Solomon Islands national football team results (1963–1999) and Solomon Islands national football team results (2000–present). The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
| Position | ||
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Jacob Moli | |
| Assistant coach | Stanley Waita | |
| Goalkeeper coach | Tibon Oge | |
| Kit Manager | Augustine Hou | |
| Team Manager | Dixion Lauia Anga |
Caretaker managers are listed in italics.
The following players were called up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification against on 10 October 2024.[7]
Caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2024, after the match against .
The following players have also been called up within the last twelve months.
Players in bold are still active with Solomon Islands.
| width=30px | Rank | Name | width=50px | Caps | width=50px | Goals | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry Fa'arodo | 64 | 20 | 2002–2017 | |||
| 2 | Joses Nawo | 56 | 8 | 2011–present | |||
| 3 | Benjamin Totori | 52 | 29 | 2007–2019 | |||
| 4 | Hadisi Aengari | 44 | 0 | 2011–present | |||
| 5 | Philip Mango | 43 | 0 | 2016–present | |||
| 6 | Atkin Kaua | 41 | 5 | 2016–present | |||
| 7 | Nelson Sale Kilifa | 37 | 0 | 2004–2017 | |||
| 8 | Commins Menapi | 36 | 34 | 2000–2007 | |||
| Batram Suri | 36 | 14 | 1995–2005 | ||||
| 10 | Gagame Feni | 35 | 19 | 2012–present | |||
| width=30px | Rank | Name | width=50px | Goals | width=50px | Caps | width=50px | Ratio | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commins Menapi | 34 | 36 | 2000–2007 | |||||
| 2 | Benjamin Totori | 29 | 52 | 2007–2019 | |||||
| 3 | Henry Fa'arodo | 20 | 64 | 2002–2017 | |||||
| 4 | Gagame Feni | 19 | 35 | 2012–present | |||||
| 5 | Batram Suri | 14 | 36 | 1995–2005 | |||||
| 6 | Raphael Lea'i | 12 | 23 | 2022–present | |||||
| 7 | Noel Berry | 10 | 15 | 1995–2000 | |||||
| 8 | John Orobulu | 8 | 14 | 2018–present | |||||
| Micah Lea'alafa | 8 | 29 | 2016–present | ||||||
| Joses Nawo | 8 | 56 | 2011–present | ||||||
| FIFA World Cup | FIFA World Cup qualification | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Host | Round | ||||||||||||||
| 1930 to 1986 | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | ||||||||||||||
| 1990 |  Italy | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
| 1994 |  United States | Did not qualify | Group stage | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |||||||
| 1998 |  France | Group stage | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 23 | ||||||||
| 2002 |  Japan | Group stage | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | ||||||||
| 2006 |  Germany | 2nd | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | ||||||||
| 2010 |  South Africa | Knockout stage | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 6 | ||||||||
| 2014 |  Brazil | 4th | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 22 | ||||||||
| 2018 | 2nd | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||||||||
| 2022 |  Qatar | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||
| 2026 |  Canada Mexico United States | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| 2030 |  Morocco Portugal Spain | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
| 2034 |  Saudi Arabia | |||||||||||||||
| Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | 60 | 24 | 9 | 27 | 122 | 126 | ||||
| Oceania Cup / OFC Nations Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Squad | |||||||||||||
| 1973 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
 1980 | Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | No qualification | |||||||
| 1996 | Semi-finals | 3rd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Squad | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| 1998 | Did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||
| 2000 | Third place | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | Squad | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | |
| 2002 | Group stage | 6th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | Squad | Qualified automatically | ||||||
| 2004 | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 17 | Squad | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| 2008 | Did not qualify | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 6 | |||||||||
 2012 | Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | Squad | Qualified automatically | ||||||
 2016 | Semi-finals | 3rd | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Squad | |||||||
| 2024 | Group stage | 6th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Squad | |||||||
| Total | Runners-up | 8/11 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 31 | 74 | — | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 65 | 24 | |
| Pacific Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
| 1963 | Fourth place | 4th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 26 | |
| 1966 | Group stage | 6th | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1969 | Sixth place | 6th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | |
| 1971 | Colspan=8 | did not enter | |||||||
 1975 | Third place | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | |
| 1979 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | |
| 1983 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |
| 1987 | Colspan=8 | did not enter | |||||||
| 1991 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | |
| 1995 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 10 | |
| 2003 | Group stage | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | |
| 2007 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 6 | |
| 2011 | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 6 | |
| 2015 | See Solomon Islands national under-23 football team | ||||||||
| 2019 | Group stage | 7th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 9 | |
| Total | Runners-up | 12/15 | 55 | 29 | 6 | 20 | 185 | 119 | |