Solomon Islands women's national football team

The Solomon Islands women's national football team represents Solomon Islands in international women's association football. The team is controlled by the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) and is affiliated to the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). Their current head coach is the former footballer Timothy Inifiri.

Solomon Islands

Association	Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF)
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Daniel Seels
Captain	Laydah Samani
Most caps	Ileen Pegi (14)
Top scorer	Laydah Samani (6)
Home stadium	Lawson Tama Stadium
FIFA code	SOL
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	105 9 (18 December 2020)[1]
Highest	92 (2009)
Lowest	142 (July 2015)
First international
Papua New Guinea 6–1  Solomon Islands (Lae, Papua New Guinea; 9 April 2007)
Biggest win
Solomon Islands 4–0  Tonga (Auckland, New Zealand; 29 September 2010)  American Samoa 0–4  Solomon Islands (Nouméa, New Caledonia; 1 September 2011)
Biggest defeat
Solomon Islands 0–8  New Zealand (Lae, Papua New Guinea; 11 April 2007)  New Zealand 8–0  Solomon Islands (Auckland, New Zealand; 5 October 2010)
OFC Women's Nations Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2007)
Best result	Fourth place, 2010

Despite having not yet qualified for a FIFA Women's World Cup, the Solomon Islands finished fourth in the OFC Women's Nations Cup twice, in 2007 and 2010. The team is one of the youngest national teams in Oceania, having played its first match in April 2007.

History

Solomon Islands disputed its first game on 9 April 2007, for the eight OFC Women's Nations Cup, celebrated in their neighbour country Papua New Guinea. Their first rival was the host team, against whom the team lost 6–1. Prudence Fula became the Solomon Islands' first scorer ever.[2] The nation finished last in the four-team tournament, after a heavy loss with New Zealand[3] and a goalless tie against Tonga. Noel Wagapu coached the team,[4] which consisted of former players of the under-17, under-19 and under-20 national teams.[5]

With Timothy Infiri as the team's manager, the Solomon Islands did an average performance at the 2007 South Pacific Games football tournament in Apia, Samoa. There, the national team managed to achieve its first victory, 3–0 facing American Samoa.[6] Unfortunately, they couldn't advance to the semi-finals due to two losses; with Fiji and Papua New Guinea.

Solomon Islands returned in the 2010 OFC Women's Championship, celebrated in New Zealand. The team was drawn in Group B, along with Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Fiji. The Solomon Islands qualified for the semi-finals after winning to Tonga and tying with Fiji. The team was beaten by the Football Ferns of New Zealand 8–0 in the semi-finals and 2–0 by the Cook Islands in the third-place match.

The team failed to past the group stage in the 2011 Pacific Games tournament. Solomon Islands only won over American Samoa 4–0 and lost the other three games. However, they managed to achieve their best result against Papua New Guinea, a narrow 1–0 loss.[7]

The national team's most recent appearance was in the 2015 Pacific Games, after not entering the 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup. Solomon Islands was defeated in all of its three matches.

Records

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record									FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
1995									–	–	–	–	–	–
1999									–	–	–	–	–	–
2003									–	–	–	–	–	–
2007	Did not qualify								3	0	1	2	1	14
2011									5	1	1	3	5	12
2015	Did not enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
2019	Did Not Qualify								3	1	1	1	2	1
2023	To Be Determined								To Be Determined
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	2	3	6	8	27

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record									Olympic Games qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Ineligible								No Qualifying Process
2000
2004	Did not enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
2008	Did not qualify								4	1	1	2	4	8
2012	Did not enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
2016	Did not qualify								3	0	0	3	2	12
2020	To Be Determined
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	1	1	5	6	20

OFC Nations Cup record

OFC Nations Cup record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1983	Did not enter
1986
1989
1991
1994
1998
2003
2007	Fourth place	4th	3	0	0	3	1	14
2010	Fourth place	4th	5	1	1	3	5	12
2014	Did not enter
2018	Qualification Round	10th	3	1	1	1	2	1
2022	Qualified as host
Total	Fourth place	2/10	11	2	3	6	8	27

Pacific Games

Pacific Games record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2003	Did not enter
2007	Group stage	6th	4	1	1	2	4	8
2011	Group stage	7th	4	1	0	3	4	6
2015	Group stage	7th	3	0	0	3	2	12
2019	To Be Determined
2023
Total	Group stage	3/4	11	2	1	8	10	26

All-time record against other nations

Against	Pld	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
American Samoa	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7
Cook Islands	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2
Fiji	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3
New Caledonia	2	0	0	2	1	11	−10
New Zealand	2	0	0	2	0	16	−16
Papua New Guinea	4	0	0	4	2	13	−11
Samoa	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Tahiti	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Tonga	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2
Total	19	3	3	33	16	52	−36

Recent Results & Fixtures

2019

8 July 2019 2019 Pacific Games - Group Stage	Papua New Guinea	5-2	Solomon Islands	Apia, Samoa
15:30	Lucy Maino  21', 79' Ramona Padio  26', 38' Meagen Gunemba  70'	Report	Crystal Bakolo  15' Laydah Samani  72'	Stadium: J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Nadia Browning

10 July 2019 2019 Pacific Games - Group Stage	Solomon Islands	0-1	Tahiti	Apia, Samoa
15:30		Report	Hanihei Taumaa  67'	Stadium: J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Tapaita Lelenga

12 July 2019 2019 Pacific Games - Group Stage	Vanuatu	1-2	Solomon Islands	Apia, Samoa
12:00	Emilia Taravaki  69'	Report	Ileen Pegi  60' Crystal Bakolo  65'	Stadium: J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Salesh Chand

15 July 2019 2019 Pacific Games - Group Stage	Solomon Islands	1-2	Cook Islands	Apia, Samoa
15:00	Jemina David  36'	Report	Kura Mose  20' Lee Maoate-Cox  23'	Stadium: J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Sing Pechsri

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2019 Pacific Games from 7–20 July in Apia, Samoa.

Caps and goals updated as of 15 July 2019, after the game against the Cook Islands.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Margaret Kofela	17 August 1999	4	0	Monaro Panthers
12	GK	Sylvester Maenu'u	8 October 1993	3	0	Koloale
2	DF	Mesalyn Saepo		10	1
3	DF	Edith Nari	28 August 2003	10	0	Marist
4	DF	Liza Solo	27 September 1997	7	0	Monaro Panthers
14	DF	Janisa Onika	30 October 1994	9	0
15	DF	Cathy Aihunu	23 June 1995	12	1	Koloale
19	DF	Jemina David	4 December 1994	7	1	WanSOL
6	MF	Merina Joe	5 May 1995	11	1	Koloale
8	MF	Wendy Basil	19 August 1998	6	0	Marist
9	MF	Mary Meafiti		7	0
13	MF	Delmay Waihaho	27 August 1996	0	0	Koloale
16	MF	Francina Mautai		2	0
17	MF	Alisha Donga	12 April 2002	1	0	Solomon Warriors
18	MF	Agnes Noisi	6 October 1998	8	0	Koloale
20	DF	Glence Rose		0	0
5	FW	Imelda Tehekeni	14 September 1998	7	0	Marist
7	FW	Ileen Pegi	18 July 1992	18	3	Koloale
10	FW	Crystal Bakolo	25 December 1986	17	2	Koloale
11	FW	Laydah Samani	18 February 1992	17	7	Monaro Panthers

Recent call-ups

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	DF	Rosie Sambiru	24 December 2000	7	0	Koloale
	DF	Elsie Kwaeotolo	18 May 1995	5	1
	DF	Rose Oge	21 September 2000	0	0	WanSOL
	MF	Joy Timo	22 December 1993	3	0	Koloale
	MF	Serah Ragomo	15 May 1994	3	0	Solomon Warriors
	MF	Muriel Gua	18 March 2001	3	0	Koloale

Match results

  Win   Draw   Loss

No.	Opponent	Date	Result	Competition	Venue	Report
1	Papua New Guinea	9 April 2007	1–6	2007 OFC Women's Championship	Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium, Lae (Papua New Guinea)	Report
2	New Zealand	11 April 2007	0–8	2007 OFC Women's Championship	Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium, Lae (Papua New Guinea)	Report
3	Tonga	13 April 2007	0–0	2007 OFC Women's Championship	Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium, Lae (Papua New Guinea)	Report
4	Papua New Guinea	28 August 2007	0–4	2007 South Pacific Games	Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia (Samoa)	Report
5	Cook Islands	30 August 2007	1–1	2007 South Pacific Games	Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia (Samoa)	Report
6	American Samoa	1 September 2007	3–0	2007 South Pacific Games	Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia (Samoa)	Report
7	Fiji	3 September 2007	0–3	2007 South Pacific Games	Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex, Apia (Samoa)	Report
8	Tonga	30 September 2010	4–0	2010 OFC Women's Championship	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland (New Zealand)	Report
9	Papua New Guinea	2 October 2010	1–2	2010 OFC Women's Championship	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland (New Zealand)	Report
10	Fiji	4 October 2010	0–0	2010 OFC Women's Championship	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland (New Zealand)	Report
11	New Zealand	6 October 2010	0–8	2010 OFC Women's Championship	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland (New Zealand)	Report
12	Cook Islands	8 October 2010	0–2	2010 OFC Women's Championship	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland (New Zealand)	Report
13	New Caledonia	27 August 2011	0–3	2011 Pacific Games	Stade PLGC, Nouméa (New Caledonia)	Report
14	Tahiti	31 August 2011	0–2	2011 Pacific Games	Stade PLGC, Nouméa (New Caledonia)	Report
15	American Samoa	2 September 2011	4–0	2011 Pacific Games	Stade PLGC, Nouméa (New Caledonia)	Report
16	Papua New Guinea	5 September 2011	0–1	2011 Pacific Games	Stade PLGC, Nouméa (New Caledonia)	Report
17	New Caledonia	6 July 2015	1–8	2015 Pacific Games	Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)	Report
18	Tonga	8 July 2015	0–2	2015 Pacific Games	Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)	Report
19	Samoa	11 July 2015	1–2	2015 Pacific Games	Bisini Sports Complex, Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)	Report
20	Vanuatu	4 December 2017	0–5	2017 Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila (Vanuatu)	Report
21	Tonga	7 December 2017	1–3	2017 Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila (Vanuatu)	Report
22	Fiji	11 December 2017	0–2	2017 Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila (Vanuatu)	Report
23	Tonga	14 December 2017	0–1	2017 Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila (Vanuatu)	Report
24	American Samoa	24 August 2018	2–0	2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup qualification	Churchill Park, Lautoka (Fiji)	Report
25	Fiji	27 August 2018	0–0	2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup qualification	Churchill Park, Lautoka (Fiji)	Report
26	Vanuatu	30 August 2018	0–1	2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup qualification	Churchill Park, Lautoka (Fiji)	Report

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Laydah Samani	6
2	Betty Maenu'u	2
	Ileen Pegi	2
4	Cathy Aihunu	1
	Crystal Annie	1
	Margaret Daudau	1
	Prudence Fula	1
	Merina Joe	1
	Diane Jusuts	1
	Elsie Kwoaetolo	1
	Ella Misibini	1
	Mesalyn Saepio	1
Total		19

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