Solomon Islands national football team

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.^[3]

In 2019, they went on a three-week training tour in Netherlands.^[4]

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 clinched the golden boot as the tournament top scorer with four goals.

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2025

Papua New Guinea  v  Solomon Islands

13 November 2025 MSG Prime Minister's Cup	Papua New Guinea	1–0	Solomon Islands	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
16:00 UTC+10	P. Paul 75'	Report		Stadium: PNG Football Stadium

Vanuatu  v  Solomon Islands

20 November 2025 MSG Prime Minister's Cup semi-final	Vanuatu	2–1	Solomon Islands	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
19:00 UTC+10	Andrew 32' Loloa 40'	Report	Supa 44'	Stadium: PNG Football Stadium

Fiji  v  Solomon Islands

22 November 2025 MSG Prime Minister's Cup third place match	Fiji	1–1 Abandoned	Solomon Islands	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
17:00 UTC+10	Wasasala 22' (pen.)	Report	Boyers 35' (pen.)	Stadium: PNG Football Stadium

2026

Solomon Islands  v  Bulgaria

27 March 2026 FIFA Series	Solomon Islands	2–10	Bulgaria	Jakarta, Indonesia
15:30 UTC+7	Lea'i 29' (pen.), 70'	Report	Petkov 5', 45+2' Yordanov 13' (pen.) Krastev 39', 44' Nikolov 53', 81', 90+3' Rusev 63' (pen.) Balov 65'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Attendance: 2,248 Referee: Naufal Adya Fairuski (Indonesia)

Saint Kitts and Nevis  v  Solomon Islands

30 March 2026 FIFA Series	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4–2	Solomon Islands	Jakarta, Indonesia
16:45 UTC+7	Sterling-James 30' Mango 43' (o.g.) Kelly 75' Panayiotou 87'	Report	Keana 36' Fordney 85'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)
Note: The kickoff of the Saint Kitts & Nevis v Solomon Islands match, originally scheduled for 15:30 local time, was delayed for 75 minutes due to a thunderstorm and unfavorable weather conditions.[5])

As of 27 March 2026^[12]

Players in bold are still active with Solomon Islands.

Most appearances

More information Rank, Name ...

Rank	Name	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Henry Fa'arodo	64	20	2002–2017
2	Joses Nawo[a]	55	8	2011–present
3	Benjamin Totori	52	29	2007–2019
4	Atkin Kaua[b]	49	6	2016–present
5	Hadisi Aengari	44	0	2011–present
	Philip Mango[a]	45	0	2016–present
7	Nelson Sale Kilifa	37	0	2004–2017
	Batram Suri	37	15	1992–2005
9	Commins Menapi	36	34	2000–2007
10	Gagame Feni	35	19	2012–present

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Updated 27 March 2026 after the match against Bulgaria

More information Team, Pld ...

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
American Samoa	4	4	0	0	40	1	+39	100.00
Australia	10	0	1	9	8	55	−47	0.00
Bulgaria	1	0	0	1	2	10	−8	0.00
Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Cook Islands	5	5	0	0	37	2	+35	100.00
Fiji	44	8	16	20	47	79	−32	18.18
Guam	3	3	0	0	24	2	+22	100.00
Hong Kong	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0.00
Kiribati	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00
Macau	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Malaysia	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	0.00
New Caledonia	29	11	3	15	35	58	−23	37.93
New Zealand	14	0	2	12	11	52	−41	0.00
Papua New Guinea	26	15	4	7	44	34	+10	57.69
Samoa[a]	4	4	0	0	21	0	+21	100.00
Singapore	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	0.00
Tahiti	24	5	3	16	26	76	−50	20.83
Tonga	5	5	0	0	31	0	+31	100.00
Tuvalu	4	4	0	0	29	1	+28	100.00
Vanuatu[b]	37	23	7	7	82	40	+42	62.16
Wallis and Futuna	3	3	0	0	23	1	+22	100.00
Total	220	93	37	90	477	424	+53	42.27

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