Solomon Islands national football team

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Solomon Islands
Association	Solomon Islands Football Federation
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Ayrton Andrioli
Most caps	Batram Suri
Top scorer	Commins Menapi
Home stadium	Lawson Tama Stadium
FIFA code	SOL
FIFA ranking	163
Highest FIFA ranking	124 (October 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	177 (August 1996)
Elo ranking	105
First kit 　 Second kit
First international Solomon Islands 6 - 3 New Hebrides (Fiji; December, 1963)
Biggest win Solomon Islands 17 - 0 Wallis & Futuna (Papua New Guinea; September, 1991)
Biggest defeat Tahiti 18 - 0 Solomon Islands (Fiji; December 17, 1963)
OFC Nations Cup
Appearances	5 (First in 1980)
Best result	Second place, 2004

The Solomon Islands national football team is the national team of the Solomon Islands and is controlled by Solomon Islands Football Federation. It has shocked the (Oceanian) football world in the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup (which doubles as World Cup Qualifying), tying Australia 2-2 to nip heavily-favored New Zealand for second place and a spot in a championship playoff against Australia. Although they lost to the Socceroos 5-1 and 6-0, finishing second in the confederation is a remarkable achievement for the island nation.

The Solomons would get 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 World Cup, and lost 7-0 on the first leg and 2-1 in the 2nd.

With Australia's transfer to Asia, it is expected that the Solomons will feud with New Zealand for dominance of the OFC.

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[edit] World Cup record

• 1930 to 1990 - Did not enter
• 1994 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] Oceania Nations Cup record

• 1973 - Did not enter
• 1980 - Round 1
• 1996 - Semifinals
• 1998 - Did not qualify
• 2000 - Third place
• 2002 - Round 1
• 2004 - Second place

[edit] Notable players

• Henry Fa'arodo
• Stanley Waeta
• Jack Samani
• Commins Menapi
• Batram Suri
• Gideon Omokirio
• Nelson Saie Kilifa
• George Suri
• Alick Maemae

Football in Solomon Islands v • d • e
Federation | National Team | National Championship | Honiara FA League
International football v • d • e
FIFA | World Cup | Confederations Cup | U-20 World Cup | U-17 World Cup | Olympics | Asian Games | All-Africa Games | Pan American Games | Island Games | World Rankings | Player of the Year | Teams | Codes
VIVA World Cup v • d • e
Occitania 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | <noinclude>

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