Solomon Islands national under-20 football team

Solomon Islands U20
Nickname(s) Bonitos, Mamula's
Association Solomon Islands Football Federation
Confederation OFC (Oceania)
Head coach Solomon Islands Commins Menapi
Captain Philip Mango
Top scorer Atkin Kaua (5), Himson Teleda (4)
FIFA code SOL
First colours
Second colours
First international
Fiji Fiji 1 - 3 Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
(Suva, Fiji; September 24, 1994)
Biggest win
American Samoa American Samoa 0 - 23 Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
(Apia, Samoa; August 15, 1998)
Biggest defeat
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 0 - 3 New Zealand New Zealand
(Auckland, New Zealand; April 23, 2011)
World Cup
Appearances 0
OFC U-20 Championship
Appearances 7 (1994), (1998), (2001), (2005), (2007), (2011), (2014)
Best result 2005, 2011 (second place)

The Solomon Islands national under-20 football team is the national U-20 team of the Solomon Islands and is controlled by the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF)

History

The Vanuatu national under-20 football team took 5 times part on a tournament (1995, 2005, 2009, 2011 and 2013) and the best result was in 2005 when the team reached the final but unfortunately they lost it against Australia. In 2014 the team will participate for the sixth time.

Competition record

OFC

The OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

OFC U-20 Championship
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
French Polynesia 1974
Australia 1978
Fiji 1980
Papua New Guinea 1982
Australia 1985
New Zealand 1987
Fiji 1988
Fiji 1990
French Polynesia 1992
Fiji 19943rd Place530258-39
French Polynesia 1997
Samoa 19984th Place5212264+227
Cook Islands 2001Group Stage4301122+109
Fiji 2002
Solomon Islands 20052nd Place5401126+612
New Zealand 20073rd Place6321148+611
French Polynesia 2008
New Zealand 20112nd Place4202710-36
Fiji 2013
New Zealand 20144th Place51137704
Total734184128345+3858

Group stage

The group stage fixtures were announced on 7 May, with the games scheduled as a round-robin tournament.[1]

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9
 Vanuatu 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7
 Papua New Guinea 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
 New Caledonia 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
 Solomon Islands 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
 American Samoa 3 0 1 2 1 9 −8 1

23 May 2014
19:30 UTC+13
Solomon Islands  0-2  Papua New Guinea
Report Yagas  10'
Bob  51'
ANZ Stadium, Suva
Referee: Fiji Ravitesh Behari

27 May 2014
17:00 UTC+13
New Caledonia  3-1  Solomon Islands
Oiremon  12'
Athale  81'
Nyikeine  89' 		Report Kaua  66'
ANZ Stadium, Suva
Referee: Papua New Guinea Albert Maru

2014 OFC U-20 Championship

Misitana
Bala
Chacha
Kaua
Rangosulia
Bakale
Kairi
Quanafia
Kevin
Solomon Islands's starting line-up against Papua New Guinea, OFC U-20 Championship 2014

Current Technical Staff

Position
Head coach Solomon Islands Commins Menapi
Assistant coach Solomon Islands Gideon Omokirio
Teammanager Solomon Islands Leonard Paia
Physio Solomon Islands Michael Lalagogno

Squad for the 2014 OFC U-20 Championship

Caps and goals as of 1 June 2014.
0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Philip Mango (c) (1995-08-28) 28 August 1995 5 0 Solomon Islands Marist Fire
20 1GK James Do'oro 0 0 Solomon Islands Hana
2 2DF Rollence Misitana 5 0 Solomon Islands Western United
3 2DF Simon Daoi 1 0 Solomon Islands Marist Fire
4 2DF Loea Erakona (1997-04-30) 30 April 1997 3 0 Solomon Islands Solomon Warriors
5 2DF Misitana Samani (1995-11-06) 6 November 1995 4 0 Solomon Islands Malaita Kingz
6 2DF Alffie Chacha (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 2 0 Solomon Islands Western United
13 2DF Fred Bala (1995-07-10) 10 July 1995 5 0 Solomon Islands Kossa
18 2DF Allen Peter (1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 5 0 Solomon Islands Malaita Kingz
7 3MF Edmond Taevo 1 0 Solomon Islands X-Beam
10 3MF Jared Rangosulia (1995-11-06) November 6, 1995 5 1 Solomon Islands Koloale FC Honiara
14 4FW Atkin Kaua (1996-04-04) April 4, 1996 5 5 New Zealand Canterbury United
15 3MF Lesley Ramo (1995-09-13) 13 September 1995 0 0 Solomon Islands Hana
16 3MF Timothy Bunabo (1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 4 0 Solomon Islands Western United
17 3MF Brett Honisawa 1 0 Solomon Islands LEARN&play
19 3MF Timothy Bakale (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995 5 1 Solomon Islands Marist Fire
8 3MF Joachim Kairi (1995-04-10) April 10, 1995 5 0 Solomon Islands X-Beam
9 4FW Dunstan Quanafia (1995-06-25) June 25, 1995 5 0 Vanuatu Ifira Black Bird
11 4FW Herrick Lautalo (1995-02-02) February 2, 1995 2 0 Solomon Islands X-Beam
12 4FW Kevin Obed (1996-04-04) April 4, 1996 4 0 New Zealand Nelson Falcons

References

  1. ↑ "Pathway to FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015 revealed". 7 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.

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