Solomon Islands national under-17 football team

In the 2015 OFC U-17 Championship striker Larry Zama scored thirteen goals in the course of the campaign making him the top goal scorer of the tournament. He scored eight goals in a single game against American Samoa, a tournament record to that date. In the semi-finals of the 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Solomon Islands defeated Fiji to qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru. Solomon Islands were to make their FIFA U-17 World Cup Debut in Peru in 2019; however on 15 February 2019 Solomon Islands seemed to have forfeited their chance of playing in the event due to over-age player Chris Satu. In February 2019 it was also announced that Raphael Lea'i and Leon Kofana will go to Scots College, Wellington and train with Wellington Phoenix FC. On 3 March 2019, upon OFC Executive Committee appeal Solomon Islands were able to keep their spot for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which will now be played in Brazil after Peru's hosting rights were withdrawn due to infrastructure concerns and delays of the organising committee. Their first FIFA U-17 World Cup match is on 28 October 2019 in Group F where Solomon Islands will play against Italy, then 31 October where they will play against Paraguay and the last Group F on 3 November which they will play against Mexico.

FIFA U-17 World Cup record edit

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1993 to 2005	Did not qualify
2007 to 2009	Did not participate
2011	Did not qualify
2013	Withdrew
2015 to 2017	Did not qualify
2019	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	0	20	-20	0
2023	Disqualified from qualification, thus did not qualify
2025	to be determined
Total	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	0	20	-20	0

OFC U-17 Championship record edit

The OFC Under 17 Championship is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

OFC Under-17 Championship
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1993	Runners-up	4	2	0	2	3	6	-3	2
1995	Fourth Place	4	0	1	3	3	8	-5	1
1997	Third Place	5	3	0	2	9	7	+2	6
1999	Third Place	6	4	1	1	19	5	+14	12
/ 2001	Group Stage	4	2	0	2	20	3	+17	6
/ / 2003	Group Stage	5	2	1	2	18	6	+12	7
2005	Third Place	6	3	2	1	20	8	+12	8
2007	Did not participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Did not participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Third Place	5	4	0	1	24	4	+20	12
2013	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
/ 2015	Group Stage	4	2	0	2	24	6	+18	6
2017	Semi-finals	4	1	1	2	16	6	+10	4
2018	Second Place	5	4	0	1	18	1	+17	12
2023	Disqualified from participating	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Runners-up	52	27	6	19	174	60	+114	76

2015 edit

Solomon Islands v Tonga

13 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	Solomon Islands	10–1	Tonga	Pago Pago, American Samoa
15:30 UTC−11	Junior Hou 19', 58' Larry Zama 20', 53', 78', 85' Richard Raramo 31', 60' Kaliz Atu 75' Hendrick Jirah 89'	Report	Soakai Vea 14'	Stadium: Pago Park Soccer Stadium Referee: Salesh Chand

Vanuatu v Solomon Islands

17 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	Vanuatu	2–1	Solomon Islands	Pago Pago, American Samoa
15:30 UTC−11	Sylvain Worworbu 6' Ronaldo Wilkins 62' (pen.)	Report	Larry Zama 43'	Stadium: Pago Park Soccer Stadium Referee: Averii Jacques

Tahiti v Solomon Islands

19 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	Tahiti	3–0	Solomon Islands	Pago Pago, American Samoa
13:00 UTC−11	Marc Siejidr 35' Michel Maihi 45+4' (pen.) 59' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Pago Park Soccer Stadium Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

Solomon Islands v American Samoa

21 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	Solomon Islands	13–0	American Samoa	Pago Pago, American Samoa
13:00 UTC−11	Larry Zama 9', 27', 39', 45+6', 52', 68', 88', 90' Philip Maeta 42', 70' Junior Hou 72' Benjimin Toata 76' Hendrick Jirah 81'	Report		Stadium: Pago Park Soccer Stadium Referee: Hillary Any

2017 edit

Fiji v Solomon Islands

12 February 2017 2017 OFC U-17 Championship Group Stage	Fiji	1–1	Solomon Islands	Papeete, Tahiti
19:00	Dau 4'	Report	Mana 52'	Stadium: Stade Pater, Pirae Attendance: 550 Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

New Zealand v Solomon Islands

15 February 2017 2017 OFC U-17 Championship Group Stage	New Zealand	2–1	Solomon Islands	Papeete, Tahiti
16:00	Williams 3' Spragg 84'	Report	Kaoni 48'	Stadium: Stade Pater, Pirae Attendance: 500 Referee: Abdelkader Zitouni (Tahiti)

Solomon Islands v Samoa

18 February 2017 2017 OFC U-17 Championship Group Stage	Solomon Islands	12–0	Samoa	Papeete, Tahiti
16:00	Mekawir 9', 19', 30' Toata 29' Kaoni 45+4', 67', 80', 88' Keana 53', 65' Allen 57', 79'	Report		Stadium: Stade Pater, Pirae Attendance: 300 Referee: Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)

New Caledonia v Solomon Islands

21 February 2017 2017 OFC U-17 Championship Semi-finals	New Caledonia	3–2	Solomon Islands	Papeete, Tahiti
16:00	Bako 23' Jeno 68' Longue 80'	Report	Toata 62' Allen 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Mahina, Mahina Attendance: 400 Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

2018 edit

Papua New Guinea  v  Solomon Islands

9 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Group Stage	Papua New Guinea	0–5	Solomon Islands	Honiara, Solomon Islands
15:00		Report	Lea'i 12', 30' (pen.), 41', 90+2' Satu 70'	Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 3.500 Referee: Salesh Chand (Fiji)

Solomon Islands  v  New Zealand

12 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Group Stage	Solomon Islands	5–0	New Zealand	Honiara, Solomon Islands
15:00	Wae 18' Lea'i 41', 85' Kofana 55' Keana 87'	Report		Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Solomon Islands  v  Vanuatu

15 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Group Stage	Solomon Islands	5–0	Vanuatu	Honiara, Solomon Islands
15:00	Wae 4' H. Pao 20' Lea'i 47' Mani 53', 64'	Report		Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Sione Lelenga (Tonga)

Solomon Islands  v  Fiji

19 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Semi-Final	Solomon Islands	3–1	Fiji	Honiara, Solomon Islands
10:00	Mani 1', 29' Lea'i 90+1'	Report	Pillay 45+3'	Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 8.000 Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

Solomon Islands  v  New Zealand

22 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Final	Solomon Islands	0–0 (4–5 p)	New Zealand	Honiara, Solomon Islands
15:00		Report		Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 12.000 Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
	Penalties
	Satu Keana Taebo Mani Lea'i		Van Hattum Stamenic Garbett Lee Bright

2019 edit

Jersey  v  Solomon Islands

26 April 2019 Friendly	Jersey	2–3	Solomon Islands	Saint Helier, Jersey
12:00				Stadium: Springfield Stadium

Moldova  v  Solomon Islands

29 April 2019 UEFA international development tournament 2019	Moldova	1–2	Solomon Islands	Minsk, Belarus
12:00			Mani 50' Lea'i 80'

Belarus  v  Solomon Islands

2 May 2019 UEFA international development tournament 2019	Belarus	1–1	Solomon Islands	Minsk, Belarus
17:00			Lea'i 60'

Solomon Islands  v  Kazakhstan

4 May 2019 UEFA international development tournament 2019	Solomon Islands	2–2	Kazakhstan	Minsk, Belarus
13:00	Lea'i 40', 80'

Solomon Islands  v  Italy

28 October 2019 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup Group Stage	Solomon Islands	0–5	Italy	Gama, Brazil
				Stadium: Estádio Bezerrão

Solomon Islands  v  Paraguay

31 October 2019 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup Group Stage	Solomon Islands	0–7	Paraguay	Gama, Brazil
				Stadium: Estádio Bezerrão

Mexico  v  Solomon Islands

3 November 2019 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup Group Stage	Mexico	8–0	Solomon Islands	Cariacica, Brazil
				Stadium: Estádio Kléber Andrade

The following players were called up for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup from 26 October – 17 November in Brazil.^[1]

Caps and goals as of 3 November 2019 after the game against Mexico.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Davidson Malam	(2002-11-25) 25 November 2002 (age 21)	7	0	Laugu United
12	1GK	Junior Petua	(2003-12-30) 30 December 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Paritasi
21	1GK	Gideon Suta	(2003-04-07) 7 April 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Henderson Eels
2	2DF	Derrick Taebo	(2002-08-18) 18 August 2002 (age 21)	6	0	Henderson Eels
3	2DF	Stanford Fakasori	(2002-10-10) 10 October 2002 (age 21)	7	0	Uncles
4	2DF	Leon Kofana	(2002-06-22) 22 June 2002 (age 21)	7	1	Wellington Phoenix
5	2DF	Javin Alick	(2002-11-17) 17 November 2002 (age 21)	8	2	Kossa
6	2DF	Fresha Sofu	(2002-07-15) 15 July 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Renbel Province
16	2DF	Hensky Foata	(2003-06-03) 3 June 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Kossa
18	2DF	Zani Sale	(2003-05-04) 4 May 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Kossa
20	2DF	Pateson Tongaka	(2004-08-08) 8 August 2004 (age 19)	3	0	Kossa
8	3MF	Richie Kwaimamani	(2002-04-06) 6 April 2002 (age 22)	5	0	Isabel United
11	3MF	Philip Ropa	(2002-10-21) 21 October 2002 (age 21)	6	0	Guadalcanal
13	3MF	Alford Kanahanimae	(2002-10-01) 1 October 2002 (age 21)	7	0	Guadalcanal
14	3MF	Densly Geseni	(2002-06-21) 21 June 2002 (age 21)	8	0	Solomon Warriors
15	3MF	Alden Suri	(2004-04-04) 4 April 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Wellington Phoenix
7	3MF	Bradley Irosaea	(2003-04-25) 25 April 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Solomon Warriors
9	4FW	Charles Mani	(2002-02-07) 7 February 2002 (age 22)	8	4	Glenfield Rovers
10	4FW	Raphael Lea'i	(2003-09-09) 9 September 2003 (age 20)	8	8	Wellington Phoenix
17	4FW	Barrie Limoki	(2004-03-02) 2 March 2004 (age 20)	2	0	Wellington Phoenix
19	4FW	Selwyn Hou	(2003-12-02) 2 December 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Henderson Eels

Recent call-ups edit

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Lucian Sade		0	0	Western	Trainingscamp
DF	Benbate Lamupio	(2003-07-09) 9 July 2003 (age 20)	3	0	Western United	2018 OFC U-16 Championship
DF	Charlton Totori	(2002-10-16) 16 October 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Solomon Warriors	Traveling squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
DF	Fabio Pao	(2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Western United	2018 OFC U-16 Championship
DF	Dexter Iniakwala		0	0	Honiara	Trainingscamp
DF	John Pengalo		0	0	Temotu	Trainingscamp
MF	Maxwell Keana	(2002-07-01) 1 July 2002 (age 21)	5	1	Kossa
MF	Clayton Menapa	(2002-08-05) 5 August 2002 (age 21)	2	0	West Honiara	Traveling squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
MF	Cyral Enotorau		0	0	Malaita Province	Pre-Squad squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
MF	Ashley Me'esa		0	0	Temotu Province	Pre-Squad squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
MF	Hamilton Pao	(2003-11-06) 6 November 2003 (age 20)	1	1	Western United	2018 OFC U-16 Championship
MF	Yanop Thompson		0	0	Temotu	Trainingscamp
FW	Steward Quanafia	(2002-06-11) 11 June 2002 (age 21)	4	0	Makuru	Pre-Squad squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
FW	Goldy Ogaoga	(2003-08-10) 10 August 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Guadalcanal Province	Traveling squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
FW	Floyd Hagi		0	0	Malaita	Trainingscamp

The following players were called up for the 2017 OFC U-17 Championship from 11 to 24 February 2017.

Caps and goals as of 18 January 2017 after the game against Samoa.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Joel Nanago	(2000-12-13) 13 December 2000 (age 23)	4	0	Henderson Eels
12	1GK	John Brown	(2000-03-03) 3 March 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Marist
2	2DF	John Aeta	(2000-09-02) 2 September 2000 (age 23)	4	0	Marist
3	2DF	Aengari Gagame	(2000-04-15) 15 April 2000 (age 24)	4	0	Solomon Warriors
4	2DF	Junior Ashley	(2000-09-24) 24 September 2000 (age 23)	3	0	Guadalcanal
5	2DF	Raymond Dauabu	(2000-06-19) 19 June 2000 (age 23)	4	0	Malaita Kingz
13	2DF	Stanley Ryniker	(2001-09-19) 19 September 2001 (age 22)	2	0	Koloale FC Honiara
14	2DF	Danny Ofeni	(2001-01-12) 12 January 2001 (age 23)	2	0	Marist
6	3MF	Bobby Ramo	(2000-04-14) 14 April 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Marist
8	3MF	Simon Jedzini	(2000-10-11) 11 October 2000 (age 23)	2	0	Western United
10	3MF	Elis Mana	(2000-03-09) 9 March 2000 (age 24)	4	1	Koloale FC Honiara
15	3MF	Alfred Elvis	(2000-07-27) 27 July 2000 (age 23)	4	0	Western United
16	3MF	John Mana	(2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 (age 23)	1	0	Hana
17	3MF	Michael Lalo	(2001-01-18) 18 January 2001 (age 23)	2	0	Guadalcanal
18	3MF	Steward Toata	(2001-01-10) 10 January 2001 (age 23)	4	1	Marist
19	3MF	Richmond Hatarau	(2000-04-03) 3 April 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Compol
7	4FW	Junior Kaoni	(2000-06-16) 16 June 2000 (age 23)	4	5	Solomon Warriors
9	4FW	Don Keana	(2000-09-09) 9 September 2000 (age 23)	4	2	Marist
11	4FW	Ali Mekawir	(2000-07-27) 27 July 2000 (age 23)	4	3	Marist
20	4FW	Junior Allen	(2001-12-15) 15 December 2001 (age 22)	2	2	Marist

• Chris Asipara (2010-2012)
• Jacob Moli (2014-2016)
• Marlon Hoekarawa (2016-2017)
• Stanley Waita (2018-)

• Solomon Islands Football Federation official website