The Solomon Islands Football Federation is a member of the Oceania Football Confederation. The Solomon Islands national football team made history when they made it to the final Oceania stages of the 2006 World Cup Qualification against Australia. Before the tournament began it was almost presumed this place would go to New Zealand.
Moise Poida is a Vanuatuan football manager and former player. He manages the Vanuatu men's national team and has been a former manager of club side Tafea. Poida has also managed the Vanuatu men's under-20 national team and Vanuatu men's under-23 national team. As a player, Poida made 21 appearances for the national team and scored three goals as a winger and midfielder. At club level, he played for Tafea F.C. for his entire career. In 2008 Poida played for an Oceanian representative side against a team that included members of France's 1998 FIFA World Cup winning team. The game included players such as Zinedine Zidane, Christian Karembeu and Robert Pires.
Kossa FC is a Solomon Islands football club, playing in the Honiara FA League and in the Solomon Islands National Club Championship.
Benjamin Totori is a Solomon Islands footballer who plays as a striker for Kossa. He has played in the United States and New Zealand.
Roy Christopher Krishna is a Fijian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Indian Super League club Odisha and captains the Fiji national team. He is the most-capped and highest-scoring Fijian footballer of all time. In 2022, he became the first player to have ever reached 50 caps for the Fiji national team.
Reginald Davani is a former Papua New Guinea footballer, who is currently acting as senior men's coach at Western Pride FC.
Artur Aleksandrowiç Gevorkýan is a Turkmen former footballer who plays as a forward.
Association football is the most popular sport in Tuvalu. Football in Tuvalu is governed by the Tuvalu National Football Association (TNFA). The TNFA became an associate member association of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) on 15 November 2006 with a further reinstatement on 16 March 2020. The TNFA has been wanting to become a full member of the OFC and a member of FIFA since 1987.
Misagh Medina Bahadoran is a Filipino professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for One Taguig and the Philippines national team. He has also played for the Philippines national futsal team.
Jeffery Bule is an association football and futsal player from the Solomon Islands. He plays as a midfielder for Suva in Fiji, as well as the Solomon Islands 11-a-side and futsal teams.
Bong Kalo is a Ni-Vanuatu footballer who plays as a midfielder for Port Vila Premier League club, ABM Galaxy, and the Vanuatu national football team.
Philip Mango is a Solomon Islands footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Solomon Warriors, and the Solomon Islands national team.
Micah Lea'alafa is a Solomon Islands professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FK Beograd and captains the Solomon Islands national team.
Moses Hedley Toata is Solomon Islander football manager and former player. He is currently the technical director of the Solomon Islands Football Federation.
Anthony Talo is an association football and futsal player from the Solomon Islands. He plays as a goalkeeper for Kossa in the Telekom S-League and the Solomon Islands national futsal team.
Elliot Ragomo is a futsal player from the Solomon Islands. He plays as a defender for Brazilian club Minas Tênis Clube in the Liga Nacional de Futsal and the Solomon Islands national futsal team. Ragomo is the first futsal player from the Solomon Islands who plays professionally. Ragomo currently hold the title of the fastest ever goal scored in an official futsal match. He scored 3 seconds into the match between Kurukuru and New Caledonia in 2009.
The Oceanian section of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Qatar, for national teams which are members of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). A total of 0.5 slots in the final tournament were available for OFC teams, which equated to one inter-confederation play-off slot.
Raphael Ohanua Lea'i Jr. is a Solomon Islands professional footballer who plays as a striker for NPL South Australia club Adelaide City and the Solomon Islands national team. He is the first Solomon Islands player to have played professional football in Europe.
Alexander Noah Paulsen is a New Zealand footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for A-League club Auckland FC, on loan from Premier League club Bournemouth, and the New Zealand national team.
Ali Mekawir is a Solomon Islands footballer who currently plays for Navua F.C. in Fiji and the Solomon Islands national team.
