Association | Solomon Islands Football Federation | ||
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Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
Head coach | Patrick Miniti | ||
Top scorer | Laydah Samani, Vanessa Inifiri & Edith Nari (1) | ||
Home stadium | Lawson Tama Stadium | ||
FIFA code | SOL | ||
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First international | |||
Papua New Guinea 0–0 Solomon Islands (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; 20 April 2004) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
New Zealand 19–0 Solomon Islands (Suva, Fiji; 2 July 2023) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 0 | ||
OFC U-20 Women's Championship | |||
Appearances | 4 (first in 2004 ) | ||
Best result | Third Place (2004) [1] |
The Solomon Islands women's national under-20 football team is the highest women's youth team of women's football in the Solomon Islands and is controlled by the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF).
The Solomon Islands is known as one of the best footballing countries in the Pacific. However, that counts for the men's. The women's are still far behind. The Women's under-20 team participated just two times so far at the OFC U-20 Women's Championship: in 2004 and 2006. In both of these tournament they managed to get a draw: a 0–0 against Papua New Guinea and a 1–1 against Melanesian rivals Vanuatu. They suffered there biggest loss in 2004: a 13–0 loss against Australia. So far the Solomon Islands under-20 team has never won a single game. However, in 2019 they will get a new chance as they will participate again.
OFC U-20 Women's Championship | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
2002 | Did not Participate | ||||||||
2004 | Third Place | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | -13 | |
2006 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | |
2010 | Did not Participate | ||||||||
2012 | |||||||||
2014 | |||||||||
2015 | |||||||||
2017 | |||||||||
2019 [2] | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | |
2023 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | -19 | |
Total | 4/10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 40 | -35 | |
The following players were called up for the 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship from 30 August–12 September in Avarua, the Cook Islands.
Caps and goals updated as of 6 September 2019, after the game against the Cook Islands.
The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Meria Tebaua | 0 | 0 | KGVI School | ||
GK | Gnishilda Forau | 0 | 0 | |||
DF | Eileen Ben | 0 | 0 | Solomon Warriors | ||
DF | Margaret Namoi | 0 | 0 | Bula Frangipani | ||
DF | Lilian Mafane | 0 | 0 | Bula Frangipani | ||
DF | Veronica Samani | 0 | 0 | Panatina | ||
MF | Kobira Gulua | 0 | 0 | Solomon Warriors | ||
MF | Grace Molou | 0 | 0 | Panatina | ||
MF | Mary Bae | 0 | 0 | Kossa | ||
MF | Juliet Vili | 0 | 0 | |||
FW | Christina Yankie | 0 | 0 | Bula Frangipani |
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