Solomon Islands national under-17 football team

Solomon Islands U17
Nickname(s)	The Katukatus
Association	Solomon Islands Football Federation
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Stanley Waita
Captain	Leon Kofana
Top scorer	Larry Zama (13)
FIFA code	SOL
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Australia 2 – 0 Solomon Islands ; (New Zealand; 1993)
Biggest win
	Solomon Islands 15 – 0 Tonga ; (Auckland, New Zealand; January 13, 2011)
Biggest defeat
	Solomon Islands 0–8 Mexico ; (Cariacica, Brazil; 3 November 2019)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2019)
OFC Under-17 Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1993)
Best result	Second Place (1993, 2018)

The Solomon Islands national under-17 football team is the national U-17 team of Solomon Islands and is controlled by the Solomon Islands Football Federation.

History[]

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 Mar 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keep their spot for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which will now be played in Brazil after Peru's hosting rights were withdrawn due to infrastructure concerns and delays of the organizing committee.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.

Competition Record[]

FIFA U-17 World Cup record[]

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	To be determined
Total	-	3	0	0	3	0	20	-20	0

OFC U-17 Championship record[]

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
	Second Place	4	2	0	2	3	6	-3	2
	Fourth Place	4	0	1	3	3	8	-5	1
	Third Place	5	3	0	2	9	7	+2	6
	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
Total		52	27	6	19	174	60	+114	76

History Matches[]

2015[]

13 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	Solomon Islands	10–1	Tonga	show Pago Pago, American Samoa
15:30 UTC−11	19', 58' 20', 53', 78', 85' 31', 60' 75' 89'	Report	Soakai Vea 14'	Stadium: Pago Park Soccer Stadium Referee:

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

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

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

2017[]

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

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

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

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

2018[]

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

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

15 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Group Stage	Solomon Islands	5–0	Vanuatu	show Honiara, Solomon Islands
15:00	4' 20' Le'ai 47' 53', 64'	Report		Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Sione Lelenga (Tonga)

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

22 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Final	Solomon Islands	0–0 (4–5 p)	New Zealand	show Honiara, Solomon Islands
15:00		Report		Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 12.000 Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
	Penalties
	Le'ai		Stamenic Garbett

2019[]

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

29 April 2019 UEFA international development tournament 2019	Moldova	1–2	Solomon Islands	show Minsk, Belarus
12:00			50' Le'ai 80'

2 May 2019 UEFA international development tournament 2019	Belarus	1–1	Solomon Islands	show Minsk, Belarus
17:00			Le'ai 60'

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

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

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

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

Current Technical Staff[]

Position
Head coach	Stanley Waita
Assistant coach	Vivian Wickham
Goalkeeper coach	Santus Kabini
Team manager	Robert Seni
Medical officer	Dr. Kenton Sade

Current squad[]

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		(2002-11-25) 25 November 2002 (age 18)	7	0
12	1GK		(2003-12-30) 30 December 2003 (age 17)	0	0
21	1GK		(2003-04-07) 7 April 2003 (age 18)	1	0	Henderson Eels

2	2DF		(2002-08-18) 18 August 2002 (age 19)	6	0	Henderson Eels
3	2DF		(2002-10-10) 10 October 2002 (age 18)	7	0
4	2DF		(2002-06-22) 22 June 2002 (age 19)	7	1	Wellington Phoenix
5	2DF		(2002-11-17) 17 November 2002 (age 18)	8	2	Kossa
6	2DF		(2002-07-15) 15 July 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Renbel Province
16	2DF		(2003-06-03) 3 June 2003 (age 18)	1	0	Kossa
18	2DF		(2003-05-04) 4 May 2003 (age 18)	2	0	Kossa
20	2DF		(2004-08-08) 8 August 2004 (age 17)	3	0	Kossa

8	3MF		(2002-04-06) 6 April 2002 (age 19)	5	0
11	3MF		(2002-10-21) 21 October 2002 (age 18)	6	0	Guadalcanal
13	3MF		(2002-10-01) 1 October 2002 (age 18)	7	0	Guadalcanal
14	3MF		(2002-06-21) 21 June 2002 (age 19)	8	0	Solomon Warriors
15	3MF		(2004-04-04) 4 April 2004 (age 17)	1	0	Wellington Phoenix

7	3MF		(2003-04-25) 25 April 2003 (age 18)	1	0	Solomon Warriors
9	4FW		(2002-02-07) 7 February 2002 (age 19)	8	4	Glenfield Rovers
10	4FW	Raphael Lea'i	(2003-09-09) 9 September 2003 (age 18)	8	8	Wellington Phoenix
17	4FW		(2004-03-02) 2 March 2004 (age 17)	2	0	Wellington Phoenix
19	4FW		(2003-12-02) 2 December 2003 (age 17)	1	0	Henderson Eels

Recent call-ups[]

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 18)	3	0	Western United	2018 OFC U-16 Championship
DF	Charlton Totori	(2002-10-16) 16 October 2002 (age 18)	0	0	Solomon Warriors	Traveling squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
DF	Fabio Pao	(2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 (age 18)	2	0	Western United	2018 OFC U-16 Championship
DF	Dexter Iniakwala		0	0	Honiara	Trainingscamp
DF	John Pengalo		0	0	Temotu	Trainingscamp

MF		(2002-07-01) 1 July 2002 (age 19)	5	1	Kossa
MF	Clayton Menapa	(2002-08-05) 5 August 2002 (age 19)	2	0		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 17)	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 19)	4	0	Makuru	Pre-Squad squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
FW	Goldy Ogaoga	(2003-08-10) 10 August 2003 (age 18)	0	0	Guadalcanal Province	Traveling squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
FW	Floyd Hagi		0	0	Malaita	Trainingscamp

2017 squad[]

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 20)	4	0	Henderson Eels
12	1GK	John Brown	(2000-03-03) 3 March 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Marist

2	2DF	John Aeta	(2000-09-02) 2 September 2000 (age 21)	4	0	Marist
3	2DF	Aengari Gagame	(2000-04-15) 15 April 2000 (age 21)	4	0	Solomon Warriors
4	2DF	Junior Ashley	(2000-09-24) 24 September 2000 (age 20)	3	0	Guadalcanal
5	2DF	Raymond Dauabu	(2000-06-19) 19 June 2000 (age 21)	4	0	Malaita Kingz
13	2DF	Stanley Ryniker	(2001-09-19) 19 September 2001 (age 19)	2	0	Koloale FC Honiara
14	2DF	Danny Ofeni	(2001-01-12) 12 January 2001 (age 20)	2	0	Marist

6	3MF	Bobby Ramo	(2000-04-14) 14 April 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Marist
8	3MF	Simon Jedzini	(2000-10-11) 11 October 2000 (age 20)	2	0	Western United
10	3MF	Elis Mana	(2000-03-09) 9 March 2000 (age 21)	4	1	Koloale FC Honiara
15	3MF	Alfred Elvis	(2000-07-27) 27 July 2000 (age 21)	4	0	Western United
16	3MF	John Mana	(2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 (age 20)	1	0	Hana
17	3MF	Michael Lalo	(2001-01-18) 18 January 2001 (age 20)	2	0	Guadalcanal
18	3MF	Steward Toata	(2001-01-10) 10 January 2001 (age 20)	4	1	Marist
19	3MF	Richmond Hatarau	(2000-04-03) 3 April 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Compol

7	4FW	Junior Kaoni	(2000-06-16) 16 June 2000 (age 21)	4	5	Solomon Warriors
9	4FW	Don Keana	(2000-09-09) 9 September 2000 (age 21)	4	2	Marist
11	4FW	Ali Mekawir	(2000-07-27) 27 July 2000 (age 21)	4	3	Marist
20	4FW	Junior Allen	(2001-12-15) 15 December 2001 (age 19)	2	2	Marist

List of coaches[]

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

References[]

^ "Sport: Solomon Islands name U-17 FIFA World Cup squad". rnz.co.nz. RNZ. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

External links[]

Solomon Islands Football Federation official website

[squad-1] "Sport: Solomon Islands name U-17 FIFA World Cup squad". rnz.co.nz. RNZ. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

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