Solomon Islands national under-23 football team

Solomon Islands U23

Nickname(s)	Bonitos
Association	Solomon Islands Football Federation
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Batram Suri
Captain	Philip Mango
Most caps	Ian Paia (3)
Top scorer	Ian Paia (7)
FIFA code	SOL
First colours Second colours
First international
Papua New Guinea 2 – 4 Solomon Islands (Auckland, New Zealand; January 14, 2004)
Biggest win
American Samoa 1 – 16 Solomon Islands (Taupo, New Zealand; March 21, 2012)
Biggest defeat
Australia 5 – 0 Solomon Islands (Sydney, Australia; January 20, 2004)
OFC U23 Championship
Appearances	6
Best result	Second place

The Solomon Islands national under-23 football team, also known as Solympic, represents the Solomon Islands at U23 tournaments. The team is considered to be the feeder team for the Solomon Islands national football team

History[]

The Solomon Islands U23 made five appearances so far at the OFC U23 Championship. Their best result was a second place twice, in and in 2008. In 2015 they will make their sixth appearance during the 2015 Pacific Games.

OFC[]

The OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every four years to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the Olympic Games.

OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1991
1996	4th Place	8	2	2	4	12	21	-9	8
1999	2nd Place	5	4	0	1	15	6	+9	12
2004	Group Stage	4	1	0	3	5	12	-7	3
2008	2nd Place	5	4	0	1	25	5	+20	12
2012	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	16	4	+12	3
2015	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	5	-4	0
2019	2nd Place	5	3	0	2	14	9	+5	9
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fixtures & Results[]

2015[]

Fiji v Solomon Islands

13 June 2015 Four Nation’s Friendship Cup	Fiji	1–1	Solomon Islands	show Port Vila, Vanuatu
15:00	Christopher Wasasala  72'		Tutizama Tanito  25'	Stadium: Port Vila Municipal Stadium Referee: (Vanuatu)

Vanuatu v Solomon Islands

15 June 2015 Four Nation’s Friendship Cup	Vanuatu	0–0	Solomon Islands	show Port Vila, Vanuatu
13:00		Report		Stadium: Port Vila Municipal Stadium

Solomon Islands v New Caledonia

17 June 2015 Four Nation’s Friendship Cup	Solomon Islands	v	New Caledonia	show Port Vila, Vanuatu
14:30				Stadium: Port Vila Municipal Stadium

2019[]

Solomon Islands  v  American Samoa

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Group Stage	Solomon Islands	6-0	American Samoa	show Suva, Fiji
12:00	3', 55'  10' Taroga  33' Mara  41', 47'	Report		Stadium: ANZ National Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee:

Samoa  v  Solomon Islands

24 September 2019 (2019-09-24) 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Group Stage	Samoa	0-5	Solomon Islands	show Suva, Fiji
12:00		Report	16'  28', 34' Mara  68' Taroga  90+2'	Stadium: ANZ National Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee:

New Zealand  v  Solomon Islands

27 September 2019 (2019-09-27) 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Group Stage	New Zealand	4-2	Solomon Islands	show Suva, Fiji
18:00	Lewis  37' Bevan  39', 90+1' Billingsley  52'	Report	Taroga  1'  79'	Stadium: ANZ National Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee:

Current squad[]

The following players were called to the squad for the 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament from 21 September - 5 October 2019.
Caps and goals updated as of 5 October 2019 after the match against  New Zealand.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Desmond Tutu	(1997-09-29) 29 September 1997 (age 23)	3	0	Henderson Eels
12	1GK		(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 23)	2	0
20	1GK		(2000-12-23) 23 December 2000 (age 20)	0	0	Real Kakamora
2	2DF		(2001-09-22) 22 September 2001 (age 19)	5	0	Hekari United
3	2DF	John Aeta	(2000-09-02) 2 September 2000 (age 21)	5	0	Marist
4	2DF		(2000-04-15) 15 April 2000 (age 21)	5	0	Solomon Warriors
5	2DF		(2000-06-10) 10 June 2000 (age 21)	5	0	Malaita Kingz
13	2DF		(1997-11-15) 15 November 1997 (age 23)	2	0	Malaita Kingz
15	2DF		(1999-11-18) 18 November 1999 (age 21)	2	0	Kossa
6	3MF		(1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 (age 24)	4	0	Henderson Eels
7	3MF		(1997-06-13) 13 June 1997 (age 24)	5	5	Henderson Eels
8	3MF	Patrick Taroga	(2000-05-25) 25 May 2000 (age 21)	5	3	Henderson Eels
11	3MF		(1999-01-02) 2 January 1999 (age 22)	4	1
14	3MF		(1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 24)	4	0	Solomon Warriors
16	3MF		(2000-10-23) 23 October 2000 (age 20)	5	0	Malaita Kingz
17	3MF		(1998-08-08) 8 August 1998 (age 23)	1	0
18	3MF		(1999-09-14) 14 September 1999 (age 22)	4	0	Solomon Warriors
9	4FW	Adrian Mara	(1998-08-01) 1 August 1998 (age 23)	2	3	Kossa
10	4FW		(1999-02-07) 7 February 1999 (age 22)	5	2	Ba
19	4FW	Raynick Laeta	(1999-11-16) 16 November 1999 (age 21)	2	0	Henderson Eels

|- class="nat-fs-player" | |2DF ! scope="row" | |style="text-align:left"| (1997-04-07) 7 April 1997 (age 24) | 0 | 0 |style="text-align:left"| |- class="nat-fs-player" | |3MF ! scope="row" | |style="text-align:left"| (1998-08-25) 25 August 1998 (age 23) | 0 | 0 |style="text-align:left"| Marist

Squad for the 2015 Pacific Games[]

The following players were called to the squad for the 2015 Pacific Games from 3–17 July 2015.
Caps and goals updated as of 17 June 2015 after the match against the  New Caledonia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Philip Mango	(1995-08-28) 28 August 1995 (age 26)	4	0	Marist
20	1GK	Anthony Talo	(1996-01-08) 8 January 1996 (age 25)	1	0	Western United
23	1GK		(1995-06-19) 19 June 1995 (age 26)	0	0	Henderson Eels
2	2DF		(1994-08-11) 11 August 1994 (age 27)	3	0
3	2DF		(1993-12-16) 16 December 1993 (age 27)	4	0	Solomon Warriors
4	2DF		(1993-05-03) 3 May 1993 (age 28)	0	0	Real Kakamora FC
5	2DF	Allen Peter	(1995-09-15) 15 September 1995 (age 26)	4	0	Malaita Kingz
12	2DF	George Ladoga	(1994-11-19) 19 November 1994 (age 26)	1	0	X-Beam
15	2DF		(1994-09-02) 2 September 1994 (age 27)	1	0	Marist
16	2DF	(c)	(1995-07-10) 10 July 1995 (age 26)	1	0	Kossa
18	2DF		(1994-05-17) 17 May 1994 (age 27)	4	0	Marist
19	2DF		(1996-01-08) 8 January 1996 (age 25)	3	0	Marist
21	2DF		(1994-11-28) 28 November 1994 (age 26)	1	0	Marist
6	3MF		(1994-04-06) 6 April 1994 (age 27)	0	0	Marist
8	3MF		(1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 (age 27)	1	0	Kossa
13	3MF		(1995-11-06) 6 November 1995 (age 25)	1	0	Henderson Eels
17	3MF	Timothy Bakale	(1995-03-29) 29 March 1995 (age 26)	4	0	Marist
	3MF		(1995-04-10) 10 April 1995 (age 26)	0	0	Marist
7	4FW		(1994-07-14) 14 July 1994 (age 27)	4	0	FC Guadalcanal
9	4FW		(1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 (age 26)	0	0	Hana
10	4FW	Tutizama Tanito	(1993-11-27) 27 November 1993 (age 27)	4	1	Hekari United
11	4FW		(1994-11-03) 3 November 1994 (age 26)	4	0	Henderson Eels
14	4FW	Boni Pride	(1995-09-10) 10 September 1995 (age 26)	1	0	Henderson Eels
22	4FW		(1996-04-04) 4 April 1996 (age 25)	0	0	Nelson Falcons

Squad for the 2012 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Football Tournament[]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
20	1GK		(1992-09-08) 8 September 1992 (age 29)	3	0	Solomon Warriors
1	1GK	Samson Koti	(1991-12-11) 11 December 1991 (age 29)	0	0	Solomon Warriors
3	2DF	Freddie Kini	(1992-11-27) 27 November 1992 (age 28)	3	0	Western United
4	2DF		(1992-12-18) 18 December 1992 (age 28)	3	1	Kossa
5	2DF	(c)	(1992-04-07) 7 April 1992 (age 29)	1	0	Koloale FC Honiara
6	2DF	Michael Boso	(1991-09-03) 3 September 1991 (age 30)	2	0	Western United
15	2DF		(1990-10-21) 21 October 1990 (age 30)	1	0	Koloale FC Honiara
16	2DF	Emmanuel Poila	(1990-07-16) 16 July 1990 (age 31)	3	0	Hekari United
7	3MF		(1990-08-10) 10 August 1990 (age 31)	1	0	Malaita Kingz
8	3MF	Jeffrey Bule	(1991-11-15) 15 November 1991 (age 29)	3	0	Western United
9	3MF	Moffat Kilifa	(1989-01-17) 17 January 1989 (age 32)	3	0	Ifira Black Bird
12	3MF	Jerry Donga	(1991-01-31) 31 January 1991 (age 30)	3	1	Solomon Warriors
13	3MF		(1989-09-21) 21 September 1989 (age 31)	1	0	Western United
17	3MF		(1992-11-25) 25 November 1992 (age 28)	2	0	Malaita Kingz
18	3MF	Himson Teleda	(1992-08-28) 28 August 1992 (age 29)	1	1	Western United
19	4FW	Micah Lea'alafa	(1991-06-01) 1 June 1991 (age 30)	3	3	Amicale
2	4FW		(1990-02-07) 7 February 1990 (age 31)	2	1	Real Kakamora
10	4FW	Tutizama Tanito	(1993-11-27) 27 November 1993 (age 27)	2	0	Hekari United
11	4FW	Ian Paia	(1990-10-20) 20 October 1990 (age 30)	3	7	Koloale FC Honiara
14	4FW		(1992-11-02) 2 November 1992 (age 28)	2	2	Western United

List of coaches[]

• (2012)
• (2015)
• Batram Suri (2019–)