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Solomon Islands national football team
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| Association | Solomon Islands Football Federation |
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| Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Terry Van Dillen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Batram Suri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Commins Menapi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Lawson Tama Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | SOL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 123 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 120 (October 2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 177 (August 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 105 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Solomon Islands 6 - 3 New Hebrides(Fiji; December, 1963) |
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 Solomon Islands 17 - 0 Wallis & Futuna  (Papua New Guinea; September, 1991) |
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| Tahiti 18 - 0 Solomon Islands (Fiji; December 17, 1963) |
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| Appearances | 5 (First in 1980) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Second place, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Solomon Islands national football team is the national team of the Solomon Islands and is controlled by Solomon Islands Football Federation. The team shocked the (Oceanian) football world in the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup (which doubles as World Cup Qualifying), tying Australia 2-2 to nip heavily-favored New Zealand for second place and a spot in a championship playoff against Australia. Although they lost to the Socceroos 5-1 and 6-0, finishing second in the confederation is a remarkable achievement for the island nation.
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- Last game:
Mexico 6-3 Solomon Islands 
- Rio de Janerio, Brazil - 06 November 2007. (FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2007)
- Next game: No fixtures announced yet.
The Solomons would get a second chance against the Socceroos in a two-legged series in September 2005, this time with the winner advancing to a two-legged series against CONMEBOL's fifth-place finisher for a berth in the 2006 World Cup, and lost 7-0 on the first leg and 2-1 in the 2nd played at home.
- 1973 - Did not enter
- 1980 - Round 1
- 1996 - Semi-final
- 1998 - Did not qualify
- 2000 - Third place
- 2002 - Round 1
- 2004 - Second place
- 2008 - Did not qualify
- 1963 - Fourth place
- 1966 - Round 1
- 1969 - Sixth place
- 1971 - Did not enter
- 1975 - Third place
- 1979 - Third place
- 1983 - Round 1
- 1987 - Did not enter
- 1991 - Second place
- 1995 - Second place
- 2003 - Round 1
- 2007 - Fourth place
- Henry Fa'arodo
- Stanley Waeta
- Jack Samani
- Commins Menapi
- Batram Suri
- Gideon Omokirio
- Nelson Sale (Kilifa)
- George Suri
- Alick Maemae
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