Solomon Islands women's national under-20 football team
| Association | Solomon Islands Football Federation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
| Head coach | Solomon Islands 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 | |||
| File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea 0–0 File:Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; 20 April 2004) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 19–0 Solomon Islands File:Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg (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).
History
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 Championship Record
| OFC U-20 Women's Championship | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
| Tonga 2002 | Did not Participate | ||||||||
| Papua New Guinea 2004 | Third Place | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | -13 | |
| Samoa 2006 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | |
| New Zealand 2010 | Did not Participate | ||||||||
| New Zealand 2012 | |||||||||
| New Zealand 2014 | |||||||||
| Tonga 2015 | |||||||||
| New Zealand 2017 | |||||||||
| Cook Islands 2019[2] | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | |
| Fiji 2023 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | -19 | |
| Total | 4/10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 40 | -35 | |
Current squad
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.
Recent call-ups
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Meria Tebaua | 0 | 0 | Solomon Islands KGVI School | ||
| GK | Gnishilda Forau | 0 | 0 | Solomon Islands | ||
| DF | Eileen Ben | 0 | 0 | Solomon Islands Solomon Warriors | ||
| DF | Margaret Namoi | 0 | 0 | Solomon Islands Bula Frangipani | ||
| DF | Lilian Mafane | 0 | 0 | Solomon Islands Bula Frangipani | ||
| DF | Veronica Samani | 0 | 0 | Solomon Islands Panatina | ||
| MF | Kobira Gulua | 0 | 0 | Solomon Islands Solomon Warriors | ||
| MF | Grace Molou | 0 | 0 | Solomon Islands Panatina | ||
| MF | Mary Bae | 0 | 0 | Solomon Islands Kossa | ||
| MF | Juliet Vili | 0 | 0 | Solomon Islands | ||
| FW | Christina Yankie | 0 | 0 | Solomon Islands Bula Frangipani | ||
References
- ↑ "Cook Islands training squad o course". oceaniafootball. 4 September 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ↑ "Draw for U-16 & U-19 Women's Championships complete". oceaniafootball. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
