2019–20 Solomon Islands S-League

Telekom S-League
Season2019–20
ChampionsSolomon Warriors
OFC Champions LeagueSolomon Warriors
Henderson Eels
Matches played72
Goals scored364 (5.06 per match)
Top goalscorerSolomon Islands Raphael Lea'i
(24 goals)
← 2018

The 2019–20 Telekom S-League is the 16th season of the Telekom S-League, the top football league in the Solomon Islands.

The league kicked off on 14 September 2019.[1][2] and finished on 29 January 2020.[3] It was originally scheduled to finish in December 2019 but it was postponed. After many discussions the final matches were played on late January.[4]

Solomon Warriors were crowned as the league champions after winning FC Guadalcanal by default in the last gameweek.[5]

Teams

Nine teams played the 2019–20 season, an increase from eight in the 2018 season.[6][7] Western United from the previous season did not enter, and were replaced by Isabel United and Laugu United.

Title Race

Solomon Warriors and Henderson Eels starred a breathtaking title race. Henderson Eels arrived to the last matchweek needing a miracle to win the league as they needed to beat bottom placed team Real Kakamora by 13 or more goals and cheer for a Solomon Warriors loss against FC Guadalcanal.[9]

Eels won Real Kakamora by 19–0 with eleven goals scored by Raphael Lea'i[10] but Solomon Warriors won Guadalcanal by default to remain with the national league title.[11]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Solomon Warriors (C, Q) 16 13 2 1 70 14 +56 41 Qualification to OFC Champions League group stage[a]
2 Henderson Eels (Q) 16 12 2 2 78 19 +59 38
3 Kossa 16 10 2 4 53 25 +28 32
4 Isabel United 16 10 1 5 48 28 +20 31
5 Malaita Kingz 16 8 0 8 39 37 +2 24
6 Laugu United 16 5 3 8 31 29 +2 18
7 Marist 16 4 5 7 23 37 −14 17
8 FC Guadalcanal 16 1 2 13 15 82 −67 5
9 Real Kakamora 16 0 1 15 7 93 −86 1
Source: ,[15] SIFF, Soccerway
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the league was not finished at the end of 2019, Solomon Warriors and Henderson Eels, which were both assured of a top two finish and thus had qualified for the 2020 OFC Champions League at that time, were placed in the group stage following their ranking at the end of 2019.[12][13] The league continued in 2020, and Solomon Warriors and Henderson Eels eventually finished in the same positions as champions and runners-up respectively.[14]

Top scorers

[16] [17] [18]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Solomon Islands Raphael Lea'i Henderson Eels 24
2 Vanuatu Tony Kaltak Solomon Warriors 19
3 Solomon Islands Harrison Mala Kossa 15
4 Solomon Islands Edward Huniuehu Malaita Kingz 13
5 Solomon Islands Atkin Kaua Laugu United 11
Solomon Islands Joses Nawo Henderson Eels
7 Solomon Islands Bently Kelobi Isabel United 10
Solomon Islands Lore Fonaota Kossa
Solomon Islands Tuti Tanito Henderson Eels
10 Emmanuel Simon Malaita Kingz 8

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Score Date
Emmanuel Simón Malaita Kingz Real Kakamora 0–5 14 September 2019
Vanuatu Tony Kaltack4 Solomon Warriors Isabel United 5–3 22 September 2019
Solomon Islands Harrison Mala Kossa Guadalcanal 1–5 28 September 2019
Solomon Islands Edward Huniuehu Malaita Kingz Guadalcanal 0–4 13 October 2019
Solomon Islands Molea Tigi5 Solomon Warriors Real Kakamora 0–11 16 October 2019
Solomon Islands Bently Kelobi Isabel United Marist 4–2 16 October 2019
Solomon Islands Lore Fonaota Kossa Malaita Kingz 1–3 19 October 2019
Solomon Islands Bently Kelobi4 Isabel United Guadalcanal 8–0 19 October 2019
Solomon Islands Atkin Kaua4 Laugu United Real Kakamora 2–5 20 October 2019
Solomon Islands Jerry Donga Solomon Warriors Laugu United 0–5 26 October 2019
Solomon Islands Edward Huniuehu4 Malaita Kingz Real Kakamora 6–0 9 November 2019
Solomon Islands Raphael Lea'i4 Henderson Eels Guadalcanal 7–1 20 November 2019
Solomon Islands Raphael Lea'i4 Henderson Eels Malaita Kingz 2–9 26 November 2019
Vanuatu Tony Kaltack4 Solomon Warriors Real Kakamora 8–0 30 November 2019
Solomon Islands Harrison Mala4 Kossa Real Kakamora 9–1 11 December 2019
Solomon Islands Harrison Mala Kossa Malaita Kingz 6–2 15 December 2019
Solomon Islands Alfred Sade Malaita Kingz Marist 6–0 21 December 2019
Solomon Islands Raphael Lea'i11 Henderson Eels Real Kakamora 0–19 25 January 2020

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