2019–20 Solomon Islands S-League

Telekom S-League

Season	2019–20
Champions	Solomon Warriors
OFC Champions League	Solomon Warriors Henderson Eels
Matches played	72
Goals scored	364 (5.06 per match)
Top goalscorer	Raphael Lea'i (24 goals)
← 2018 2020–21 →

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.

• FC Guadalcanal (Honiara)
• Henderson Eels (Honiara)
• Isabel United (Isabel Province) ^[8]
• Kossa (Honiara)
• Laugu United (Honiara)
• Malaita Kingz (Malaita)
• Marist (Honiara)
• Real Kakamora (Makira-Ulawa)
• Solomon Warriors (Honiara)

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

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

Hat-tricks

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

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