2024 Solomon Islands S-League

The 2024 S-League, known as the 2024 Telekom S-League for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th season of the Solomon Islands S-League, the highest level of the Solomon Islands football league system. The season began on 27 April and concluded on 4 October.

Solomon Islands S-League
Season2024
Dates27 April – 4 October
ChampionsCentral Coast (2nd title)
Champions LeagueCentral Coast
Solomon Warriors
Matches played132
Goals scored503 (3.81 per match)
Top goalscorerDennis Ifunaoa
Best goalkeeperPhilip Mango
Highest scoringSolomon Warriors 9–1 Juniper Tree
(1 June)
Honiara City 4–6 Henderson Eels
(21 September)
Longest winning run9 matches
Solomon Warriors (21 August – 1 October)
Longest unbeaten run16 matches
Central Coast (27 April – 11 September)
Longest winless run12 matches
Juniper Tree (27 April – 3 August)
Southern United (4 May – 17 August)
Longest losing run7 matches
Juniper Tree (26 May – 3 August)
2023
2025
All statistics correct as of 4 October 2024.

Real Kakamora F.C., who had only won three games in the league's past three seasons, notably made a massive improvement, with the club breaking its 33-match losing streak on 1 May 2024.[1] Having finished last the previous season, Real Kakamora spent much of the early season leading the championship, and ended in third place.

Teams

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The league consists of 12 teams.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Central Coast (C) 22 16 5 1 70 18 +52 53 Qualification to OFC Champions League national play-offs
2 Solomon Warriors 22 16 4 2 76 21 +55 52
3 Real Kakamora 22 14 3 5 58 23 +35 45
4 Laugu United 22 12 7 3 43 21 +22 43
5 Henderson Eels 22 10 6 6 45 35 +10 36
6 Marist 22 10 4 8 36 39 −3 34
7 Waneagu United 22 9 6 7 35 33 +2 33
8 Honiara City 22 4 5 13 42 63 −21 17
9 SOSA 22 4 5 13 25 56 −31 17
10 KOSSA 22 4 5 13 31 65 −34 17
11 Southern United 22 3 5 14 19 51 −32 14
12 Juniper Tree 22 1 3 18 23 78 −55 6
Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: Sofascore RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

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Each team plays each other twice (22 matches each).

Home \ Away CCO HEN HCI JUN KOS LAU MAR RKA SWA SOS SOU WAN
Central Coast 4–3 6–1 5–0 4–0 0–0 4–1 4–1 0–0 3–0 7–0 3–1
Henderson Eels 2–1 3–2 2–1 4–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 5–0 3–0
Honiara City 3–5 4–6 1–5 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–5 3–4 2–0 2–2 1–1
Juniper Tree 1–3 0–3 1–5 3–3 0–5 1–3 1–4 1–7 1–1 1–2 0–2
KOSSA 0–2 0–3 1–2 5–3 3–3 2–4 0–2 0–5 4–3 0–5 1–2
Laugu United 0–0 3–3 1–1 2–0 2–3 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–0
Marist 1–1 3–2 2–2 5–1 5–1 0–2 0–4 0–5 1–1 1–0 0–1
Real Kakamora 1–5 6–0 4–3 4–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 3–2
Solomon Warriors 0–2 1–1 4–1 9–1 6–0 4–1 7–1 3–2 8–0 1–0 2–1
SOSA 1–6 0–0 0–2 5–1 1–2 1–4 0–5 0–7 1–3 3–0 2–3
Southern United 0–3 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–5 0–2 1–1 1–2
Waneagu United 2–2 1–1 5–2 1–0 1–1 1–5 0–1 0–0 2–2 3–2 4–0
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

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Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Central CoastWWDDWWWWWWDWWDWWLDWWWW
Henderson EelsDLLWLWLWWWDDWWWDDLWWDL
Honiara CityLWWDLWLLLDLWLLLLDDLLLD
Juniper TreeLLLLDLLLLLLLWDLLLLLDLL
KOSSALLLLDLLWWLLLDLLWDWDDLL
Laugu UnitedWWLWDLWWWWDWWWDLDDWWDD
MaristWLWLDWDWLWWLWDLLDWWWLL
Real KakamoraLWWWWWLWLDDWWWWLDWWWLW
Solomon WarriorsWWWWWDWDWDDLLWWWWWWWWW
SOSALLDWLLDLWLLDLWDLLLLLDW
Southern UnitedWWDLDLLLLDDLLLWDLLLLLL
Waneagu UnitedDLDDWWWDWDLLLLWWWWLLDW
Source: RSSSF
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Positions by round

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To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.
Round 10 and 11 matches were postponed to different dates.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Central Coast1124433455541111112331
Solomon Warriors4412321222212444421112
Real Kakamora9551112111124223344443
Laugu United2363244333333332233224
Henderson Eels69981099988877665555555
Marist3777756566655556677666
Waneagu United78810865644466777766777
Honiara City8645687777788888888898
SOSA11101099101010101010101010101010101011119
KOSSA101111111111111111111111111111111111119810
Southern United5236578899999999999101011
Juniper Tree12121212121212121212121212121212121212121212
Qualification for the OFC Champions League group stage
Source: RSSSF

Season statistics

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Scoring

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Top goalscorers

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As of
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Bobby Leslie Central Coast 14
2   Spencer Veao Honiara City 12
3   Paul Francis Real Kakamora 10
4   Hadyn Irodao Central Coast 9
5   Dennis Ifunaoa Solomon Warriors 8
6   John Orobulu Southern United 7
7   Gagame Feni Solomon Warriors 6

Most assists

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As of
Rank Player Club Assists

Own goals

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As of
Rank Player Club Own
goals
1 Loea Mani Solomon Warriors 1

Hat-tricks

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As of
Player For Against Result Date
  Stanley Sope Honiara City Juniper Tree 5–1 (A) 4 May 2024
  Paul Francis Real Kakamora Honiara City 5–1 (A) 10 June 2024
Note

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Clean sheets

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As of 4 October 2024
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Real Kakamora 12
2 Laugu United 10
Central Coast
4 Solomon Warriors 8
5 Henderson Eels 7
6 Marist 6
7 Waneagu United 5
SOSA
9 Honiara City 2
10 Southern United 1

Discipline

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Red cards

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As of
Rank Player Team Red cards
1

References

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  1. ^ "Finally: Real Kakamora registers first victory after 33 matches in Telekom S-League". May 2, 2024.