# 2019–20 Solomon Islands S-League

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. and finished on 29 January 2020. It was originally scheduled to finish in December 2019 but it was postponed. After many discussions the final matches were played on late January.
Solomon Warriors were crowned as the league champions after winning FC Guadalcanal by default in the last gameweek.

## Teams

Nine teams played the 2019–20 season, an increase from eight in the 2018 season. 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)
* 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.
Eels won Real Kakamora by 19–0 with eleven goals scored by Raphael Lea'i but Solomon Warriors won Guadalcanal by default to remain with the national league title.

## 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 |
| 2 | Henderson Eels (Q) | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 78 | 19 | +59 | 38 | Qualification to OFC Champions League group stage |
| 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 | |
* ↑ 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. The league continued in 2020, and Solomon Warriors and Henderson Eels eventually finished in the same positions as champions and runners-up respectively.

## Top scorers

| 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 |
| 5 | Joses Nawo | Henderson Eels | 11 |
| 7 | Bently Kelobi | Isabel United | 10 |
| 7 | Lore Fonaota | Kossa | 10 |
| 7 | Tuti Tanito | Henderson Eels | 10 |
| 10 | Emmanuel Simon | Malaita Kingz | 8 |

## Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Score | Date |
| Emmanuel Simón | 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 |