Somalia national football team

Somalia
Association Somali Football Federation
Confederation CAF
Sub-confederation CECAFA
Head coach Haruna Mawa[1]
Home stadium Mogadishu Stadium
FIFA code SOM
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 210 Steady (24 November 2016)
Highest 158 (April–June 1995)
Lowest 210 (November 2016)
Elo ranking
Current 205
First international
1951[2]
Biggest win
 Somalia 5–2 Mauritania 
(Morocco; August 7, 1985)
Biggest defeat
 North Korea 14–0 Somalia 
(Indonesia; November 12, 1963)

The Somalia national football team (Arabic: منتخب الصومال لكرة القدم), nicknamed The Ocean Stars (Arabic: نجوم المحيط), represents Somalia in men's international football. It is controlled by the Somali Football Federation (SFF), and is a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA).

History

The first Somali football teams were established in the 1940s. The competitions were basic in structure, and were associated with the anti-colonial movement. The Somali Youth League (SYL), the nation's first political party, had put together a team of local youth to play against the Italian expatriate teams. The football squad the SYL had assembled, which would later change its name to Bondhere, won the first several competitions. In 1951, the Somali Football Federation (SFF) was founded. The first Somali commissioner for sport was later established in 1958. The first Turkish brat from Sweden flemingsberg playing in somali football team named Ertugrul Özge.

Although the Somali national football team took part in preliminary matches, it has never qualified for the final stages of a World Cup. For many years after the outbreak of the civil war in the early 1990s, FIFA-sanctioned games could not be played within the country. Qualifying matches for the Africa Cup of Nations, the Arab Nations Cup and the World Cup were instead contested away from home. However, following the pacification of the capital Mogadishu in 2011, the SFF began preparations for the first major sporting event to be held in years at the Mogadishu Stadium, in December 2012.

Coaches

Head coach Charles Livingstone Mbabazi, having talks with the players during a training session.
Name Nat Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Efficiency %
Klaus Ebbighausen Germany 1980
Hussein Abdullah Somalia May 1999 Dec 2000 8 0 1 7 6.3%
Awil Ismail Mohamed[3][4] Somalia 2004–2005 5 0 1 4 10%
Ali Said Gouled Somalia Nov 2001 Dec 2002 7 1 2 4 28.6%
Ali Abdi Farah Somalia Oct 2003 Dec 2005 9 1 0 8 11.1%
Daniel Muwathe Kenya Oct 2006 Dec 2006 6 0 0 6 0%
Mohammed Shidane Somalia Oct 2007 Dec 2007 4 0 0 4 0%
Ali Abdi Farah Somalia Sept 2008 Dec 2009 8 2 0 6 25%
Mohamed Farayare Somalia Jan 2010 Mar 2010 2 1 0 1 50%
Yousef Adam Qatar Oct 2010 Dec 2010 3 0 0 3 0%
Alfred Imonje Kenya Oct 2011 – Dec 2011 5 0 1 4 10%
Sam Ssimbwa Uganda Dec 2011 – Sept 2015 8 0 0 8 0%
Charles Mbabazi Uganda Sept 2015
Harunah Mawa Uganda Nov 2016-

Players

The national team doing drills as part of preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

Current squad

The following 29 players were named in the shortlist for the squad for the 2013 CECAFA Cup on 27 November to 5 December 2013.[5]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1GK Saa’id Salah Hussein (1987-01-19) 19 January 1987 Somalia Heegan FC
1GK Ahmed Abdullahi Moallim Somalia Elman FC
2DF Baasi Mohamud Bana (1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 Somalia LLPP Jeenyo FC
2DF Adan Hussein Ibrahim (1995-03-01) 1 March 1995 Somalia Sahafi FC
2DF Yasin Ali Egal (1991-03-01) 1 March 1991 Somalia Elman FC
2DF Ahmed Abdulkadir Dayib (1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 Somalia Heegan FC
2DF Muhammad Shabazz III (1991-08-01) 1 August 1991 Somalia Elman FC
2DF Shafi’i Abdi Farah Somalia Horseed FC
2DF Ahmed Osman Abdulle Somalia Heegan FC
2DF Said Mohamed Sheekh Somalia Gaadiidka FC
2DF Hamsa Mohamed Muqtar Somalia LLPP Jeenyo FC
2DF Sidi Mohamed Omar Somalia Heegan FC
3MF Muhsin Sharif Abdalla Somalia Dekedda FC
3MF Hassan Hussein Ibrahim (1993-02-19) 19 February 1993 Somalia Elman FC
3MF Mohamed Hassan Ali (1985-11-30) 30 November 1985 Somalia Elman FC
3MF Mohamed Abdi Hayow Somalia Heegan FC
3MF Mohamed Tahlil Shidane (1990-02-08) 8 February 1990 Somalia Banaadir SC
3MF Abdishakur Mahmoud Mohamed Somalia Dekedda FC
3MF Hassan Sidow Hilowle Somalia Horseed FC
3MF Bile Mohiyadin Burale Somalia Saxafi FC
3MF Jabril Hassan Mohammed (1994-01-19) 19 January 1994 Somalia Heegan FC
3MF Daud Abdullahi Hassan (1994-04-03) 3 April 1994 Somalia LLPP Jeenyo FC
4FW Deeq Abdullahi Nur (1990-06-15) 15 June 1990 Somalia Heegan FC
4FW Adil Nur Ali (1990-03-14) 14 March 1990 Somalia Banaadir SC
4FW Mahmoud Abdi Nur (1997-09-13) 13 September 1997 Somalia LLPP Jeenyo FC
4FW Dadir Amin Ali Somalia Banaadir SC
4FW Saleeban Abdi (1992-08-11) 11 August 1992 Netherlands SO SOEST
4FW Sidi Mohamed Omar Somalia LLPP Jeenyo FC

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup
Appearances: 0
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930Part of Italy & UK
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962Did not enter
England 1966
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978
Spain 1982Did not qualify
Mexico 1986Did not enter
Italy 1990
United States 1994
France 1998
South Korea Japan 2002Did not qualify
Germany 2006
South Africa 2010
Brazil 2014
Russia 2018
Qatar 2022To be determined
Total 0/20

Africa Cup of Nations Record

Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances: 0
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Sudan 1957Part of Italy & UK
Egypt 1959
Ethiopia 1962Banned
Ghana 1963
Tunisia 1965
Ethiopia 1968
Sudan 1970
Cameroon 1972
Egypt 1974Did not qualify
Ethiopia 1976
Ghana 1978Did not enter
Nigeria 1980Did not qualify
Libya 1982
Ivory Coast 1984
Egypt 1986
Morocco 1988
Algeria 1990Did not enter
Senegal 1992
Tunisia 1994
South Africa 1996
Burkina Faso 1998
GhanaNigeria 2000
Mali 2002
Tunisia 2004
Egypt 2006
Ghana 2008
Angola 2010
GabonEquatorial Guinea 2012Banned
South Africa 2013Did not enter
Equatorial Guinea 2015
Gabon 2017
Cameroon 2019To be determined
Ivory Coast 2021
Guinea 2023
Total 0/29

Olympic Games record

Olympic Games
Appearances: 0
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1896 1960Part of Italy & UK
Japan 1964Did not enter
Mexico 1968
Germany 1972
Canada 1976
Soviet Union 1980
United States 1984
South Korea 1988
Spain 1992Did not qualify
United States 1996Did not enter
Australia 2000
Greece 2004Did not qualify
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020To be determined
Total 0/25
  • Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since the 1992 edition.

All-Africa Games Record

All-Africa Games
Appearances: 0
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Republic of the Congo 1965Did not enter
Nigeria 1973Did not qualify
Algeria 1978
Kenya 1987Did not enter
Egypt 1991
Zimbabwe 1995
South Africa 1999
Nigeria 2003
Algeria 2007
Mozambique 2011
Republic of the Congo 2015
Angola 2019To be determined
All Total 0/11

African Nations Championship record

African Nations Championship
Appearances: 0
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Ivory Coast 2009Did not enter
Sudan 2011Did not qualify
South Africa 2014Did not enter
Rwanda 2016
Kenya 2018To be determined
Total 0/3

CECAFA Cup record

CECAFA Cup
Appearances: 24
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Uganda 1973Group Stage6th2002212
Tanzania 19745th201123
Zambia 1975Did not enter
1976Group Stage7th300327
Somalia 19775th311122
Malawi 19785th4013310
Kenya 1979Did not enter
Sudan 1980Group Stage6th201113
Tanzania 1981Did not enter
Uganda 1982
Kenya 1983Group Stage7th301235
Uganda 19845th311133
Zimbabwe 1985Did not enter
Ethiopia 1987|
Malawi 1988
Kenya 1989
1990
Uganda 1991
Tanzania 1992
Kenya 1994Group Stage5th310238
Uganda 19958th3003115
Sudan 1996Did not enter
Rwanda 1999Group Stage12th200205
Uganda 20009th4013111
Rwanda 20019th301206
Tanzania 20028th410314
Sudan 2003Did not enter
Ethiopia 2004Group Stage8th300307
Rwanda 20057th4103610
Ethiopia 200610th300308
Tanzania 200710th300306
Uganda 20089th410319
Kenya 200910th300316
Tanzania 201012th3003011
Tanzania 201112th3003111
Uganda 201212th3003113
Kenya 201311th300307
Ethiopia 2014Not held
Rwanda 2015To be determined
Total0 Titles24/3873685934182

Arab Nations Cup record

Arab Nations Cup
Appearances: 0
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Lebanon 1963Did not enter
Kuwait 1964
Iraq 1966
Saudi Arabia 1985
Jordan 1988
Syria 1992
Qatar 1998
Kuwait 2002
2009Did not qualify 1
Saudi Arabia 2012Did not enter
Total 0/9

^1 The 2009 edition was cancelled during qualification.

Pan Arab Games record

Pan Arab Games
Appearances: 1
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Egypt 1953Part of Italy & UK
Lebanon 1957
Morocco 1961Did not enter
United Arab Republic 1965
Syria 1976
Morocco 1985Group Stage7th310256
Syria 1992Did not enter
Lebanon 1997
Jordan 1999
Algeria 2004No tournament
Egypt 2007Did not enter
Qatar 2011Withdrew
TotalGroup Stage1/11310256

Minor Tournaments record

Minor Tournaments
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Indonesia 1963 GANEFOGroup Stage11th2002023
Ethiopia 1969 Friendship CupGroup Stage6th2002114
Total0 Titles4004137

See also

References

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