Benin national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Les Écureuils (The Squirrels) |
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| Association | Fédération Béninoise de Football | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Manuel Amoros | ||
| Top scorer | Razak Omotoyossi (18) | ||
| Home stadium | Stade de l'Amitié | ||
| FIFA code | BEN | ||
| FIFA ranking | 127 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 59 (November 2009, April 2010) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 165 (July 1996) | ||
| Elo ranking | 108 | ||
| Highest Elo ranking | 93 (14 Nov 2009 - 12 Jan 2010) | ||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 165 (1995-96) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Dahomey 0–1 Nigeria  (Dahomey; 8 November 1959) |
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| Biggest win | |||
Dahomey 6–2 Chad  (Dahomey; 15 April 1963) Benin 4–0 Tanzania  (Cotonou, Benin; 8 September 2002) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
| Nigeria 10–1 Dahomey (Nigeria; 28 November 1959) |
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| African Cup of Nations | |||
| Appearances | 3 (First in 2004) | ||
| Best result | Round 1 all | ||
The Benin national football team, nicknamed Les Écureuils (The Squirrels), is the national football team of Benin and is controlled by the Fédération Béninoise de Football. They were known as the Dahomey national football team until 1975, when Dahomey became Benin. They have never made the World Cup but have reached three recent African Nations Cups – 2004, 2008 and 2010. On 8 February 2010 after the preliminary competition from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, the Fédération Béninoise de Football have dissolved the national team, coach Henri Dussuyer and his complete staff were fired.[1]
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[edit] Competition records
[edit] World Cup record
- 1930 to 1970 – Did not enter
- 1974 – Did not qualify
- 1978 to 1982 – Did not enter
- 1986 – Did not qualify
- 1990 – Did not enter
- 1994 – Did not qualify
- 1998 – Did not enter
- 2002 to 2010 – Did not qualify
[edit] Africa Cup of Nations record
- 1957 to 1970 – Did not enter
- 1972 – Did not qualify
- 1974 to 1976 – Withdrew
- 1978 – Did not enter
- 1980 – Did not qualify
- 1982 – Did not enter
- 1984 to 1994 – Did not qualify
- 1996 – Withdrew
- 1998 to 2002 – Did not qualify
- 2004 – Round 1
- 2006 – Did not qualify
- 2008 – Round 1
- 2010 – Round 1
- 2012 – Did not qualify
[edit] Recent results and forthcoming fixtures
This is a list of matches over the past six months and any future scheduled matches.
| Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Competition |
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| 3 June 2011 | Cotonou |  Côte d'Ivoire |
2–6 | 2012 ACN qualification |
| 4 September 2011 | Bujumbura |  Burundi |
1–1 | 2012 ACN qualification |
| 9 October 2011 | Cotonou |  Rwanda |
0–1 | 2012 ACN qualification |
| 29 February 2012 | Dar es Salaam |  Ethiopia |
2013 ACN qualification |
[edit] Current squad
Match date: 29 February 2012
Opposition: Ethiopia
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[edit] Recent call-ups
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[edit] List of Benin managers
- Serge Devèze
- Wabi Gomez
- Peter Schnittger (1992)
- Moise Ekoue (1993)
- Cecil Jones Attuquayefio (2003–2004)
- Hervé Revelli (2004)
- Edmé Codjo (2005–2007)
- Didier Notheaux (2007)
- Reinhard Fabisch (2007–2008)
- Michel Dussuyer (2008–2010)
- Jean-Marc Nobilo (2010)
- Denis Goavec (2010–)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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