Gambia national football team

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Gambia

Nickname(s)	The Scorpions
Association	Gambia Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Paul Put
Captain	Ebou Sillah
Most caps	Ebou Sillah
Top scorer	Attor Gomez
Home stadium	Independence Stadium, Bakau
FIFA code	GAM
FIFA ranking	99
Highest FIFA ranking	65 (June 2009)
Lowest FIFA ranking	166 (March 2006)
Elo ranking	115
Home colours Away colours
First international
Gambia 1 - 3 Portuguese Guinea (Gambia; June 2, 1952)
Biggest win
Gambia 6 - 0 Lesotho (Banjul, Gambia; October 12, 2002)
Biggest defeat
Guinea 8 - 0 Gambia (Guinea; May 14, 1972)

The Gambia national football team, nicknamed The Scorpions, is the national team of Gambia and is controlled by the Gambia Football Association. Until 1965, the team, and the country, were known as British Gambia "(site source - disputed)". It has never qualified for the World Cup or the African Nations Cup finals.

Contents 1 Gambia Football Achievements 2 World Cup record 3 African Nations Cup record 4 World Cup 2010 and African Nations Cup 2010 (Qualification) 4.1 1st Round Standings (Group 6) 5 Current squad 5.1 Recent Call Up 6 External links

[edit] Gambia Football Achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :

• 3 Times Runners-up

• African Under-17 Championship: 2
  

2005, 2009

Paticipated in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup and in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup and qualified for the knockout stage

[edit] World Cup record

• 1930 to 1978 - Did not enter
• 1982 - Did not qualify
• 1986 - Did not qualify
• 1990 - Did not enter
• 1994 - Withdrew
• 1998 to 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] African Nations Cup record

• 1957 to 1974 - Did not enter
• 1976 - Did not qualify
• 1978 - Did not enter
• 1980 to 1988 - Did not qualify
• 1990 - Withdrew
• 1992 - Did not qualify
• 1994 - Did not enter
• 1996 - Withdrew during qualifying
• 1998 - Banned for withdrawing in 1996
• 2000 - Withdrew
• 2002 to 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] World Cup 2010 and African Nations Cup 2010 (Qualification)

• Gambia's journey to attend the 2010 World Cup and African Nations Cup 2010 finals in South Africa and Angola respectively. Gambia was drawn in Group 6 along with Senegal, the Algeria and Liberia. In this first round of qualifying, the group winners and the 8 best runners-up progress to the second qualifying round. Details on format of qualifiers and full group standings for the African continent (CAF) can be found in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) section.

[edit] 1st Round Standings (Group 6)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Algeria 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10  Gambia 6 2 3 1 6 3 +3 9  Senegal 6 2 3 1 9 7 +2 9  Liberia 6 0 3 3 4 12 −8 3

Algeria  — 1 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 2 Gambia  1 – 0 — 3 – 0 0 – 0 Liberia  0 – 0 1 – 1 — 2 – 2 Senegal  1 – 0 1 – 1 3 – 1 —

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification againsy Liberia on 6 September 2008.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Bala Musa Bajaha November 25, 1976 (1976-11-25) (age 32) IFK Viksjö 18 GK Robert Badjie February 20, 1984 (1984-02-20) (age 25) Hapoel Jerusalem F.C. 2 DF Lamin Conateh October 1, 1981 (1981-10-01) (age 27) Assyriska FF 3 DF Pa Saikou Kujabi December 10, 1986 (1986-12-10) (age 22) SV Ried 4 DF Matthew Mendy April 9, 1984 (1984-04-09) (age 25) 1. FC Vöcklabruck 9 DF Ousman Koli February 13, 1982 (1982-02-13) (age 27) Torpedo Moscow 5 MF Tijan Jaiteh December 31, 1988 (1988-12-31) (age 20) 3 0 SK Brann 6 MF Pa Modou Jagne December 26, 1989 (1989-12-26) (age 19) FC Wil 7 MF Cherno Samba January 10, 1985 (1985-01-10) (age 24) Unattached 11 MF Ebou Sillah April 12, 1980 (1980-04-12) (age 29) MVV 12 MF Mustapha Jarju July 18, 1986 (1986-07-18) (age 22) R.A.E.C. Mons 15 MF Ebrima Sohna December 14, 1988 (1988-12-14) (age 20) Sandefjord Fotball 8 FW Ousman Jallow October 21, 1988 (1988-10-21) (age 20) Brøndby IF 10 FW Njogu Demba-Nyrén June 26, 1979 (1979-06-26) (age 30) Odense BK 13 FW Modou Jagne February 14, 1983 (1983-02-14) (age 26) SCR Altach 14 FW Assan Jatta March 15, 1984 (1984-03-15) (age 25) K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel 17 FW Aziz Corr Nyang August 27, 1984 (1984-08-27) (age 24) Assyriska FF 12 MF James Ogoo November 2, 1982 (1982-11-02) (age 26) Curzon Ashton

[edit] Recent Call Up

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 6 MF Yankuba Ceesay June 26, 1984 (1984-06-26) (age 25) Degerfors IF 7 MF Edrissa Sonko March 23, 1980 (1980-03-23) (age 29) Tranmere Rovers 9 MF Abdoulie Mansally January 29, 1989 (1989-01-29) (age 20) 2 0 New England Revolution 13 FW Ebrahim Savaneh September 7, 1986 (1986-09-07) (age 22) KV Kortrijk (v. Algeria on June 14) 2 MF Demba Sanyang November 27, 1987 (1987-11-27) (age 21) Steve Biko FC (v. Senegal on June 8) 9 FW Demba Savage June 17, 1988 (1988-06-17) (age 21) FC Honka (v. Senegal on June 8) 18 GK Modou Jobe 0 0 Real de Banjul F.C. (v. Senegal on June 8) 21 DF Abdou Jammeh February 13, 1986 (1986-02-13) (age 23) 0 0 Lierse SK 22 GK Joseph Gómez December 25, 1987 (1987-12-25) (age 21) 0 0 Wallidan F.C. 23 GK Ansumana Samateh November 26, 1987 (1987-11-26) (age 21) 0 0 Wallidan F.C. 17 FW Alhagie Omar Sallah July 3, 1993 (1993-07-03) (age 16) Djurgardens IF

[edit] External links

• Gambia FA
• Gambia at National-Football-Teams.com

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