The Guinea-Bissau national football team is the national team of Guinea-Bissau and is controlled by the Federação de Futebol da Guiné-Bissau. They are a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
History [edit]
Guinea-Bissau entered their first FIFA World Cup qualification with the aim of reaching the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. The first round of African qualification required for them to play Guinea in a two-legged match. The first leg was held at home in the Estadio 24 de Setembro in Bissau on 1 June 1996 with an attendance of 15,000. Guinea-Bissau went 2-0 up at half-time after strikes from Tavares Pereira in 11th and 36th minutes. Guinea's Titi Camara, then of RC Lens of France, equalised with his own brace in the 53rd and 54th minutes. Guinea-Bissau's Co Cipriano won the game with a 60th minute penalty to make it 3-2.[1]
The away leg was held at the Stade du 28 Septembre in Conakry. Momo Soumah of Guinea scored to equalise the aggregate at half-time before Co Cipriano scored for Guinea-Bissau to put his side 4-3 up. However, another goal from Soumah equalised the aggregate and Tibou Bangoura of Guinea won the match with his goal that made it 5-4 on aggregate.[2]
- Amilcar Cabral Cup :
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World Cup record [edit]
Africa Nations Cup record [edit]
- 1957 to 1992 – Did not enter
- 1994 – Did not qualify
- 1996 – Withdrew during qualifying
- 1998 – Banned for withdrawing in 1996
- 2000 – Did not enter
- 2002 – Withdrew
- 2004 – Withdrew
- 2006 – Did not qualify
- 2008 – Did not enter
- 2010 to 2013 – Did not qualify
Recent results and forthcoming fixtures [edit]
| Date |
Location |
Opponent |
Score |
Scorers for Guinea Bissau |
Competition |
| September 4, 2010 |
Estadio 24 de Setembro, Bissau |
 Kenya |
1 – 0 [3] |
Nichi 76' |
2012 CAF Qualifying |
| October 8, 2010 |
Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda |
 Angola |
0 – 1 [4] |
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2012 CAF Qualifying |
| November 16, 2010 |
Lisbon, Portugal |
 Cape Verde |
1 – 2 |
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Friendly |
| February 9, 2011 |
Lisbon, Portugal |
 Gambia |
3 – 1 [5] |
Cícero 75', 85', 90' |
Friendly |
| March 26, 2011 |
Estadio 24 de Setembro, Bissau |
 Uganda |
0 – 1 |
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2012 CAF Qualifying |
2012 African Cup of Nations (Qualification) [edit]
Group J [edit]
| Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
| Angola |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
5 |
+2 |
12 |
| Uganda |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
+4 |
11 |
| Kenya |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
 Guinea-Bissau |
6 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
8 |
−6 |
3 |
Kit evolution [edit]
The current kit is manufactured by Lacatoni. The home kit is a red shirt, shorts and socks with details in green, white and yellow. The away kit is a green shirt, shorts and socks with details in yellow.
Players [edit]
Current squad [edit]
The following footballers were called for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Cameroon on February 29, 2012.[7]
Recently called [edit]
References [edit]
External links [edit]
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British Gambia 1–3 Portuguese Guinea 
Guinea-Bissau 7–2 Benin 
Mali 6–1 Guinea-Bissau 
Kenya
Angola
Cape Verde
Gambia
Uganda
