São Tomé and Príncipe national football team

São Tomé and Príncipe

Nickname(s)	Seleção dos Falcões e Papagaios (The Falcons and True Parrots Team)
Association	Federação Santomense de Futebol
Sub-confederation	UNIFFAC (Central Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Gustave Clement
Home stadium	Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho
FIFA code	STP
FIFA ranking	168
Highest FIFA ranking	168 (February 2012)
Lowest FIFA ranking	200 (September 2007)
Elo ranking	186
Highest Elo ranking	166 (June 1976)
Lowest Elo ranking	194 (August 1998)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Chad 5–0 São Tomé & Príncipe (Gabon; June 29, 1976)
Biggest win
São Tomé & Príncipe 2–0 Eq. Guinea (Libreville, Gabon; November 14, 1999) São Tomé & Príncipe 2–0 Sierra Leone (São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe; April 8, 2000)
Biggest defeat
Congo 11–0 São Tomé & Príncipe (Gabon; July 7, 1976)

The São Tomé and Príncipe national football team is the national association football team of São Tomé and Príncipe and is controlled by the Federação Santomense de Futebol. It is a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and FIFA.

History

São Tomé and Príncipe's first match was against Chad in Gabon as part of the Central African Games. They lost by a score of 5–0. Their next game was a horrendous 11–0 loss to Congo, São Tomé's largest loss to date. São Tomé ended off the competition with a 2–1 loss to Central African Republic.

After an eleven year break, São Tomé lost to Guinea Bissau 2-0 and more importantly picked up their first points via a draw versus Angola. This was a major upset, as Angola was a prominent figure in South African football, later appearing in the World Cup, and São Tomé had lost all four matches before their draw.

The Green and Yellows took another lengthy break, this time for nine years, before a string of matches including their first win against Equatorial Guinea, 2–0 in 1999. They won the next game after that, against Sierra Leone, 2–0. This two-in-a-row streak accompanied with a draw a few matches later placed them at their highest FIFA ranking to date, 179.

In 2003, São Tomé lost to Libya 1–0 and 8–0, which was a major blow to their previous success. São Tomé did not participate in the qualification for the 2010 World Cup, withdrawing before their first match, leaving them unranked in the FIFA rankings because they did not play any matches for four years.

On 11 November 2011, after an eight year hiatus, São Tomé and Príncipe participated in the qualification for the 2014 World Cup, losing to Congo 5–0 at home, then drawing the same team four days later, 1–1. São Tomé were reinstated in the FIFA rankings on 23 November 2011, entering at number 192.

Competition records

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1990 – Did not enter
• 1994 – Withdrew
• 1998 – Did not enter
• 2002 to 2006 – Did not qualify
• 2010 – Withdrew
• 2014 – Did not qualify

Africa Cup of Nations record

• 1957 to 1998 – Did not enter
• 2000 – Did not qualify
• 2002 – Did not qualify
• 2004 – Withdrew
• 2006 – Did not qualify
• 2008 – Did not enter
• 2010 – Withdrew
• 2012 – Did not enter

Schedule

Recent results

2014 WC qual 11 November 2011	São Tomé and Príncipe	0 – 5	Congo	São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
15:00 UTC±0		Report	Missilou  1' Douniama  5' Malonga  27' Oniangue  54' Tchilimbou  69'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Sosthene Ngbokaye (Central African Republic)

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2014 WC qual 15 November 2011	Congo	1 – 1	São Tomé and Príncipe	Pointe-Noire, Congo
15:30 UTC+1	N'Ganga  56'	Report	Dos Santos  49'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Oumar Mahamat (Chad)

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2013 ACN qual 15 January 2012	São Tomé and Príncipe	1 – 0	Lesotho	São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
	Jair  3' (pen.)			Stadium: Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho

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2013 ACN qual 22 January 2012	Lesotho	0 – 0	São Tomé and Príncipe	Maseru, Lesotho
				Stadium: Setsoto Stadium

2013 ACN qual 29 February 2012	São Tomé and Príncipe	2 – 1	Sierra Leone	São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
	Jair  69' (pen.) Lasset  86'		Medo  55'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho

Upcoming Fixtures

2013 ACN qual 16 June 2012	Sierra Leone	v	São Tomé and Príncipe	Freetown, Sierra Leone
				Stadium: National Stadium

Current squad

The following 21-man squad was selected for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against Congo on 11 November and 15 November 2011.

Caps and goals correct as of the match on 15 November 2011.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Dungue Lima 24 February 1983 (1983-02-24) 1 0 UDESCAI 12 GK Nilson Taty 15 November 1987 (1987-11-15) 1 0 Oque d'El Rei 20 GK Girael Pedroso 1 October 1987 (1987-10-01) 1 0 Vitória FC 19 DF Agilson Sole 8 September 1986 (1986-09-08) 1 0 Vitória FC 22 DF Osvaldo Eduardo 18 June 1982 (1982-06-18) 1 0 Oque d'El 17 DF Aykemss Capela 17 March 1985 (1985-03-17) 2 0 6 de Setembro 3 DF Kilson Neto de Ceita 22 August 1985 (1985-08-22) 1 0 Vitória FC 4 DF Denilson Afonso 6 July 1979 (1979-07-06) 2 0 6 de Setembro 5 DF Odair Bom 15 April 1983 (1983-04-15) 2 0 Bairros Unidos 13 DF Lasset dos Santos 5 August 1987 (1987-08-05) 1 1 Sporting Praia Cruz 6 MF Francisco do Nascimento 16 January 1983 (1983-01-16) 2 0 Vitória FC 7 MF Adilson Mendes 17 November 1989 (1989-11-17) 2 0 Vitória FC 8 MF Joazhifel Soares 19 January 1991 (1991-01-19) 2 0 Vitória FC 10 MF Ibraimo Bengo 17 April 1989 (1989-04-17) 2 0 Vitória FC 14 MF Orgando dos Santos 15 July 1992 (1992-07-15) 2 1 6 de Setembro 15 MF Arielito Semedo 7 November 1987 (1987-11-07) 0 0 Vitória FC 16 MF Jair Nunes 15 September 1994 (1994-09-15) 2 2 CD Cruz 2 FW Reny Lima 20 October 1986 (1986-10-20) 1 0 GD Os Operários 9 FW Sweetzer dos Prazeres 24 January 1988 (1988-01-24) 0 0 Santana 11 FW Jose da Silva 22 December 1991 (1991-12-22) 2 0 UDRA 18 FW Juary Cardoso 30 December 1992 (1992-12-30) 2 0 Sporting Praia Cruz 21 FW Artur Pereira 25 July 1970 (1970-07-25) 0 0 Sporting Praia Cruz

External links

• National Federation website