Sierra Leone national football team

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Sierra Leone
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Leone Stars
AssociationSierra Leone Football Association (SLFA)
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
CaptainKei Kamara
Home stadiumFreetown National Stadium
FIFA codeSLE
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current97 Steady (21 December 2017)
Highest50 (August 2014)
Lowest172 (September 2007)
First international
Sierra Leone 0–2 Nigeria 
(Freetown, Sierra Leone; 10 August 1949)[1]
Biggest win
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 5–1 Niger 
(Freetown, Sierra Leone; 7 March 1976)
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 5–1 Niger 
(Freetown, Sierra Leone; 3 June 1995)
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 4–0 São Tomé & Príncipe  (Freetown, Sierra Leone; 22 April 2000)
Biggest defeat
 Mali 6–0 Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
(Bamako, Mali; 17 June 2007)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances2 (first in 1994)
Best resultGroup stage, 1994 and 1996

The Sierra Leone national football team is the national team of the Republic of Sierra Leone was controlled by the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), The team is affiliated to the West African Football Union of CAF and they have never qualified for the World Cup.

History

Sierra Leone's first match was at home on 10 August 1949 against another British colony, Nigeria, and was lost 2–0. In 1954 they played another British colony and British administered U.N trust territory, Gold Coast and Trans-Volta Togoland (now Ghana), and lost 2–0 away. On 22 April 1961 they again hosted Nigeria and lost 4–2. On 12 November 1966 they hosted Liberia in their first match against a non-British colony and earned their first draw, 1–1. A week later, they lost 2–0 in Liberia. On 13 January 1971 Sierra Leone played their first match against a non-African team, West Germany's B-team. The match in Sierra Leone was won 1–0 by the Germans. Sierra Leone's first match outside Africa was also their first against an Asian nation, China. They lost 4–1 in China on 5 April 1974.[3]

2014 Ebola Outbreak

In August 2014, the Sierra Leone FA cancelled all football matches in an effort to stop the spread of the 2014 Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone, a week after the Liberian FA did the same.[4] Sierra Leonean players playing outside Sierra Leone, such as Michael Lahoud playing in the United States, were discriminated against, with opposition players refusing to swap shirts, shake hands and allow them to certain places of the stadium just because they fear that they could be carrying the disease.[5] The Sierra Leonean national team isn't allowed to play home games and all players must be foreign based.[6] In 2016 Sierra Leone entered the Grecian Shield at Exeter university on Sunday 13 March.

Sierra Leone Football Achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :
  • 2 Times Champion (1993, 1995)
  • 2 Times Runners-up

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1930 Uruguay to 1970 Mexico Did not enter
1974 West Germany to 1986 Mexico Did not qualify
1990 Italy Did not enter
1994 United States Withdrew
1998 France to 2018 Russia Did not qualify
2022 Qatar To be determined

Africa Cup of Nations record

  • 1957 to 1968 – Did not enter
  • 1970 – Withdrew
  • 1972 – Did not enter
  • 1974 – Did not qualify
  • 1976 – Did not enter
  • 1978 – Did not qualify
  • 1980 – Did not enter
  • 1982 – Did not qualify
  • 1984 – Did not qualify
  • 1986 – Withdrew
  • 1988 – Did not qualify
  • 1990 – Withdrew
  • 1992 – Did not qualify
  • 1994 – Round 1
  • 1996 – Round 1
  • 1998 – Withdrew
  • 2000 – Disqualified due to civil war
  • 2002 to 2013 – Did not qualify
  • 2015 – Did not qualify

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

2017

5 June 2017 Friendly Liberia  1–0  Sierra Leone Monrovia, Liberia
  • Jackson 79'
 Report Stadium: Antoinette Tubman Stadium
Referee: George Rogers (Liberia)
10 June 2017 2019 AFCONQ Sierra Leone  2–1  Kenya Freetown, Sierra Leone
16:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: National Stadium
Referee: Ferdinand Udoh (Nigeria)
15 July 2017 2018 CHANQ Sierra Leone  1–1  Senegal Freetown, Sierra Leone
16:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: National Stadium
Referee: Manuel Timas (Cape Verde)
22 July 2017 2018 CHANQ Senegal  3–1
(4–2 agg.)		  Sierra Leone Dakar, Senegal
17:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Stade Al Djigo
Referee: Gilberto dos Santos (Guinea-Bissau)
11 September 2017 2017 WAFU Nations Cup 1st round Nigeria  2–0  Sierra Leone Cape Coast, Ghana
18:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Cape Coast Sports Stadium
Referee: Yanissou Bebou (Togo)

2018

23 March 2018 2019 AFCONQ Ethiopia  v  Sierra Leone Ethiopia
Report
5 September 2018 2019 AFCONQ Ghana  v  Sierra Leone Ghana
Report
9 September 2018 2019 AFCONQ Sierra Leone  v  Ghana Sierra Leone
Report
12 October 2018 2019 AFCONQ Kenya  v  Sierra Leone Kenya
Report
9 November 2018 2019 AFCONQ Sierra Leone  v  Ethiopia Sierra Leone
Report

Players

Current squad

The following players have been selected for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Kenya on 10 June 2017.[7]
Caps and goals updated as of 10 June 2017 after the game against Kenya.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Solomon Morris (1990-06-16) 16 June 1990 (age 33) 17 0 France US Quevilly
16 1GK Alhaji Dauda Camara 0 0 Guinea Horoya AC
17 2DF Umaru Bangura (captain) (1987-10-07) 7 October 1987 (age 36) 42 2 Switzerland FC Zürich
18 2DF David Simbo (1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 (age 34) 18 0 Turkey Yeni Amasyaspor
3 2DF Mila (1987-10-22) 22 October 1987 (age 36) 7 0 Finland FC Lahti
2DF Mustapha Dumbuya (1987-08-07) 7 August 1987 (age 36) 7 0 Scotland Partick Thistle
10 3MF Gibrila (1984-05-19) 19 May 1984 (age 39) 31 4 Slovenia Olimpija
4 3MF Medo (1987-11-16) 16 November 1987 (age 36) 28 1 Kuwait Kuwait SC
14 3MF Khalifa Jabbie (1993-01-20) 20 January 1993 (age 31) 15 2 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
7 3MF Kwame Quee (1996-07-09) 9 July 1996 (age 27) 14 0 Iceland Víkingur Ólafsvík
13 3MF Alfred Sankoh (1988-10-22) 22 October 1988 (age 35) 13 0 Turkey Denizlispor
12 3MF Bankolé (1988-05-12) 12 May 1988 (age 35) 10 1 Kazakhstan FC Kaisar
11 3MF Kweku (1996-11-16) 16 November 1996 (age 27) 9 0 Austria Floridsdorfer AC
3MF Abdul Sesay (1991-09-30) 30 September 1991 (age 32) 5 2 Finland JS Hercules
8 3MF Michael Lahoud (1986-09-15) 15 September 1986 (age 37) 4 0 United States Miami FC
5 4FW Kei Kamara (1984-09-01) 1 September 1984 (age 39) 27 4 Canada Vancouver Whitecaps
9 4FW Crespo (1993-01-13) 13 January 1993 (age 31) 15 4 Sweden BK Häcken
4FW Alhaji Kamara (1994-04-16) 16 April 1994 (age 30) 6 2 Saudi Arabia Al-Taawoun
4FW Buya (1995-01-10) 10 January 1995 (age 29) 0 0 Sweden AFC Eskilstuna

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for Sierra Leone in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
Notes
  • DEC Player refused to join the team after the call-up.
  • INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
  • PRE Preliminary Squad.
  • RET Player has retired from international football.
  • SUS Suspended from the national team.

References

  1. ^ Courtney, Barrie (15 August 2006). "Sierra Leone – List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  2. ^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Africa". Eloratings.net. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  3. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/sier-intres.html
  4. ^ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/ebola-outbreak-sierra-leone-suspends-football-matches-as-virus-continues-to-sweep-through-west-africa-9647327.html
  5. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29621447
  6. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVjOz-NZZdw&t=4m26s
  7. ^ "Sierra Leone coach names strong squad to face Kenya". soka25east.com.

http://www.footballsierraleone.net/sierra-leone-to-host-the-elephants-of-ivory-coast-in-abidjan/

http://www.footballsierraleone.net/sierra-leone-1-malawi-1-international-friendly/

External links

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