Sudan national football team

Sudan

Nickname(s)	Falcons of Jediane
Association	Sudan Football Association
Sub-confederation	CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Mohamed Abdalla
Captain	Haitham Mustafa
Home stadium	Al Merreikh Stadium
FIFA code	SUD
FIFA ranking	120
Highest FIFA ranking	74 (December 1996)
Lowest FIFA ranking	137 (April 2000)
Elo ranking	104
Highest Elo ranking	38 (February 1970)
Lowest Elo ranking	136 (November 2006)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Ethiopia 2–1 Sudan (Ethiopia; 16 November 1956)[1]
Biggest win
Sudan 18–0 Muscat and Oman (Cairo, Egypt; 2 September 1965)
Biggest defeat
South Korea 8–0 Sudan (Seoul, South Korea; 10 September 1979)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	7 (First in 1957)
Best result	Winners, 1970

The Sudan national football team (Arabic: منتخب السودان الوطني لكرة القدم‎) represents Sudan in association football and is controlled by the Sudan Football Association, the governing body for football in Sudan. Sudan's home ground is Al Merreikh Stadium in Omdurman and their head coach is Mohammed Abdullah Mazda. Sudan were one of the only three teams to participate in the inaugural Africa Cup of Nations in 1957, the other two being Egypt and Ethiopia.

They won the 1970 Africa Cup of Nations as hosts. After beating Ethiopia 3–0, and a 1–0 defeat to Côte d'Ivoire, they secured a place in the semi-final by beating Cameroon 2–1. They overcame Egypt 2–1 after extra time in the semi-final, and won 1–0 against Ghana in the final to become African Champions. Sudan is one of the oldest teams in Africa and has a rich history in the past 50s to 70s. They went as high as 74 in the FIFA rankings^{[citation needed]}. Sudan qualified for the African Cup Of Nations 2012 in which they are the only team from East Africa.

Championships

• Africa Cup of Nations
  • Champions: 1970
  • Runners-up: 1959, 1963
  • Third place: 1957

• CECAFA Cup :
  • Champions: 1980, 2006, 2007
  • Runners-up: 1990, 1996†
  • Third place: 1996†, 2004
• Palestine Cup of Nations
  • Third place: 1975
• Harmony Cup
  • Champions: 2009

Notes

† Sudan entered two teams into the tournament.

World Cup record

World Cup record
Year	Round
1930 to 1954	Did not enter
1958 to 1966	Withdrew
1970 to 1974	Did not qualify
1978	Withdrew
1982 to 1990	Did not qualify
1994	Withdrew
1998 to 2010	Did not qualify

African Cup record

African Nations Cup record
Year	Round	P	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1957	Third place	3	0	0	0	1	2
1959	Second place	2	1	0	1	2	2
1962	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1963	Second place	0	1	1	1	6	5
1965 to 1968	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Champions	5	4	0	1	8	3
1972	Round 1	3	0	2	1	4	6
1974	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Round 1	3	0	2	1	3	4
1978	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988 to 1996	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Withdrew during qualifying	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002 to 2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Round 1	3	0	0	3	0	9
2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		20	6	5	9	24	31

2012 African cup of nations qualification

Group I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	5	4	1	0	11	1	+10	13
Sudan	5	4	1	0	8	1	+7	13
Congo	5	1	0	4	4	10	−6	3
Swaziland	5	0	0	5	2	13	−11	0

Current squad

Squad has been selected to participate in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. Caps and goals updated as January 30, 2012.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Bhaldien Mohammed January 1, 1979 (1979-01-01) 5 0 Al-Hilal Omdurman 16 GK El Muz Mahgoub August 14, 1978 (1978-08-14) 14 0 Al-Hilal Omdurman 21 GK Akram El Hadi February 27, 1987 (1987-02-27) 5 0 Al-Merreikh 3 DF Mowaia Bashir April 17, 1986 (1986-04-17) 6 0 Al-Ittihad Wad Medani 4 DF Najm Eldin Abdullah November 17, 1987 (1987-11-17) 4 0 Al-Merreikh 6 DF Mosaab Omar June 4, 1984 (1984-06-04) 10 0 Al-Merreikh 13 DF Amer Kamal September 13, 1987 (1987-09-13) 7 0 Al-Merreikh 14 DF Balla Jabir September 12, 1985 (1985-09-12) 15 0 Al-Merreikh 15 DF Khalefa Ahmed November 23, 1983 (1983-11-23) 8 0 Al-Hilal Omdurman 18 DF Ahmed El-Basha January 2, 1982 (1982-01-02) 14 0 Al-Merreikh 2 MF Mohammed Eldin March 19, 1985 (1985-03-19) 3 0 Al-Hasahesa 5 MF Ala'a Eldin Yousif January 3, 1982 (1982-01-03) 17 2 Al-Hilal Omdurman 8 MF Haitham Mustafa July 19, 1977 (1977-07-19) 19 1 Al-Hilal Omdurman 11 MF Faisal Musa August 24, 1978 (1978-08-24) 6 2 Al-Merreikh 12 MF Bader Galag April 1, 1981 (1981-04-01) 15 0 Al-Hilal Port Sudan 19 MF Mohamed Ahmed May 23, 1987 (1987-05-23) 11 2 Al-Hilal Omdurman 20 MF Mohammed Musa August 7, 1990 (1990-08-07) 1 0 Al-Nsour Omdurman 23 MF Hamid Nizar October 3, 1988 (1988-10-03) 4 0 Al-Hilal Omdurman 7 FW Ramadan Alagab February 20, 1986 (1986-02-20) 8 0 Al-Mourada 9 FW Saif Eldin November 30, 1979 (1979-11-30) 24 1 Al-Hilal Omdurman 10 FW Muhannad Tahir March 12, 1984 (1984-03-12) 21 4 Al-Hilal Omdurman 17 FW Mudathir El Tahir January 1, 1988 (1988-01-01) 24 7 Al-Hilal Omdurman 22 FW Abdelrahman Karongo November 28, 1978 (1978-11-28) 5 0 Al-Merreikh

External links

Sudan Football Association - الاتحاد السوداني لكرة القدم