Togo national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Les Eperviers (The Sparrow Hawks) |
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| Association | Fédération Togolaise de Football |
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| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach |  Jean Thissen |
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| Captain | Emmanuel Adebayor | ||
| Most caps | Mohamed Kader (84) | ||
| Top scorer | Mohamed Kader (53) | ||
| Home stadium | Stade de Kégué | ||
| FIFA code | TOG | ||
| FIFA ranking | 71 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 46 (August 2006) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 123 (April 1994) | ||
| Elo ranking | 105 | ||
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| First international | |||
 French Togoland 1 - 1 Gold Coast  (Togo; 13 October 1956) |
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| Biggest win | |||
 Togo 6 - 0 Swaziland  (Accra,Ghana; 11 November 2008) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 Morocco 7 - 0 Togo (Morocco; 28 October 1979)  Tunisia 7 - 0 Togo (Tunis, Tunisia; 7 January 2000) |
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| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2006) | ||
| Best result | Round 1, 2006 | ||
| African Nations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 6 (First in 1972) | ||
| Best result | Round 1, all | ||
The national football team of Togo, nicknamed Les Eperviers (The Sparrow Hawks), is controlled by the Fédération Togolaise de Football.
They made their first FIFA World Cup appearance in their history in 2006, having been coached throughout the qualifying campaign by Stephen Keshi; German coach Otto Pfister managed the team at the finals, despite having resigned three days before their first match over a players' bonuses dispute, only to be persuaded by the players to return. Although Togo have qualified for the World Cup, they have never advanced past the first stage of the African Nations Cup. Prior to gaining independence in 1960, the team were known as French Togoland.
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[edit] African Nations Cup record
- 1957 to 1965 - Did not enter
- 1968 - Did not qualify
- 1970 - Did not qualify
- 1972 - Round 1
- 1974 - Withdrew
- 1976 to 1982 - Did not qualify
- 1984 - Round 1
- 1986 - Did not qualify
- 1988 - Did not qualify
- 1990 - Withdrew
- 1992 - Did not qualify
- 1994 - Withdrew during qualifying
- 1996 - Did not qualify
- 1998 - Round 1
- 2000 - Round 1
- 2002 - Round 1
- 2004 - Did not qualify
- 2006 - Round 1
- 2008 - Did not qualify
[edit] World Cup record
[edit] World Cup 2006
- v South Korea in Frankfurt, loss, 2-1
- v Switzerland in Dortmund, loss, 2-0
- v France in Cologne, loss, 2-0
[edit] Current squad
The following players are called for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Morocco on June 20, 2009.
[edit] Recent Call ups
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[edit] Togo Managers
- 1997-98
Eberhard Vogel - 2002-04
Antônio Dumas - 2004-06
Stephen Keshi - 2006 Otto Pfister
- 2006-08 Stephen Keshi
- 2008 Henri Stambouli
- 2008-09 Kodjovi Mawuéna
- 2009- Jean Thissen
[edit] 2006 World Cup Information
Togo lost their opening game of the World Cup, despite having taken the lead against South Korea through Mohamed Kader. In the second half, Jean-Paul Abalo was sent off after 55 minutes, and goals from Lee Chun-Soo and Ahn Jung-Hwan sealed a 2-1 defeat for Togo.
Togo's next opponents in Group G were Switzerland, with the match scheduled for the afternoon of June 19. However, the Togo squad and manager Pfitser threatened to refuse to fulfil the fixture and take strike action. The squad and manager had been quoted as requesting payments from the Fédération Togolaise de Football for participating in the tournament of around €155,000 (US$ 192,000) with added bonuses for victories or draws. FIFA personally negotiated with the squad and manager on June 17, persuading them to travel to Dortmund in time to fulfil the fixture[1]; goals from Alexander Frei and Tranquillo Barnetta resulted in a 2-0 defeat. FIFA subsequently imposed a CHF100,000 fine on the Togolese federation for "behaviour unworthy of a participant in the World Cup" [2]
Togo's final group game against France ended in 2-0 defeat. Togo left the tournament with no points gained.
[edit] Sierra Leone air disaster
After a 2008 African Nations Cup qualifier away to Sierra Leone on June 3, 2007, twenty members of a delegation of sports officials from Togo, including Togolese Sports Minister, Richard Attipoe were killed when their helicopter exploded and crashed at Lungi International Airport. No players of the Togo national soccer team were among the victims. The Togo players and officials of the team had been waiting to take the next helicopter flight to the island on which the airport is located.
[edit] External links
- Togo FA official site
- Picture of team. Name of one player missing.
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