Gambia national football team

Gambia

Nickname(s)	"The Scorpions"
Association	Gambia Football Association
Confederation	CAF
Head coach	Paul Put
Captain	Ebou Sillah
Most caps	Ebou Sillah
Top scorer	Jatto Ceesay (25)
Home stadium	Independence Stadium, Bakau
FIFA code	GAM
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	98
Highest	65 (June 2009)
Lowest	166 (March 2006)
First international
British Gambia 1 - 3 Portuguese Guinea (Gambia; June 2, 1952)
Biggest win
Gambia 6 - 0 Lesotho (Banjul, Gambia; October 12, 2002)
Biggest defeat
Guinea 8 - 0 Gambia (Guinea; May 14, 1972)

The Gambia national football team, nicknamed The Scorpions, is the national team of Gambia and is controlled by the Gambia Football Association. Until 1965, the team, and the country, were known as British Gambia. It has never qualified for the World Cup or the African Nations Cup finals, because they have shit players.

Gambia Football Achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :

• 3 Times Runners-up

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1978 - Did not enter
• 1982 to 1986 - Did not qualify
• 1990 - Did not enter
• 1994 - Withdrew
• 1998 to 2010 - Did not qualify

African Nations Cup record

• 1957 to 1974 - Did not enter
• 1976 - Did not qualify
• 1978 - Did not enter
• 1980 to 1988 - Did not qualify
• 1990 - Withdrew
• 1992 - Did not qualify
• 1994 - Did not enter
• 1996 - Withdrew during qualifying
• 1998 - Banned for withdrawing in 1996
• 2000 - Withdrew
• 2002 to 2010 - Did not qualify

World Cup 2010 and African Nations Cup 2010 (Qualification)

Gambia finished second behind Algeria in the first round of qualification for the 2010 World Cup and African Nations Cup 2010 finals, and thus were eliminated.

External links

• Gambia FA
• Gambia at National-Football-Teams.com