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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Benin women's national football team.

Benin
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Les Écureuils
(The Squirrels)
AssociationBenin Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
Head coachMichel Dussuyer
CaptainStéphane Sessègnon
Most capsStéphane Sessègnon (83)
Top scorerStéphane Sessègnon (24)
Home stadiumStade de l'Amitié
FIFA codeBEN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 95 Decrease 6 (24 October 2024)[1]
Highest59 (November–December 2009, April 2010)
Lowest165 (July 1996)
First international
 Dahomey 0–1 Nigeria 
(Dahomey; 8 November 1959)
Biggest win
 Dahomey 7–0 Mauritania 
(Abidjan, Ivory Coast; 27 December 1961)
Biggest defeat
 Nigeria 10–1 Dahomey 
(Nigeria; 28 November 1959)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances4 (first in 2004)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2019)

The Benin national football team, (French: Équipe nationale de Football du Benin) nicknamed Les Écureuils (The Squirrels), represents Benin in men's international association football and is controlled by the Benin Football Federation. They were known as the Dahomey national football team until 1975, when Republic of Dahomey became Benin. They have never qualified for the World Cup, but have reached four African Nations Cup in recent years, never placing in the top 2 in the group stage – 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2019. In 2019, they reached the knockouts as the third most successful third place team, before making the quarter-finals with a shock win over Morocco, but later lost to Senegal. On 8 February 2010 after the preliminary competition from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, the Benin Football Federation dissolved the national team, coach Henri Dussuyer and his complete staff were fired.[3] On May 9, 2016, Benin was suspended from FIFA, The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Competitive records

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 to Mexico 1970 Did not enter Did not enter
West Germany 1974 Did not qualify 3 0 0 3 1 10
Argentina 1978 to Spain 1982 Did not enter Did not enter
Mexico 1986 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 6
Italy 1990 Did not enter Did not enter
United States 1994 Did not qualify 6 1 0 5 3 19
France 1998 Did not enter Did not enter
South Korea Japan 2002 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 1 2
Germany 2006 12 2 3 7 13 26
South Africa 2010 6 3 1 2 6 6
Brazil 2014 6 2 2 2 8 9
Russia 2018 2 1 0 1 2 3
Qatar 2022 To be determined Qualification yet to start
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined Qualification yet to start
Total − 0/23 − − − − − − 39 9 7 23 34 81

Africa Cup of Nations

Main article: Benin at the Africa Cup of Nations
Africa Cup of Nations record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Sudan 1957 Part of  France
United Arab Republic 1959
Ethiopia 1962 Not affiliated to CAF
Ghana 1963
Tunisia 1965 Did not enter
Ethiopia 1968
Sudan 1970
Cameroon 1972 Did not qualify
Egypt 1974 Withdrew
Ethiopia 1976
Ghana 1978 Did not enter
Nigeria 1980 Did not qualify
Libya 1982 Did not enter
Ivory Coast 1984 Did not qualify
Egypt 1986
Morocco 1988
Algeria 1990
Senegal 1992
Tunisia 1994
South Africa 1996 Withdrew
Burkina Faso 1998 Did not qualify
Ghana Nigeria 2000
Mali 2002
Tunisia 2004 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 1 8
Egypt 2006 Did not qualify
Ghana 2008 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 1 7
Angola 2010 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 2 5
Gabon Equatorial Guinea 2012 Did not qualify
South Africa 2013
Equatorial Guinea 2015
Gabon 2017
Egypt 2019 Quarter-finals 8th 5 0 4 1 3 4
Cameroon 2021 To be determined
Ivory Coast 2023
Guinea 2025
Total Quarter-finals 4/32 14 0 5 9 7 24

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss

2019

25 June 2019 2019 AFCON Ghana  2–2  Benin Ismailia, Egypt
22:00 CAT A. Ayew 9'
J. Ayew 42'		 Report Poté 2', 63' Stadium: Ismailia Stadium
Attendance: 8,094
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
29 June 2019 2019 AFCON Benin  0–0  Guinea-Bissau Ismailia, Egypt
22:00 CAT Report Stadium: Ismailia Stadium
Attendance: 9,212
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)
2 July 2019 2019 AFCON Benin  0–0  Cameroon Ismailia, Egypt
18:00 CAT Report Stadium: Ismailia Stadium
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
5 July 2019 2019 AFCON Morocco  1–1 (a.e.t.)
(1–4 p)		  Benin Cairo, Egypt
18:00 CAT En-Nesyri 75' Report Adilehou 53' Stadium: Al Salam Stadium
Referee: Helder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
Penalties
10 July 2019 2019 AFCON Senegal  1–0  Benin Cairo, Egypt
18:00 CAT Gueye 69' Report Stadium: 30 June Stadium
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
6 September 2019 Friendly Ivory Coast  1–2  Benin Caen, France
20:00 Assalé 81' Report Dossou 82'
Sessègnon 87' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 1,000
9 September 2019 Friendly Algeria  1–0  Benin Blida, Algeria
21:00 Slimani 72' (pen.) Report Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)
13 October 2019 Friendly Benin  2–2  Zambia Porto-Novo, Benin
18:00 Mounié 39'
Poté 90'		 Report Shonga 20', 79' Stadium: Stade Charles de Gaulle
Referee: Aklesso Gnama (Togo)
13 November 2019 (2019-11-13) 2021 AFCONQ Nigeria  2–1  Benin Uyo, Nigeria
17:00 UTC+1
Stadium: Godswill Akpabio International Stadium
17 November 2019 (2019-11-17) 2021 AFCONQ Benin  1–0  Sierra Leone Porto-Novo, Benin
14:00 UTC+1
Stadium: Stade Charles de Gaulle

2019 Africa Cup of Nations

Main article: 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Group F
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ghana 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Cameroon 3 1 2 0 2 0 +2 5
3  Benin 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
4  Guinea-Bissau 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
Source: CAF

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Nigeria and Sierra Leone on 13 & 17 November 2019.[4]

Caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2019 after the game against Sierra Leone.[5]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Fabien Farnolle (1985-02-05) 5 February 1985 (age 39) 29 0 Turkey Malatyaspor
1GK Chérif Dine Kakpo (1997-12-01) 1 December 1997 (age 26) 2 0 Benin Buffles
1GK Marcel Dandjinou (1998-06-25) 25 June 1998 (age 26) 0 0 Benin ESAE
2DF David Kiki (1993-11-25) 25 November 1993 (age 30) 25 0 France Brest
2DF Olivier Verdon (1995-10-05) 5 October 1995 (age 29) 20 0 Spain Alavés
2DF Emmanuel Imorou (1988-09-16) 16 September 1988 (age 36) 19 0 France Thonon Evian FC
2DF Nabil Yarou (1993-06-16) 16 June 1993 (age 31) 13 1 Benin Buffles
2DF Cédric Hountondji (1994-01-19) 19 January 1994 (age 30) 10 0 France Clermont
2DF Jean Ogounchi (1996-11-23) 23 November 1996 (age 28) 7 0 Benin Tonnerre
2DF Youssouf Assogba Uncertain 5 0 Benin USS Kraké
2DF Melvyn Doremus (1996-10-26) 26 October 1996 (age 28) 0 0 France AF Bobigny
3MF Stéphane Sessègnon (Captain) (1984-06-01) 1 June 1984 (age 40) 83 24 Turkey Gençlerbirliği
3MF Jordan Adéoti (1989-03-12) 12 March 1989 (age 35) 34 0 France Auxerre
3MF Séïbou Mama (1995-12-28) 28 December 1995 (age 28) 31 2 France Toulon
3MF Sessi D'Almeida (1995-11-20) 20 November 1995 (age 29) 15 1 France Valenciennes
3MF Tidjani Anaane (1997-03-27) 27 March 1997 (age 27) 4 0 Tunisia Slimane
3MF Jérôme Bonou (1994-01-27) 27 January 1994 (age 30) 4 0 Mali Djoliba
4FW Mickaël Poté (Vice-captain) (1984-09-24) 24 September 1984 (age 40) 58 10 Turkey Büyükşehir Belediye Erzurumspor
4FW Jodel Dossou (1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 32) 35 4 Austria Hartberg
4FW Steve Mounié (1994-09-29) 29 September 1994 (age 30) 25 7 England Huddersfield Town
4FW Marcellin Koukpo (1995-04-06) 6 April 1995 (age 29) 12 2 Tunisia Hammam Lif
4FW Cebio Soukou (1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 (age 32) 11 0 Germany Arminia Bielefeld
4FW Yannick Aguemon (1992-02-11) 11 February 1992 (age 32) 3 0 Belgium OH Leuven

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for Benin in the last 12 months.[6]

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Saturnin Allagbé (1993-11-22) 22 November 1993 (age 31) 19 0 France Niort v.  Zambia, 13 October 2019
GK Sheyi Damilola (1998-12-09) 9 December 1998 (age 25) 0 0 Benin Unattached v.  Togo, 4 August 2019
DF Junior Salomon (1986-04-08) 8 April 1986 (age 38) 22 0 Nigeria Plateau United v.  Zambia, 13 October 2019
DF Djalilou Ouorou (1997-07-18) 18 July 1997 (age 27) 1 0 Benin JA Cotonou v.  Zambia, 13 October 2019
DF Maël Sedagondji (1999-08-23) 23 August 1999 (age 25) 0 0 France Dijon v.  Zambia, 13 October 2019
DF Khaled Adénon (1985-07-28) 28 July 1985 (age 39) 65 2 Free Agent v.  Algeria, 9 September 2019
DF Gaston Houngbédji (1998-02-05) 5 February 1998 (age 26) 9 0 Benin ASPAC v.  Togo, 4 August 2019
DF Nana Nafihou (1988-01-30) 30 January 1988 (age 36) 9 0 Benin Gomido v.  Togo, 4 August 2019
DF Erick Akplogan (1992-05-17) 17 May 1992 (age 32) 0 0 Benin Unattached v.  Togo, 4 August 2019
MF Rodrigue Kossi (2000-07-11) 11 July 2000 (age 24) 1 1 Tunisia Club Africain v.  Zambia, 13 October 2019
MF Patrick Sédjamè (1998-12-29) 29 December 1998 (age 25) 2 0 Benin Buffles v.  Zambia, 13 October 2019
MF Rodrigue Fassinou (1999-05-22) 22 May 1999 (age 25) 12 0 Benin ASPAC v.  Togo, 4 August 2019
MF Waris Aboki (1997-07-20) 20 July 1997 (age 27) 8 1 Benin ASPAC v.  Togo, 4 August 2019
MF Saliou Idrissou (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 26) 2 0 Benin Panthères v.  Togo, 4 August 2019
MF Djibril Naïm Olatoundji (1995-12-29) 29 December 1995 (age 28) 2 0 Benin ASVO v.  Togo, 4 August 2019
FW Segbé Azankpo (1993-05-06) 6 May 1993 (age 31) 7 0 England Oldham v.  Zambia, 13 October 2019
FW Rudy Gestede (1988-10-10) 10 October 1988 (age 36) 11 3 England Middlesbrough v.  Zambia, 13 October 2019 INJ
FW Friday Martins (1990-02-03) 3 February 1990 (age 34) 2 0 Benin UPI-ONM v.  Togo, 4 August 2019
FW Saliou Allabani (2001-11-10) 10 November 2001 (age 23) 1 0 Benin Dragons de l'Ouémé v.  Togo, 4 August 2019
FW Bio Chabi (2000-09-25) 25 September 2000 (age 24) 1 0 French Polynesia Tiare Tahiti v.  Togo, 4 August 2019
FW Gilbert Adangnandé (1996-12-30) 30 December 1996 (age 27) 1 0 Benin Énergie SBEÉ v.  Togo, 4 August 2019

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.
WD Withdrew from squad.

Records

As of 17 November 2019
Players in bold text are still active with Benin.

List of Benin managers

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  2. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  3. ^ Benin löst Nationalelf auf
  4. ^ "Elim CAN 2021: La liste de Dussuyer avec des surprises" (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Benin team of 2019". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams.
  6. ^ "Bénin – Zambie : Trois joueurs appelés en remplacement des blessés avec Désiré Sègbè Azankpo!" (in French). Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  7. ^ a b Mamrud, Roberto. "Benin – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
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