Djibouti national football team
Nickname(s) | Riverains de la Mer Rouge (Shoremen of the Red Sea) | ||
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Association | Djiboutian Football Federation | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | CECAFA (East & Central Africa) | ||
Head coach | Mohamed Meraneh Hassan | ||
Captain | Daoud Wais | ||
Most caps | Daoud Wais (34) | ||
Top scorer | Mahdi Houssein Mahabeh (6) | ||
Home stadium | Stade du Ville | ||
FIFA code | DJI | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 193 1 (20 June 2024)[1] | ||
Highest | 169 (December 1994) | ||
Lowest | 207 (April–July 2015, November 2015) | ||
First international | |||
French Somaliland 0–5 Ethiopia (French Somaliland; 5 December 1947) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Djibouti 4–1 South Yemen (Djibouti City, Djibouti; 26 February 1988) Djibouti 3–0 Mauritius (Djibouti City, Djibouti; 23 November 2019) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Uganda 10–1 Djibouti (Kigali, Rwanda; 9 December 2001) Rwanda 9–0 Djibouti (Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania; 13 December 2007) |
The Djibouti national football team, nicknamed the Riverains de la Mer Rouge ("Shoremen of the Red Sea"), is the national football team of Djibouti. It is controlled by the Djiboutian Football Federation, and is a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA). The Djibouti national football team's first win in a full FIFA-sanctioned international match was a 1–0 win vs. Somalia in the first round of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.
History
French Somaliland (1947–1960)
Djibouti played its first international match under the name French Somaliland, at home against neighbouring Ethiopia on 5 December 1947 and lost 5–0. This was also Ethiopia's debut.[3] The two played again in Djibouti on 1 June 1948 and Ethiopia won 2–1. On 1 May 1949, the fixture was played for the Emperor Cup in Ethiopia, and the host won 6–0. In 1954, Djibouti played Ethiopia three times: a 10–2 away loss on 1 May, a 2–0 home loss on 1 June and a 2–1 home loss the day after. Djibouti did not play a match again until 1960, when it entered a tournament for French-speaking countries held in Madagascar. The team lost 9–2 in the first round to Cameroon on 13 April. This was the squad's last game as French Somaliland.
Djibouti (1977–present)
After gaining independence in 1977, the team played under the name Djibouti for the first time against Ethiopia in an away match on 27 March 1983 and lost 8–1. The two played again two days later with Ethiopia again victorious, by 4–2. After a third friendly against Ethiopia, a 2–0 home defeat on 23 March 1984, Djibouti entered a tournament in Ethiopia against the host and Zimbabwe. They lost 2–0 to Ethiopia on 3 June and then 3–1 to Zimbabwe on 7 June.
Djibouti's first appearance at the CECAFA Cup, a local competition for nations in East and Central Africa, was in Kenya in 1994. These were its first matches since defeating South Yemen in 1988. The Djibouti squad lost 4–1 to the hosts on 28 November, 2–1 to Somalia on 1 December, and 3–0 to Tanzania on 3 December. Djibouti did not advance to the next round.
After the 1994 CECAFA Cup, Djibouti did not play a match until the qualification campaign for the 1998 African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso. They were drawn in a two-legged qualifier against Kenya, and lost the first leg 3–0 away on 31 July 1998. The second leg at home was lost 9–1 on 15 August and Kenya went through 12–1 on aggregate.
In 1998, Djibouti became a member of the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA). The football squad has since participated in the Pan Arab Games, a regional multi-sport event held between nations from the Arab World.
Djibouti entered its first ever World Cup qualification in an attempt to reach the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan. In Pool D of the first round of African qualification, it was drawn against the DR Congo in a two-legged qualifying preliminary. Djibouti hosted the first leg at Stade du Ville in Djibouti on 7 April 2000, drawing the match 1–1 before a crowd of 2,700 fans.[4] The squad lost the second leg 9–1 away at the Stade des Martyrs in Kinshasa and the DR Congo advanced 10–2 on aggregate.[5]
Djibouti has never played in the African Cup of Nations, with the team regularly withdrawing or not entering for financial reasons.
Prior to their four preliminary qualifiers in late 2019, Djibouti had 2 wins, 3 draws and 55 defeats from 60 competitive matches. However, a number of new players were called up and results finally improved. First, in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, Djibouti beat Eswatini 2–1 at home and drew 0–0 in Manzini to advance to the second round for the first time since the 2010 qualifying when they beat Somalia 1-0 (2–1 on aggregate). This was a massive improvement from the previous edition when Djibouti had also played Eswatini and lost 8–1 on aggregate. One month later, Djibouti played two 1–1 draws against Gambia in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification preliminary round, only losing the tie on penalties.
Results and fixtures
2021
15 June Friendly | Djibouti | 1–0 | Somalia | Djibouti City, Djibouti |
17:00 UTC+3 |
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Stadium: El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium |
23 June 2021 Arab Cup qualification | Lebanon | 1–0 | Djibouti | Doha, Qatar |
20:00 UTC+3 |
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Report | Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Referee: Benoît Bastien (France) |
2 September 2022 World Cup qualification | Algeria | 8–0 | Djibouti | Blida, Algeria |
20:00 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon) |
6 September 2022 World Cup qualification | Djibouti | 2–4 | Niger | Rabat, Morocco |
Report | Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Referee: Celso Alvação (Mozambique) |
8 October 2022 World Cup qualification | Djibouti | 0–4 | Burkina Faso | Marrakesh, Morocco |
20:00 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Ali Sabilla (Uganda) |
11 October 2022 World Cup qualification | Burkina Faso | 2–0 | Djibouti | Marrakesh, Morocco |
17:00 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Hassen Corneh (Liberia) |
12 November 2022 World Cup qualification | Djibouti | 0–4 | Algeria | Cairo, Egypt |
Report | Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Djindo Louis Houngnandande (Benin) |
15 November 2022 World Cup qualification | Niger | 7–2 | Djibouti | Niamey, Niger |
17:00 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium: Stade Général Seyni Kountché Referee: Mohamed Youssouf Athoumani (Comoros) |
2022
21-29 March 2023 AFCON Q preliminary round | Djibouti | v | South Sudan | TBD |
Stadium: TBD |
21-29 March 2023 AFCON Q preliminary round | South Sudan | v | Djibouti | TBD |
Stadium: TBD |
Coaches
Name | Nat | Period | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Win % |
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Mohamed Bader | 1998? – Dec 2001 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0.00% | |
Ahmed Hussein | Oct 2007 – Dec 2007 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25.00% | |
Mohamed Abar | Jan 2008 – Jun 2008 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | |
Ahmed Abdelmonem | Jul 2008 – Jul 2010 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0.00% | |
Noureddine Gharsalli | Oct 2011 – Jul 2016 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | |
Michael Gibson[6] | Jul 2016 – Apr 2017 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25.00% | |
Moussa Ghassoum | Dec 2017 – Apr 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | |
Julien Mette | Apr 2019 – present | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 23.08% |
Players
Current squad
The following 23 players were called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Algeria and Niger on 12 and 15 November 2021.[7]
Caps and goals are correct as of 15 November 2021, after the match against Niger.
Recent call-ups
The following footballers were part of a national selection in the past 12 months, but are not part of the current squad.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Nasradine Abdi Aptidon | 5 June 1994 | 2 | 0 | AS Port | v. Niger; 6 September 2021 |
GK | Bilal Ahmed Hassan | 21 April 1993 | 3 | 0 | Gendarmerie Nationale FC | v. Niger; 6 September 2021 |
DF | Daoud Wais | 6 December 1986 | 34 | 1 | Arta Solar 7 | v. Burkina Faso; 11 October 2021 |
DF | Mohamed Bourhan Mohamed | 18 May 1991 | 16 | 0 | AS Port | v. Burkina Faso; 11 October 2021 |
DF | Aptidon Daher | 1 | 0 | ACS Hayableh | v. Burkina Faso; 11 October 2021 | |
MF | Fouad Moussa | 28 April 1993 | 15 | 1 | Arta Solar 7 | v. Burkina Faso; 11 October 2021 |
MF | Radwan Ahad Daher | 4 October 1997 | 3 | 0 | ASAS Djibouti Télécom | v. Burkina Faso; 11 October 2021 |
MF | Abdi Idleh Hamza | 16 December 1991 | 18 | 2 | Dikhil | v. Niger; 6 September 2021 |
MF | Omar Elmi Aboubaker | 27 October 1991 | 15 | 0 | Garde Républicaine | v. Niger; 6 September 2021 |
MF | Haroun Mohamed | 11 April 1998 | 4 | 1 | URS Centre | v. Niger; 6 September 2021 |
MF | Ali Houmed Bilah | 20 January 1993 | 0 | 0 | Dikhil | v. Lebanon; 23 June 2021 |
FW | Mourad Abdulkader | 13 June 1996 | 2 | 0 | Arta Solar 7 | v. Burkina Faso; 11 October 2021 |
FW | Anas Farah Ali | 3 March 2000 | 3 | 1 | Egersunds | v. Niger; 6 September 2021 |
Player records
- As of 15 November 2021[8]
- Players in bold are still active with Djibouti.
Most appearances
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Top goalscorers
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Competition records
FIFA World Cup record
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Olympic Games record
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Africa Cup of Nations Record
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All-Africa Games Record
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African Nations Championship record
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CECAFA Cup record
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Arab Cup record
^1 The 2009 edition was cancelled during qualification. Pan Arab Games record
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See also
- French Somaliland national football team
- Djibouti national football team results
- Football in Djibouti
- Djiboutian Football Federation
- Djibouti Premier League
- Djibouti Cup
- Stade du Ville
References
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- ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Ethiopia - List of International Matches". RSSSF.com. Barrie Courtney and RSSSF. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
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- ^ "Fédération Djiboutienne de Football". Facebook. Fédération Djiboutienne de Football - Officiel. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Djibouti". National Football Teams.