Sudan national football team

Sudan
Nickname(s)	Falcons of Jediane
Association	Sudan Football Association (SFA)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	CECAFA; (East & Central Africa)
Head coach	Zdravko Logarušić
Captain	Muhannad El Tahir
Most caps	Muhannad El Tahir (70)
Top scorer	Haytham Tambal (20)
Home stadium	Khartoum Stadium
FIFA code	SDN
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	132 4 (20 September 2018)
Highest	74 (December 1996)
Lowest	164 (July 2017)
First international
	Sudan 5–1 Ethiopia ; (Sudan; 13 May 1956)
Biggest win
	Sudan 15–0 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	8 (first in 1957)
Best result	Champions, 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 Khartoum Stadium in Khartoum. Sudan were one of the 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 with Mustafa Azhari as their best player. After beating Ethiopia 3–0, and a 1–0 defeat to Ivory Coast, 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. Sudan was the only East African team to qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. Their top scorer and most capped player Mustafa Azhari Alawad retired later that year after not being able to carry the Sudanese team anymore.

Achievements

Africa Cup of Nations
- Champion (1):1970
CECAFA Cup
- Champion (3): 1980, 2006, 2007

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup
Appearances: 0
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958	Withdrew in qualification
1962	Withdrew
1966	Withdrew
1970	Did not qualify
1974	Did not qualify
1978	Withdrew
1982	Did not qualify
1986
1990
1994	Withdrew
1998	Did not qualify
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022	To be determined
2026	To be determined
Total		0/21

Olympic Games record

Olympic Games
Appearances: 1
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1896 – 1956	Did not enter
1960	Did not qualify
1964
1968
1972	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	1	5
1976	Did not qualify
1980	Did not enter
1984	Did not qualify
1988
1992
1996	Did not enter
2000	Did not qualify
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020	To be determined
Total	Group stage	1/25	3	0	0	3	1	5

Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since the 1992 edition.

Africa Cup of Nations record

Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances: 8
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1957	Third place	3rd	1	0	0	1	1	2
1959	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	2	2
1962	Did not qualify
1963	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	1	1	6	5
1965	Did not qualify
1968	Did not qualify
1970	Champions	1st	5	4	0	1	8	3
1972	Group stage	7th	3	0	2	1	4	6
1974	Did not qualify
1976	Group stage	7th	3	0	2	1	3	4
1978	Withdrew
1980	Did not qualify
1982	Did not enter
1984	Did not qualify
1986	Withdrew
1988	Did not qualify
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998	Withdrew during qualifying
2000	Did not enter
2002	Did not qualify
2004
2006
2008	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	0	9
2010	Did not qualify
2012	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	1	2	4	7
2013	Did not qualify
2015
2017
2019	To be determined
2021
2023
Total	1 Title	8/31	24	7	6	11	28	38

African Games record

African Games
Appearances: 1
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1965	Did not enter
1973	Did not enter
1978	Did not enter
1987	Did not qualify
1991	Did not enter
1995
1999
2003	Withdrew
2007	Did not enter
2011	Did not enter
2015	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	2	2
2019	To be determined
All Total	Group stage	1/11	3	1	1	1	2	2

Prior to the Cairo 1991 campaign, the Football at the All-Africa Games was open to full senior national teams.

African Nations Championship record

African Nations Championship
Appearances: 2
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Third place	3rd	6	4	1	1	5	2
2014	Did not qualify
2016	Did not qualify
2018	Third place	3rd	6	4	1	1	5	3
Total	Third place	2/5	12	8	2	2	10	5

CECAFA Cup record

CECAFA Cup
Appearances: 21
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1973	Did not enter
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979	Group stage	6th	2	0	1	1	1	5
1980	Champions	1st	4	3	0	1	5	2
1981	Group stage	7th	3	0	2	1	2	4
1982		6th	2	0	0	2	0	3
1983		5th	4	2	1	1	4	3
1984	Did not enter
1985
1987
1988
1989
1990	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	1	1	5	3
1991	Fourth place	4th	4	0	1	3	3	9
1992	Did not enter
1994
1995
1996	Third place	3rd	4	1	2	1	6	6
1999	Quarter-finals	8th	3	0	2	1	1	4
2000	Did not enter
2001	Did not enter
2002	Group stage	6th	4	1	1	2	4	5
2003	Fourth place	4th	4	2	1	1	8	2
2004	Third place	3rd	5	3	1	1	11	6
2005	Group stage	6th	4	2	0	2	7	12
2006	Champions	1st	6	2	3	1	7	4
2007	Champions	1st	5	2	3	0	8	6
2008	Group stage	6th	4	1	2	1	3	2
2009	Did not enter
2010	Group stage	10th	3	0	1	2	0	5
2011	Third place	3rd	6	3	3	0	6	3
2012	Group stage	9th	3	1	0	2	1	3
2013	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	8	4
2015	Fourth place	4th	6	2	1	3	7	4
2017	Did not enter
Total	3 Titles	21/39	86	31	27	33	87	61

Arab Nations Cup record

Arab Nations Cup
Appearances: 3
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1963	Did not enter
1964
1966
1985	Did not qualify
1988	Did not enter
1992	Did not enter
1998	Group stage	7th	2	1	0	1	2	4
2002		7th	4	1	1	2	4	5
2012		7th	3	1	2	0	4	2
Total	Group stage	3/9	9	3	3	3	10	11

Pan Arab Games record

Pan Arab Games
Appearances: 3
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1953	Did not enter
1957
1961
1965	Silver Medal	2nd	6	5	0	1	32	5
1976	Did not enter
1985
1992
1997
1999
2004	No tournament
2007	Group stage	5th	4	0	0	4	0	12
2011	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	1	2
Total	Group stage	3/11	13	6	1	6	33	19

Managerial history

Jozsef Hada (1957-1959)
Lozan Kotsev (1963)
Mohammed Hassan Kheiri (1969) (1970-1972)
Jiri Starosta (1970)
Abd Al Fattah Hamed (1970)(1972)
Ivan Yanko (1974-1976)
Ibrahim Kabair (1976-1978)
Burkhard Ziese (1978-1980)
Zoran Đorđević (2000)
Ahmed Babiker (2001-2002)
Wojciech Lazarek (2002–2004)
Mohamed Abdallah (2005-2008) (2010–2015) (2016)
Stephen Constantine (2009-2010)
Hamdan Hamed (2016)
Zdravko Logarušić (2017–)

Recent results and fixtures

23 July 2017 2018 CHANQ	Burundi	0–0	Sudan	Bujumbura, Burundi
15:00 CAT		Report		Stadium: Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium Referee: Zekarias Girma Fega (Ethiopia)

29 July 2017 2018 CHANQ	Sudan	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Burundi	Al-Ubayyid, Sudan
20:00 EAT	Bakhit 50'	Report		Stadium: Al-Ubayyid Stadium Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Uganda)

7 August 2017 Friendly	Rwanda	2–1	Sudan	Kigali, Rwanda
16:30 CAT	Nshuti 3' Mubumbyi 75'	Report	Bakhit 24'	Stadium: Stade Régional Nyamirambo Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

13 August 2017 2018 CHANQ	Ethiopia	1–1	Sudan	Awasa, Ethiopia
16:00 EAT	Abdurahman 85'	Report	Bakhit 75'	Stadium: Hawassa International Stadium Referee: Alex Muhabi (Uganda)

19 August 2017 2018 CHANQ	Sudan	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Ethiopia	Al-Ubayyid, Sudan
20:00 EAT	Saadeldin 48'	Report		Stadium: Al-Ubayyid Stadium Referee: Andrew Otieno (Kenya)

8 September 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	Sudan	Bata, Equatorial Guinea
16:00 WAT	Nsue 30'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de Bata Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

13 October 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Senegal	3–0	Sudan	Dakar, Senegal
19:00 GMT	Cissé 17' Gueye 18' Niang 50'	Report		Stadium: Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

16 October 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Sudan	v	Senegal	Khartoum, Sudan
19:30 CAT		Report		Stadium: Khartoum Stadium

16 November 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Madagascar	v	Sudan	Madagascar
		Report

22 March 2019 2019 AFCONQ	Sudan	v	Equatorial Guinea	Sudan
		Report

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Matches against Senegal on 13 and 16 October 2018.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ishag Adam	(1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 (age 25)	1	0	Al-Ahly Shendi
16	1GK	Munjed Alneel	(1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Al-Merrikh SC

3	2DF	Faris Abdalla	(1994-02-19) 19 February 1994 (age 30)	29	1	Al-Hilal Club
4	2DF	Omer Suleiman	(1989-12-09) 9 December 1989 (age 34)	5	1	Al-Hilal SC (Al-Ubayyid)
5	2DF	Hussein Ibrahim	(1998-09-03) 3 September 1998 (age 25)	3	0	Al-Hilal Club
6	2DF	Ali Gafar	(1986-01-01) 1 January 1986 (age 38)	12	0	Al Ahli SC (Khartoum)
18	2DF	Samawal Merghani	(1991-10-22) 22 October 1991 (age 32)	5	0	Al-Hilal Club
20	2DF	Abdellatif Saeed	(1989-07-28) 28 July 1989 (age 34)	23	0	Al-Hilal Club

2	3MF	Abuaagla Abdalla	(1993-03-11) 11 March 1993 (age 31)	23	0	Al-Hilal Club
7	3MF	Ramadan Alagab	(1989-09-19) 19 September 1989 (age 34)	28	2	Al-Merrikh SC
8	3MF	Mohamed Hashim	(1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 34)	5	0	Al-Merrikh SC
10	3MF	Muhannad El Tahir (Captain)	(1984-12-03) 3 December 1984 (age 39)	70	14	Al-Hilal SC (Al-Ubayyid)
15	3MF	Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim	(1987-03-01) 1 March 1987 (age 37)	3	0	Al-Ahly Shendi
19	3MF	Amir Kamal	(1987-09-13) 13 September 1987 (age 36)	40	0	Al-Merrikh SC
21	3MF	Nasr Eldin El Shigail	(1985-04-07) 7 April 1985 (age 39)	43	0	Al-Hilal Club

9	4FW	Saif Eldin Malik Bakhit	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30)	14	5	Al-Merrikh SC
11	4FW	Maaz Abdelraheem	(1989-04-25) 25 April 1989 (age 35)	17	1	Al-Hilal SC (Al-Ubayyid)
12	4FW	Mohamed Musa Idris	(1984-05-03) 3 May 1984 (age 40)	2	0	Al-Hilal SC (Al-Ubayyid)
13	4FW	Walaa Eldin Musa	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24)	7	3	Al-Hilal Club
17	4FW	Waleed Bakhet	(1998-11-11) 11 November 1998 (age 25)	1	0	Al-Hilal Club

Recent call-ups

References

^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Sudan". World Football Elo Ratings. Retrieved 22 February 2017.

External links

[rating-1] "World Football Elo Ratings: Sudan". World Football Elo Ratings. Retrieved 22 February 2017.

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