Guinea national football team

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Guinea

Nickname

Syli Nationale

Association

Fédération Guinéenne
de Football

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Head coach

Patrice Neveu

Home stadium

Stade 28 Septembre

FIFA code

GUI

FIFA ranking

Highest FIFA ranking

22 (August 2006)

Lowest FIFA ranking

123 (May 2003)

Elo ranking





First kit





Second kit

First international

Guinea 2 - 3 East Germany

(Conakry, Guinea; 16 December 1962)

Biggest win

Guinea 14 - 0 Mauritania

(Guinea; 20 May 1972)

Biggest defeat

Tunisia 5 - 0 Guinea

(Tunis, Tunisia; 5 August 1988)

African Nations Cup

Appearances

8 (First in 1970)

Best result

Second place, 1976

The Guinea national football team, nicknamed Syli Nationale, is the national team of Guinea and is controlled by the Fédération Guinéenne de Football. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals, and their best finish in the African Nations Cup was second in 1976.

1 Guinea Football Achievements
2 World Cup record
3 African Nations Cup record
4 Current squad
5 Famous players

[edit] Guinea Football Achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :

5 Times Champion (1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 2005)
1 Time Runners-up

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1962 - Did not enter
1966 - Withdrew
1970 - Entry not accepted by FIFA
1974 to 1998 - Did not qualify
2002 - Disqualified by FIFA during qualifying
2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] African Nations Cup record

1957 to 1962 - Did not enter
1963 - Disqualified for failure to provide neutral officials
1965 - Did not qualify
1968 - Did not qualify
1970 - Round 1
1972 - Did not qualify
1974 - Round 1
1976 - Second place
1978 - Did not qualify
1980 - Round 1
1982 to 1992 - Did not qualify
1994 - Round 1
1996 - Did not qualify
1998 - Round 1
2000 - Did not qualify
2002 - Disqualified for failure to reinstall FA functionaries
2004 - Quarterfinals
2006 - Quarterfinals

[edit] Current squad

The following squad is the one called up for a friendly against Cameroon on August 15, 2006.

[edit] Goalkeepers

Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Naby Laye Diarso				Satellite FC
GK	Kemoko Camara	4 May 1975			Hapoel Bnei
GK	Hamidou Camara		0	0	AS Kaloum Star

[edit] Defenders

Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Goals	Club
DF	Omar Kalabane	8 April 1981			AJ Auxerre
DF	Daouda Jabi	10 April 1981			AC Ajaccio
DF	Kanfory Sylla	7 July 1980			Kallithea
DF	Mamadou Alimou Diallo	2 December 1984			Lokeren
DF	Ibrahima Camara	1 January 1985			Le Mans
DF	Kamil Zayatte	7 March 1985	0	0	RC Lens
DF	Alseny Camara	4 November 1986	0	0	FC Toulouse

[edit] Midfielders

Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Club
MF	Ibrahima Yattara	3 June 1980	Trabzonspor
MF	Pablo Thiam	3 January 1974	Wolfsburg
MF	Mohammed Sylla	13 March 1977	Kilmarnock
MF	Ibrahima Souare	14 July 1982	Martigues
MF	Mangue Camara	15 September 1972	FC Rouen

Where is Pascal Feindouno??

[edit] Strikers

Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Goals	Club
FW	Kaba Diawara	16 December 1975			Gaziantepspor
FW	Souleymane Youla	29 November 1982			Lille
FW	Ismael Bangoura	2 January 1985			Le Mans
FW	Fode Mansare	3 December 1981			FC Toulouse
FW	Sambegou Bangoura	3 April 1982	11	3	Stoke City
FW	Ibrahima Bangoura	8 December 1982			Troyes