Sierra Leone national football team

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Sierra Leone
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname Leone Stars
Association Sierra Leone
Football Association
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Head coach John Sherington
Captain Mohamed Kallon
Most caps Musa Kallon
Top scorer Mohammed Kallon
Home stadium National Stadium
FIFA code SLE
FIFA ranking 152
Highest FIFA ranking 51 (January 1996)
Lowest FIFA ranking 165 (April 2006)
Elo ranking 120
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
 
First kit
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
 
Second kit
First international
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria 2 - 0 Sierra Leone Flag of Sierra Leone
(Lagos, Nigeria; 8 October 1949)
Biggest win
Flag of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 5 - 1 Niger Flag of Niger
(Freetown, Sierra Leone; March 7, 1976)
Flag of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 5 - 1 Niger Flag of Niger
(Freetown, Sierra Leone; June 3, 1995)
Flag of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 4 - 0 São Tomé and Príncipe Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe
(Freetown, Sierra Leone; April 22, 2000)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Malawi Malawi 5 - 0 Sierra Leone Flag of Sierra Leone
(Malawi; July 6, 1978)
Flag of Ghana Ghana 5 - 0 Sierra Leone Flag of Sierra Leone
(Accra, Ghana; July 9, 2000)
African Nations Cup
Appearances 2 (First in 1994)
Best result Round 1, 1994, 1996

The Sierra Leone national football team, nicknamed the Leone Stars, is the national team of Sierra Leone and is controlled by the Sierra Leone Football Association. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals.


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[edit] Sierra Leone Football Achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :
  • 2 Times Champion (1993, 1995)
  • 2 Times Runners-up

[edit] World Cup record

[edit] African Nations Cup record

[edit] Sierra Leonean Footballers

[edit] Goalkeepers

[edit] Defenders

[edit] Midfielders

[edit] Strikers

[edit] Andy Gray

On 28th February 2006 it was announced that the former Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur midfielder/striker Andy Gray would be joining the Sierra Leone coaching setup. It was reported that he would try to convince several English-based players to play for Sierra Leone due to their ancestry, such as Liam Rosenior, Nigel Reo-Coker, Carlton Cole and Steve Kabba. These reports appear to be true, since Watford's Albert Jarrett has accepted a call-up to the Sierra Leone squad.

[edit] External links

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