Sierra Leone national football team
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Sierra Leone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Leone Stars | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Association | Sierra Leone Football Association |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international Nigeria 2 - 0 Sierra Leone (Lagos, Nigeria; 8 October 1949) |
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Biggest win Sierra Leone 5 - 1 Niger (Freetown, Sierra Leone; March 7, 1976) Sierra Leone 5 - 1 Niger (Freetown, Sierra Leone; June 3, 1995) Sierra Leone 4 - 0 São Tomé and Príncipe (Freetown, Sierra Leone; April 22, 2000) |
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Biggest defeat Malawi 5 - 0 Sierra Leone (Malawi; July 6, 1978) Ghana 5 - 0 Sierra Leone (Accra, Ghana; July 9, 2000) |
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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 :
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- 2 Times Champion (1993, 1995)
- 2 Times Runners-up
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[edit] World Cup record
- 1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
- 1974 to 1986 - Did not qualify
- 1990 - Did not enter
- 1994 - Withdrew
- 1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify
[edit] African Nations Cup record
- 1957 to 1968 - Did not enter
- 1970 - Withdrew
- 1972 - Did not enter
- 1974 - Did not qualify
- 1976 - Did not enter
- 1978 - Did not qualify
- 1980 - Did not enter
- 1982 - Did not qualify
- 1984 - Did not qualify
- 1986 - Did not enter
- 1988 - Did not qualify
- 1990 - Withdrew
- 1992 - Did not qualify
- 1994 - Round 1
- 1996 - Round 1
- 1998 - Withdrew during qualifying
- 2000 - Disqualified due to civil war
- 2002 - Did not qualify
- 2004 - Did not qualify
[edit] Sierra Leonean Footballers
[edit] Goalkeepers
- Michael Tommy (C.S. Cartagines - Costa Rica)
- Patrick Bantamoi (FC Inter Turku - Finland)
- Morris Sylvanus (Kallon F.C. - Sierra Leone)
- Unisa Bangura (Atlantis FC - Finland)
- Brima Sesay (Ports Authority - Sierra Leone)
[edit] Defenders
- Kewullay Conteh (Atalanta B.C. - Italy)
- Ibrahim Kargbo (Willem II - Netherlands)
- Gibril Sankoh (FC Groningen - Netherlands)
- Mohammad Rashid (Bryne F.K. - Norway)
- Sidney Kargbo (FC Brussels - Belgium)
- Mustapha Sama (LG-ACB Ha Noi Vietnam)
- Kemokai Kallon (Kallon F.C. - Sierra Leone)
- Mohamed Kamara ( HJK Helsinki - Finland)
- Osman Yunus (Ports Authority - Sierra Leone)
- Sarway Dollar (Mighty Blackpool - Sierra Leone)
- Alpha Lansana (Ports Authority - Sierra Leone)
[edit] Midfielders
- Alhassan Bangura (Watford F.C. - England)
- Samuel Barlay (IFK Mariehamn- Finland)
- Julius Woobay (Universitatea Craiova - Romania)
- Sheriff Suma (GAIS - Sweden)
- Albert Jarrett (Watford F.C. - England)
- Alimamy Sesay (Kallon F.C. - Sierra Leone)
- Alimamy Jalloh (Atlantis FC - Finland)
- Emerson Samba (Mighty Blackpool - Sierra Leone)
- Albert Cole (Raufoss I.L. - Norway)
- Umaru Bangura (Hønefoss B.K. - Norway)
- Albert Foday (Kallon F.C. - Sierra Leone)
- Abu Mansaray (Old Edwardians - Sierra Leone)
- Julius Conteh (Nea Salamis FC - Cyprus)
[edit] Strikers
- Mohamed Kallon (A.S. Monaco - France)
- Paul Kpaka (K.S.V. Roeselare - Belgium)
- Aluspah Brewah (R. Charleroi S.C. - Belgium)
- Lamin Conteh - (Perlis FA - Malaysia)
- Kabba Samura (HJK Helsinki - Finland)
- Obi Metzger (Atlantis FC - Finland)
- Brima Koroma (Kalmar FF - Sweden)
- Sidique Mansaray - (East End Lions - Sierra Leone)
- Mamadu Alphajor Bah (Al-Qadisiya - Saudi Arabia)
- Kei Kamara (Columbus Crew - USA)
- Benjamin Sesay (Dender - Belguim)
- Umaru Rahman (LG-ACB Ha Noi - Vietnam)
[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
- Sierra Leone FA official site