Sierra Leone national football team
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Nickname(s) | Leone Stars | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Association | Sierra Leone Football Association |
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Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Ahmed Kanu (2007-) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Captain | Mohamed Kallon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Most caps | Musa Kallon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top scorer | Mohamed Kallon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home stadium | National Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIFA code | SLE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIFA ranking | 163 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest FIFA ranking | 51 (January 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lowest FIFA ranking | 172 (September 2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elo ranking | 152 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mali 6 - 0 Sierra Leone (Bamako, Mali; June 17, 2007 |
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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
- winner of the Peace tournment
[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 to 2008- Did not qualify
[edit] Current squad
[edit] Goalkeepers
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[edit] Defenders
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[edit] Midfielders
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[edit] Strikers
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[edit] Notable former players
- Brima Attouga Kamara
- Ismael Dyfan
- Lamin Junior Tumbu Conteh
- Gbassay Sessay
- Gbassay Bangura
- Abu Gbanaloko Kanu
- Francis Zapa Koroma
- Musa Kallon
- Chernor Mansaray
- Akie Noah
- Amidu Karim
- Rashid Wurie
- Ibrahim Inspector Bah
- John Sama
- Mohamed Kanu
- Vidal Williams
- Lamin Bangura
- Leroy Rosenior
- Nahim Khadi
[edit] Andy Gray
On 28 February 2006, it was announced that the former Crystal Palace and Aston Villa 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. Shaka Bangura [Montreat College USA]
[edit] External links
- Sierra Leone FA official site
Shaka Bangura is one of the most tilented young stars that are coming up. He is paying for montreat College and he was named AAC player of the year in his second season.