Sudan national football team

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Sudan

Nickname(s)

Sokoor Al-Jediane
(Desert Hawks)

Association

Sudan Football Association

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Head coach

Mohammed Abdalah Mazda

Most caps

Haytham Mustafa Karar

Top scorer

Home stadium

SUD

105

Highest FIFA ranking

74 (December 1996)

Lowest FIFA ranking

137 (April 2000)

Elo ranking

115





First kit





Second kit

First international

Ethiopia 2 - 1 Sudan

(Ethiopia; November 16, 1956)

Biggest win

Sudan 15 - 0 Oman

(Egypt; September 2, 1965)

Biggest defeat

South Korea 8 - 0 Sudan

(Seoul, South Korea; September 10, 1979)

African Nations Cup

Appearances

7 (First in 1957)

Best result

Winners, 1970

The Sudan national football team, nicknamed Sokoor Al-Jediane (Desert Hawks), is the national team of Sudan and is controlled by the Sudan Football Association. They were one of the only three teams (Egypt, Ethiopia) to participate in the inaugural African Nations Cup in 1957, and won the competition in 1970 when they hosted it.

1 Sudan Football Achievements
2 World Cup record
3 African Cup record
4 Notable Players
5 Current squad
6 External links

[edit] Sudan Football Achievements

CECAFA Cup :

3 Time Champion (1980),(2006},(2007)
2 Times Runners-up

Ceacafa 2006

[edit] World Cup record

World Cup record
Year	Round
1930 to 1954	Did not enter
1958	Withdrew during qualifying
1962	Withdrew
1966	Withdrew
1970	Did not qualify
1974	Did not qualify
1978	Withdrew
1982 to 1990	Did not qualify
1994	Withdrew
1998 to 2006	Did not qualify
2010	Qualifications on-going

[edit] African Cup record

African Nations Cup record
Year	Round	P	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1957	Third place	1	0	0	1	1	2
1959	Second place	2	1	0	1	2	2
1962	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1963	Second place	3	1	1	1	6	5
1965	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Champions	5	4	0	1	8	3
1972	Round 1	3	0	2	1	4	6
1974	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Round 1	3	0	2	1	3	4
1978	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988 to 1996	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Withdrew during qualifying	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002 to 2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Round 1	3	0	0	3	0	9
Total	--	20	6	5	9	24	31

[edit] Notable Players

Atta Gobara
Mohammed A Idris
Ibrahim Mustafa
Ibrahim Hussein
Zahir Abd El Ghani
Idris Khatir
Ali Rabah

[edit] Current squad

23-man squad for 2008 African Cup of Nations.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Club
1	GK	Akram Salim	27 February 1987	Al-Merrikh
2	DF	Omer Bakhit	24 November 1984	Al-Hilal
3	DF	Musa Al Tayeb	15 June 1984	Al-Merrikh
4	DF	Mohamed Khider	01 January 1985	Al-Hilal
5	MF	Alaa Eldin Yousif	1 January 1982	Al-Hilal
6	MF	Richard Gastin	5 October 1979	Al-Hilal
7	DF	Alaadin Ahmed Katoul Gibril	7 December 1978	Al-Hilal
8	MF	Haitham Mustafa	19 July 1977	Al-Hilal
9	MF	Hamouda Bashir	1 January 1983	Al-Hilal
10	FW	Haytham Tambal	28 November 1978	Al-Merrikh
11	FW	Alaeldin Babiker	16 December 1984	Al-Merrikh
12	MF	Badreldin Galag	1 April 1981	Al-Merrikh
13	MF	Mohamed Tahir	3 December 1982	Al-Hilal
14	MF	Mugahid Ahmed Mohamed	19 January 1976	Al-Merrikh
15	DF	Amir Koku	8 December 1979	Al-Merrikh
16	GK	Elmuez Mahgoub Abdalla	14 August 1978	Al-Hilal
17	FW	Faisal Agab	24 August 1970 (1970-08-24) (age 37)	Al-Merrikh
18	DF	Khalid Hassan	3 January 1981	Al-Hilal
19	DF	Ahmed Adam Al Basha	02 January 1982	Al-Merrikh
20	FW	Abdel Amari	August 20, 1984 (1984-08-20) (age 23)	Al-Merrikh
21	GK	Bahaeddine Mohamed Abdellah Rihan	01 January 1978	Al-Merrikh
22	MF	Saif Masawi		Al-Hilal
23	MF	Hassan Korongo	28 February 1985	Al-Hilal