Sierra Leone national football team

Sierra Leone

Nickname(s)

Leone Stars

Association

Sierra Leone
Football Association

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Head coach

Ahmed Kanu (2007-)

Captain

Mohamed Kallon

Most caps

Musa Kallon

Top scorer

Mohamed Kallon

FIFA code

SLE

FIFA ranking

124

Highest FIFA ranking

51 (January 1996)

Lowest FIFA ranking

172 (September 2007)

Elo ranking

142




Home colours




Away colours

First international

Nigeria 2 - 0 Sierra Leone

(Lagos, Nigeria; 8 October, 1949)

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)

Biggest defeat

Mali 6 - 0 Sierra Leone

(Bamako, Mali; June 17, 2007

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.

1 Sierra Leone Football Achievements
2 World Cup record
3 African Nations Cup record
4 Squad
5 Notable former players
6 Andy Gray
7 External links

Sierra Leone Football Achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :

2 Times Champion (1993, 1995)
2 Times Runners-up

World Cup record

1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
1974 to 1986 - Did not qualify
1990 - Did not enter
1994 - Withdrew
1998 to 2010 - Did not qualify

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 - Disqualified
1990 - Withdrew
1992 - War
1994 - Round 1
1996 - Round 1
1998 - Withdrew during qualifying
2000 - Disqualified due to civil war
2002 to 2010- Did not qualify

Squad

Goalkeepers

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Club
12	GK	Michael Tommy	30 June, 1979	15	Municipal Liberia
	GK	Patrick Bantamoi	24 May 1986		FC Inter Turku
1	GK	Christian Caulker	25 December, 1988	8	Kallon F.C.
12	GK	Solomon Yambassu	17 September, 1984	5	East End Lions
12	GK	Brima Sesay	27 January, 1981	20	Ports Authority

Defenders

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
2	DF	Ahmed Deen	30 June, 1985	3	0	Macclesfield Town
6	DF	Ibrahim Kargbo	10 April, 1982	21	0	Willem II
	DF	Sarway Dollar	19 July, 1988	8	0	Mighty Blackpool
	DF	Osman Yunis	13 March, 1982	1	0	Ports Authority
	DF	Alpha Lansana	14 October, 1980	1	0	Ports Authority
15	DF	Kewullay Conteh	31 December, 1977	33	1	AlbinoLeffe
	DF	Sidney Kargbo	1 July, 1986	7	0	FC Brussels
3	DF	Mustapha Sama	31 October, 1979	36	0	Al-Wahda .
	DF	Mohamed Fornah	20 November, 1987	5	0	Ports Authority

Midfielders

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
13	MF	Julius Gibrilla Woobay	17 May, 1984	19	7	FC Universitatea Craiova
11	FW	Sheriff Suma	12 October, 1986	10	4	GAIS
7	MF	Samuel Barlay	9 September, 1986	11	0	IFK Mariehamn
15	MF	Mustapha Bangura	24 October 1989	5	1	AC Omonia
	MF	Mohamed Kamara	11 November 1987	2	0	HJK Helsinki
17	MF	Umaru Bangura	7 October, 1987	5	0	Hønefoss
11	MF	Alhassan Bangura	24 January, 1988	1	0	Watford
5	MF	Albert Foday	27 April, 1985	8	2	Kallon F.C.
5	MF	Ibrahim Khalil Tahini	25 July, 1987	1	0	Mighty Blackpool
7	MF	Alimamy Sesay	24 April, 1987	5	1	Kallon F.C.
17	MF	Sallieu Bundu	1 January, 1984	2	0	Cleveland City Stars
2	MF	Albert Jarrett	23 October, 1984	3	0	Gillingham
7	MF	Nahim Khadi, Jr.	16 August, 1979	2	0	Dartford
	MF	Malvin Kamara	17 November,1983	1	0	Huddersfield Town

Strikers

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	FW	Kei Kamara	01 September 1984	2	0	Houston Dynamo
10	FW	Mohamed Kallon	6 October, 1979			AEK
10	FW	Sahr Senesie	20 June, 1985	0	0	Borussia Dortmund
9	FW	Paul Kpaka	7 August, 1981	14	1	K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot
	FW	Sidique Mansaray	23 July 1980	12	2	East End Lions
	FW	Aluspah Brewah	23 August 1983	10	0	Assyriska Föreningen
12	FW	Obi Metzger	19 September 1987			Atlantis FC
	FW	Muwahid Sesay	15 June 1984	8	0	Atlantis FC
	FW	Umaru Rahman	15 December 1982	2	0	LG-ACB Ha Noi

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

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.

External links

Sierra Leone FA official site

International football

FIFA · World Cup · Confederations Cup · U-20 World Cup · U-17 World Cup
Olympics · Asian Games · All-Africa Games · Pan American Games · Island Games · Minor Tournaments
World Rankings · Player of the Year · Teams · Competitions · Organizations · Codes

	Asia	AFC - Asian Cup
	Africa	CAF - Africa Cup of Nations
	North America	CONCACAF - Gold Cup
	South America	CONMEBOL - Copa América
	Oceania	OFC - Nations Cup
	Europe	UEFA - European Championship
	Non-FIFA	NF-Board - Viva World Cup

National football teams of Africa (CAF)

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.