Benin national football team

Benin

Nickname(s)	Les Écureuils (The Squirrels)
Association	Fédération Béninoise de Football
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Captain	Stéphane Sessègnon
Top scorer	Razak Omotoyossi (21)
Home stadium	Stade de l'Amitié
FIFA code	BEN
FIFA ranking	94 2 (9 April 2015)
Highest FIFA ranking	59 (November 2009, April 2010)
Lowest FIFA ranking	165 (July 1996)
Elo ranking	106
Highest Elo ranking	93 (Nov 2009 - Jan 2010)
Lowest Elo ranking	165 (1995-96)
First colours Second colours
First international
Dahomey 0–1 Nigeria  (Dahomey; 8 November 1959)
Biggest win
Dahomey 7–0 Mauritania  (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; 27 December 1961)
Biggest defeat
Nigeria 10–1 Dahomey  (Nigeria; 28 November 1959)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	3 (First in 2004)
Best result	Round 1

The Benin national football team, nicknamed Les Écureuils (The Squirrels), is the national football team of Benin and is controlled by the Fédération Béninoise de Football. They were known as the Dahomey national football team until 1975, when Republic of Dahomey became Benin. They have never made the World Cup but have reached three recent African Nations Cups – 2004, 2008 and 2010. On 8 February 2010 after the preliminary competition from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, the Fédération Béninoise de Football have dissolved the national team, coach Henri Dussuyer and his complete staff were fired.^[1]

Competition records

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1970 – Did not enter
• 1974 – Did not qualify
• 1978 to 1982 – Did not enter
• 1986 – Did not qualify
• 1990 – Did not enter
• 1994 – Did not qualify
• 1998 – Did not enter
• 2002 to 2014 – Did not qualify

Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1962	Did Not Enter
1963
1965
1968
1970
1972	Did Not Qualify
1974	Withdrew
1976
1978	Did Not Enter
1980	Did Not Qualify
1982	Did Not Enter
1984	Did Not Qualify
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996	Withdrew
1998	Did Not Qualify
2000
2002
2004	Group Stage	16th	3	0	0	3	1	8
2006	Did Not Qualify
2008	Group Stage	15th	3	0	0	3	1	7
2010	Group Stage	14th	3	0	1	2	2	5
2012	Did Not Qualify
2013
2015
2017	To Be Determined
Total	3/29	0 Titles	9	0	1	8	4	20

West African Nations Cup West African Nations Cup Record Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA 1982 Group Stage 6th 3 0 2 1 4 8 1983 Did Not Enter 1984 Group Stage 5th 4 0 0 4 3 9 1986 Did Not Enter 1987 Group Stage 7th 3 0 2 1 3 7 Total 3/5 0 Titles 10 0 4 6 10 24

WAFU Nations Cup WAFU Nations Cup Record Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA 2010 Group Stage 7th 3 0 1 2 0 5 2011 Did Not Enter 2013 Fourth Place 4th 4 0 2 2 5 6 Total 2/3 0 Titles 7 0 3 4 5 11

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

This is a list of matches over the past twelve months and any future scheduled matches.

Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Competition
9 June 2013	Porto-Novo	Algeria	1-3	2014 World Cup qualification
16 June 2013	Bamako	Mali	2-2	2014 World Cup qualification
8 September 2013	Porto-Novo	Rwanda	2-0	2014 World Cup qualification
18 November 2013	Sousse	Libya	0-1	International friendly
17 May 2014	São Tomé	São Tomé and Príncipe	2-0	2015 AFCON qualification
1 June 2014	Cotonou	São Tomé and Príncipe	2-0	2015 AFCON qualification
20 July 2014	Cotonou	Malawi	1-0	2015 AFCON qualification
2 August 2014	Blantyre	Malawi	-	2015 AFCON qualification

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the friendly matche against Morocco on 13 November 2014.
Caps and goals as of 13 November 2014, after the match against Morocco.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Saturnin Allagbé (1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 8 0 Niort 1GK Fabien Farnolle (1984-09-21) 21 September 1984 8 0 Dinamo București 2DF Khaled Adénon (1985-07-28) 28 July 1985 43 1 Luçon 2DF Réda Johnson (1988-03-21) 21 March 1988 11 0 Coventry City 2DF Jordan Adéoti (1989-03-12) 12 March 1989 9 0 Caen 2DF Séïdou Barazé (1990-10-20) 20 October 1990 9 0 Kawkab Marrakech 2DF Emmanuel Imorou (1988-09-16) 16 September 1988 9 0 Caen 2DF Badarou Nafiou (1991-07-18) 18 July 1991 6 0 ASO Chlef 2DF Fortuné Oré (1997-10-26) 26 October 1997 6 0 USS Kraké 2DF Jean Ogouchi (1996-11-23) 23 November 1996 6 0 Cercle Mbéri Sportif 3MF Stéphane Sessègnon (captain) (1984-06-01) 1 June 1984 54 13 West Bromwich Albion 3MF Djiman Koukou (1990-11-14) 14 November 1990 24 1 Niort 3MF Séïbou Mama (1995-12-28) 28 December 1995 6 0 ASPAC 3MF Jonathan Tinhan (1989-06-01) 1 June 1989 0 0 Red Star 4FW Razak Omotoyossi (1985-10-08) 8 October 1985 51 21 Olympic Safi 4FW Mickaël Poté (1984-09-24) 24 September 1984 28 4 Omonia 4FW Rudy Gestede (1988-10-10) 10 October 1988 6 3 Blackburn Rovers 4FW David Djigla (1995-08-23) 23 August 1995 5 1 Bordeaux 4FW Friday Martins (1990-02-03) 3 February 1990 1 0 Chabab Houara

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for Benin squad within the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Emmanuel Fabiyi (1985-10-09) 9 October 1985 1 0 Kano Pillars v.  Malawi, 2 August 2014 GK Steve Glodjinon (1993-12-18) 18 December 1993 0 0 Energie v.  Malawi, 2 August 2014 DF Didier Sossa (1993-11-13) 13 November 1993 2 0 USS Kraké v.  Tanzania, 12 October 2014 DF Éric Tossavi (1992-05-24) 24 May 1992 1 0 Avrankou Omnisport v.  Tanzania, 12 October 2014 DF Apollinaire Danvidé 0 0 AS Douanes v.  Malawi, 2 August 2014 DF Arsène Menessou (1987-12-15) 15 December 1987 9 0 Virton v.  São Tomé and Príncipe, 1 June 2014 MF Jodel Dossou (1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 7 0 Unattached v.  Tanzania, 12 October 2014 MF Sessi D'Almeida (1995-11-20) 20 November 1995 0 0 Bordeaux v.  Tanzania, 12 October 2014 MF Steve Mounié (1994-09-29) 29 September 1994 0 0 Montpellier v.  Tanzania, 12 October 2014 MF Pascal Angan (1986-04-19) 19 April 1986 13 0 Al-Nasr v.  Malawi, 2 August 2014 MF Miracob Giscard Tchato (1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 0 0 AS Police v.  Malawi, 2 August 2014 MF Mouritala Ogunbiyi (1982-10-10) 10 October 1982 42 6 Paris FC v.  Malawi, 20 July 2014 MF Romuald Boco (1985-07-08) 8 July 1985 47 1 Bharat FC v.  São Tomé and Príncipe, 1 June 2014 MF Nouhoum Kobéna (1985-01-06) 6 January 1985 19 1 KooTeePee v.  São Tomé and Príncipe, 1 June 2014 FW Mohamed Aoudou (1989-11-30) 30 November 1989 15 2 JS Saoura v.  Tanzania, 12 October 2014 FW Abdel Fadel Suanon (1995-06-24) 24 June 1995 4 1 JS Kairouan v.  Tanzania, 12 October 2014 FW Désiré Segbé Azankpo (1993-05-06) 6 May 1993 2 0 Le Puy v.  Malawi, 2 August 2014 FW Nicolas Dognon (1989-09-16) 16 September 1989 1 0 AS Douanes v.  Malawi, 2 August 2014 FW Frédéric Gounongbe (1988-05-01) 1 May 1988 2 1 Westerlo v.  Malawi, 20 July 2014

List of Benin managers

• Serge Devèze
• Wabi Gomez
• Peter Schnittger (1992)
• Moise Ekoue (1993)
• Cecil Jones Attuquayefio (2003–2004)
• Hervé Revelli (2004)
• Edmé Codjo (2005–2007)
• Didier Notheaux (2007)
• Reinhard Fabisch (2007–2008)
• Michel Dussuyer (2008–2010)
• Jean-Marc Nobilo (2010)
• Denis Goavec (2010–2011)
• Edmé Codjo (2011–2012)
• Manuel Amoros (2012–2014)
• Didier Ollé-Nicolle (2014)

References

External links

• Official Site

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Squads Benin squad – 2004 African Cup of Nations 1 Chitou 2 Latoundji 3 Dinalo 4 Suka 5 Chrysostome 6 Okétola 7 Boco 8 Toklomety 9 D'Jaffo 10 O. Tchomogo 11 Ogunbiyi 12 Singbo 13 Agnidé 14 Gaspoz 15 Adjamonsi 16 Agueh 17 Remy 18 S. Tchomogo 19 Ahouéya 20 Oladipupo 21 Akpakoun 22 Kabirou Coach: Attuquayefio Benin squad – 2008 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Chitou 2 Koukou 3 Adénon 4 Traore 5 Chrysostome 6 Okétola 7 Boco 8 Omotoyossi 9 Maiga 10 Tchomogo 11 Olou 12 Rouga 13 Séka 14 Gaspoz 15 Adjamossi 16 Djidonou 17 Sessègnon 18 Tchomogo 19 Ahouéya 20 Oladipupo 21 Soglo 22 Amoussou 23 Ouzerou Coach: Fabisch Benin squad – 2010 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Djidonou 2 Salomon 3 Adénon 4 Koukou 5 Chrysostome 6 Johnson 7 Boco 8 Omotoyossi 9 Aoudou 10 Kobéna 11 Ogunbiyi 12 Singbo 13 Angan 14 Poté 15 Adanhoume 16 Chitou 17 Sessègnon 18 Tchomogo 19 Ahouéya 20 Séka 21 Adou 22 Amoussou 23 Imorou Coach: Dussuyer Benin national football team – managers Varga (1964–66) Liebhaber (1983–84) Schnittger (1990–94) Biotchane (xxxx–xx) Taelman (2001–03) Attuquayefio (2003–04) Revelli (2004) Devèze (2005) Codjo (2005–07) Notheaux (2007) Gomez (2007) Fabisch (2007–08) Gomez (2008) Dussuyer (2008–10) Sorin (2010) Nobilo (2010) Goavec (2010–11) Codjo (2011–12) Amoros (2012–14) Ollé-Nicolle (2014)