Guinea national football team

Guinea
Nickname(s) Syli Nationale
(National Elephants)
Association Fédération Guinéenne de Football
Sub-confederation WAFU (West Africa)
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Head coach Luis Fernández
Asst coach Souleymane Cheif
Captain Kamil Zayatte
Vice-captain Vacant
Top scorer Pascal Feindouno (29)
Home stadium Stade du 28 Septembre
FIFA code GUI
FIFA ranking 41 Increase 3 (09 April 2015)
Highest FIFA ranking 22 (August 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking 123 (May 2003)
Elo ranking 65 (31 March 2015)
Highest Elo ranking 23 (1977)
Lowest Elo ranking 125 (June 1996)
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Togo 2–1 Guinea 
(Togo; 9 May 1962)
Biggest win
 Guinea 14–0 Mauritania 
(Guinea; 20 May 1972)
Biggest defeat
 Zaire 6–0 Guinea 
(Zaire; 2 July 1972)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances 11 (First in 1970)
Best result Second place; 1976

The Guinea national football team, nicknamed Syli nationale (National Elephant), is the national team of Guinea and is controlled by the Fédération Guinéenne de Football. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals, and their best finish in the Africa Cup of Nations was second in the 1976. The team reached the quarter-finals in three successive tournaments (2004, 2006, 2008).

History

Guinea made their footballing debut in an away friendly on 9 May 1962, losing 2–1 against Togo.[1] In 1963, Guinea entered its first qualification campaign for an Africa Cup of Nations, the 1963 tournament in Ghana. Drawn in a two-legged qualifier against Nigeria, Guinea drew the first leg 2–2 away on 27 July, and on 6 October won 1–0 at home to win 3–2 on aggregate. They were later disqualified for using Guinean officials in the second leg, and Nigeria went through to the finals in their place. In 1965, Guinea entered qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia and was placed in Group A with Senegal and Mali. On 28 February they lost 2–0 in Senegal before beating them 3–0 at home on 31 March, Senegal's win over Mali allowed them to qualify instead of Guinea.[2]

During the 1976 African Nations Cup the Guinean team finished second to Morocco, only missing out on the championship by a point.[3][4]

In 2001 FIFA expelled the country from the qualification process of the 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2002 African Cup of Nations due to government interference in football.[5] They returned to international action in September 2002 after a two-year ban from competition.[6] In the 2004 African Cup of Nations Guinea reached the quarter finals, scoring the first goal against Mali before ultimately losing 2–1, conceding the winning goal in the last minute of the match.[7] Guinea reached the quarter final stage again in the 2006 tournament, taking the lead against Senegal before losing 3–2.[8] 2008 saw Guinea reach the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations for a third successive tournament, only to suffer a 5–0 defeat against Côte d'Ivoire.[9]

In 2012 Guinea beat Botswana 6–1 in the group stage of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, becoming the first side to score six goals in an Africa Cup of Nations game since Côte d'Ivoire in 1970.[10] The team subsequently exited the tournament at the group stage after a draw against Ghana.[11]

Achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :
  • 5 Times Champion (1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 2005)
  • 1 Time Runners-up

Competition records

World Cup record

Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations Record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA
Ghana 1963 Disqualified
Tunisia 1965 Did Not Qualify
Ethiopia 1968
Sudan 1970 Group Stage 6th 3 0 2 1 4 7
Cameroon 1972 Did Not Qualify
Egypt 1974 Group Stage 5th 3 1 1 1 4 4
Ethiopia 1976 Runners-Up 2nd 6 3 3 0 11 7
Ghana 1978 Did Not Qualify
Nigeria 1980 Group Stage 7th 3 0 1 2 3 5
Libya 1982 Did Not Qualify
Ivory Coast 1984
Egypt 1986
Morocco 1988
Algeria 1990
Senegal 1992
Tunisia 1994 Group Stage 11th 2 0 0 2 1 3
South Africa 1996 Did Not Qualify
Burkina Faso 1998 Group Stage 5th 3 1 1 1 3 3
Ghana Nigeria 2000 Did Not Qualify
Mali 2002 Disqualified
Tunisia 2004 Quarter-Finals 7th 4 1 2 1 5 5
Egypt 2006 Quarter-Finals 6th 4 3 0 1 9 4
Ghana 2008 Quarter-Finals 8th 4 1 1 2 5 10
Angola 2010 Did Not Qualify
Gabon Equatorial Guinea 2012 Group Stage 9th 3 1 1 1 7 3
South Africa 2013 Did Not Qualify
Equatorial Guinea 2015 Quarter-Finals 8th 4 0 3 1 3 6
2017 TBD
Cameroon 2019
Ivory Coast 2021
Guinea 2023 Qualified as host
Total 11/30 0 Titles 39 11 15 13 55 57

Other Tournaments

Year Round
Kuwait 1989 Peace and Friendship CupGroup Stage

Results and fixtures

The following matches were played or are scheduled to be played by the national team in the current or upcoming seasons.

2015

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations on January, 2015.[12] Caps and goals updated as 1 February 2015 after the match against Ghana.

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Naby Yattara 12 January 1984 43 0 France Arles-Avignon
16 GK Abdul Aziz Keita 17 June 1990 10 0 Guinea Kaloum Star
22 GK Aboubacar Camara 1 June 1993 0 0 Spain UCAM Murcia
3 DF Issiaga Sylla 1 January 1994 15 0 France Toulouse
4 DF Florentin Pogba 19 August 1990 9 0 France Saint-Étienne
5 DF Fodé Camara 17 August 1988 14 0 Guinea Horoya
6 DF Kamil Zayatte 7 March 1985 46 4 England Sheffield Wednesday
13 DF Abdoulaye Cissé 30 November 1994 9 0 France Angers
20 DF Baissama Sankoh 20 March 1992 9 0 France Guingamp
21 DF Mohammed Diarra 2 June 1992 7 1 Denmark OB
23 DF Djibril Tamsir Paye 26 February 1990 3 0 Belgium Zulte Waregem
9 MF Guy-Michel Landel 7 July 1990 4 1 Turkey Orduspor
10 MF Kévin Constant 15 May 1987 25 4 Turkey Trabzonspor
12 MF Ibrahima Conté 3 April 1991 31 1 Belgium Anderlecht
14 MF Lanfia Camara 3 October 1986 8 0 Belgium K.R.C. Mechelen
15 MF Naby Keïta 10 February 1995 12 0 Austria Red Bull Salzburg
17 MF Boubacar Fofana 6 November 1989 12 0 Portugal Nacional
2 FW Mohamed Yattara 28 July 1993 16 7 France Lyon
7 FW Abdoul Camara 20 February 1990 14 3 France Angers
8 FW Ibrahima Traoré 21 April 1988 33 8 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
11 FW Idrissa Sylla 3 December 1990 15 2 Belgium Zulte Waregem
18 FW Seydouba Soumah 11 June 1991 10 6 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
19 FW François Kamano 2 May 1996 4 0 France Bastia

Recent call-ups

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

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Lamin Diallo 31 August 1991 0 0 Slovenia Krka Novo Mesto v.  Mali, 25 May 2014
DF Thierno Bah 5 October 1982 14 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Khaleej v.  Mali, 25 May 2014
DF Aboubacar Gal Camara 8 March 1991 0 0 Guinea Horoya v.  Mali, 25 May 2014
DF Babacar Camara 6 October 1986 0 0 Guinea Kaloum Star v.  Mali, 25 May 2014
MF Sadio Diallo 28 December 1990 22 7 France Lorient v.  Ghana, 15 October 2014
MF Ibrahima Sory Bangoura 25 July 1987 11 0 Guinea Horoya v.  Uganda, 10 September 2014
MF Moussa Demi Kéita 1 January 1990 0 0 Guinea Horoya v.  Togo, 6 September 2014
FW Ismaël Bangoura 2 January 1985 50 13 France Nantes v.  Uganda, 19 November 2014
FW Alhassane Bangoura 30 March 1992 20 1 Spain Granada v.  Uganda, 10 September 2014
FW Demba Camara 7 November 1994 3 0 Turkey Gaziantepspor v.  Uganda, 10 September 2014
FW Salim Cissé 24 December 1992 4 2 Portugal Sporting CP v.  Mali, 25 May 2014

Coaches

References

  1. ↑ Barrie Courtney. "Guinea - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
  2. ↑ "Guinea - List of International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "Guinea: Country Info". FIFA. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "African Nations Cup 1976". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "Fifa confirm Guinea ban". BBC Sport. 19 March 2001. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Guinea make their return". BBC Sport. 5 September 2002. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Mali squeeze through". BBC Sport. 7 February 2004. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "Guinea 2-3 Senegal". BBC Sport. 3 February 2006. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  9. ↑ "Quarter-finals: Civ 5-0 Gui". BBC Sport. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  10. ↑ "Nations Cup: Guinea crush Botswana". BBC Sport. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  11. ↑ "Nations Cup: Ghana through after 1-1 draw with Guinea". BBC Sport. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  12. ↑ "CAN 2015: Les 23 Guinéens pour la Guinée équatoriale" (in French). africatopsports.com. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  13. ↑ Petre Moldoveanu who won the CAF Champions League in 1975 with Hafia Football Club was appointed manager of Guinea and led his side to the 1976 African Cup of Nations finals.