Somalia national football team

Somalia

Nickname(s)	The Ocean Stars
Association	Somali Football Federation
Sub-confederation	CECAFA
Confederation	CAF
Asst coach	hamza jaaweli
Captain	Vacant
Home stadium	Mogadishu Stadium
FIFA code	SOM
FIFA ranking	206 2 (9 April 2015)
Highest FIFA ranking	102 (April 1995)
Lowest FIFA ranking	206 (November 2014, April 2015)
Elo ranking	203
First colours Second colours
First international
1951[1]
Biggest win
Somalia 6-2 Mauritania  (Morocco; August 7, 1985)
Biggest defeat
North Korea 14–1 Somalia (Indonesia; November 1, 1963)

The Somalia national football team (Arabic: منتخب الصومال لكرة القدم‎), nicknamed The Ocean Stars (Arabic: نجوم المحيط‎), represents Somalia in men's international football. It is controlled by the Somali Football Federation (SFF), and is a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA).

History

The first Somali football teams were established in the 1940s. The competitions were basic in structure, and were associated with the anti-colonial movement. The Somali Youth League (SYL), the nation's first political party, had put together a team of local youth to play against the Italian expatriate teams. The football squad the SYL had assembled, which would later change its name to Bondhere, won the first several competitions. In 1951, the Somali Football Federation (SFF) was founded. The first Somali commissioner for sport was later established in 1958.

For many years after the outbreak of the civil war in the early 1990s, FIFA-sanctioned games could not be played within the country. Qualifying matches for the Africa Cup of Nations, the Arab Nations Cup and the World Cup were instead contested away from home. However, following the pacification of the capital Mogadishu in 2011, the SFF began preparations for the first major sporting event to be held in years at the Mogadishu Stadium, in December 2012.^[2]

Coaches

Name	Nat	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Efficiency %
Hussein Abdullah		May 1999 – Dec 2000	8	0	1	7	6.3%
Awil Ismail Mohamed[3][4]		2004 - 2005	5	0	1	4	10%
Ali Said Gouled		Nov 2001 – Dec 2002	7	1	2	4	28.6%
Ali Abdi Farah		Oct 2003 – Dec 2005	9	1	0	8	11.1%
Daniel Muwathe		Oct 2006 – Dec 2006	6	0	0	6	0%
Hussein Abdullah		Oct 2007 – Dec 2007	4	0	0	4	0%
Ali Abdi Farah		Sept 2008 – Dec 2009	8	2	0	6	25%
Mohamed Farayare		Jan 2010 – Mar 2010	2	1	0	1	50%
Yousef Adam		Oct 2010 – Dec 2010	3	0	0	3	0%
Alfred Imonje		Oct 2011 - Dec 2011	5	0	1	4	10%
Sam Ssimbwa		Dec 2011–present

Players

Current squad

The following 29 players were named in the shortlist for the squad for the 2013 CECAFA Cup on 27 November to 5 December 2013.^[5]

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1GK Saa’id Salah Hussein (1987-01-19) 19 January 1987 Heegan FC 1GK Ahmed Abdullahi Moallim Elman FC 2DF Baasi Mohamud Bana (1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 LLPP Jeenyo FC 2DF Adan Hussein Ibrahim (1995-03-01) 1 March 1995 Sahafi FC 2DF Yasin Ali Egal (1991-03-01) 1 March 1991 Elman FC 2DF Ahmed Abdulkadir Dayib (1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 Heegan FC 2DF Hassan Ali Roble (1991-08-01) 1 August 1991 Elman FC 2DF Shafi’i Abdi Farah Horseed FC 2DF Ahmed Osman Abdulle Heegan FC 2DF Mahad Mohamed Haji (1994-05-01) 1 May 1994 Heegan FC 2DF Said Mohamed Sheekh Gaadiidka FC 2DF Hamsa Mohamed Muqtar LLPP Jeenyo FC 2DF Sidi Mohamed Omar Heegan FC 3MF Muhsin Sharif Abdalla Dekedda FC 3MF Hassan Hussein Ibrahim (1993-02-19) 19 February 1993 Elman FC 3MF Mohamed Hassan Ali (1985-11-30) 30 November 1985 Elman FC 3MF Mohamed Abdi Hayow Heegan FC 3MF Mohamed Tahlil Shidane (1990-02-08) 8 February 1990 Banaadir SC 3MF Abdishakur Mahmoud Mohamed Dekedda FC 3MF Hassan Sidow Hilowle Horseed FC 3MF Bile Mohiyadin Burale Saxafi FC 3MF Jabril Hassan Mohammed (1994-01-19) 19 January 1994 Heegan FC 3MF Daud Abdullahi Hassan (1994-04-03) 3 April 1994 LLPP Jeenyo FC 4FW Deeq Abdullahi Nur (1990-06-15) 15 June 1990 Heegan FC 4FW Adil Nur Ali (1990-03-14) 14 March 1990 Banaadir SC 4FW Mahmoud Abdi Nur (1997-09-13) 13 September 1997 LLPP Jeenyo FC 4FW Dadir Amin Ali Banaadir SC 4FW Ayub Daud (1990-02-02) 2 February 1990 Budapest Honvéd 4FW Sidi Mohamed Omar LLPP Jeenyo FC

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

• 1930 to 1978 – Did not enter
• 1982 – Did not qualify
• 1986 to 1998 – Did not enter
• 2002 to 2014 - Did not qualify

Africa Cup of Nations

• 1957 to 1972 – Banned
• 1974 – Did not qualify
• 1976 – Did not enter
• 1978 – DId not enter
• 1980 to 1982 – Did not enter
• 1984 to 2010 – Did not enter
• 2012 – Banned
• 2013 – Did not enter

CECAFA Cup

CECAFA Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1973	Group Stage	6th	2	0	0	2	2	12
1974	Group Stage	5th	2	0	1	1	2	3
1975	Did Not Enter
1976	Group Stage	7th	3	0	0	3	2	7
1977	Group Stage	5th	3	1	1	1	2	2
1978	Group Stage	5th	4	0	1	3	3	10
1979	Did Not Enter
1980	Group Stage	6th	2	0	1	1	1	3
1981	Did Not Enter
1982
1983	Group Stage	7th	3	0	1	2	3	5
1984	Group Stage	5th	3	1	1	1	3	3
1985	Did Not Enter
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1994	Group Stage	5th	3	1	0	2	3	8
1995	Group Stage	8th	3	0	0	3	1	15
1996	Did Not Enter
1999	Group Stage	12th	2	0	0	2	0	5
2000	Group Stage	9th	4	0	1	3	1	11
2001	Group Stage	9th	3	0	1	2	0	6
2002	Group Stage	8th	4	1	0	3	1	4
2003	Did Not Enter
2004	Group Stage	8th	3	0	0	3	0	7
2005	Group Stage	7th	4	1	0	3	6	10
2006	Group Stage	10th	3	0	0	3	0	8
2007	Group Stage	10th	3	0	0	3	0	6
2008	Group Stage	9th	4	1	0	3	1	9
2009	Group Stage	10th	3	0	0	3	1	6
2010	Group Stage	12th	3	0	0	3	0	11
2011	Group Stage	12th	3	0	0	3	1	11
2012	Group Stage	12th	3	0	0	3	1	13
2013	Group Stage	11th	3	0	0	3	0	7
2014	To Be Determined
Total	24/37	0 Titles	73	6	8	59	34	182

Minor Tournaments

Minor Tournament Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1963 GANEFO	Group Stage	11th	2	0	0	2	0	23
1969 Friendship Cup	Group Stage	6th	2	0	0	2	1	14
Total	0 Titles		4	0	0	4	1	37

See also

• Somalia national beach soccer team
• Somalia League
• Somalia Cup
• Somali Football Federation

References

External links

• Somali Football Federation
• FIFA - Somalia
• List of international matches at RSSSF

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