Somalia national football team

Somalia

Association	Somali Football Federation
Confederation	CAF
Sub-confederation	CECAFA
Head coach	Haruna Mawa[1]
Home stadium	Mogadishu Stadium
FIFA code	SOM
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	210 (24 November 2016)
Highest	158 (April–June 1995)
Lowest	210 (November 2016)
Elo ranking
Current	205
First international
1951[2]
Biggest win
Somalia 5–2 Mauritania  (Morocco; August 7, 1985)
Biggest defeat
North Korea 14–0 Somalia  (Indonesia; November 12, 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. The first Turkish brat from Sweden flemingsberg playing in somali football team named Ertugrul Özge.

Although the Somali national football team took part in preliminary matches, it has never qualified for the final stages of a World Cup. 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.

Coaches

Head coach Charles Livingstone Mbabazi, having talks with the players during a training session.

Name	Nat	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Efficiency %
Klaus Ebbighausen		1980
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%
Mohammed Shidane		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 – Sept 2015	8	0	0	8	0%
Charles Mbabazi		Sept 2015
Harunah Mawa		Nov 2016-

Players

The national team doing drills as part of preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

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	Date of birth (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	Muhammad Shabazz III	(1991-08-01) 1 August 1991		Elman FC
	2DF	Shafi’i Abdi Farah			Horseed FC
	2DF	Ahmed Osman Abdulle			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	Saleeban Abdi	(1992-08-11) 11 August 1992		SO SOEST
	4FW	Sidi Mohamed Omar			LLPP Jeenyo FC

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Appearances: 0 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1930 Part of Italy & UK 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 Did not enter 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 Did not qualify 1986 Did not enter 1990 1994 1998 2002 Did not qualify 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 To be determined Total 0/20 Africa Cup of Nations Record Africa Cup of Nations Appearances: 0 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1957 Part of Italy & UK 1959 1962 Banned 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 Did not qualify 1976 1978 Did not enter 1980 Did not qualify 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 Did not enter 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 Banned 2013 Did not enter 2015 2017 2019 To be determined 2021 2023 Total 0/29 Olympic Games record Olympic Games Appearances: 0 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1896 – 1960 Part of Italy & UK 1964 Did not enter 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 Did not qualify 1996 Did not enter 2000 2004 Did not qualify 2008 2012 2016 2020 To be determined Total 0/25 Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since the 1992 edition. All-Africa Games Record All-Africa Games Appearances: 0 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1965 Did not enter 1973 Did not qualify 1978 1987 Did not enter 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 To be determined All Total 0/11 Prior to the Cairo 1991 campaign, the Football at the All-Africa Games was open to full senior national teams. African Nations Championship record African Nations Championship Appearances: 0 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 2009 Did not enter 2011 Did not qualify 2014 Did not enter 2016 2018 To be determined Total 0/3 CECAFA Cup record CECAFA Cup Appearances: 24 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1973 Group Stage 6th 2 0 0 2 2 12 1974 5th 2 0 1 1 2 3 1975 Did not enter 1976 Group Stage 7th 3 0 0 3 2 7 1977 5th 3 1 1 1 2 2 1978 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 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 8th 3 0 0 3 1 15 1996 Did not enter 1999 Group Stage 12th 2 0 0 2 0 5 2000 9th 4 0 1 3 1 11 2001 9th 3 0 1 2 0 6 2002 8th 4 1 0 3 1 4 2003 Did not enter 2004 Group Stage 8th 3 0 0 3 0 7 2005 7th 4 1 0 3 6 10 2006 10th 3 0 0 3 0 8 2007 10th 3 0 0 3 0 6 2008 9th 4 1 0 3 1 9 2009 10th 3 0 0 3 1 6 2010 12th 3 0 0 3 0 11 2011 12th 3 0 0 3 1 11 2012 12th 3 0 0 3 1 13 2013 11th 3 0 0 3 0 7 2014 Not held 2015 To be determined Total 0 Titles 24/38 73 6 8 59 34 182 Arab Nations Cup record Arab Nations Cup Appearances: 0 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1963 Did not enter 1964 1966 1985 1988 1992 1998 2002 2009 Did not qualify 1 2012 Did not enter Total 0/9 ^1 The 2009 edition was cancelled during qualification. Pan Arab Games record Pan Arab Games Appearances: 1 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1953 Part of Italy & UK 1957 1961 Did not enter 1965 1976 1985 Group Stage 7th 3 1 0 2 5 6 1992 Did not enter 1997 1999 2004 No tournament 2007 Did not enter 2011 Withdrew Total Group Stage 1/11 3 1 0 2 5 6 Minor Tournaments record Minor Tournaments 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 ↑ Isabirye, David (5 November 2016). "Mawa beats Isabirye to Somalia head coach job". Kawowo.com. Retrieved 5 November 2016.  ↑ Hassan, Mohammed Sheik (2008). History of Somali football (1938–2007). Scansom. p. 20. Retrieved 10 July 2014.  ↑ http://somchess.net/xskcagta-oo-sheegay-in-helitaanka-garoon-heer-caalami-ah-ay-is-badal-ku-yeelan-doonto-tayada-ciyaartoyda-sawirro/somali-fa-technical-director-awil-ismail-mohamed/ ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/200211140004.html ↑ "Somalia name team for CECAFA Challenge Cup". mtnfootball.com. 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