Gambia national football team

Infobox National football team
Name = Gambia
Badge = Gambia_FA.gif
Nickname = The Scorpions
Association = Gambia Football Association
Confederation = CAF (Africa)
Coach = flagicon|Belgium Paul Put
Captain = Ebou Sillah
Most caps = Ebou sillah
Top scorer = Attor Gomez
Home Stadium = Independence Stadium, Bakau
FIFA Trigramme = GAM
FIFA Rank = 90
FIFA max = 83
FIFA max date = April 2008
FIFA min = 166
FIFA min date = March 2006
Elo Rank = 115
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Largest win =flagicon|Gambia Gambia 6 - 0 Lesotho flagicon|Lesotho|1987 (Banjul, Gambia; October 12, 2002)
Largest loss =flagicon|Guinea Guinea 8 - 0 Gambia flagicon|Gambia (Guinea; May 14, 1972)

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Regional name = African Nations Cup
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Regional cup best = The Gambia national football team, nicknamed "The Scorpions", is the national team of Gambia and is controlled by the Gambia Football Association. Until 1965, the team, and the country, were known as "British Gambia". It has never qualified for the World Cup or the African Nations Cup finals.

Gambia Football Achievements

:Amilcar Cabral Cup :::*3 Times Runners-up
*sport honours|African Under-17 Championship|1|2005paticipated in the 2005 FIFA U-17 world cup and in the 2007 FIFA U-20 world cup and qualified for the knockout stage

World Cup record

*1930 to 1978 - "Did not enter"
*1982 - "Did not qualify"
*1986 - "Did not qualify"
*1990 - "Did not enter"
*1994 - "Withdrew"
*1998 to 2006 - "Did not qualify"

African Nations Cup record

*1957 to 1974 - "Did not enter"
*1976 - "Did not qualify"
*1978 - "Did not enter"
*1980 to 1988 - "Did not qualify"
*1990 - "Withdrew"
*1992 - "Did not qualify"
*1994 - "Did not enter"
*1996 - "Withdrew during qualifying"
*1998 - "Banned for withdrawing in 1996"
*2000 - "Withdrew"
*2002 to 2008 - "Did not qualify"

World Cup 2010 and African Nations Cup 2010 (Qualification)

* Gambia's journey to attend the 2010 World Cup and African Nations Cup 2010 finals in South Africa and Angola respectively. Gambia was drawn in Group 6 along with Senegal, the Algeria and Liberia. In this first round of qualifying, the group winners and the 8 best runners-up progress to the second qualifying round. Details on format of qualifiers and full group standings for the African continent ( CAF) can be found in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) section.{|

1st Round Standings (Group 6)

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - CAF First Group Round (Group 6)
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Current squad

The following players were called for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification againsy Liberia on 6 September 2008.

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Recent Call Up

Famous players

*Seyfo Soley
*Arthur Gómez
*Ibrahim Jagne
*Tijan Jaiteh
*Ebou Sillah
*Edrissa Sonko
*Pa Dembo Tourray
*Biri Biri

External links

* [http://www.gambiafa.gm/ Gambia FA]
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/country.php?id=69&year=2008 Gambia at National-Football-Teams.com]