Chad national football team

Chad

Nickname(s)	Les Sao
Association	Fédération Tchadienne de Football
Sub-confederation	UNIFFAC (Central Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Modou Kouta
Asst coach	Toukam Julien Emmanuel Boukar
Captain	Armel Koulara
Home stadium	Stade Nacional
FIFA code	CHA
FIFA ranking	152
Highest FIFA ranking	118 (January 2009)
Lowest FIFA ranking	190 (June 1997)
Elo ranking	141
Home colours Away colours
First international
Liberia 2–1 Chad (Senegal; April 11, 1963)
Biggest win
Chad 5–0 São Tomé and Príncipe  (Gabon; June 29, 1976)
Biggest defeat
Tunisia 5–0 Chad (Sousse, Tunisia; June 5, 2011)

The Chad national football team, nicknamed Sao, represents Chad in international football. The team is controlled by the Fédération Tchadienne de Football, the governing body for football in the country, and has been managed since 2009 by Sherif El-Khashab. The team has never qualified for the World Cup finals or Africa Cup of Nations.Home matches are played at the Idriss Mahamat Ouya Stadium, capacity 30 000.

History

The Chad football federation (FTFA) was founded in 1962, and affiliated to FIFA and to CAF in 1988.

Chad's national football team didn't play a big role in world football until the 1990s. They didn't enter any qualifiers for Continental or World Cups until the early 1990s when they played their first qualifying matches for the 1992 Africa Cup of Nations, hosted by Senegal.^[1] Until then, they played mostly friendly matches and minor cups, mostly with African teams.

The national team had a difficult start − the first match they ever played was in the L'Amitié Tournament, whch took place in Senegal in 1963, and it was a 2–1 defeat to Liberia. Soon after, they suffered a 6–2 loss to Dahomey (now Benin).

They eventually found some success, defeating Sao Tome e Principe 5–0 in 1976. Notable players from that era include Nabatingue Toko, who played with French clubs from the mid-70s to mid-80s.

The Chad national football team never qualified for either the Africa Cup of Nations or World Cup. They participated in World Cup qualifiers 3 times, starting in 2000 when they were eliminated in the first round by Liberia, losing 0–1 at home, and playing 0–0 away. They were coached by Marcel Mao. Their next attempt was in 2003, under Yann Djim, but they were eliminated by Angola. They won their first match at home 3–1 when Francis Oumar Belonga scored a hat trick, but lost their away match 2–0, thus failing to go to next phase. Qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup brought more matches because they played in a group phase together with Mali, Sudan and Congo. They finished at the bottom of the group, with 6 points (2 wins, 4 losses). In Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, they made 4 attempts without success.

Chad produced one of the most popular African players in Europe, Japhet N'Doram, who played as a striker for French club Nantes from 1991 to 1997. ^[2] He played 137 matches for Nantes and scored 73 goals. He was also a member of the national football team, playing 36 matches and scoring 13 goals. He finished his career in AS Monaco in 1998 following a persistent injury sustained during a match against Nantes.

Chad's most popular players today are Marius Mbaiam, Ezechiel Ndouassel, Misdongard Betoligar and Azrack Mahamat.

Competition records

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1998 – Did not enter
• 2002 to 2014 – Did not qualify

African Nations Cup record

• 1957 to 1990 – Did not enter
• 1992 – Did not qualify
• 1994 – Withdrew during qualifying
• 1996 to 1998 – Did not enter
• 2000 – Did not qualify
• 2002 – Did not enter
• 2004 to 2008 – Did not qualify
• 2010 – Disqualified in qualifying round
• 2012 – Did not qualify

Chad Football Achievements

CEMAC Cup :

• 1 Time Runners-up

UDEAC Championship :

• 2 Time Runners-up

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Scorers for Chad	Competition
June 19, 2010	Niamey, Niger	Niger	1 – 1	Karl Max Barthelemy 39'	Friendly
July 1, 2010	N'Djamena, Chad	Togo	2 – 2 [3]	Leger Djime 20', Marius Mbaiam 28'	2012 CAF Qualifying
July 9, 2010	Gaborone, Botswana	Botswana	0 – 1 [4]	N/A	2012 CAF Qualifying
August 11, 2010	N'Djamena, Chad	Tunisia	1 – 3 [5]	Ezechiel Ndouassel 74'	2012 CAF Qualifying
August 29, 2010	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	Ethiopia	0 – 1	N/A	Friendly
October 8, 2010	Blantyre, Malawi	Malawi	2 – 6 [6]	Ezechiel Ndouassel 35', Marius Mbaiam 82'	2012 CAF Qualifying
November 17, 2010	Lomé, Togo	Togo	0 – 0 [7]	N/A	2012 CAF Qualifying
February 08, 2011	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	0 – 2 [8]	N/A	Friendly
March 26, 2011	N'Djamena, Chad	Botswana	0 – 1 [9]	N/A	2012 CAF Qualifying
June 5, 2011	Sousse, Tunisia	Tunisia	0 – 5 [10]	N/A	2012 CAF Qualifying
October 8, 2011	N'Djamena, Chad	Malawi	2 – 2 [11]	Mahamat Labbo, Karl Max Barthelemy 90'+	2012 CAF Qualifying

2012 African Cup of Nations (Qualification)

Main article: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Group K

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Botswana	8	5	2	1	7	3	+4	17
Tunisia	8	4	2	2	14	6	+8	14
Malawi	8	2	6	0	13	8	+5	12
Togo	8	1	3	4	6	10	−4	6
Chad	8	0	3	5	7	20	−13	3

Players

Starting 11

Koulara Allarassem Alladjim Abbas Djérabé Leger Hilaire Mbaiam Ezechiel Barthelemy Azrack

Chad in their football formation 4–4–2.

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	GS	Notes
1	GK	CHA	Armel Koulara
14	RB	CHA	Sitamadji Allarassem
4	CB	CHA	Mondésir Alladjim
5	CB	CHA	Maigue Abbas
3	LB	CHA	Armand Djérabé
16	CM	CHA	Azrack Mahamat
7	CM	CHA	Marius Mbaiam
10	RM	CHA	Hilaire Kédigui
8	LM	CHA	Leger Djime
11	CF	CHA	Ezechiel Ndouassel
9	CF	CHA	Karl Max Barthelemy

Last updated: 10 September 2010
Source: Squad statistics and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Players

Current squad

This is a list of players that played in 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification and 2014 World Cup qualification. Caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2011.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Armel Koulara 15 August 1989 (1989-08-15) (age 22) 9 0 Tourbillon 18 GK Ndakom Valerie Ndeidoum 14 June 1981 (1981-06-14) (age 30) 2 0 Renaissance 1 GK Mbairamadji Dillah 2 0 Gazelle 1 GK Mbaya II Brice 3 0 Foullah Edifice 18 DF Cesar Madalangue 9 December 1987 (1987-12-09) (age 23) 7 0 Gazelle 5 DF Maigue Abbas 26 July 1984 (1984-07-26) (age 27) 4 0 Gazelle 4 DF Armand Djérabé 11 September 1980 (1980-09-11) (age 31) 20 0 Tourbillon 2 DF Jules Hamidou 22 August 1987 (1987-08-22) (age 24) 2 0 SR Delémont 13 DF Sitamadji Allarassem 24 December 1988 (1988-12-24) (age 22) 9 0 Tourbillon 5 DF Sylvain Ndoubam 4 0 27 DF Mondésir Alladjim 10 February 1986 (1986-02-10) (age 25) 8 0 En Avant Estuaire 15 DF Nassama Asselme 1 June 1990 (1990-06-01) (age 21) 7 0 Foullah Edifice 3 MF Hassan Diallo 0 Renaissance 2 MF Leger Djime 2 October 1987 (1987-10-02) (age 24) 11 2 Al Nasr 17 MF Ferdinand Gassina 3 0 Foullah Edifice 6 MF Doumde Herman 4 0 Gazelle 2 MF Yaya Kerim 10 August 1991 (1991-08-10) (age 20) 5 0 Renaissance 7 MF Hilaire Kédigui 19 September 1985 (1985-09-19) (age 26) 14 4 AS Mangasport 7 FW Hassan Hissein 20 May 1992 (1992-05-20) (age 19) 7 0 Foullah Edifice 10 FW Mahamat Labbo 21 July 1988 (1988-07-21) (age 23) 5 3 10 FW Marius Mbaiam 1 July 1987 (1987-07-01) (age 24) 11 2 Orléans 11 FW Ezechiel Ndouassel 22 April 1988 (1988-04-22) (age 23) 17 3 FCV Dender 9 FW Karl Max Barthelemy 18 April 1988 (1988-04-18) (age 23) 18 5 Difaa El Jadida

List of coaches

• Marcel Mao (2000)
• Jean Paul Akono (2002–2003)
• Yann Djim (2003)
• Natoltiga Okalah (2008)
• Sherif El-Khashab (2009–2011)
• Moudou Kouta (2011-)

Head-to-Head Records against other countries

As of October 9, 2011

Opponent	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Differential
Algeria	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3
Angola	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
Benin	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Botswana	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2
Cameroon	3	0	2	1	0	2	−2
Central African Republic	7	3	1	3	9	11	−2
Congo	13	3	4	6	11	20	−9
Egypt	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4
Equatorial Guinea	7	4	2	1	8	3	+5
Ethiopia	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
Gabon	10	2	3	5	11	18	−7
Guinea	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Niger	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Liberia	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1
Libya	4	1	0	3	5	10	−5
Malawi	2	0	1	1	4	8	−4
Mali	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2
São Tomé and Príncipe	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
South Africa	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7
Sudan	6	1	1	4	5	12	−7
Tunisia	4	0	1	3	2	10	−8
Uganda	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Togo	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Zambia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2
24 Countries	81	18	22	41	75	134	−59

References

1. ^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Chad". ELO. http://www.eloratings.net/Chad.htm. Retrieved 10 November 2010. 
2. ^ http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.japhet.n-doram.1128.en.html
3. ^ http://sports.opera.com/page.php?sport=soccer&page=match&id=936071&localization_id=www
4. ^ http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2010/07/09/africa/africa-cup-of-nations/botswana/chad/936077/
5. ^ http://tunisia.worldcupblog.org/group-h/chad-1-3-tunisia-carthage-eagles-beat-sao-but-lose-chikhaoui.html
6. ^ http://malawi.worldcupblog.org/team-news/malawi-6-chad-2-malawi-ahead-of-tunisia.html
7. ^ http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2010/11/17/africa/africa-cup-of-nations/togo/chad/936083/
8. ^ http://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/noticia.php?id=1308&lang=en
9. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/9437211.stm
10. ^ http://www.goal.com/en/news/89/africa/2011/06/05/2519290/tunisia-5-0-chad-issam-jemaa-hat-trick-torches-the-sao-in
11. ^ http://malawi.worldcupblog.org/team-news/chad-22-malawi-tunisia-10-togo-malawi-eliminated.html

External links

• Official website
• Chad at africansoccerunion.com
• Tchadsport.centerblog.net