- Djibouti national football team
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Djibouti Nickname(s) Riverains de la Mer Rouge (Shoremen of the Red Sea) Association Fédération Djiboutienne de Football Sub-confederation CECAFA (East Africa & Central Africa) Confederation CAF (Africa) Head coach Ahmed Abdelmonem Home stadium Stade du Ville FIFA code DJI FIFA ranking 195 Highest FIFA ranking 169 (December 1994) Lowest FIFA ranking 201 (January–November 2005) Elo ranking 211 Home coloursAway coloursFirst international Ethiopia 5–0 French Somaliland
(Ethiopia; December 5, 1947)Biggest win Djibouti 4–1 South Yemen
(Djibouti City, Djibouti; February 26, 1988)Biggest defeat Uganda 10–1 Djibouti
(Kigali, Rwanda; December 9, 2001)The Djibouti national football team, nicknamed the Riverains de la Mer Rouge (Shoremen of the Red Sea), is the national team of Djibouti. It is controlled by the Fédération Djiboutienne de Football. Until its 1-0 defeat of Somalia's national squad in the opening stage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, the Djibouti national football team had never won a full FIFA sanctioned international.
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History
Football was introduced to Djibouti during the pre-independence era, with the game especially popular among expatriate French soldiers. After gaining independence in 1977, the Djibouti national football team was invited to and participated in the African Games, but showed poorly.
Djibouti has never played in the African Nations Cup, with the team withdrawing twice from the tournament in 2004 and 2008.
The Djibouti national football team's first appearance at the CECAFA Cup was in Kenya in 1994, where it failed to get a point after losses against Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania in the first round. With a total of eight matches, the team managed two draws.
Competition records
World Cup record
African Nations Cup record
- 1957 to 1998 - Did not enter
- 2000 to 2002 - Did not qualify
- 2004 - Withdrew
- 2006 - Did not enter
- 2008 - Withdrew
- 2010 - Did not qualify
- 2012 - Did not enter
- 2013 - Did not enter
CECAFA Cup
CECAFA Cup Year Round GP W D L GS GA 1973 to 1992 Did not enter - - - - - - 1994 1st Round 3 0 0 3 2 9 1999 1st Round 2 0 0 2 1 6 2000 1st Round 4 0 1 3 3 15 2001 1st Round 3 0 0 3 3 17 2005 1st Round 4 0 0 4 2 18 2006 1st Round 3 0 0 3 0 10 2007 1st Round 3 0 0 3 2 19 2008 1st Round 4 0 1 3 2 13 2009 1st Round 3 0 0 3 0 13 Total - 29 0 2 27 15 120 Current squad
# Player Position Date of Birth Caps (Goals) Club 1 Guedi Hassan Goalkeeper October 2, 1987 12 Ali Yassin Goalkeeper 4 Daher Mohamed Defender 5 Waberi Hachi Defender April 16, 1981 Karteleh DjibSat 14 Hassan Ali Daher Defender 15 Meraneh Mohamed Defender 2 Egueh Mahdi Defender 3 Akdiuahi Yassin Defender 8 Abchir Houssein Midfielder 9 Mohamed Liban Midfielder September 11, 1978 Guelleh Batal 11 Said Riyad Midfielder 13 Said Riyad Midfielder 6 Ahmed Mahdi Midfielder 16 Moussa Warsama Midfielder Guelleh Batal 7 Ahmed Daher Striker CJ Klirimi 10 Hassan Ahmed Striker 17 Miad Charmare Striker 18 Hussein Yassin Miguil Striker September 15, 1978 See also
- Football in Djibouti
- Fédération Djiboutienne de Football
- Djibouti Premier League
- Djibouti Cup
- Stade du Ville
External sources
- Djibouti at National-Football-Teams.com.
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