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Sudan
Nickname(s) Falcons of Jediane (صقور الجديان)
Association Sudan Football Association (SFA)
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation CECAFA
(East & Central Africa)
Head coach James Kwesi Appiah
Captain Ramadan Agab
Most caps Haitham Mustafa (98)
Top scorer Nasr Eddin Abbas (27)
Home stadium Khartoum Stadium
FIFA code SDN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 127 Steady (7 February 2019)
Highest 74 (December 1996)
Lowest 164 (July 2017)
Elo ranking
Current 142 Increase 9 (3 March 2019)
Highest 31 (July 1971)
Lowest 155 (2018)
First international
 Sudan 5–1 Ethiopia 
(Omdurman, Sudan; 13 May 1956)
Biggest win
 Sudan 15–0 Muscat and Oman
(Cairo, Egypt; 2 September 1965)
Biggest defeat
 South Korea 8–0 Sudan 
(Seoul, South Korea; 8 September 1979)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances 10 (first in 1957)
Best result Champions (1970)
African Nations Championship
Appearances 3 (first in 2011)
Best result Third place (2011, 2018)
FIFA Arab Cup
Appearances 4 (first in 1998)
Best result Group stage (1998, 2002, 2012, 2021)

The Sudan national football team (Arabic: منتخب السُّودَان الْوَطَنِيّ لِكُرَّةُ الْقَدَم) represents Sudan in international football and is controlled by the Sudan Football Association, the governing body for football in Sudan. Its home ground is Khartoum Stadium in the capital Khartoum. In 1957, it was one of the three teams to participate in the inaugural Africa Cup of Nations, the other two being Egypt and Ethiopia.

Sudan is one of the oldest teams in Africa and won the 1970 Africa Cup of Nations as hosts.

History

Beginning and an African giant (1946–1970)

The Sudan Football Association was founded in 1936 and thus it became one of the oldest football associations to exist in Africa. However, before the foundation of the Football Association, Sudan had started experiencing football brought to the country by the British colonizers since early 20th century via Egypt. Other Sudanese clubs founded at that time include Al-Hilal Omdurman, Al-Merrikh, which led to popularization of football in the country. The Khartoum League became the first national league to be played in Sudan, laying ground for the future development of Sudanese football.

Being experienced early with football, Sudan was quick to affiliate itself with FIFA in 1948, and soon after, Sudanese officials were instrumental, along with Ethiopian, South African and Egyptian counterparts, forming the Confederation of African Football in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum in 1957. Following the establishment of CAF, Sudan participated in the 1957 African Cup of Nations, the first historic Africa Cup of Nations which Sudan was host. The national team finished third, as South Africa was banned over apartheid.

During that early era, Sudan produced some of the finest players, most notably Mustafa Azhari, the captain of Sudan during this period; Nasr El-Din Abbas, who became Sudan's top scorer in the country's football team; Siddiq Manzul, who was an instrumental leader in Sudan's forward; Ali Gagarin with his meteoric ability. Sudan then won the 1970 African Cup of Nations, their only African trophy up to date.

Decline (1970–2008)

With the retirement of a significant number of Sudanese football star at the time, the national team of Sudan deteriorated. Sudan participated in 1972 and 1976 editions, but Sudan wasn't able to get out of the group stage. At the time, Sudan was plagued by the first and second civil wars that led to football in the country being largely unable to retain its status. Likewise, Sudan also suffered from series of political upheavals that drained the country's football resources. As such, Sudan struggled to qualify for another AFCON, and the country has yet to qualify for a single FIFA World Cup. Only Libya being the other major Arab country in Africa to have never achieved the feat. Often Sudan participated in AFCON qualification and majority finished in bottom or near bottom of their qualification. This was totally contrasted to their successes in club competition, as Sudanese clubs were omnipresent in CAF Champions League.

Small resurgence (2008–2012)

On 9 September 2007, Sudan beat World Cup participant Tunisia 3–2 at home, making Sudan the top finisher in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group 4. This meant Sudan had finally returned to the AFCON after 32 years. In the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, their first in 32 years, Sudan was grouped in group C, which they shared with Egypt, Cameroon and Zambia. Sudan lost all three competitive games finishing at the bottom of their group.

Sudan reached the final round of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers but finished last with only a point, failing to reach AFCON and World Cup.

Sudan (as hosts) automatically qualified for the 2011 African Nations Championship. They finished top of their group which consisted of Algeria, Uganda and Gabon to then advance to the knockout stages. After defeating Niger on penalties in the quarterfinals, they lost against Angola in the semifinals (also on penalties) to then win 1–0 against former groupmates Algeria (who also lost on penalties in the semifinals) and finish third in the Championship, their first top 4 finish in a major African tournament since 1970.

In the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, Sudan was once again in the same group with Ghana, alongside Swaziland and Congo. Sudan lost only one game and reached the tournament In the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, in group B, Sudan finished second behind Ivory Coast, and overcame Angola by goal difference to reach the knockout stage for the first time since 1970. Sudan played Zambia in the last eight, and lost 0–3. Zambia would go on to win the tournament for the first time.

Downfall (2012–2018)

In 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, Sudan suffered a huge blow when they lost to neighbor Ethiopia by away goal, losing 0–2 in Addis Ababa after a very eventful 5–3 win at home, thus missed out the competition. Since then, Sudan continued to struggle qualifying for the African Cup of Nations for the next 7 years. They also had no success qualifying for the African Nations Championship after their 3rd-place finish in 2011 for a while until 2018.

Fluctuation (2018–present)

In 2018 they qualified for the 2018 African Nations Championship after failing to do so in two previous competitions and finished 3rd place, and it was seen as a signal heralding a new era of Sudanese football. Shortly after, with an almost identical crop of players, Sudan succeeded in qualifying for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, finishing ahead of powerhouse South Africa, including two famous wins at home against Ghana and South Africa and eliminated the South Africans in process, successfully returned to the AFCON after nine years. The optimism increased when Sudan beat Libya 1–0 in the qualification for the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup, under the same management of French coach Hubert Velud, making impressions that Sudan would soon recover its glorious place among Arab and African football nations.

However, Sudan had a disastrous opening during the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification. Being drawn with the likes of a fellow Arab state and powerhouse Morocco, as well as Guinea-Bissau and Guinea which have never taken part in a World Cup like Sudan, the Sudanese were still being regarded as somewhat better than the two Guineas and could be a potential competitor against Morocco. Sudan started its quest with a 0–2 away to the Moroccans in Rabat, which was seen as acceptable. Yet in the home fixture against Guinea-Bissau, Sudan was completely trashed by the Bissau-Guineans 2–4, to leave the team in the bottom place and reducing hopes to qualify for a maiden World Cup. Sudan's hope was completely dashed after winning only two points after two consecutive draws over Guinea, effectively making Sudan the first team to be eliminated in the group.

Results and fixtures

Main article: Sudan national football team results (2020–present)

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixture

2023

2024

Coaching history

  • Sudan Saleh Rajab (1956)
  • Hungary Jozsef Hada (1957 – 1959)
  • Bulgaria Lozan Kotsev (1959 – 1964)
  • Czechoslovakia Jiří Starosta (1964 – 1968)
  • Sudan Muhamed Hassan Kheiri (1968 – 1970)
  • Sudan Abdel Fatah Hemed (1970 – 1974)
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivan Yanko (1974 – 1976)
  • Sudan Ebrahim Kabir (1976 – 1978)
  • West Germany Burkhard Ziese (1978 – 1980)
  • Sudan Sayed Saleem (1980 – 1996)
  • Sudan Muhamed Mazda (1996)
  • Sudan Nasreldin Jaksa (1996)
  • Sudan Sharafeldin Musa (1998)
  • Sudan Muhamed Mahmoud (1999)
  • Sudan Fawzi Almardi (2000)
  • Serbia and Montenegro Zoran Đorđević (2000)
  • Sudan Ahmed Babeker (2000 – 2002)
  • Poland Wojciech Łazarek (2002 – 2004)
  • Sudan Muhamed Mazda (2005 – 2008)
  • England Stephen Constantine (2009 – 2010)
  • Sudan Ahmed Babeker (2010)
  • Sudan Muhamed Mazda (2010 – 2015)
  • Sudan Ahmed Babeker (2015)
  • Sudan Hamdan Hemed (2016)
  • Sudan Muhamed Mazda (2016)
  • Croatia Zdravko Logarušić (2017 – 2019)
  • Sudan Khaled Bakhit (2020)
  • France Hubert Velud (2020 – 2021)
  • Sudan Burhan Tia (2021 – 2023)
  • Morocco Ezzaki Badou (2023)
  • Morocco Yusuf Fartout (2023)
  • Ghana James Kwesi Appiah (2023 – present)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group F matches against Niger and Angola on 14 and 18 November 2024.

Caps and goals are correct as of 18 November 2024, after the match against Angola.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Ali Abu Eshrein (1989-12-06) 6 December 1989 (age 35) 37 0 Sudan Al-Hilal SC
1GK Mohamed Mustafa (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 (age 29) 29 0 Tanzania Azam FC
1GK Muhamed Abdallah Kedyaba (1990-06-23) 23 June 1990 (age 34) 2 0 Sudan Al-Hilal SC
1GK Ahmed Alfateh (1993-07-03) 3 July 1993 (age 31) 1 0 Sudan Al-Merrikh SC
2DF Ramadan Agab (Captain) (1986-02-20) 20 February 1986 (age 39) 76 8 Sudan Al-Merrikh SC
2DF Amir Kamal (1992-07-10) 10 July 1992 (age 32) 71 2 Sudan Al-Merrikh SC
2DF Bakhit Khamis (1992-01-16) 16 January 1992 (age 33) 27 0 Libya Al Ahli SC (Tripoli)
2DF Mohamed Ering (1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 (age 27) 25 0 Sudan Al-Hilal SC
2DF Awad Zayed (1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 (age 32) 16 0 Sudan Al-Merrikh SC
2DF Ahmed Tabanja (2000-09-02) 2 September 2000 (age 24) 13 0 Sudan Al-Merrikh SC
2DF Abdelrahman Kuku (1997-10-26) 26 October 1997 (age 27) 10 0 Sudan Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli)
2DF Altayeb Abdelrazeg (1991-09-06) 6 September 1991 (age 33) 3 1 Sudan Al-Hilal SC
2DF Musab Makeen (1996-05-28) 28 May 1996 (age 29) 2 0 Sudan Al-Merrikh SC
2DF Marwan Taha (2006-01-10) 10 January 2006 (age 19) 2 0 Sudan Hay Al-Wadi SC (Nyala)
2DF Alburaei Jamal (2005-01-18) 18 January 2005 (age 20) 0 0 Sudan Hay Al-Wadi SC (Nyala)
3MF Abuaagla Abdalla (1993-03-11) 11 March 1993 (age 32) 70 3 Sudan Al-Hilal
3MF Walieldin Khedr (1995-09-15) 15 September 1995 (age 29) 43 2 Sudan Al-Hilal SC
3MF Muhamed Alrasheed (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31) 34 1 Sudan Al-Merrikh SC
3MF Abdel Raouf (1993-07-18) 18 July 1993 (age 31) 28 2 Sudan Al-Hilal SC
3MF Salah Adel (1995-04-03) 3 April 1995 (age 30) 26 1 Sudan Al-Hilal SC
3MF Ahmed Al-Tash (1993-03-07) 7 March 1993 (age 32) 24 3 Libya Asswehly SC
3MF Sharaf Eldin Shiboub (1994-06-07) 7 June 1994 (age 30) 18 2 Libya Al-Hilal SC (Benghazi)
3MF Ammar Taifour (1997-04-12) 12 April 1997 (age 28) 11 0 Libya Al-Ahly SC (Tripoli)
3MF Suliman Ezzallah (2005-02-10) 10 February 2005 (age 20) 5 0 Libya Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi)
3MF Wajdi Awad (1996-02-03) 3 February 1996 (age 29) 2 0 Sudan Al-Merrikh SC
3MF Abdallah Osman (2006-07-23) 23 July 2006 (age 18) 2 0 Sudan Hay Al-Wadi SC (Nyala)
4FW Muhamed Abdelrahman (1993-07-10) 10 July 1993 (age 31) 53 22 Sudan Al-Hilal SC
4FW Yaser Muzmel (1993-04-15) 15 April 1993 (age 32) 47 6 Sudan Al-Hilal SC
4FW Seif Teiri (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31) 39 10 Egypt Pharco FC
4FW Al-Jezoli Nouh (2002-10-24) 24 October 2002 (age 22) 30 1 Libya Al Ahli SC (Tripoli)
4FW Alsamani Alsawi (1991-10-31) 31 October 1991 (age 33) 13 3 Sudan Al-Merrikh SC
4FW Abo Eisa (1996-01-05) 5 January 1996 (age 29) 9 1 Thailand Nongbua Pitchaya F.C.
4FW Mohamed Eisa (1994-07-12) 12 July 1994 (age 30) 9 1 Iran Nassaji FC
4FW Ali Abdallah Hemedelnil (2003-03-17) 17 March 2003 (age 22) 7 2 Sudan Hay Al-Wadi SC (Nyala)
4FW Mujtaba Faisal (1995-08-15) 15 August 1995 (age 29) 5 0 Sudan Al-Merrikh SC
4FW Musa Hussein (2002-10-27) 27 October 2002 (age 22) 2 0 Sudan Al-Merrikh SC
4FW Eid Mugadam (1999-09-17) 17 September 1999 (age 25) 1 0 Libya Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi)

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for Sudan in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
Notes
  • INJ = Withdrew due to injury
  • PRE = Preliminary squad / standby
  • RET = Retired from the national team

Records

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Players in bold are still active with Sudan.

Most appearances

هيثم مصطفى
Haitham Mustafa is Sudan's most capped player with 98 appearances.
Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Haitham Mustafa 98 6 1998–2012
2 Muhannad El Tahir 89 15 2004–2018
3 Badreldin Galag 81 9 2002–2012
El Muez Mahgoub 81 0 2002–2015
5 Richard Justin 78 7 1999–2008
6 Nasr Eldin El Shigail 76 0 2007–2021
Ramadan Agab 76 8 2010–present
8 Amir Kamal 71 2 2010–present
9 Abuaagla Abdalla 70 3 2015–present
10 Ala'a Eldin Yousif 62 5 2004–2014

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Nasr El-Din Abbas 27 52 0.52 1963–1972
2 Haytham Tambal 24 61 0.39 2003–2011
3 Muhamed Abdelrahman 22 53 0.42 2017–present
4 Faisal Agab 18 47 0.38 1998–2012
Ali Gagarin 18 45 0.4 1967–1979
6 Muhannad El Tahir 15 89 0.17 1998-2012
7 Hasabu El-Sagheir 11 29 0.38 1965–1972
8 Seif Teiri 10 39 0.26 2017–present
Mudather Karika 10 56 0.18 2007–2016
10 Badreldin Galag 9 81 0.11 2002–2012

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1930 to 1938 Part of  United Kingdom Part of  United Kingdom
1950 and 1954 Did not enter Did not enter
Sweden 1958 Withdrew in qualification 2 1 1 0 2 1
Chile 1962 Withdrew Withdrew
England 1966
Mexico 1970 Did not qualify 8 2 4 2 15 16
West Germany 1974 2 1 0 1 1 2
Argentina 1978 Withdrew Withdrew
Spain 1982 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 1 3
Mexico 1986 4 0 3 1 1 5
Italy 1990 2 0 1 1 1 2
United States 1994 Withdrew Withdrew
France 1998 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 2 3
South Korea Japan 2002 10 5 0 5 10 12
Germany 2006 12 2 4 6 9 22
South Africa 2010 12 3 1 8 11 18
Brazil 2014 6 0 2 4 3 14
Russia 2018 2 0 0 2 0 3
Qatar 2022 8 1 4 3 8 13
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined 4 3 1 0 7 1
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030 To be determined
Saudi Arabia 2034
Total 0/19 76 19 22 35 71 115

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Appearances: 1
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1896 – 1956 Did not enter
Italy 1960 Did not qualify
Japan 1964
Mexico 1968
West Germany 1972 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 1 5
Canada 1976 Did not qualify
Soviet Union 1980 Did not enter
United States 1984 Did not qualify
South Korea 1988
Spain 1992
United States 1996 Did not enter
Australia 2000 Did not qualify
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024
Total Group stage 1/28 3 0 0 3 1 5
  • Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since the 1992 edition.

Africa Cup of Nations

Main article: Sudan at the Africa Cup of Nations
Africa Cup of Nations record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Sudan 1957 Third place 3rd 1 0 0 1 1 2 Qualified as hosts
United Arab Republic 1959 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 2 2 No qualification
Ethiopia 1962 Did not enter Did not enter
Ghana 1963 Runners-up 2nd 3 1 1 1 6 5 2 2 0 0 6 0
Tunisia 1965 Did not qualify 6 4 1 1 14 7
Ethiopia 1968 3 1 0 2 4 5
Sudan 1970 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 8 3 Qualified as hosts
Cameroon 1972 Group stage 7th 3 0 2 1 4 6 Qualified as defending champions
Egypt 1974 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 2 3
Ethiopia 1976 Group stage 7th 3 0 2 1 3 4 4 3 0 1 7 4
Ghana 1978 Withdrew Withdrew
Nigeria 1980 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 2 4
Libya 1982 Did not enter Did not enter
Ivory Coast 1984 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 4 6
Egypt 1986 Withdrew Withdrew
Morocco 1988 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 3 3
Algeria 1990 2 1 0 1 1 1
Senegal 1992 4 2 0 2 3 3
Tunisia 1994 6 1 2 3 2 9
South Africa 1996 10 3 2 5 10 14
Burkina Faso 1998 Withdrew Withdrew
Ghana Nigeria 2000 Did not enter Did not enter
Mali 2002 Did not qualify 8 2 1 5 9 10
Tunisia 2004 6 3 1 2 9 6
Egypt 2006 12 2 4 6 9 22
Ghana 2008 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 0 9 6 5 0 1 13 4
Angola 2010 Did not qualify 10 2 1 7 7 15
Equatorial Guinea Gabon 2012 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 4 7 6 4 1 1 8 3
South Africa 2013 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 5 5
Equatorial Guinea 2015 6 1 0 5 3 11
Gabon 2017 4 1 1 2 2 3
Egypt 2019 6 1 0 5 5 13
Cameroon 2021 Group stage 20th 3 0 1 2 1 4 6 4 0 2 9 3
Ivory Coast 2023 Did not qualify 6 2 0 4 3 10
Morocco 2025 Qualified 6 2 2 2 4 6
Kenya Tanzania Uganda 2027 To be determined To be determined
2029
Total 1 Title 9/34 27 7 7 13 29 42 127 50 17 60 140 164

African Games

African Games record
Appearances: 1
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Republic of the Congo 1965 Did not enter
Nigeria 1973
Algeria 1978 Did not enter
Kenya 1987 Did not qualify
Egypt 1991 Did not enter
Zimbabwe 1995
South Africa 1999
Nigeria 2003 Withdrew
Algeria 2007 Did not enter
Mozambique 2011
Republic of the Congo 2015 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 2 2
Morocco 2019 To be determined
Ghana 2023
All Total Group stage 1/11 3 1 1 1 2 2
  • Prior to the Cairo 1991 campaign, the Football at the All-Africa Games was open to full senior national teams.

African Nations Championship

African Nations Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Ivory Coast 2009 Did not qualify 4 1 1 2 7 6
Sudan 2011 Third place 3rd 6 4 1 1 5 2 Qualified as hosts
South Africa 2014 Did not qualify 2 0 2 0 2 2
Rwanda 2016 2 0 0 2 0 4
Morocco 2018 Third place 3rd 6 4 1 1 5 3 4 2 2 0 3 1
Cameroon 2020 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 2 2
Algeria 2022 Group stage 12th 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 2 0 0 7 3
Total Third place 3/6 15 9 2 4 14 11 16 6 5 5 21 18

CECAFA Cup

Main article: CECAFA Cup
CECAFA Cup record
Appearances: 22
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Uganda 1973 Did not enter
Tanzania 1974
Zambia 1975
Zanzibar 1976
Somalia 1977
Malawi 1978
Kenya 1979 Group stage 6th 2 0 1 1 1 5
Sudan 1980 Champions 1st 4 3 0 1 5 2
Tanzania 1981 Group stage 7th 3 0 2 1 2 4
Uganda 1982 6th 2 0 0 2 0 3
Kenya 1983 5th 4 2 1 1 4 3
Uganda 1984 Did not enter
Zimbabwe 1985
Ethiopia 1987
Malawi 1988
Kenya 1989
Zanzibar 1990 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 1 1 5 3
Uganda 1991 Fourth place 4th 4 0 1 3 3 9
Tanzania 1992 Did not enter
Kenya 1994
Uganda 1995
Sudan 1996 Third place 3rd 4 1 2 1 6 6
Rwanda 1999 Quarter-finals 8th 3 0 2 1 1 4
Uganda 2000 Did not enter
Rwanda 2001
Tanzania 2002 Group stage 6th 4 1 1 2 4 5
Sudan 2003 Fourth place 4th 4 2 1 1 8 2
Ethiopia 2004 Third place 3rd 5 3 1 1 11 6
Rwanda 2005 Group stage 6th 4 2 0 2 7 12
Ethiopia 2006 Champions 1st 6 2 3 1 7 4
Tanzania 2007 Champions 1st 5 2 3 0 8 6
Uganda 2008 Group stage 6th 4 1 2 1 3 2
Kenya 2009 Did not enter
Tanzania 2010 Group stage 10th 3 0 1 2 0 5
Tanzania 2011 Third place 3rd 6 3 3 0 6 3
Uganda 2012 Group stage 9th 3 1 0 2 1 3
Kenya 2013 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 8 4
Ethiopia 2015 Fourth place 4th 6 2 1 3 7 4
Kenya 2017 Did not enter
Uganda 2019 Group stage 7th 3 0 2 1 2 3
Total 3 Titles 22/39 89 31 29 34 89 64

Arab Cup

FIFA Arab Cup record
Appearances: 4
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Lebanon 1963 Did not enter
Kuwait 1964
Iraq 1966
Saudi Arabia 1985 Did not qualify
Jordan 1988 Did not enter
Syria 1992
Qatar 1998 Group stage 7th 2 1 0 1 2 4
Kuwait 2002 7th 4 1 1 2 4 5
Saudi Arabia 2012 7th 3 1 2 0 4 2
Qatar 2021 16th 3 0 0 3 0 10
Total Group stage 4/10 12 3 3 6 10 21

Arab Games

Arab Games record
Appearances: 3
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Egypt 1953 Did not enter
Lebanon 1957
Morocco 1961
United Arab Republic 1965 Silver Medal 2nd 6 5 0 1 32 5
Syria 1976 Did not enter
Morocco 1985
Syria 1992
Lebanon 1997
Jordan 1999
Algeria 2004 No tournament
Egypt 2007 Group stage 5th 4 0 0 4 0 12
Qatar 2011 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 1 2
Algeria 2023 Bronze Medal 3rd 5 2 1 2 8 6
Total Silver Medal 4/12 18 8 2 8 41 25
  • Prior to the Algeria 2023 campaign, the Football at the Arab Games was open to full senior national teams.

Honours

Continental

  • Africa Cup of Nations
    • Coppa Africa.svg Champions (1): 1970
    • 2 Runners-up (2): 1959, 1963
    • 3 Third place (1): 1957
  • African Nations Championship
    • 3 Third place (2): 2011, 2018

Regional

  • CECAFA Cup
    • 1 Champions (3): 1980, 2006, 2007
    • 2 Runners-up (2): 1990, 2013
    • 3 Third place (3): 1996, 2004, 2011
  • Arab Games
    • 2 Silver medal (1): 1965
    • 3 Bronze medal (1): 2023

Friendly

  • LG Cup
    • 1 Champions (1): 2011

See also

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