Benin national football team

Information about Benin national football team

Benin
Nickname(s)Les Ecureuils
(The Squirrels)
AssociationFédération Béninoise
de Football
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Head coachWabi Gomez
Home stadiumStade de l'Amitié
FIFA codeBEN''
FIFA ranking82
Highest FIFA ranking79 (August 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking165 (July 1996)
Elo ranking140
　
First kit
　
Second kit
First international
Dahomey 0 - 1 Nigeria
(Dahomey; 8 November, 1959)
Biggest win
Dahomey 6 - 2 Chad
(Dahomey; 15 April, 1963)
Benin 4 - 0 Tanzania
(Cotonou, Benin; 8 September, 2002)
Biggest defeat
Nigeria 10 - 1 Dahomey
(Nigeria; 28 November, 1959)
African Nations Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2004)
Best resultRound 1, 2004
The Benin national football team, nicknamed Les Ecureuils (The Squirrels), is the national football team of Benin and is controlled by the Fédération Béninoise de Football. They were known as the Dahomey national football team until 1975, when Dahomey became Benin. They have never made the World Cup and, prior to their qualification for the 2008 African Cup of Nations, made their only African Nations Cup appearance in 2004.

Last and next games

World Cup record

African Nations Cup record

Notable players

Squad

(May, 2007)



Goalkeepers:

Maxime Agueh
Rachad Chitou
Benoit Tardieu



Defenders:

Damien Koffi Chrysostome
Florent Raimy
Felicien Singbo
Nöël Seka
Janvier Koumagou
Idrissou Agnidé Moustapha
Samuel Emmanuel Suka
Seydath Konabe Tchomogo

 Midfielders:

Mathieu Adeniyi
Anicet Adjamossi
Romuald Boco
Stéphane Sessegnon
Moussa Latoundji
Jocelyn Ahoueya
Tony Stanislas Toklomety
Oladipupo Wassiou
Jonas Oketola

Forwards:

Razak Omotoyossi
Oumar Tchomogo
Pasqual Dejn
Rodrigue Akpakoun
Gariga Abou Maiga
Kabirou Moussoro
Bello Babatounde



International football
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     Asia: AFC – Asian Cup
     Africa: CAF – African Cup of Nations
     North America: CONCACAF – Gold Cup
     South America: CONMEBOL – Copa Amrica
     Oceania: OFC – Nations Cup
     Europe: UEFA – European Championship
     Non-FIFA: NF-Board – VIVA World Cup
     Arab Nations: UAFA – Arab Nations Cup
National football teams of Africa (CAF)
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Algeria | Angola | Benin | Botswana | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cameroon | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | Comoros | Congo | Congo DR | Cte d'Ivoire | Djibouti | Egypt | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Gabon | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Kenya | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mauritania | Mauritius | Morocco | Mozambique | Namibia | Niger | Nigeria | Runion† | Rwanda | So Tom and Prncipe | Senegal | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Somalia | South Africa | Sudan | Swaziland | Tanzania | Togo | Tunisia | Uganda | Zambia | Zanzibar† | Zimbabwe
†Associate member
The Fédération Béninoise de Football (FBF) is the governing body of football in Benin. It was founded in 1962, affiliated to FIFA the same year and to CAF in 1969. It organizes the national football leagues, including the Benin Premier League, and the national team.
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Confédération Africaine de Football
Confederation of African Football
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Formation 1957
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Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30,221,532 km² (11,668,545 sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area, and 20.4% of the total land area.
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Stade de l'Amitie is a multi-use stadium in Cotonou, Benin. It is currently used mostly for football matches and also has facilities for athletics. The stadium has a capacity of 35,000 people.

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FIFA assigns a three-letter code (dubbed FIFA Trigramme) to each of its member and non-member countries. These are the official codes used by FIFA and its continental confederations (AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC and UEFA) as name abbreviations of countries and dependent areas,
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FIFA World Rankings is a ranking system for men's national teams in football (soccer). The teams of the member nations of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams
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The World Football Elo Ratings (Elo is often pronounced E-L-O despite not being an acronym) is a ranking system for men's national teams in football. The method used to rank teams is based upon the Elo rating system method but modified to take various football-specific variables
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Nigeria

Nickname(s) Super Eagles

Association Nigeria Football Association
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Head coach Berti Vogts, 2007-
Captain
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Dahomey was the name of a country in Africa now called the Republic of Benin. The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful west African state founded in the seventeenth century which survived until 1894. From 1894 until 1960 Dahomey was a part of French West Africa.
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November 8 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events


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20th century - 21st century
1920s  1930s  1940s  - 1950s -  1960s  1970s  1980s
1956 1957 1958 - 1959 - 1960 1961 1962

Year 1959 (MCMLIX
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Chad

Nickname(s) Sao

Association Fédération Tchadienne
de Football
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Head coach Yann Djim
Home stadium
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Dahomey was the name of a country in Africa now called the Republic of Benin. The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful west African state founded in the seventeenth century which survived until 1894. From 1894 until 1960 Dahomey was a part of French West Africa.
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April 15 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1930s  1940s  1950s  - 1960s -  1970s  1980s  1990s
1960 1961 1962 - 1963 - 1964 1965 1966

Year 1963 (MCMLXIII
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Tanzania

Nickname(s) Taifa Stars

Association Tanzania Football Federation
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Head coach Marcio Maximo
Home stadium
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Cotonou is the economic capital of Benin, as well as its largest city. Its official population count was 761,137 inhabitants in 2006; however, some estimates indicate its population may be as high as 1.2 million. The population in 1960 was only 70,000.
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Motto
"Fraternité, Justice, Travail"   (French)
"Fellowship, Justice, Labour"
Anthem
L'Aube Nouvelle   (French)

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September 8 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events

  • 70 - Titus, General of Rome, sacks Jerusalem. See also: Destruction of Jerusalem.

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20th century - 21st century - 22nd century
1970s  1980s  1990s  - 2000s -  2010s  2020s  2030s
1999 2000 2001 - 2002 - 2003 2004 2005

2002 by topic:
News by month
Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun
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Nigeria

Nickname(s) Super Eagles

Association Nigeria Football Association
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Head coach Berti Vogts, 2007-
Captain
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Motto
"Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress"
Anthem
"Arise O Compatriots, Nigeria's Call Obey"


Capital Abuja

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For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre.
November 28 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.
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20th century - 21st century
1920s  1930s  1940s  - 1950s -  1960s  1970s  1980s
1956 1957 1958 - 1959 - 1960 1961 1962

Year 1959 (MCMLIX
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Sport Football
Founded 1957
No. of teams 16
Continent Africa (CAF)
Most recent champion(s)  Egypt

The African Cup of Nations, also referred to as the African Nations Cup
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2004 African Cup of Nations - Tunisia

Teams 16
Host Tunisia
Champions Tunisia (1st title)
Matches Played 32
Goals Scored 88 (2.75 per match)
Top Scorer(s) Patrick Mboma (CMR)
Frédéric Kanouté (MLI)
Jay-Jay Okocha (NGA)
Francileudo Santos (TUN)
4 goals
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2004 African Cup of Nations - Tunisia

Teams 16
Host Tunisia
Champions Tunisia (1st title)
Matches Played 32
Goals Scored 88 (2.75 per match)
Top Scorer(s) Patrick Mboma (CMR)
Frédéric Kanouté (MLI)
Jay-Jay Okocha (NGA)
Francileudo Santos (TUN)
4 goals
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Association football, commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players. It is the most popular sport in the world.
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Motto
"Fraternité, Justice, Travail"   (French)
"Fellowship, Justice, Labour"
Anthem
L'Aube Nouvelle   (French)

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The Fédération Béninoise de Football (FBF) is the governing body of football in Benin. It was founded in 1962, affiliated to FIFA the same year and to CAF in 1969. It organizes the national football leagues, including the Benin Premier League, and the national team.
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