Sudan national football team

Sudan

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Falcons of Jediane
Association	Sudan Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Head coach	Mohamed Abdalla
Captain	Haitham Mustafa
Home stadium	Al Merreikh Stadium
FIFA code	SUD
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	120
Highest	74 (December 1996)
Lowest	137 (April 2000)
First international
Ethiopia 2–1 Sudan (Ethiopia; 16 November 1956)[1]
Biggest win
Sudan 18–0 Muscat and Oman (Cairo, Egypt; 2 September 1965)
Biggest defeat
South Korea 8–0 Sudan (Seoul, South Korea; 10 September 1979)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	7 (first in 1957)
Best result	Winners, 1970

The Sudan national football team (Template:Lang-ar) represents Sudan in association football and is controlled by the Sudan Football Association, the governing body for football in Sudan. Sudan's home ground is Al Merreikh Stadium in Omdurman and their head coach is Mohammed Abdullah Mazda. Sudan were one of the only three teams to participate in the inaugural Africa Cup of Nations in 1957, the other two being Egypt and Ethiopia.

They won the 1970 Africa Cup of Nations as hosts. After beating Ethiopia 3–0, and a 1–0 defeat to Côte d'Ivoire, they secured a place in the semi-final by beating Cameroon 2–1. They overcame Egypt 2–1 after extra time in the semi-final, and won 1–0 against Ghana in the final to become African Champions. Sudan is one of the oldest teams in Africa and has a rich history in the past 50s to 70s. They went as high as 74 in the FIFA rankings. Sudan qualified for the African Cup Of Nations 2012 in which they are the only team from East Africa.

Championships

• Africa Cup of Nations
  • Champions: 1970
  • Runners-up: 1959, 1963
  • Third place: 1957

• CECAFA Cup :
  • Champions: 1980, 2006, 2007
  • Runners-up: 1990, 1996†
  • Third place: 1996†, 2004
• Palestine Cup of Nations
  • Third place: 1975
• Harmony Cup
  • Champions: 2009

Notes

† Sudan entered two teams into the tournament.

World Cup record

World Cup record
Year	Round
1930 to 1954	Did not enter
1958 to 1966	Withdrew
1970 to 1974	Did not qualify
1978	Withdrew
1982 to 1990	Did not qualify
1994	Withdrew
1998 to 2010	Did not qualify

African Cup record

African Nations Cup record
Year	Round	P	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1957	Third place	3	0	0	0	1	2
1959	Second place	2	1	0	1	2	2
1962	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1963	Second place	0	1	1	1	6	5
1965 to 1968	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Champions	5	4	0	1	8	3
1972	Round 1	3	0	2	1	4	6
1974	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Round 1	3	0	2	1	3	4
1978	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988 to 1996	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Withdrew during qualifying	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002 to 2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Round 1	3	0	0	3	0	9
2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Quarter Final	4	1	1	2	4	7
Total		23	7	6	11	28	38

2012 African cup of nations qualification

Group I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	5	4	1	0	11	1	+10	13
Sudan	5	4	1	0	8	1	+7	13
Congo	5	1	0	4	4	10	−6	3
Eswatini	5	0	0	5	2	13	−11	0

Current squad

Squad has been selected to participate in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. Caps and goals updated as February 4, 2012.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Mohamed Rihan	(1979-01-01) January 1, 1979	5	0	Al-Hilal Omdurman
16	1GK	El Muz Mahgoub	(1978-08-14) August 14, 1978	14	0	Al-Hilal Omdurman
21	1GK	Akram El Hadi	(1987-02-27) February 27, 1987	6	0	Al-Merreikh
3	2DF	Mowaia Bashir	(1986-04-17) April 17, 1986	7	0	Al-Ittihad Wad Medani
4	2DF	Najm Eldin Abdullah	(1987-11-17) November 17, 1987	4	0	Al-Merreikh
6	2DF	Mosaab Omar	(1984-06-04) June 4, 1984	11	0	Al-Merreikh
13	2DF	Amer Kamal	(1987-09-13) September 13, 1987	8	0	Al-Merreikh
14	2DF	Balla Jabir	(1985-09-12) September 12, 1985	15	0	Al-Merreikh
15	2DF	Khalefa Ahmed	(1983-11-23) November 23, 1983	9	0	Al-Hilal Omdurman
18	2DF	Ahmed El-Basha	(1982-01-02) January 2, 1982	14	0	Al-Merreikh
5	3MF	Ala'a Eldin Yousif	(1982-01-03) January 3, 1982	18	2	Al-Hilal Omdurman
8	3MF	Haitham Mustafa	(1977-07-19) July 19, 1977	20	1	Al-Hilal Omdurman
9	3MF	Saif Eldin	(1979-11-30) November 30, 1979	25	1	Al-Hilal Omdurman
11	3MF	Faisal Musa	(1978-08-24) August 24, 1978	6	2	Al-Merreikh
12	3MF	Bader Galag	(1981-04-01) April 1, 1981	17	0	Al-Hilal Port Sudan
19	3MF	Mohamed Ahmed	(1987-05-23) May 23, 1987	12	2	Al-Hilal Omdurman
20	3MF	Mohammed Musa	(1990-08-07) August 7, 1990	1	0	Al-Nsour Omdurman
23	3MF	Hamid Nizar	(1988-10-03) October 3, 1988	5	0	Al-Hilal Omdurman
2	4FW	Mohammed Eldin	(1985-03-19) March 19, 1985	3	0	Al-Hasahesa
7	4FW	Ramadan Alagab	(1986-02-20) February 20, 1986	8	0	Al-Mourada
10	4FW	Muhannad Tahir	(1984-03-12) March 12, 1984	22	4	Al-Hilal Omdurman
17	4FW	Mudathir El Tahir	(1988-01-01) January 1, 1988	25	7	Al-Hilal Omdurman
22	4FW	Abdelrahman Karongo	(1978-11-28) November 28, 1978	5	0	Al-Merreikh

External links

Sudan Football Association - الاتحاد السوداني لكرة القدم