Sierra Leonean national soccer team

This article is about the Sierra Leonean men's national soccer team . For the women's team see here .

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone

Nickname (s)	Leone Stars
Association	Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA)
confederacy	CAF
Technical sponsor	adidas
Head coach	vacant
Home stadium	National Stadium , Freetown
FIFA code	SLE
FIFA rank	118. (1155 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
statistics
First international game Sierra Leone 1: 1 Liberia ( Freetown , Sierra Leone ; November 12, 1966 )
Biggest win Sierra Leone 5-1 Niger (Freetown, Sierra Leone; March 7, 1976 and June 3, 1996 )
Biggest defeat Mali 6-0 Sierra Leone Syria 6-0 Sierra Leone ( Bamako , Mali ; June 17, 2007 ) ( Syria ; June 5, 2009 )
Successes in tournaments
African Championship
Participation in the finals	2 ( first : 1994 )
Best results	Preliminary round 1994, 1996
(As of: 2019-04-15)

The Sierra Leonean national football team has so far - with the exception of regional competitions - can still achieve any significant sporting successes. Since there was civil war in Sierra Leone between 1992 and 2002 , the domestic league was often interrupted, so that no professional sports structures could arise. The team has not yet managed to qualify for a soccer world championship .

The domestic football association was founded in 1967 . In the year it was founded, it was accepted into FIFA .

The nickname of the national team is Leone Stars , the players of the youth teams are called Sierra Stars (U-17) or Shooting Stars (U-23). The players of the Sierra Leonean women's national team are called Sierra Queens .

successes

See also : List of international matches for the Sierra Leonean national football team

The greatest international successes of the Sierra Leonean national soccer team include the 1-0 win over South Africa on June 14, 2008 and the 0-0 win in Pretoria on June 21, 2008, both as part of the qualification for the 2010 World Cup and the 2010 African Cup . In addition, the national team has twice won the Amilcar Cabral Cup (1993 and 1995) and twice finished this tournament in second place (1984 and 1986).

The best stand in the FIFA world rankings took Sierra Leone with space 50 in August 2014 after more than 18 years, No. 51 the highest placing achieved was (Jan 1996). The best change with 26 places took place between June and July 2008.

World championships

up to and including 1970 - did not participate 1974 in Germany - 1st round qualification 1978 in Argentina - 2. Round Qualification 1982 in Spain - 1st round qualification 1986 in Mexico - 1st round qualification

1990 in Italy - did not participate 1994 in the United States - withdrawn 1998 in France - 2nd round qualification 2002 in South Korea and Japan - ". Round qualification 2006 in Germany - 1st round qualification

2010 in South Africa - 2nd round qualification 2014 in Brazil - 2nd round qualification 2018 in Russia - 1st round qualification 2022 in Qatar - 1. Round Qualification

African Championships

1957 in Sudan - did not take part 1959 in Egypt - did not take part 1962 in Ethiopia - did not participate 1963 in Ghana - did not participate 1965 in Tunisia - did not participate 1968 in Ethiopia - did not take part 1970 in Sudan - withdrawn 1972 in Cameroon - not qualified 1974 in Egypt - did not take part 1976 in Ethiopia - did not participate 1978 in Ghana - did not qualify

1980 in Nigeria - did not participate 1982 in Libya - not qualified 1984 in Ivory Coast - did not qualify 1986 in Egypt - did not participate 1988 in Morocco - not qualified 1990 in Algeria - withdrawn 1992 in Senegal - not qualified 1994 in Tunisia - preliminary round 1996 in South Africa - preliminary round 1998 in Burkina Faso - withdrawn 2000 in Ghana and Nigeria - disqualified

2002 in Mali - not qualified 2004 in Tunisia - not qualified 2006 in Egypt - did not qualify 2008 in Ghana - not qualified 2010 in Angola - did not qualify 2012 in Gabon / Ä.-Guinea - not qualified 2013 in South Africa - did not qualify 2015 in Equatorial Guinea - not qualified 2017 in Gabon - not qualified 2019 in Egypt - did not qualify 2021 in Cameroon -

African Nations Championship

See also : African Nations Cup

• 2009 : did not participate
• 2011 : not qualified
• 2014 : not qualified
• 2016 : not qualified
• 2018 : not qualified

West African Championship

See also : Football West African Championship

1982-2011	not participated
2013 in Ghana	took part
2017 in Ghana	not participated
2019 in Senegal	Quarter finals

Amílcar-Cabral-Cup

See also : Amílcar-Cabral-Cup

1979 in Egypt	took part
1979 in Guinea-Bissau	took part
1980 in Gambia	took part
1981 in Mali	took part
1982 in Cape Verde	took part
1983 in Mauritania	took part
1984 in Sierra Leone	2nd place
1985 in Gambia	took part
1986 in Senegal	2nd place
1987 in Guinea	4th Place
1988 in Guinea-Bissau	4th Place
1989 in Mali	4th Place
1991 in Senegal	3rd place
1993 in Sierra Leone	1st place
1995 in Mauritania	1st place
1997 in Gambia	took part
2000 in Cape Verde	took part
2001 in Mali	took part
2005 in Guinea	took part
2007 in Guinea-Bissau	took part
2010 in Mauritania	not carried out

Trainer

• John Sherington (1996-1997)
• Baudouin Ribakare (1997-2003)
• John Sherington (2003-2006)
• Adel Amrouche (2007–2012)
• Johnny McKinstry (2013-2014)
• John Ajina Sesay (2014-2015)
• Atto Mensah (2015)
• John Sherington (2015-2017)
• John Keister (2017-2019)
• Sellas Tetteh (2019-2020)

Well-known national players

• Alphajor Mamdou Bah
• Christian Caulker
• Kewullay Conteh
• Albert Jarrett
• Mohamed Kallon
• Ibrahim Kargbo
• Paul Kpaka
• Kabba samura
• Rodney Strasser

See also

• African Cup of Nations
• Amilcar Cabral Cup
• Sierra Leonean National Football Team (U-17 Juniors)

Web links

• Website of the SLFA (English)
• FIFA Sierra Leone

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .