Eritrean national soccer team

Eritrea
Hagere Ertra

Nickname (s)	The Red Sea Boys
Association	Eritrean National Football Federation (ENFF)
confederacy	CAF
Head coach	Alemseged Efrem (since 2015)
Home stadium	Asmara Stadium
FIFA code	ERI
FIFA rank	205. (856 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
statistics
First international game Sudan 1: 1 Eritrea ( Sudan ; June 26, 1992 )
Biggest win Eritrea 3-1 Somalia ( Nairobi , Kenya ; December 5, 2009 )
Biggest defeat Angola 6-1 Eritrea ( Luanda , Angola ; March 25, 2007 )
(As of June 25, 2017)

The Eritrean national football team , the football national team of the East African country of Eritrea , one of the youngest in Africa . The national soccer team of the African state of Eritrea is one of the weakest in the world. The country has never qualified for a soccer world championship or soccer championship. The association has only played international matches since 1992, and has won a few so far. The 2nd place at the CECAFA-Cup 2019 is the biggest success in Eritrean football so far.

Football World Cup

• 1930 to 1998 : - did not participate
• 2002 to 2006 : - not qualified
• 2010 : - did not participate
• 2014 to 2022 : - not qualified

African Cup of Nations

• 1957 to 1990 : - was part of Ethiopia
• 1990 to 1998 : - not a CAF member
• 2000 to 2008 : - not qualified
• 2010 : - withdrawn
• 2012 to 2013 : - did not participate
• 2015 : - withdrawn
• 2017 to 2021 : - did not participate

African Nations Championship

• 2009 : not qualified
• 2011 to 2014 : withdrawn in qualification
• 2016 to 2020 : did not participate

East / Central African Championship

• 1973 to 1992 : - was part of Ethiopia
• 1994 : - 4th place
• 1995 to 1996 : - did not participate
• 1999 to 2001 : - Preliminary round
• 2002 to 2004 : - did not participate
• 2005 to 2006 : - Preliminary round
• 2007 : - quarter finals
• 2008 to 2009 : - preliminary round
• 2010 : - did not participate
• 2011 : - Preliminary round
• 2012 to 2013 : - did not participate
• 2015 : - preliminary round
• 2017 : - not participated
• 2019 : - 2nd place

Trainer

• Yılmaz Yücetürk (2000-2002)
• Dorian Marin (2006-2007)
• René Feller (2007-2008)
• Negash Teklit (2009-2013)
• Alemseged Efrem (2015–)

See also

• List of international matches for the Eritrean national football team

Web link

• rsssf.com archive of the results

Individual evidence

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