List of international matches for the São Tomé and Príncipe national football team

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This article lists all the international matches of the São Tomé and Príncipe national soccer team . The São Tomé and Príncipe Football Association has been a member of FIFA since 1986, and the team played their first official international match on July 25, 1987 . The first unofficial international match took place on June 29, 1976 against Chad .

Games

1976 to 1979

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	comment
01	06/29/1976	0: 5	Chad	*	Libreville ( Gabon )	Central African Games	First international match, first international match against Chad
02	07/07/1976	0:11	People's Republic of the Congo	*	Libreville ( Gabon )	Central African Games	First international match against the People's Republic of the Congo (today's Republic of the Congo). Biggest defeat
03	07/10/1976	1: 2	Central African Republic	*	Libreville ( Gabon )	Central African Games	First international match against the Central African Republic

1980 to 1989

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	comment
04th	07/25/1987	0: 2	Guinea-Bissau	H	Sao Tome	Friendly match	First international match against Guinea-Bissau, first official FIFA international match, first home game
05	07/27/1987	1: 1	Angola	H	Sao Tome	Friendly match	First international match against Angola, first draw

1990 to 1999

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	comment
06th	08/02/1998	0: 4	Togo	*	Libreville ( Gabon )	Qualification for the African Cup of Nations 2000	First international match against Togo
07th	08/18/1998	0: 2	Togo	A.	Lomé ( Togo )	Qualification for the African Cup of Nations 2000
08th	11/10/1999	0: 5	Chad	*	Libreville ( Gabon )	UNIFAC Cup 1999
09	11/11/1999	0: 1	Gabon	A.	Libreville ( Gabon )	UNIFAC Cup 1999	First international match against Gabon
10	11/12/1999	0: 1	Republic of the Congo	*	Libreville ( Gabon )	UNIFAC Cup 1999
11	11/13/1999	0: 3	Central African Republic	*	Libreville ( Gabon )	UNIFAC Cup 1999
12	11/14/1999	2-0	Equatorial Guinea	*	Libreville ( Gabon )	UNIFAC Cup 1999	First international match against Equatorial Guinea, first win

2000 to 2009

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	comment
13	04/08/2000	2-0	Sierra Leone	H	Sao Tome	World Cup qualification 2002	First international match against Sierra Leone
14th	04/22/2000	0: 4	Sierra Leone	A.	Freetown ( Sierra Leone )	World Cup qualification 2002
15th	07/02/2000	1: 1	Gabon	H	Sao Tome	Qualification for the African Cup of Nations 2002
16	07/15/2000	1: 4	Gabon	A.	Libreville ( Gabon )	Qualification for the African Cup of Nations 2002
17th	10/11/2003	0: 1	Libya	H	Sao Tome	World Cup qualification 2006 Qualification for the 2006 African Cup of Nations	First international match against Libya
18th	11/12/2003	1: 3	Equatorial Guinea	A.	Malabo ( Equatorial Guinea )	Friendly match
19th	11/16/2003	0: 8	Libya	A.	Benghazi ( Libya )	World Cup qualification 2006 Qualification for the 2006 African Cup of Nations
20th	10/18/2006	2: 2	Chinese Taipei	A.	Taipei ( Taiwan )	Friendly match	First international match against Taiwan

2010 to 2019

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	comment
21st	11/11/2011	0: 5	Republic of the Congo	H	Sao Tome	World Cup qualification 2014
22nd	11/15/2011	1: 1	Republic of the Congo	A.	Pointe-Noire ( Republic of the Congo )	World Cup qualification 2014
23	January 15, 2012	1-0	Lesotho	H	Sao Tome	Qualification for the African Cup of Nations 2013	First international match against Lesotho
24	01/22/2012	0-0	Lesotho	A.	Maseru ( Lesotho )	Qualification for the African Cup of Nations 2013
25th	02/29/2012	2: 1	Sierra Leone	H	Sao Tome	Qualification for the African Cup of Nations 2013
26th	06/16/2012	2: 4	Sierra Leone	A.	Freetown ( Sierra Leone )	Qualification for the African Cup of Nations 2013
27	05/17/2014	0: 2	Benin	H	Sao Tome	Qualification for the African Cup of Nations 2015	First international match against Benin
28	06/01/2014	0: 2	Benin	A.	Porto-Novo ( Benin )	Qualification for the African Cup of Nations 2015
29	06/13/2015	1: 7	Cape Verde	A.	Praia ( Cape Verde )	Qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations 2017	First international match against Cape Verde
30th	05.09.2015	0: 3	Morocco	H	Sao Tome	Qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations 2017	First international match against Morocco
31	07/10/2015	1-0	Ethiopia	H	Sao Tome	World Cup qualification 2018	First international match against Ethiopia
32	10/11/2015	0: 3	Ethiopia	A.	Addis Ababa ( Ethiopia )	World Cup qualification 2018
33	03/23/2016	2: 1	Libya	H	Sao Tome	Qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations 2017
34	03/28/2016	0: 4	Libya	*	Blida ( Algeria )	Qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations 2017
35	06/04/2016	1: 2	Cape Verde	H	Sao Tome	Qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations 2017
36	09/04/2016	0: 2	Morocco	A.	Rabat ( Morocco )	Qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations 2017
37	03/22/2017	0: 1	Madagascar	H	Sao Tome	Qualification for the African Cup of Nations 2019	First international match against Madagascar
38	03/26/2017	2: 3	Madagascar	A.	Antananarivo ( Madagascar )	Qualification for the African Cup of Nations 2019
39	08/11/2017	0: 2	Cameroon	H	Sao Tome	Qualification for the African Nations Cup 2018	First international match against Cameroon
40	08/19/2017	0: 2	Cameroon	A.	Yaoundé ( CMR )	Qualification for the African Nations Cup 2018
41	March 24, 2018	1: 3	Uganda	A.	Kampala ( UGA )	Friendly match	First international match against Uganda
42	04.09.2019	0: 1	Guinea-Bissau	H	Sao Tome	World Cup qualification 2022
43	09/10/2019	1: 2	Guinea-Bissau	A.	Bissau ( GUB )	World Cup qualification 2022
44	09/10/2019	3: 1	Mauritius	A.	Belle Vue Harel ( MRI )	Qualification for the African Cup of Nations 2021	First international match against Mauritius
45	October 13, 2019	2: 1	Mauritius	H	Sao Tome	Qualification for the African Cup of Nations 2021
46	11/13/2019	0: 4	Sudan	A.	Omdurman ( SDN )	Qualification for the African Cup of Nations 2021	First international match against Sudan
47	11/18/2019	0: 1	Ghana	H	Sao Tome	Qualification for the African Cup of Nations 2021	First international match against Ghana

2020 to 2029

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	comment
	03/23/2020		South Africa	A.		Qualification for the African Cup of Nations 2021	First international match against South Africa
	March 31, 2020		South Africa	H		Qualification for the African Cup of Nations 2021
	06/09/2020		Sudan	H		Qualification for the African Cup of Nations 2021
	08.09.2020		Ghana	A.		Qualification for the African Cup of Nations 2021

International match records

country	confederacy	Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference	Important encounters
Angola	CAF	001	000	001	000	01: 10
Equatorial Guinea	CAF	002	001	000	001	03: 30	UNIFAC Cup 1999
Ethiopia	CAF	002	001	000	001	001: 300	World Cup qualification 2018
Benin	CAF	002	000	000	002	00: 40	AM qualification 2015
Chinese Taipei	AFC	001	000	001	000	02: 20
Gabon	CAF	003	000	001	002	02: 60	UNIFAC Cup 1999; AM qualification 2002
Ghana	CAF	001	000	000	001	000: 100	AM qualification 2021
Guinea-Bissau	CAF	003	000	000	003	001: 500	World Cup qualification 2022
Cameroon	CAF	002	000	000	002	000: 400	Qualification for the African Nations Cup 2018
Cape Verde	CAF	002	000	000	002	002: 900	2017 AM qualification
/ Congo, People's Republic / Congo, Rep.	CAF	004th	000	001	003	01:18	Central African Games 1976; UNIFAC Cup 1999; World Cup qualification 2014
Lesotho	CAF	002	001	001	000	001-000	AM qualification 2013
Libya	CAF	004th	001	000	003	002:140	AM / WM qualification 2006, AM qualification 2017
Madagascar	CAF	002	000	000	002	002: 400	AM qualification 2019
Morocco	CAF	002	000	000	002	000: 500	2017 AM qualification
Mauritius	CAF	002	002	000	000	05: 20	AM qualification 2021
Sierra Leone	CAF	004th	002	000	002	006: 900	World Cup qualification 2002; AM qualification 2013
Sudan	CAF	001	000	000	001	00: 40	AM qualification 2021
Togo	CAF	002	000	000	002	00: 60	AM qualification 2000
Chad	CAF	002	000	000	002	00:10	Central African Games 1976; UNIFAC Cup 1999
Uganda	CAF	001	000	000	001	001: 300
Central African Republic	CAF	002	000	000	002	001: 500	Central African Games 1976; UNIFAC Cup 1999
all		47	008th	005	034	031: 118

Web links

• de.fifa.com: FIFA results list (period adjustable)