List of international matches for the Eritrean national football team

This list contains all the games of the Eritrean men's national football team since the Eritrean Football Association joined FIFA .

Legend

This section serves as a legend for the following tables.

• A = away game
• H = home game
• * = Play on a neutral place
• WM = World Championship
• AC = Africa Cup
• n / a = after extension
• i. E. = on penalties
• green background color = victory of the Eritrean team
• yellow background color = tie
• red background color = defeat of the Eritrean team

List of games

1998 to 1999

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	Remarks
001	0Oct. 4, 1998	1: 3	Mozambique	A.	Maputo ( MOZ )	AC qualification 2000	First official international match. First international goal. First defeat. First away defeat
002	Jan. 23, 1999	0-0	Cameroon	H	Asmara	AC qualification 2000	First international game against Cameroon. First home game. First home draw. First goalless game
003	Feb. 28, 1999	0: 5	Ghana	*	Dakar ( SEN )	AC qualification 2000	First international match against Ghana. First defeat against Ghana. First international match in a neutral position
004th	0June 6, 1999	0: 1	Cameroon	A.	Yaoundé ( CMR )	AC qualification 2000	First loss to Cameroon
005	June 19, 1999	1-0	Mozambique	H	Asmara	AC qualification 2000	First win. First home win. First win against Mozambique
006th	0July 3, 1999	0: 1	Zimbabwe	H	Asmara	AC qualification 2000	First international match against Zimbabwe
007th	July 18, 1999	2: 6	Senegal	A.	Dakar ( SEN )	AC qualification 2000	First international match against Senegal
008th	July 28, 1999	0: 1	Kenya	*	Kigali ( RWA )		First international match against Kenya
009	Aug 15, 1999	0: 4	Zimbabwe	A.	Harare ( ZIM )	AC qualification 2000
010	Aug 20, 1999	0: 2	Senegal	H	Asmara	AC qualification 2000

2000 to 2009

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	Remarks
011	0Apr 9, 2000	0-0	Nigeria	H	Asmara	World Cup qualification 2002	First international match against Nigeria
012	Apr 22, 2000	0: 4	Nigeria	A.	Lagos ( NGA )	World Cup qualification 2002
013	0July 2, 2000	1: 5	Sudan	A.	Khartoum ( SUD )	AC qualification 2002	First international match against Sudan
014th	July 15, 2000	2: 1	Sudan	H	Asmara	AC qualification 2002
015th	Oct 28, 2000	0: 1	Rwanda	A.	Kigali ( RWA )		First international match against Rwanda
016	Nov 20, 2000	0-0	Kenya	*	Kampala ( UGA )
017th	Nov 25, 2000	1: 1	Rwanda	*	Kampala ( UGA )
018th	Dec 10, 2001	1: 2	Kenya	*	Kigali ( RWA )
019th	Dec 12, 2001	0: 1	Rwanda	A.	Kigali ( RWA )
020th	Dec 14, 2001	0-0	Somalia	*	Kigali ( RWA )		First international match against Somalia
021st	Dec 17, 2001	0: 1	Kenya	*	Kigali ( RWA )
022nd	08 Sep 2002	0: 1	Seychelles	A.	Victoria ( SEY )	AC qualification 2004	First international match against the Seychelles
023	Oct 12, 2002	0: 1	Zimbabwe	H	Asmara	AC qualification 2004
024	0Dec. 1, 2002	1: 1	Burundi	*	Arusha ( TAN )		First international match against Burundi
025th	0Dec. 4, 2002	2: 1	Sudan	*	Arusha ( TAN )
026th	0Dec 6, 2002	1: 4	Kenya	*	Arusha ( TAN )
027	0Dec 8, 2002	1: 1	Tanzania	A.	Arusha ( TAN )		First international match against Tanzania First away draw
028	30th Mar 2003	0: 2	Mali	H	Asmara	AC qualification 2004
029	0June 7, 2003	0: 1	Mali	A.	Bamako ( MLI )	AC qualification 2004
030th	June 21, 2003	1-0	Seychelles	H	Asmara	AC qualification 2004
031	0July 5, 2003	0: 2	Zimbabwe	A.	Harare ( ZIM )	AC qualification 2004
032	Oct 12, 2003	0: 3	Sudan	A.	Khartoum ( SUD )	World Cup qualification 2006
033	Nov 16, 2003	0-0	Sudan	H	Asmara	World Cup qualification 2006
034	Nov 30, 2003	1: 2	Uganda	*	Kassala ( SUD )		First international match against Uganda
035	0Dec 2, 2003	2: 3	Kenya	*	Kassala ( SUD )
036	Nov 30, 2005	2: 3	Rwanda	A.	Kigali ( RWA )
037	0Dec 2, 2005	0-0	Burundi	*	Kigali ( RWA )
038	0Dec 4, 2005	0: 1	Tanzania	*	Kigali ( RWA )
039	0Sep 2 2006	0: 1	Kenya	A.	Nairobi ( KEN )	AC qualification 2008
040	0Oct 7, 2006	0-0	Swaziland	H	Asmara	AC qualification 2008	First international match against Swaziland
041	0Jan. 7, 2007	1: 4	Yemen	A.	Sanaa ( YEM )		First international game against Yemen, first international game against a non-African team
042	25th Mar 2007	1: 6	Angola	A.	Luanda ( ANG )	AC qualification 2008	First international match against Angola. Biggest defeat
043	May 21, 2007	1-0	Sudan	H	Asmara
044	May 26, 2007	1: 1	Sudan	H	Asmara
045	0June 2, 2007	1: 1	Angola	H	Asmara	AC qualification 2008
046	June 16, 2007	1-0	Kenya	H	Asmara	AC qualification 2008
047	0Sep 9 2007	0-0	Swaziland	A.	Manzini ( SWZ )	AC qualification 2008
048	Nov 30, 2007	0: 1	Sudan	A.	Omdurman ( SUD )
049	0Dec 3, 2007	0: 1	Sudan	A.	Omdurman ( SUD )
050	0Dec 9, 2007	1: 2	Rwanda	*	Dar es Salaam ( TAN )
051	Dec 11, 2007	2: 3	Djibouti	*	Dar es Salaam ( TAN )		First international match against Djibouti
052	Dec 14, 2007	3: 2	Uganda	*	Dar es Salaam ( TAN )
053	Dec 17, 2007	1: 2	Burundi	*	Dar es Salaam ( TAN )
054	0Dec 3, 2009	1: 2	Rwanda	*	Nairobi ( KEN )
055	0Dec 5, 2009	3: 1	Somalia	*	Nairobi ( KEN )		Supreme victory
056	0Dec 8, 2009	0: 4	Tanzania	*	Nairobi ( KEN )

Since 2010

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	Remarks
057	Aug 19, 2011	0: 3	Sudan	H	Asmara
058	Nov 11, 2011	1: 1	Rwanda	H	Asmara	World Cup qualification 2014
059	Nov 15, 2011	1: 3	Rwanda	H	Asmara	World Cup qualification 2014
060	Nov 29, 2012	2: 3	Malawi	*	Kampala ( UGA )		First international match against Malawi
061	0Dec 1, 2012	0: 2	Rwanda	*	Kampala ( UGA )
062	Nov 29, 2013	0: 4	Sudan	*	Machakos ( KEN )
063	0Dec 2, 2013	0: 3	Uganda	*	Nairobi ( KEN )
064	0Dec 5, 2013	0: 1	Rwanda	*	Machakos ( KEN )
065	Oct 10, 2015	0: 2	Botswana	H	Asmara	World Cup qualification 2018	First international match against Botswana
065	Oct 13, 2015	1: 3	Botswana	A.	Francistown ( BOT )	World Cup qualification 2018

statistics

Only the official international matches are taken into account in the statistics.

Legend

• Sp. = Games
• Sg. = Victories
• Uts. = Tie
• Ndl. = Defeats
• Background color green = positive balance
• Background color yellow = balanced balance
• Background color red = negative balance

opponent

country	Continental Association	Sp.	Sg.	Uts.	Ndl.	Goal difference
Angola	CAF	2	0	1	1	2: 7
Botswana	CAF	2	0	0	2	1: 5
Burundi	CAF	3	0	2	1	2: 3
Djibouti	CAF	1	0	0	1	2: 3
Ghana	CAF	1	0	0	1	0: 5
Yemen	AFC	1	0	0	1	1: 4
Cameroon	CAF	2	0	1	1	0: 1
Kenya	CAF	8th	1	1	6th	5:12
Malawi	CAF	1	0	0	1	2: 5
Mozambique	CAF	2	1	0	1	2: 3
Nigeria	CAF	1	0	0	1	0: 4
Rwanda	CAF	10	0	2	8th	7:17
Senegal	CAF	2	0	0	2	2: 8
Seychelles	CAF	2	1	0	1	1: 1
Zimbabwe	CAF	4th	0	0	4th	0: 8
Somalia	CAF	2	1	1	0	3: 1
Sudan	CAF	11	3	2	6th	7:20
Swaziland	CAF	2	0	2	0	0-0
Tanzania	CAF	3	0	1	2	1: 6
Uganda	CAF	3	1	0	2	4: 7

Continental Associations

Continental Association	Sp.	Sg.	Uts.	Ndl.	Goal difference
AFC (Asia)	1	0	0	1	01: 04
CAF (Africa)	64	8th	14th	42	41: 117
CONCACAF (North and Central America)	0	0	0	0	0-0
CONMEBOL (South America)	0	0	0	0	0-0
OFC (Oceania)	0	0	0	0	0-0
UEFA (Europe)	0	0	0	0	0-0
total	65	8th	14th	43	42: 121

Web links

• List of international matches on the FIFA website