List of international matches for the Somali national football team
This list contains all FIFA- approved matches played by the Somali men's national football team .
1963 to 1969
| date | opponent | result | occasion | venue | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 11/01/1963 |
 North Korea
|
0:14 | GANEFO 1963 preliminary round | Jakarta ( IDN ) | First international match, first international match against Ethiopia, biggest defeat |
| 2. | ??. 11.1963 |
 Uruguay University |
0: 9 | GANEFO 1963 preliminary round | Jakarta ( IDN ) | Unofficial international match |
| 3. | 01/05/1969 |
.svg){kind=small} Ethiopia
|
0: 7 | East African Cup 1969 preliminary round | Addis Ababa ( ETH ) | First international match against Ethiopia |
| 4th | 07/01/1969 |
 Uganda
|
1: 7 | East African Cup 1969 preliminary round | Addis Ababa ( ETH ) | First international match against Uganda |
1970 to 1979
| date | opponent | result | occasion | venue | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | 08/18/1972 |
 People's Republic of China
|
1: 3 | Friendly match | Mogadishu ( SOM ) | First international match against China |
| . | 11/24/1972 |
 Egypt
|
2: 4 | 1973 African Games / Qualification | Cairo ( ÄGY ) | First international match against Egypt |
| . | 11/28/1972 |
 Kenya
|
2: 2 | 1973 African Games / Qualification | Cairo ( ÄGY ) | First international match against Kenya |
| . | 11/30/1972 |
Uganda
|
1-0 | 1973 African Games / Qualification | Cairo ( ÄGY ) | First victory |
| . | 06/17/1973 |
People's Republic of China
|
4: 7 | Friendly match | Beijing ( CHN ) | |
| . | 08/12/1973 |
Uganda
|
2-0 | Qualification for the Africa Cup 1974 | Mogadishu ( SOM ) | |
| . | 08/27/1973 |
Uganda
|
0: 5 | Qualification for the Africa Cup 1974 | Kampala ( UGA ) | |
| . | 09/22/1973 |
Uganda
|
1: 6 | CECAFA-Cup 1973 - preliminary round | Kampala ( UGA ) | |
| . | 09/24/1973 |
.svg){kind=small} Zambia B |
1: 6 | CECAFA-Cup 1973 - preliminary round | Kampala ( UGA ) | Unofficial international match |
| . | 09/10/1974 |
.svg){kind=small} Libya
|
2: 3 | Friendly match | ? ( LBY ) | First international match against Libya |
| . | 11/03/1974 |
 Zanzibar
|
1: 2 | CECAFA Cup 1974 - preliminary round | ? ( TAN ) | First international match against Zanzibar |
| . | 04/11/1974 |
Uganda
|
1: 6 | CECAFA Cup 1974 - preliminary round | ? ( TAN ) | |
| . | 08/10/1975 |
.svg){kind=small} Burundi
|
0: 2 | Qualification for the Africa Cup of 1976 | Mogadishu ( SOM ) | First international match against Burundi |
| . | 08/24/1975 |
Burundi
|
1-0 | Qualification for the Africa Cup of 1976 | Bujumbura ( BDI ) | |
| . | 11/06/1976 |
Uganda
|
0: 2 | CECAFA Cup 1976 - preliminary round | ? ( SAN ) | |
| . | 11/08/1976 |
Zambia
|
2: 4 | CECAFA Cup 1976 - preliminary round | ? ( SAN ) | First international match against Zambia |
| . | 11/11/1976 |
Zanzibar
|
0: 1 | CECAFA Cup 1976 - preliminary round | ? ( SAN ) | |
| . | 11/12/1977 |
Egypt
|
0: 4 | 1978 African Games / Qualification | Cairo ( ÄGY ) | |
| . | 11/14/1977 |
 Sudan
|
0: 2 | 1978 African Games / Qualification | Cairo ( ÄGY ) | First international match against Sudan |
| . | 11/25/1977 |
Kenya
|
0: 1 | CECAFA Cup 1977 - preliminary round | Mogadishu ( SOM ) | |
| . | 11/30/1977 |
Zanzibar
|
1-0 | CECAFA Cup 1977 - preliminary round | Mogadishu ( SOM ) | |
| . | December 3rd, 1977 |
Uganda
|
1: 1 | CECAFA Cup 1977 - preliminary round | Mogadishu ( SOM ) | |
| . | 03/11/1978 |
 Malawi
|
1: 3 | CECAFA Cup 1978 - preliminary round | ? ( MWI ) | First international match against Malawi |
| . | 11/09/1978 |
Zambia
|
0: 4 | CECAFA Cup 1978 - preliminary round | ? ( MWI ) | |
| . | 11/11/1978 |
Kenya
|
1-0 | CECAFA Cup 1978 - preliminary round | ? ( MWI ) | |
| . | 11/13/1978 |
Uganda
|
2: 2 | CECAFA Cup 1978 - preliminary round | ? ( MWI ) |
1980 to 1989
| date | opponent | result | occasion | venue | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | July 16, 1980 |
 Niger
|
0-0 | Qualification for the Soccer World Cup 1982 | Niamey ( NGR ) | First international match against Niger |
| . | 07/27/1980 |
Niger
|
1: 1 | Qualification for the Soccer World Cup 1982 | Mogadishu ( SOM ) | |
| . | 11/17/1980 |
Tanzania
|
1: 1 | CECAFA-Cup 1980 - preliminary round | ? ( SUD ) | First international match against Tanzania |
| . | 11/20/1980 |
Sudan
|
0: 2 | CECAFA-Cup 1980 - preliminary round | ? ( SUD ) | |
| . | 09/19/1982 |
.svg){kind=small} Rwanda
|
0: 1 | Qualification for the Africa Cup in 1984 | Mogadishu ( SOM ) | First international match against Rwanda |
| . | ??. 01.1983 |
Sudan
|
1: 1 | Friendly match | ? ( SAA ) | |
| . | 11/14/1983 |
Zanzibar
|
1: 1 | CECAFA Cup 1983 - preliminary round | ? ( KEN ) | |
| . | 11/17/1983 |
Malawi
|
1: 2 | CECAFA Cup 1983 - preliminary round | ? ( KEN ) | |
| . | 11/19/1983 |
 Zimbabwe
|
1: 2 | CECAFA Cup 1983 - preliminary round | ? ( KEN ) | First international match against Zimbabwe |
| . | 11/09/1984 |
Kenya
|
1-0 | Qualification for the Africa Cup in 1986 | Mogadishu ( SOM ) | |
| . | 11/23/1984 |
Kenya
|
0: 1 n.v. 3: 4 i. E. | Qualification for the Africa Cup in 1986 | Nairobi ( KEN ) | |
| . | December 3rd, 1984 |
Zanzibar
|
2: 1 | CECAFA-Cup 1984 - preliminary round | ? ( UGA ) | |
| . | December 6, 1984 |
Malawi
|
0: 1 | CECAFA-Cup 1984 - preliminary round | ? ( UGA ) | |
| . | December 8, 1984 |
Kenya
|
1: 1 a.d. 4: 5 i. E. | CECAFA-Cup 1984 - preliminary round | ? ( UGA ) | |
| . | 08/04/1985 |
 Morocco
|
0: 3 | Pan-Arab Games 1985 Preliminary Round | Rabat ( MAR ) | First international match against Morocco |
| . | 08/07/1985 |
.svg){kind=small} Mauritania
|
5: 2 | Pan-Arab Games 1985 Preliminary Round | Rabat ( MAR ) | First international match against Mauritania, highest win |
| . | 08/10/1985 |
 Tunisia
|
1: 2 | Pan-Arab Games 1985 Preliminary Round | Rabat ( MAR ) | First international match against Tunisia |
| . | 05.10.1986 |
Uganda
|
0: 5 | Qualification for the Africa Cup in 1988 | Kampala ( UGA ) | |
| . | 07.10.1986 |
Kenya
|
1: 2 | Friendly match | ? ( KEN ) | |
| . | October 19, 1986 |
Uganda
|
0-0 | Qualification for the Africa Cup in 1988 | Mogadishu ( SOM ) |
1990 to 1999
| date | opponent | result | occasion | venue | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | 11/26/1994 |
Kenya
|
1: 3 | CECAFA-Cup 1994 - preliminary round | Nairobi ( KEN ) | |
| . | 11/29/1994 |
Tanzania
|
0: 4 | CECAFA-Cup 1994 - preliminary round | Nairobi ( KEN ) | |
| . | December 01, 1994 |
 Djibouti
|
2: 1 | CECAFA-Cup 1994 - preliminary round | Nairobi ( KEN ) | First international match against Djibouti |
| . | 11/28/1995 |
Uganda B |
1: 3 | CECAFA-Cup 1995 - preliminary round | ? ( UGA ) | Unofficial international match |
| . | December 01, 1995 |
Tanzania
|
0: 7 | CECAFA-Cup 1995 - preliminary round | ? ( UGA ) | |
| . | December 3rd, 1995 |
.svg){kind=small} Ethiopia
|
0: 5 | CECAFA-Cup 1995 - preliminary round | ? ( UGA ) | |
| . | 07/27/1999 |
 Burundi
|
0: 3 | CECAFA Cup 1999 - preliminary round | ? ( RUA ) | |
| . | 11/09/1999 |
Uganda
|
0: 2 | CECAFA Cup 1999 - preliminary round | ? ( RUA ) |
2000 to 2009
| date | opponent | result | occasion | venue | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | 04/19/2000 |
 Cameroon
|
0: 3 | Qualification for the soccer world championship 2002 | Yaoundé ( KMR ) | First international match against Cameroon |
| . | 04/23/2000 |
Cameroon
|
0: 3 | Qualification for the soccer world championship 2002 | Yaoundé ( KMR ) | |
| . | 11/19/2000 |
Djibouti
|
0-0 | CECAFA Cup 2000 - preliminary round | Kampala ( UGA ) | |
| . | 11/21/2000 |
.svg){kind=small} Ethiopia
|
1: 2 | CECAFA Cup 2000 - preliminary round | Kampala ( UGA ) | |
| . | 11/23/2000 |
Uganda A |
0: 6 | CECAFA Cup 2000 - preliminary round | Kampala ( UGA ) | |
| . | 11/26/2000 |
Burundi
|
0: 3 | CECAFA Cup 2000 - preliminary round | Kampala ( UGA ) | |
| . | 12/08/2001 |
 Rwanda A |
0: 3 | CECAFA Cup 2001 - preliminary round | ? ( RUA ) | |
| . | 12/12/2001 |
Kenya
|
0: 3 | CECAFA Cup 2001 - preliminary round | ? ( RUA ) | |
| . | 12/14/2001 |
 Eritrea
|
0-0 | CECAFA Cup 2001 - preliminary round | ? ( RUA ) | First international match against Eritrea |
| . | 12/01/2002 |
Uganda
|
0: 2 | CECAFA Cup 2002 - preliminary round | Arusha ( TAN ) | |
| . | 12/03/2002 |
Rwanda
|
0: 1 | CECAFA Cup 2002 - preliminary round | Arusha ( TAN ) | |
| . | 12/05/2002 |
Zanzibar
|
0: 1 | CECAFA Cup 2002 - preliminary round | Arusha ( TAN ) | |
| . | December 07, 2002 |
Ethiopia
|
1-0 | CECAFA Cup 2002 - preliminary round | Arusha ( TAN ) | |
| . | 11/16/2003 |
 Ghana
|
0: 5 | Qualification for the 2006 World Cup | Accra ( GHA ) | First international match against Ghana |
| . | 11/19/2003 |
Ghana
|
0: 2 | Qualification for the 2006 World Cup | Kumasi ( GHA ) | |
| . | 12/12/2004 |
Uganda
|
0: 1 | CECAFA-Cup 2004 - preliminary round | Addis Ababa ( ETH ) | |
| . | 12/14/2004 |
Kenya
|
0: 1 | CECAFA-Cup 2004 - preliminary round | Addis Ababa ( ETH ) | |
| . | 12/18/2004 |
Sudan
|
0: 4 | CECAFA-Cup 2004 - preliminary round | Addis Ababa ( ETH ) | |
| . | 11/27/2005 |
Djibouti
|
2: 1 | CECAFA-Cup 2005 - preliminary round | ? ( RUA ) | |
| . | 11/29/2002 |
Sudan
|
1: 4 | CECAFA-Cup 2005 - preliminary round | ? ( RUA ) | |
| . | 12/01/2005 |
Uganda
|
0: 7 | CECAFA-Cup 2005 - preliminary round | ? ( RUA ) | |
| . | 05/12/2005 |
 Ethiopia
|
1: 3 | CECAFA-Cup 2005 - preliminary round | ? ( RUA ) | |
| . | 11/27/2006 |
Rwanda
|
0: 3 | CECAFA Cup 2006 - preliminary round | Addis Ababa ( ETH ) | |
| . | 11/30/2006 |
Sudan
|
0: 3 | CECAFA Cup 2006 - preliminary round | Addis Ababa ( ETH ) | |
| . | December 3, 2006 |
Uganda
|
0: 2 | CECAFA Cup 2006 - preliminary round | Addis Ababa ( ETH ) | |
| . | 12/21/2006 |
Sudan
|
1: 6 | Arab Nations Cup 2009 / Qualification | Beirut ( LIB ) | |
| . | 12/24/2006 |
 Lebanon
|
0: 4 | Arab Nations Cup 2009 / Qualification | Beirut ( LIB ) | First international match against Lebanon |
| . | 12/27/2006 |
Mauritania
|
2: 8 | Arab Nations Cup 2009 / Qualification | Beirut ( LIB ) | |
| . | 11/16/2007 |
Djibouti
|
0: 1 | Qualification for the Soccer World Cup 2010 | Djibouti ( DSC ) | |
| . | 12/10/2007 |
Burundi
|
0: 3 | CECAFA Cup 2007 - preliminary round | Dar es Salaam ( TAN ) | |
| . | 12/12/2007 |
Tanzania
|
0: 1 | CECAFA Cup 2007 - preliminary round | Dar es Salaam ( TAN ) | |
| . | 12/14/2007 |
Uganda
|
0: 2 | CECAFA Cup 2007 - preliminary round | Dar es Salaam ( TAN ) | |
| . | December 23, 2008 |
Djibouti
|
3: 2 | Friendly match | Djibouti ( DSC ) | |
| . | 01/01/2009 |
 Zanzibar
|
0: 2 | CECAFA-Cup 2008 - preliminary round | Kampala ( UGA ) | |
| . | 03/01/2009 |
Tanzania
|
1-0 | CECAFA-Cup 2008 - preliminary round | Kampala ( UGA ) | |
| . | 05/01/2009 |
Rwanda
|
0: 3 | CECAFA-Cup 2008 - preliminary round | Kampala ( UGA ) | |
| . | 07/01/2009 |
Uganda
|
0: 4 | CECAFA-Cup 2008 - preliminary round | Kampala ( UGA ) | |
| . | 11/29/2009 |
Rwanda
|
0: 1 | CECAFA Cup 2009 - preliminary round | Nairobi ( KEN ) | |
| . | December 03, 2009 |
Zimbabwe
|
0: 2 | CECAFA Cup 2009 - preliminary round | Nairobi ( KEN ) | |
| . | 05.12.2009 |
Eritrea
|
1: 3 | CECAFA Cup 2009 - preliminary round | Nairobi ( KEN ) |
2010 to 2019
| date | opponent | result | occasion | venue | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | 01/08/2010 |
Djibouti
|
1-0 | Qualification for the African Nations Cup 2011 | Djibouti ( DSC ) | |
| . | 03/27/2010 |
Tanzania
|
0: 6 | Qualification for the African Nations Cup 2011 | ? ( TAN ) | |
| . | 11/27/2010 |
Burundi
|
0: 2 | CECAFA-Cup 2010 - preliminary round | Dar es Salaam ( TAN ) | |
| . | 11/30/2010 |
Tanzania
|
0: 3 | CECAFA-Cup 2010 - preliminary round | Dar es Salaam ( TAN ) | |
| . | December 03, 2010 |
 Zambia
|
0: 6 | CECAFA-Cup 2010 - preliminary round | Dar es Salaam ( TAN ) | |
| . | 11/01/2011 |
Djibouti
|
0: 1 | Friendly match | Djibouti ( DSC ) | |
| . | 11/12/2011 |
Ethiopia
|
0-0 | Qualification for the Football World Cup 2014 | Djibouti ( DSC ) | |
| . | 11/16/2011 |
Ethiopia
|
0: 5 | Qualification for the Football World Cup 2014 | Addis Ababa ( ETH ) | |
| . | 11/25/2011 |
Burundi
|
1: 4 | CECAFA Cup 2011 - preliminary round | Dar es Salaam ( TAN ) | |
| . | 11/27/2011 |
Uganda
|
0: 4 | CECAFA Cup 2011 - preliminary round | Dar es Salaam ( TAN ) | |
| . | December 01, 2011 |
Zanzibar
|
0: 3 | CECAFA Cup 2011 - preliminary round | Dar es Salaam ( TAN ) | |
| . | 11/25/2012 |
Burundi
|
1: 5 | CECAFA-Cup 2012 - preliminary round | Kampala ( UGA ) | |
| . | 11/28/2012 |
Sudan
|
0: 1 | CECAFA-Cup 2012 - preliminary round | Kampala ( UGA ) | |
| . | December 01, 2012 |
Tanzania
|
0: 7 | CECAFA-Cup 2012 - preliminary round | Kampala ( UGA ) | |
| . | 11/28/2013 |
Burundi
|
0: 2 | CECAFA-Cup 2013 - preliminary round | Machakos ( KEN ) | |
| . | December 01, 2013 |
Tanzania
|
0: 1 | CECAFA-Cup 2013 - preliminary round | Nairobi ( KEN ) | |
| . | 04/12/2013 |
Zambia
|
0: 4 | CECAFA-Cup 2013 - preliminary round | Nakuru ( KEN ) | |
| . | 09/10/2015 |
Niger
|
0: 2 | Qualification for the Football World Cup 2018 | Addis Ababa ( ETH ) | |
| . | 13/10/2015 |
Niger
|
0: 4 | Qualification for the Football World Cup 2018 | Niamey ( NGR ) | |
| . | 11/22/2015 |
Tanzania
|
0: 4 | CECAFA-Cup 2015 - preliminary round | Addis Ababa ( ETH ) | |
| . | 11/25/2015 |
Ethiopia
|
0: 2 | CECAFA-Cup 2015 - preliminary round | Awassa ( ETH ) | |
| . | 11/27/2015 |
Rwanda
|
0: 3 | CECAFA-Cup 2015 - preliminary round | Awassa ( ETH ) | |
| . | 04/22/2017 |
 South Sudan
|
1: 2 | Qualification for the African Nations Cup 2018 | Djibouti ( DSC ) | First international match against South Sudan |
| . | 04/30/2017 |
South Sudan
|
0: 2 | Qualification for the African Nations Cup 2018 | Juba ( SSD ) | |
| . | 01/06/2019 |
Djibouti
|
4: 1 | Friendly match | Djibouti ( DSC ) | |
| . | 07/22/2019 |
Djibouti
|
0: 1 | Friendly match | Djibouti ( DSC ) | |
| . | 07/27/2019 |
Uganda
|
1: 3 | Qualification for the African Nations Cup 2020 | Djibouti ( DSC ) | |
| . | 08/03/2019 |
Uganda
|
1: 4 | Qualification for the African Nations Cup 2020 | Kampala ( UGA ) | |
| . | 05.09.2019 |
Zimbabwe
|
1-0 | Qualification for the soccer World Cup 2022 | Djibouti ( DSC ) | |
| . | 09/10/2019 |
Zimbabwe
|
1: 3 | Qualification for the soccer World Cup 2022 | Harare ( SIM ) | |
| . | 07/12/2019 |
Djibouti
|
0-0 | CECAFA Cup 2019 - preliminary round | Kampala ( UGA ) | |
| . | December 09, 2019 |
Uganda
|
0: 2 | CECAFA Cup 2019 - preliminary round | Kampala ( UGA ) | |
| . | December 13, 2019 |
Burundi
|
1-0 | CECAFA Cup 2019 - preliminary round | Kampala ( UGA ) | |
| . | December 15, 2019 |
Eritrea
|
0-0 | CECAFA Cup 2019 - preliminary round | Kampala ( UGA ) |
Web links
- de.fifa.com: FIFA results database
- RSSSF.com: Somalia matches from 1963 to 2015 on RSSSF
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