Nigerien national football team

Niger
République du Niger

Nickname (s)

Mena

Association

Federation of Nigerien Football

confederacy

CAF

Head coach

Jean Guy Walleme (since 2019)

Home stadium

General Seyni Kountché Stadium

FIFA code

NIG

FIFA rank

112th (1179 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)

First jersey

Second jersey

statistics

First international match Niger 2-2 Chad ( Abidjan ; December 25, 1961)

Biggest win Niger 7-1 Mauritania ( Niamey ; October 12, 1990)

Biggest defeat Republic of the Congo 10-0 Niger ( Abidjan ; December 27, 1961)

Successes in tournaments

African Championship

Participation in the finals

2 ( first : 2012 )

Best results

Preliminary round ( 2012 , 2013 )

(As of September 5, 2014)

The Nigerien national soccer team , also called Mena , is the soccer team of Niger and is subordinate to the Fédération Nigérienne de Football . The Fédération Nigérienne de Football belongs to the African football association Confédération Africaine de Football .

You have not yet been able to qualify for the finals of the World Cup.

The team's greatest successes are third place at the 1986 West African Cup, the quarter-finals at the 2011 African Cup of Nations and victory over reigning Africa Cup champions Egypt in qualifying for the 2012 African Cup . This victory was the cornerstone for Niger's first participation in an African Championship . The nickname Mena is in the Hausa language the term for the Damagazelle , which is native to Niger. This animal also adorns the crest of the association and the national jersey.

Tournaments

World Championship

1966 in England	not participated
1970 in Mexico	not participated
1974 in Germany	not participated
1978 in Argentina	not qualified
1982 in Spain	not qualified
1986 in Mexico	withdrawn
1990 in Italy	not participated
1994 in the USA	not qualified
1998 in France	withdrawn
2002 in South Korea / Japan	not participated
2006 in Germany	not qualified
2010 in South Africa	not qualified
2014 in Brazil	not qualified
2018 in Russia	not qualified

African Championship

1965 to 1968 - did not take part
1970 in Sudan - did not qualifySudan 1956
1972 in Cameroon - not qualifiedCameroon 1961
1974 in Egypt - withdrawnEgypt 1972
1976 in Ethiopia - not qualifiedEthiopia 1975
1978 in Ghana - withdrawnGhana
1980 in Nigeria - withdrawnNigeria
1982 in Libya - did not participate
1984 in Ivory Coast - did not qualifyIvory Coast
1986 to 1990 - did not participate
1992 in Senegal - not qualifiedSenegal
1994 in Tunisia - not qualifiedTunisia
1996 in South Africa - withdrawnSouth Africa
1998 in Burkina Faso - not approvedBurkina Faso
2000 to 2010 - not qualified
2012 in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea - preliminary roundGabon Equatorial Guinea

2013 in South Africa - preliminary roundSouth Africa

2015 to 2019 - not qualified

African Nations Championship

2009 : not qualified
2011 : quarter-finals
2014 : not qualified
2016 : preliminary round
2018 : not qualified
2020 : qualified

2018 squad of the Nigerien national football team

The following players were called up for the games in the context of the 2018 World Cup qualification in March 2018:

As of March 29, 2016

Surname	Date of birth	Games	Gates	society
goal
Kassaly Daouda	August 19, 1983	60	00	Niger ASN Nigelec
Moussa Alzouma	September 30, 1982	07th	00	Niger AS GNN
Issa Losseiny	April 5, 1992	00	00	Niger ASFAN Niamey
Defense
Koffi Dan Kowa	September 19, 1989	58	03	Georgia FC Dila Gori
Mohamed Chikoto	February 28, 1989	47	02	Algeria ASM Oran
Mohamed Soumaïla	October 30, 1994	34	00	France Olympique Noisy-le-Sec
Kourouma Fatoukouma	July 11, 1984	28	01	Morocco Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
Amadou squad	April 5, 1989	25th	00	India Minerva Academy FC
Abdoulaye Katkoré	March 26, 1993	21st	00	Niger ASFAN Niamey
Mahamadou Souley	February 18, 1995	07th	00	Niger AS GNN
midfield
Karim Lancina	March 20, 1987	52	01	France ES Thaon
Souleymane Sacko (C)	August 1, 1987	37	03	Niger AS GNN
Ali Mohamed	August 7, 1995	24	00	Israel Maccabi Netanya
Amadou Wonkoye	May 19, 1994	12	01	currently without a club
Olivier Bonnes	February 7, 1990	12	00	Korea South Gwangju FC
Hassane Djibó	October 21, 1985	00	00	Germany NTSV beach 08
Storm
Moussa Maâzou	August 25, 1988	43	12	Denmark Randers FC
Mahamane Cisse	December 27, 1993	21st	04th	Congo Republic AC Léopards
Amadou Moutari	January 19, 1994	20th	00	Russia Anzhi Makhachkala
Victorien Adebayor	March 3, 1992	13	02	Niger AS Douanes