Sao Tome and Principe national soccer team

São Tomé and Príncipe
República Democratica de São Tomé e Príncipe

Nickname (s)

Falcões e Papagaios

Association

Federação Santomense de Futebol

confederacy

CAF

Technical sponsor

Lacatoni

Head coach

Gustave Clément Nyoumba (since 2011)

Home stadium

Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho

FIFA code

STP

FIFA rank

181. (923 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)

First jersey

Second jersey

Balance sheet

47 games
8 wins
5 draws
34 losses

statistics

First international match, Chad 5-0 São Tomé & P. ( Libreville , Gabon ; June 29, 1976)

Biggest wins São T. & Pr. 2-0 eq. Guinea (Libreville, Gabon; November 14, 1999) São T. & Pr. 2-0 Sierra Leone ( São Tomé ; April 8, 2000) São T. & Pr . 3: 1 Mauritius ( Belle Vue Harel , MRI ; October 9, 2019)

Biggest defeat Congo 11-0 São Tomé & Prín. (Libreville, Gabon; July 7, 1976)

(As of November 18, 2019)

The São Tomé national football team represents the African island state São Tomé and Príncipe in football . It reports to the national football association Federação Santomense de Futebol .

São Tomé and Príncipe has been taking part in official FIFA tournaments since 1994. The national soccer team of the African island state São Tomé and Príncipe is one of the weakest in the world. The team has not yet managed to qualify for a football World Cup or the Africa Cup .

Tournaments

World Championship

before 1986 : did not participate as not a member of FIFA
1986 : did not take part
1990 : did not participate
1994 : withdrawn before qualification began
1998 : did not participate
2002 : not qualified
2006 : not qualified
2010 : withdrawn before qualification began
2014 : not qualified
2018 : not qualified
2022: not qualified

African Championship

before 1988 : did not take part as not a member of the CAF
1988 : did not participate
1990 : did not participate
1992 : did not participate
1994 : did not participate
1996 : did not participate
1998 : did not participate
2000 : not qualified
2002 : not qualified
2004 : withdrawn
2006 : not qualified
2008 : did not participate
2010 : withdrawn
2012 : did not participate
2013 : not qualified
2015 : not qualified
2017 : not qualified
2019 : not qualified
2021 : Qualification is still ongoing

African Nations Championship

2009 : did not participate
2011 : did not participate
2014 : did not participate
2016 : not participated
2018 : not qualified
2020 : withdrawn

Trainer

Germany Rudi Gutendorf (1984–1985)
Sao Tome and Principe Gustave Clément Nyoumba (since 2011)

Web links

Individual evidence

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

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