Somali national soccer team

Somalia
Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiga Soomaaliya

Nickname (s)	The Ocean Stars
Association	Somali Football Federation
confederacy	CAF
Technical sponsor	adidas
Head coach	Said Abdi Haibeh (since 2019)
Assistant coach	Alfred Imonje Charles Livingstone Mbebazi
captain	Yasin Ali Doesn't matter
Record scorer	Jibril Heersare
Home stadium	Mogadishu Stadium
FIFA code	SOM
FIFA rank	196. (879 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
92 games 8 wins 10 draws 74 losses
statistics
First international match North Korea 14-0 Somalia ( Jakarta , Indonesia ; November 1, 1963 )
Biggest win Somalia 5-2 Mauritania ( Rabat , Morocco ; 7 Aug 1985 )
Biggest defeat North Korea 14-0 Somalia ( Jakarta , Indonesia ; November 1, 1963 )
(Status: unknown)

The Somali national soccer team represents the East African state of Somalia in soccer.

Somalia has been playing international matches since the early 1960s, after the founding of the state. It is noteworthy that an official association has existed since 1951, when the country was still divided into British Somaliland and the trust territory of Italian Somaliland . Somalia lost all of its first international matches very clearly.

Somalia never had a major national football team, and victories are still rare today. The country has never participated in an Africa or World Cup .

Tournaments

World Championship

• before 1982 : did not participate
• 1982 : not qualified
• 1986 to 1998 : did not participate
• 2002 to 2022 : not qualified

African Championship

• 1957 to 1968 : did not participate
• 1970 : withdrawn
• 1972 : did not participate
• 1974 : did not take part
• 1976 : not qualified
• 1978 : not qualified
• 1980 : withdrawn
• 1982 : did not participate
• 1984 to 1988 : not qualified
• 1990 to 2004 : did not participate
• 2006 : not qualified
• 2008 : did not participate
• 2010 : not qualified
• 2012 to 2021 : did not participate

African Nations Championship

See also : African Nations Cup

• 2009 : did not participate
• 2011 : not qualified
• 2014 : did not participate

East / Central African Championship

• 1973 : - preliminary round
• 1974 : - preliminary round
• 1975 : - Participation unknown
• 1976 : - preliminary round
• 1977 : - Preliminary round
• 1978 : - preliminary round
• 1979 : - did not participate
• 1980 : - preliminary round
• 1981 : - Participation withdrawn
• 1982 : - did not participate
• 1983 : - Preliminary round
• 1984 : - preliminary round
• 1985 to 1992 : - did not participate
• 1994 : - preliminary round
• 1995 : - preliminary round
• 1996 : - did not participate
• 1999 to 2002  : - preliminary round
• 2003 : - did not participate
• 2004 to 2013 : - preliminary round
• 2014 : - did not participate
• 2015 : - preliminary round
• 2016 : - did not participate
• 2017 : - withdrawn
• 2018 : - did not participate
• 2019 : - Preliminary round

Trainer

• Mohamed Farayare (2010)
• Yousuf Adam Mahmoud (2010)
• Alfred Imonje (2011)
• Sam Ssimbwa (2011-2013)
• Callum Cawkwell (2013-2014)
• Sam Ssimbwa (2014-2015)
• Charles Livingstone Mbabazi (2015)
• Haruna Mawa (2016-2019)
• Bashir Hayford (2019)
• Said Abdi Haibeh (since 2019)

International matches

• List of international matches for the Somali national football team

Web links

• Official website of the Somali Football Association (English, Somali)
• All international matches for Somalia
• Somalia's association on fifa.com (German)

Individual evidence

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