Benin national football team

Benin
Nickname(s) Les Écureuils
(The Squirrels)
Association Fédération Béninoise de Football
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach Michel Dussuyer
Captain Stéphane Sessègnon
Most caps Stéphane Sessègnon (71)
Top scorer Stéphane Sessègnon, Razak Omotoyossi (21)
Home stadium Stade de l'Amitié
FIFA code BEN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 88 Steady (20 September 2018)
Highest 59 (November–December 2009, April 2010)
Lowest 165 (July 1996)
Elo ranking
Current 104 Decrease 1 (20 August 2018)
Highest 93 (Nov 2009 – Jan 2010)
Lowest 165 (1995-96)
First international
 Dahomey 0–1 Nigeria 
(Dahomey; 8 November 1959)
Biggest win
 Dahomey 7–0 Mauritania 
(Abidjan, Ivory Coast; 27 December 1961)
Biggest defeat
 Nigeria 10–1 Dahomey 
(Nigeria; 28 November 1959)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances 3 (first in 2004)
Best result Group stage, 2004, 2008 and 2010

The Benin national football team, nicknamed Les Écureuils (The Squirrels), is the national football team of Benin and is controlled by the Fédération Béninoise de Football. They were known as the Dahomey national football team until 1975, when Republic of Dahomey became Benin. They have never qualified for the World Cup, but have reached three recent African Nations Cups – 2004, 2008, and 2010. On 8 February 2010 after the preliminary competition from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, the Benin Football Federation dissolved the national team, coach Henri Dussuyer and his complete staff were fired.[1] On May 9, 2016, Benin was suspended from FIFA.

Competition records

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 to Mexico 1970 Did not enter Did not enter
West Germany 1974 Did not qualify 3 0 0 3 1 10
Argentina 1978 to Spain 1982 Did not enter Did not enter
Mexico 1986 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 6
Italy 1990 Did not enter Did not enter
United States 1994 Did not qualify 6 1 0 5 3 19
France 1998 Did not enter Did not enter
South Korea Japan 2002 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 1 2
Germany 2006 12 2 3 7 13 26
South Africa 2010 6 3 1 2 6 6
Brazil 2014 6 2 2 2 8 9
Russia 2018 2 1 0 1 2 3
Qatar 2022 To be determined Qualification yet to start
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined Qualification yet to start
Total − 0/21 − − − − − − 39 9 7 23 34 81

Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Ethiopia 1962 Did not enter
Ghana 1963
Tunisia 1965
Ethiopia 1968
Sudan 1970
Cameroon 1972 Did not qualify
Egypt 1974 Withdrew
Ethiopia 1976
Ghana 1978 Did not enter
Nigeria 1980 Did not qualify
Libya 1982 Did not enter
Ivory Coast 1984 Did not qualify
Egypt 1986
Morocco 1988
Algeria 1990
Senegal 1992
Tunisia 1994
South Africa 1996 Withdrew
Burkina Faso 1998 Did not qualify
Ghana Nigeria 2000
Mali 2002
Tunisia 2004 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 1 8
Egypt 2006 Did not qualify
Ghana 2008 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 1 7
Angola 2010 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 2 5
Gabon Equatorial Guinea 2012 Did not qualify
South Africa 2013
Equatorial Guinea 2015
Gabon 2017
Cameroon 2019 To be determined
Ivory Coast 2021 To be determined
Guinea 2023 To be determined
Total Group stage 3/31 9 0 1 8 4 20

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

2017

2018

2019

Players

Current squad

The following players have been selected for the AFCON qualifier match against Togo on 9 September 2018.[2]

Caps and goals updated as of 9 September 2018 after the game against Togo.[3]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Fabien Farnolle (1985-02-05) 5 February 1985 20 0 Turkey Malatyaspor
16 1GK Saturnin Allagbé (1993-11-22) 22 November 1993 12 0 France Niort
3 2DF Khaled Adénon (1985-07-28) 28 July 1985 55 2 France Amiens
4 2DF Chams Chaona (1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 1 0 Tunisia Stade Gabèsien
5 2DF Junior Salomon (1986-04-08) 8 April 1986 20 0 Nigeria Plateau United
6 2DF Olivier Verdon (1995-10-05) 5 October 1995 6 0 France Sochaux-Montbéliard
12 2DF David Kiki (1993-11-25) 25 November 1993 16 0 France Brest
13 2DF Moise Adilehou (1995-11-01) 1 November 1995 1 0 Greece Levadiakos
2DF Emmanuel Imorou (1988-09-16) 16 September 1988 10 0 France Caen
7 3MF David Djigla (1995-08-23) 23 August 1995 15 3 France Niort
8 3MF Jordan Adéoti (1989-03-12) 12 March 1989 17 0 France Auxerre
15 3MF Sessi D'Almeida (1995-11-20) 20 November 1995 2 0 England Yeovil Town
17 3MF Stéphane Sessègnon (captain) (1984-06-01) 1 June 1984 70 21 Turkey Gençlerbirliği
18 3MF Mama Séïbou (1995-12-28) 28 December 1995 22 2 France SC Toulon
20 3MF Jodel Dossou (1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 19 2 Liechtenstein Vaduz
3MF Tidjani Anaane (1997-03-27) 27 March 1997 0 0 Tunisia Ben Guerdane
9 4FW Steve Mounié (1994-09-29) 29 September 1994 10 1 England Huddersfield Town
10 4FW Mickaël Poté (1984-09-24) 24 September 1984 43 7 Cyprus APOEL
14 4FW Dègnon Koukpo (1995-04-06) 6 April 1995 12 2 Tunisia Hammam Lif
19 4FW Segbé Azankpo (1993-05-06) 6 May 1993 3 0 Slovakia FK Senica
4FW Jacques Bessan (1993-09-15) 15 September 1993 9 1 Tunisia Stade Tunisien

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for Benin in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Steve Glodjinon INJ (1993-12-18) 18 December 1993 8 0 Benin JA Cotonou v.  Tanzania, 12 November 2017
DF Nabil Yarou (1993-06-13) 13 June 1993 8 1 Benin Buffles v.  Tanzania, 12 November 2017
DF Cédric Hountondji (1994-01-19) 19 January 1994 6 0 United States New York City v.  Tanzania, 12 November 2017
MF Djiman Koukou (1990-11-14) 14 November 1990 40 1 France Lens v.  Tanzania, 12 November 2017
MF Rodrigue Fassinou (1999-05-22) 22 May 1999 11 0 Benin ASPAC v.  Tanzania, 12 November 2017
MF Ibrahim Ogoulola (2000-02-03) 3 February 2000 8 2 Benin Requins v.  Tanzania, 12 November 2017
FW Charbel Gomez (2001-01-27) 27 January 2001 8 0 Benin ÉSAÉ Sakété v.  Tanzania, 12 November 2017
FW Christian Kotchoni (1988-07-20) 20 July 1988 0 0 Benin Athletic Youth Cotonou v.  Gabon, 10 October 2017

DEC Player refused to join the team after the call-up.
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
RET Player has retired from international football.
SUS Suspended from the national team.

Records

As of 9 September 2018
Players in bold text are still active with Benin.

List of Benin managers

References

  1. ↑ Benin löst Nationalelf auf
  2. ↑ http://m.afrik-foot.com/benin-la-1ere-liste-de-dussuyer-contre-le-togo
  3. ↑ "Benin team of 2018". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams.
  4. 1 2 Mamrud, Roberto. "Benin – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
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