Guinea-Bissau national football team

Guinea-Bissau
Nickname(s) Djurtus
Association Federação de Futebol da Guiné-Bissau
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach Baciro Candé
Captain Zezinho
Most caps Lino (36)
Top scorer Cícero (6)
Home stadium Estádio 24 de Setembro
Estádio Lino Correia
FIFA code GNB
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 121 Steady (20 September 2018)
Highest 68 (November 2016–January 2017)
Lowest 195 (February–March 2010)
Elo ranking
Current 139 Increase 2 (30 August 2018)
Highest 98 (1984)
Lowest 157 (23 April 2000, 10 June 2001)
First international
 British Gambia 1–3 Portuguese Guinea
(British Gambia; June 2, 1952)
Biggest win
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 7–2 Benin 
(Bamako, Mali; November 3, 2001)
Biggest defeat
 Guinea 7–0 Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau
(Conakry, Guinea; July 22, 2017)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances 1 (first in 2017)
Best result Group stage; 2017

The Guinea-Bissau national football team is the national team of Guinea-Bissau and is controlled by the Federação de Futebol da Guiné-Bissau. They are a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

History

Guinea-Bissau entered their first FIFA World Cup qualification with the aim of reaching the 1998 World Cup in France. The first round of African qualification required for them to play Guinea in a two-legged match. The first leg was held at home in the Estadio 24 de Setembro in Bissau on 1 June 1996 with an attendance of 15,000. Guinea-Bissau went 2–0 up at half-time after strikes from Tavares Pereira in 11th and 36th minutes. Guinea's Titi Camara equalised with his own brace in the 53rd and 54th minutes. Guinea-Bissau's Co Cipriano won the game with a 60th-minute penalty to make it 3–2.[1]

The away leg was held at the Stade du 28 Septembre in Conakry. Momo Soumah of Guinea scored to equalise the aggregate at half-time before Co Cipriano scored for Guinea-Bissau to put his side 4–3 up. However, another goal from Soumah equalised the aggregate and Tibou Bangoura of Guinea won the match with his goal that made it 5–4 on aggregate.[2]

Football achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :
  • 1 Time Runners-up

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 Part of  Portugal Part of  Portugal
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978 Did not enter Declined participation
Spain 1982
Mexico 1986
Italy 1990
United States 1994
France 1998 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 4 5
South Korea Japan 2002 2 0 1 1 0 3
Germany 2006 2 0 0 2 1 4
South Africa 2010 2 0 1 1 0 1
Brazil 2014 2 0 1 1 1 2
Russia 2018 2 0 1 1 2 4
Qatar 2022 To be determined To be determined
United States Canada Mexico 2026 To be determined To be determined
Total 0/21 12 1 4 7 8 19

Africa Cup of Nations record

  • 1957 to 1992 – Did not enter
  • 1994 – Did not qualify
  • 1996 – Withdrew during qualifying
  • 1998 – Banned for withdrawing in 1996
  • 2000 – Did not enter
  • 2002 – Withdrew
  • 2004 – Withdrew
  • 2006 – Did not qualify
  • 2008 – Did not enter
  • 2010 to 2015 – Did not qualify
  • 2017 – Group Stage

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

2017

2018

2019

Players

Current squad

The following players have been selected for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Zambia on 10 and 14 October 2018.[3]
Caps and goals updated as of 8 September 2018 after the game against Mozambique.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Jonas Mendes (1989-11-20) 20 November 1989 28 0 Portugal Académico Viseu
12 1GK Rui Dabó (1994-10-05) 5 October 1994 1 0 Portugal Armacenenses
2 2DF Eliseu Cassamá (1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 3 0 Portugal Rio Ave
3 2DF Edi Gomes (1988-11-17) 17 November 1988 3 1 Iceland Hafnarfjarðar
4 2DF Tomás Dabó (1993-10-20) 20 October 1993 6 0 Italy Rieti
5 2DF Rudinilson Silva (1994-08-20) 20 August 1994 11 0 Morocco Olympique Khouribga
6 2DF Bacar Baldé (1992-01-15) 15 January 1992 18 1 Armenia Gandzasar Kapan
14 2DF Juary Soares (1992-02-20) 20 February 1992 12 1 Portugal Mafra
16 2DF Agostinho Soares (1990-01-27) 27 January 1990 9 0 Portugal Covilhã
23 2DF João Ricciulli (1999-10-10) 10 October 1999 0 0 Portugal Sporting CP U23
7 3MF Zezinho (c) (1992-09-23) 23 September 1992 28 2 Slovakia Senica
8 3MF Francisco Júnior (1992-01-18) 18 January 1992 7 0 Norway Strømsgodset
19 3MF Leonel Ucha (1988-05-09) 9 May 1988 1 0 Portugal Sintrense
20 3MF Sori Mané (1996-04-03) 3 April 1996 4 0 Portugal Cova Piedade
10 3MF Pelé (1991-09-29) 29 September 1991 3 0 Monaco Monaco
9 4FW Carlos Embaló (1994-11-25) 25 November 1994 2 1 Italy Palermo
11 4FW Jorge Intima (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 2 0 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
13 4FW Frédéric Mendy (1988-09-18) 18 September 1988 8 3 Portugal Vitória de Setúbal
15 4FW Toni Silva (1993-09-15) 15 September 1993 8 1 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
17 4FW João Mário (1993-10-11) 11 October 1993 6 0 Portugal Académico Viseu
18 4FW Piqueti (1993-02-12) 12 February 1993 13 1 Italy Varese

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for Guinea-Bissau in the last 12 months.[4]

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Nelson Correia (2000-10-04) 4 October 2000 0 0 France Le Havre v.  Burkina Faso, 22 March 2018
DF Mamadú Candé (1990-08-29) 29 August 1990 15 0 Portugal Santa Clara v.  Burkina Faso, 22 March 2018
DF Lamine Bá (1994-04-04) 4 April 1994 0 0 Portugal Chaves B v.  Cape Verde, 7 November 2017
MF Romario Vieira (1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 1 0 England Leeds United v.  Burkina Faso, 22 March 2018
MF Saná (1991-12-29) 29 December 1991 3 0 Portugal Leixões v.  Cape Verde, 7 November 2017
FW Jefferson Encada (1998-04-17) 17 April 1998 0 0 Portugal Vitória de Guimarães v.  Mozambique, 8 September 2018
FW Aldair Baldé (1992-01-31) 31 January 1992 3 1 Portugal Gil Vicente v.  Burkina Faso, 22 March 2018
FW Esmaël Gonçalves (1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 1 0 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent v.  Burkina Faso, 22 March 2018
FW Joseph Mendes (1991-03-30) 30 March 1991 0 0 France Ajaccio v.  Burkina Faso, 22 March 2018
FW Abel Camará (1990-01-06) 6 January 1990 5 0 Kazakhstan Irtysh v.  Cape Verde, 7 November 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 10 October 2018
Players in bold text are still active with Guinea Bissau.

References

  1. ↑ "CAF – 1998 FIFA WORLD CUP PRELIMINARIES". Allworldcup.narod.ru. 1996-06-01. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
  2. ↑ "CAF – 1998 FIFA WORLD CUP PRELIMINARIES". Allworldcup.narod.ru. 1996-06-16. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
  3. ↑ http://www.soudjurtu.com/2018/10/operacao-zambia-dois-regressos-nos.html
  4. ↑ soudjurtu.com (in Portuguese). Soudjurtu. 7 November 2017 http://www.soudjurtu.com/2017/11/djurtus-lista-de-convocados-para-o.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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