Somaliland national football team

Somaliland
Association Somaliland Football Association
Confederation ConIFA
Head coach Omar Abdillahi
Captain Abdirahman Jama
Most caps Abdillahi Nur
Top scorer Mohamed Jama (football player)
Home stadium Hargeysa National Stadium
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Somaliland 2–2 Sealand 
Biggest win
 Somaliland 5–1 Tamil Eelam 
ConIFA World Football Cup
Appearances 1 (first in 2016)
Confederations Cup
Appearances 1
Best result 10

The Somaliland national football team is the football team that represents Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as a de facto state. Although Somaliland is a de facto state, it has not yet received international de jure recognition. Somaliland is not a member of FIFA and CAF; it is, instead, an associate member of ConIFA, an association established in 2014 of teams from dependencies, unrecognised states, minorities, stateless peoples, regions and micronations that are not affiliated with FIFA.[1][2][3]

History

The Somaliland Football Association currently runs a national league which consists of 12 semi-professional clubs sponsored or backed by both public and private organisations.The Association also holds a bi-annual inter-regional football tournament, in which all 13 regions participate in groups stages held across the country, with the final 4 group winners contesting the semi-finals in the capital Hargeisa.

The Somaliland Football Association for the first time in Somaliland’s existence took part in an international tournament in the conifa world cup 2016 hosted by Abkhazia.[4][5] Somaliland was drawn in group D alongside Panjab and Sápmi. Losing both games Somaliland went on to play two further games against fellow runners up, the Chagos Islands and Székely Land. Somaliland went on to finish in 10th overall in the competition.[6]

Following ConIFA's annual conference Somaliland Football Team was invited to compete at the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup, where it finished tenth out of twelve teams.

Stadium

Hargeisa football stadium is used a few times.Such as matches against fellow cities like gabiley and berbera,It is now completed the reconstruction.

Coaches

Name abdinasir jama Nat Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Efficiency %
Omar Abdillahi Somaliland 2014 – Present %

Players

*As of May 2015 for the ConIFA World Cup 2016.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Mohamed Guleed Abdi (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 0 0 Germany Stahler SC
22 1GK Ayanle Ahmed (1991-03-30) 30 March 1991 3 0
23 1GK Nasir Dualeh (1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 4 0
2 2DF Guleed Abdillahi (1993-04-12) 12 April 1993 4 0 Somaliland Kooxda Gaashan
3 2DF Abdillahi Nur (1993-11-26) 26 November 1993 7 0 England Edgware Town F.C.
4 2DF Abdirahim Sultan (1987-07-05) 5 July 1987 4 0
5 2DF Guiled Adan (1991-01-10) 10 January 1991 4 0
13 2DF Guled Egal (1991-06-19) 19 June 1991 4 0
6 3MF Omar Abdillahi (1986-10-12) 12 October 1986 5 0 Wales Pontypridd Town A.F.C.
7 3MF Omar Sharif Omar (1995-01-01) 1 January 1995 4 0 England Coventrians FC
8 3MF Khalid Jama (1993-07-01) 1 July 1993 4 0
10 3MF Abdikarim Guji (1992-12-03) 3 December 1992 4 0 Somaliland Dawlada Hoose DHH
11 3MF Mohamed kabade (1988-06-01) 1 June 1988 4 0 Somaliland Dawlada Hoose DHH
9 4FW Mahamoud Hassan (1984-07-25) 25 July 1984 4 2 Somaliland Dawlada Hoose DHH
12 4FW Abdirahman Ali (1993-09-16) 16 September 1993 5 3
15 4FW Faisal Mohammed (1993-11-20) 20 November 1993 3 0
14 4FW Liban Mohammed (1994-08-07) 7 August 1994 4 2

Eligible Players

Association Officials

Name Position
Somaliland Ilyas Mohamed Chairman
Somaliland Guiled Adan General Secretary
Somaliland Hassan Abdalla Country Co-ordinator
Somaliland Liban Essa Assistant Manager

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Unrecognized - Roads & Kingdoms". roadsandkingdoms.com. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Somaliland | CONIFA". www.conifa.org. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  3. ↑ "Somaliland". ConIFA.
  4. ↑ "At Outsiders' 'World Cup,' Somaliland Team Sees Way To Give Back". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Pender, Kieran (3 June 2016). "'Listening to our anthem was really emotional': the World Cup for unrecognized states". Retrieved 16 June 2017 – via The Guardian.
  6. ↑ "Rankings". conifa.org. Retrieved 16 June 2017.


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