Sudan national football team

The Sudan national football team (Arabic: منتخب السودان الوطني لكرة القدم‎) represents Sudan in international football and is controlled by the Sudan Football Association, the governing body for football in Sudan. Sudan's home ground is Khartoum Stadium in Khartoum. Sudan were one of the three teams to participate in the inaugural Africa Cup of Nations in 1957, the other two being Egypt and Ethiopia.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Sudan women's national football team.

Sudan
Nickname(s)Falcons of Jediane
AssociationSudan Football Association (SFA)
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationCECAFA
(East & Central Africa)
Head coachHubert Velud
CaptainNasr Eldin El Shigail
Most capsMuhannad El Tahir (79)
Top scorerNasr El-Din Abbas (27)
Home stadiumKhartoum Stadium
FIFA codeSDN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 128 (11 June 2020)[1]
Highest74 (December 1996)
Lowest164 (July 2017)
Elo ranking
Current 138 10 (2 April 2020)[2]
Highest31 (July 1971)
Lowest155 (2018)
First international
 Sudan 5–1 Ethiopia 
(Sudan; 13 May 1956)[3]
Biggest win
 Sudan 15–0 Muscat and Oman
(Cairo, Egypt; 2 September 1965)
Biggest defeat
 South Korea 8–0 Sudan 
(Seoul, South Korea; 10 September 1979)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances8 (first in 1957)
Best resultChampions, 1970

Sudan is one of the oldest teams in Africa and has a rich history in the past 50s to 70s. They won the 1970 Africa Cup of Nations as hosts with Mustafa Azhari as their best player. After beating Ethiopia 3–0, and a 1–0 defeat to Ivory Coast, they secured a place in the semi-final by beating Cameroon 2–1. They overcame Egypt 2–1 after extra time in the semi-final, and won 1–0 against Ghana in the final to become African champions. With their top scorer and most capped player Mustafa Azhari Alawad retired later that year after not being able to carry the Sudanese team anymore, Sudanese football team started to decline and losing status as a major African and Arab power, in spite of club successes in Africa.

They went as high as 74 in the FIFA rankings. Sudan was the only East African team to qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

History

Achievements

Competitive record

Managerial history
  • Salih Rajab (1956)
  • Jozsef Hada (1957–1959)
  • Lozan Kotsev (1959-1964)
  • jiři Starosta (1964-1968)
  • Mohammed Hassan Kheiri (1968–1970)
  • Abd Al Fattah Hamed (1970-1974)
  • Ivan Yanko (1974–1976)
  • Ibrahim Kabair (1976–1978)
  • Burkhard Ziese (1978–1980)
  • Ahmed Babiker (1998-1999) (2000-2002)(2010)(2015)
  • Fawzi El Mardi (1999-2000)
  • Zoran Đorđević (2000)
  • Wojciech Lazarek (2002–2004)
  • Mohamed Abdallah (2005–2008)(2010–2015)(2016)
  • Stephen Constantine (2009–2010)
  • Hamdan Hamed (2016)
  • Zdravko Logarušić (2017–2019)
  • Hubert Velud (2020-)

Recent results and fixtures
22 March 2019 2019 AFCONQSudan 1–4 Equatorial GuineaOmdurman, Sudan
19:00 CAT
  • Bakhit  15'
 Report
Stadium: Al-Hilal Stadium
Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)
5 September 2019 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)Chad 1–3 SudanN'Djamena, Chad
15:30 UTC+1
Report
  • Agab  13', 67', 74'
 Stadium: Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya
Referee: Bangaly Konate (Guinea)
10 September 2019 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)Sudan 0–0
(3–1 agg.)		 ChadOmdurman, Sudan
19:00 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Al-Merrikh Stadium
Referee: Nelson Fred (Seychelles)
22 September 2019 2020 African Nations Championship qualificationTanzania 0–1 SudanDar es Salaam, Tanzania
19:00 UTC+3 Yasir  61' Stadium: National Stadium (Tanzania)
18 October 2019 2020 African Nations Championship qualificationSudan 1–2 TanzaniaOmdurman, Sudan
19:00 UTC+2 Amir  30' Stadium: Al-Merrikh Stadium
13 November 2019 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group CSudan 4–0 São Tomé and PríncipeOmdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan
21:00 UTC+2
Stadium: Al-Hilal Stadium
17 November 2019 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group CSouth Africa 1–0 SudanJohannesburg, South Africa
15:00 UTC+2
Stadium: Orlando Stadium
8 December 2019 2019 CECAFA CupSudan 1-1 ZanzibarKampala, Uganda
13:30 UTC+3 Muntasir  90' Khamis  55' Stadium: Lugogo Stadium
Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)
10 December 2019 2019 CECAFA CupSudan 1-2 KenyaKampala, Uganda
13:30 UTC+3 Namir  30' Hassan  65'
  • Wamalwa  76'
 Stadium: Lugogo Stadium
Referee: Tsegay Teklu Mogos (Eritrea)
14 December 2019 2019 CECAFA CupSudan 0-0 TanzaniaKampala, Uganda
16:00 UTC+3 Stadium: Lugogo Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Diraneh Guedi (Djibouti)
25 January 2020 FriendlyEritrea 0-1 Sudan
16:00 UTC+3 Yasir  30'

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Friendly Match against South Sudan 31 March 2020.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Ali Abdallah Abu Eshrein (1989-12-06) 6 December 1989 7 0 Al-Merrikh SC
1GK Monged Elneel (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 1 0 Al-Merrikh SC
1GK Ishag Adam (1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 1 0 Al-Ahly Shendi
1GK Mohamed Alnour (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 0 0 Al-Hilal Club
1GK Jahid Mahjoub (1990-01-01) 1 January 1990 0 0 Al-Merreikh SC (Al-Fasher)
2DF Amir Kamal (1992-07-24) 24 July 1992 47 1 Al-Merrikh SC
2DF Abdellatif Saeed (1989-07-28) 28 July 1989 33 0 Al-Hilal Club
2DF Faris Abdalla (1994-02-19) 19 February 1994 32 1 Al-Hilal Club
2DF Athar El Tahir (1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 28 6 Al-Hilal Club
2DF Samawal Merghani (1991-10-22) 22 October 1991 10 0 Al-Hilal Club
2DF Hussein Ibrahim (1998-09-23) 23 September 1998 6 0 Al Khartoum SC
2DF Salah Namir (1987-01-01) 1 January 1987 5 0 Al-Merrikh SC
2DF Bakhit Khamis (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 5 0 Al-Merreikh SC (Al-Fasher)
2DF Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed (2000-02-12) 12 February 2000 4 0 El-Hilal SC El-Obeid
2DF Waleed Hassan (1991-01-01) 1 January 1991 1 0 Al-Merrikh SC
2DF Salah Eldin Ibrahim (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 0 0 Al-Ahly Shendi
3MF Nasr Eldin El Shigail(Captain) (1985-04-07) 7 April 1985 56 0 Al-Hilal Club
3MF Ramadan Agab (1989-09-19) 19 September 1989 36 6 Al-Merrikh SC
3MF Abuaagla Abdalla (1993-03-11) 11 March 1993 32 1 Al-Hilal Club
3MF Moaaz Abdelraheem (1989-04-25) 25 April 1989 24 1 Al Khartoum SC
3MF Mohamed Elrasheed (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 7 1 Al-Merrikh SC
3MF Ahmed Hamid (1993-03-07) 7 March 1993 7 1 Al-Merrikh SC
3MF Mofadal Mohamed Hassan (1989-01-05) 5 January 1989 6 0 Al-Merreikh SC (Al-Fasher)
3MF Deia Eldin Mahjoub (1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 1 0 Al-Merrikh SC
3MF Ammar Taifour (1997-04-12) 12 April 1997 0 0 A.C. Bastia 1924
3MF Abdelrazig Yagoub (1993-07-18) 18 July 1993 0 0 Al-Hilal Club
3MF Musab Kurdman (2000-04-04) 4 April 2000 0 0 Al-Ahly Shendi
4FW Yasir Mozamil (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 9 3 Al-Ahly Shendi
4FW Waleed Bakhet (1998-11-11) 11 November 1998 5 0 Al-Hilal Club
4FW Mohamed Abdelrahman (1993-07-10) 10 July 1993 2 0 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
4FW Mohamed Musa Eldai (1998-10-26) 26 October 1998 2 0 Al-Hilal Club
4FW Yasin Hamed (1999-09-12) 12 September 1999 1 0 Miercurea Ciuc
4FW Saif Al Damazin (1991-01-01) 1 January 1991 0 0 Al-Merreikh SC (Al-Fasher)

Recent call-ups

Records
As of 18 October 2019

References
  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. "World Football Elo Ratings: Sudan". World Football Elo Ratings. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
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