Sierra Leone national football team

Sierra Leone
Nickname(s) Leone Stars
Association Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA)
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach Sellas Tetteh
Captain Umaru Bangura
Home stadium Freetown National Stadium
FIFA code SLE
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 96 Increase 1 (20 October 2016)
Highest 50 (August 2014)
Lowest 172 (September 2007)
Elo ranking
Current 113[1]
Highest 59 (15 January 1996)
Lowest 156 (7 June 2008)
First international
Sierra Leone 0–2 Nigeria 
(Freetown, Sierra Leone; 10 August 1949)[2]
Biggest win
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 5–1 Niger 
(Freetown, Sierra Leone; 7 March 1976)
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 5–1 Niger 
(Freetown, Sierra Leone; 3 June 1995)
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 4–0 São Tomé & Príncipe 
(Freetown, Sierra Leone; 22 April 2000)
Biggest defeat
 Mali 6–0 Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
(Bamako, Mali; 17 June 2007)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances 2 (first in 1994)
Best result Group stage, 1994 and 1996

The Sierra Leone national football team is the national team of the Republic of Sierra Leone was controlled by the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), The team is affiliated to the West African Football Union of CAF and they have never qualified for the World Cup.

History

Sierra Leone's first match was at home on 10 August 1949 against another British colony, Nigeria, and was lost 2–0. In 1954 they played another British colony and British administered U.N trust territory, Gold Coast and Trans-Volta Togoland (now Ghana, and lost 2–0 away. On 22 April 1961 they again hosted Nigeria and lost 4–2. On 12 November 1966 they hosted Liberia in their first match against a non-British colony and earned their first draw, 1–1. A week later, they lost 2–0 in Liberia. On 13 January 1971 Sierra Leone played their first match against a non-African team, West Germany's B-team. The match in Sierra Leone was won 1–0 by the Germans. Sierra Leone's first match outside of Africa was also their first against an Asian nation, China. They lost 4–1 in China on 5 April 1974.[3]

2014 Ebola Outbreak

In August 2014, the Sierra Leone FA cancelled all football matches in an effort to stop the spread of the 2014 Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone, a week after the Liberian FA did the same.[4] Sierra Leonean players playing outside of Sierra Leone, such as Michael Lahoud playing in the United States, were discriminated against, with opposition players refusing to swap shirts, shake hands and allow them to certain places of the stadium just because they fear that they could be carrying the disease.[5] The Sierra Leonean national team isn't allowed to play home games and all players must be foreign based.[6] In 2016 Sierra Leone entered the Grecian Shield at Exeter university on Sunday 13 March.

Sierra Leone Football Achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :
  • 2 Times Champion (1993, 1995)
  • 2 Times Runners-up

World Cup record

Africa Cup of Nations record

Results and fixtures

2016

Players

Current Squad

The following players were called up for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against  Ivory Coast on 3 September 2016.[7]
Caps and goals updated as of 3 September 2016 after the game against Côte d'Ivoire.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Solomon Morris (1990-06-16) 16 June 1990 17 0 France US Quevilly
1GK Unisa Koroma (1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 1 0 Sierra Leone East End Lions
1GK Alhaji Dauda Conteh 0 0 Sierra Leone Diamond Stars

2DF Umaru Bangura (c) (1987-10-07) 7 October 1987 42 2 Switzerland FC Zürich
2DF David Simbo (1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 18 0 Belarus Krumkachy Minsk
2DF Yeami Dunia (1996-12-16) 16 December 1996 11 0 Sierra Leone FC Johansen
2DF Abu Kanu (1991-05-12) 12 May 1991 8 0 Sierra Leone Mighty Blackpool
2DF Mohamed Kamanor (1992-10-15) 15 October 1992 5 0 Sierra Leone FC Kallon
2DF Gibril Sankoh (1983-05-15) 15 May 1983 3 0 China Meizhou Hakka
2DF Abu Suma (1994-07-15) 15 July 1994 3 0 Sierra Leone FC Johansen
2DF Ibrahim Kamara 0 0 Sierra Leone Mighty Blackpool
2DF Mohamed Bangura (1992-12-12) 12 December 1992 0 0 Sierra Leone Ports Authority
2DF Kemson Fofanah (1995-01-23) 23 January 1995 0 0 Sierra Leone East End Lions

3MF Julius Wobay (1984-05-19) 19 May 1984 28 0 Slovenia Olimpija
3MF Mohamed Kamara (1987-11-16) 16 November 1987 26 1 England Bolton Wanderers
3MF Khalifa Jabbie (1993-01-20) 20 January 1993 14 2 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
3MF Alfred Sankoh (1988-10-22) 22 October 1988 12 0 Turkey Balikesirspor
3MF Kwame Quee (1996-07-09) 9 July 1996 12 0 Sierra Leone FC Johansen
3MF John Kamara (1988-05-12) 12 May 1988 9 1 Latvia Riga FC
3MF Hassan Sesay (1987-10-22) 22 October 1987 7 0 Finland FC Lahti
3MF Prince Barrie 0 0 Sierra Leone FC Kallon
3MF Ibrahim Kaba (1996-04-08) 8 April 1996 0 0 Sierra Leone FC Kallon

4FW Kei Kamara (1984-09-01) 1 September 1984 25 4 United States New England Revolution
4FW Mohamed Bangura (1989-07-27) 27 July 1989 19 2 China Dalian Yifang F.C.
4FW George Davies (1996-11-16) 16 November 1996 8 0 Germany Greuther Fürth
4FW Abdul Sesay (1991-09-30) 30 September 1991 5 1 Finland OPS
4FW Sheka Fofanah (1995-02-01) 1 February 1995 4 2 Denmark VB
4FW Christian Moses (1993-08-10) 10 August 1993 3 0 Sierra Leone FC Lion Pride
4FW Sorie Barrie (1996-09-11) 11 September 1996 3 0 Sierra Leone FC Johansen
4FW Donald Wellington (1992-09-10) 10 September 1992 2 0 Sierra Leone East End Lions
4FW Abu Bakar Mansaray 2 0 Sierra Leone Old Edwardians

Recent call-ups

The following players have been selected in the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Aziz Deen-Conteh (1993-01-14) 14 January 1993 2 0 Georgia (country) FC Zugdidi v.  Gabon, 25 March 2016
DF Sulaiman Bangura (1992-11-01) 1 November 1992 1 0 Sweden FC Linköping v.  Malawi, 22 March 2016
DF Osman Kamara (1989-02-12) 12 February 1989 1 0 Free agent v.  Malawi, 22 March 2016

MF Moustapha Bangura (1989-10-24) 24 October 1989 15 3 Serbia Borac Cacak v.  Sudan, 4 June 2016
MF Ibrahim Kallay (1993-09-06) 6 September 1993 7 0 Sweden Luleå v.  Sudan, 4 June 2016
FW Lansana Kamara (1992-06-10) 10 June 1992 3 0 Sweden Umeå FC v.  Sudan, 4 June 2016

FW Alhassan Kamara (1993-01-13) 13 January 1993 14 4 Sweden Orebro v.  Sudan, 4 June 2016
FW Teteh Bangura (1989-12-27) 27 December 1989 12 4 Sweden GAIS v.  Sudan, 4 June 2016
FW Alhaji Kamara (1994-04-16) 16 April 1994 6 2 United States D.C. United v.  Sudan, 4 June 2016

References

http://www.footballsierraleone.net/sierra-leone-to-host-the-elephants-of-ivory-coast-in-abidjan/

http://www.footballsierraleone.net/sierra-leone-1-malawi-1-international-friendly/

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