Guinea Bissau national football team

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Sub-confederation WAFU (West Africa) Top scorer Cícero (6) Manager Baciro Candé Captain Bocundji Ca		Head coach Baciro Candé FIFA code GNB Nickname African wild dog Arena/Stadium Estádio 24 de Setembro

Home stadium Estádio 24 de SetembroEstádio Lino Correia Current 80 12 (9 February 2017) League Confederation of African Football Association Football Federation of Guinea-Bissau

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.

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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.

Football achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :

1 Time Runners-up

World Cup record

1930 to 1994 – Did not enter

1998 to 2018 – Did not qualify

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

Kit providers

The official kit is currently manufactured by Roly. The home kit is yellow, as are the shorts. They feature black trim. The away kit is a black shirt and shorts with details in yellow.

The previous kit was red and manufactured by Lacatoni.

Current squad

A 35-man provisional squad was announced on 18 December 2016. Eliseu Cassamá and Yazalde rejected the call. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with Abudu, Guti Almada, Mama Baldé, Edelino Ié, Edouard Mendy, Formose Mendy, Mesca, Pelé, Bruno Preira, Jean-Paul Mendy, Cícero and Zé Turbo being left out of the team. Though not apart of the preliminary squad, Rui Dabó and Tomás Dabó was added to the squad. Caps and goals updated as of 22 January 2017 after the game against Burkina Faso.

Recent call-ups

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

Notes:

^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.

^RET Player has retired from international football.

^DEC Player has refused to join the team after the call-up.

^SUS Suspended from the national team.

^PRE Preliminary Squad.

References

Guinea-Bissau national football team Wikipedia

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