Manager Luis Fernández Captain Fodé Camara | Head coach Lappé Bangoura Top scorer Pascal Feindouno (25) Founded 1960 Arena/Stadium Stade du 28 Septembre | |
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Nickname(s) Syli Nationale(National Elephants) Association | ||
Guinea mali can orange 2015 28 01 2015
The Guinea national football team, nicknamed Syli nationale (National Elephants), is the national team of Guinea and is controlled by the Fédération Guinéenne de Football. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals, and their best finish in the Africa Cup of Nations was second in the 1976. The team reached the quarter-finals in four recent tournaments (2004, 2006, 2008, 2015).
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- History
- Achievements
- World Cup record
- Results and fixtures
- Current squad
- Recent call ups
- Previous squads
- References
Zimbabwe national football team take aim at guinea
History
Guinea made their footballing debut in an away friendly on 9 May 1962, losing 2–1 against Togo. In 1963, Guinea entered its first qualification campaign for an Africa Cup of Nations, the 1963 tournament in Ghana. Drawn in a two-legged qualifier against Nigeria, Guinea drew the first leg 2–2 away on 27 July, and on 6 October won 1–0 at home to win 3–2 on aggregate. They were later disqualified for using Guinean officials in the second leg, and Nigeria went through to the finals in their place. In 1965, Guinea entered qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia and was placed in Group A with Senegal and Mali. On 28 February they lost 2–0 in Senegal before beating them 3–0 at home on 31 March, Senegal's win over Mali allowed them to qualify instead of Guinea.
During the 1976 African Nations Cup the Guinean team finished second to Morocco, only missing out on the championship by a point.
In 2001 FIFA expelled the country from the qualification process of the 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2002 African Cup of Nations due to government interference in football. They returned to international action in September 2002 after a two-year ban from competition. In the 2004 African Cup of Nations Guinea reached the quarter finals, scoring the first goal against Mali before ultimately losing 2–1, conceding the winning goal in the last minute of the match. Guinea reached the quarter final stage again in the 2006 tournament, taking the lead against Senegal before losing 3–2. 2008 saw Guinea reach the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations for a third successive tournament, only to suffer a 5–0 defeat against Côte d'Ivoire.
In 2012 Guinea beat Botswana 6–1 in the group stage of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, becoming the first side to score six goals in an Africa Cup of Nations game since Côte d'Ivoire in 1970. The team subsequently exited the tournament at the group stage after a draw against Ghana.
On 4 January 2016, CAF lifted a ban on Guinea playing their home international in Guinea after it was declared free of Ebola by the U.N. World Health Organization in December 2015.
Achievements
Amilcar Cabral Cup :World Cup record
Results and fixtures
2016
Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against DR Congo on 13 November 2016.
Caps and goals updated as of 13 November 2016 after the game against DR Congo.
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for Guinea in the last 12 months.
Previous squads
Africa Cup of Nations