Guinea national football team

Guinea

Nickname(s)	Syli Nationale (National Elephants)
Association	Fédération Guinéenne de Football
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Luis Fernández
Captain	Kamil Zayatte
Top scorer	Pascal Feindouno (28)
Home stadium	Stade du 28 Septembre
FIFA code	GUI
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	58 (5 May 2016)
Highest	22 (August 2006)
Lowest	123 (May 2003)
Elo ranking
Current	65 (31 March 2015)
Highest	23 (1977)
Lowest	125 (June 1996)
First international
Togo 2–1 Guinea  (Togo; 9 May 1962)
Biggest win
Guinea 14–0 Mauritania  (Guinea; 20 May 1972)
Biggest defeat
Zaire 6–0 Guinea  (Zaire; 2 July 1972)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	11 (First in 1970)
Best result	Second place; 1976

The Guinea national football team, nicknamed Syli nationale (National Elephant), 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 three successive tournaments (2004, 2006, 2008).

History

Guinea made their footballing debut in an away friendly on 9 May 1962, losing 2–1 against Togo.^[1] 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.^[2]

During the 1976 African Nations Cup the Guinean team finished second to Morocco, only missing out on the championship by a point.^[3][4]

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.^[5] They returned to international action in September 2002 after a two-year ban from competition.^[6] 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.^[7] Guinea reached the quarter final stage again in the 2006 tournament, taking the lead against Senegal before losing 3–2.^[8] 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.^[9]

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.^[10] The team subsequently exited the tournament at the group stage after a draw against Ghana.^[11]

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.^[12]

Achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :

• 5 Times Champion (1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 2005)

• 1 Time Runners-up

Competition records

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1962 – Did not enter
• 1966 – Withdrew
• 1970 – Entry not accepted by FIFA
• 1974 to 1998 – Did not qualify
• 2002 – Did not qualify
• 2006 to 2014 – Did not qualify

Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1963	Disqualified
1965	Did Not Qualify
1968
1970	Group Stage	6th	3	0	2	1	4	7
1972	Did Not Qualify
1974	Group Stage	5th	3	1	1	1	4	4
1976	Runners-Up	2nd	6	3	3	0	11	7
1978	Did Not Qualify
1980	Group Stage	7th	3	0	1	2	3	5
1982	Did Not Qualify
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994	Group Stage	11th	2	0	0	2	1	3
1996	Did Not Qualify
1998	Group Stage	5th	3	1	1	1	3	3
2000	Did Not Qualify
2002	Disqualified
2004	Quarter-Finals	7th	4	1	2	1	5	5
2006	Quarter-Finals	6th	4	3	0	1	9	4
2008	Quarter-Finals	8th	4	1	1	2	5	10
2010	Did Not Qualify
2012	Group Stage	9th	3	1	1	1	7	3
2013	Did Not Qualify
2015	Quarter-Finals	8th	4	0	3	1	3	6
2017	TBD
2019
2021
2023	Qualified as host
Total	11/30	0 Titles	39	11	15	13	55	57

Other Tournaments

Year	Round
1989 Peace and Friendship Cup	Group Stage

Results and fixtures

The following matches were played or are scheduled to be played by the national team in the current or upcoming seasons.

2015

Guinea  v Senegal 

13 January 2015 Friendly	Guinea	2–5	Senegal	Casablanca, Morocco
15:30 UTC+0	Constant  75' (pen.) Conté  90'	Report	N'Doye  30', 45' Kara  57' Souare  72' Moussa Konaté  81'	Stadium: Stade Larbi Benbarek

Ivory Coast  v Guinea 

20 January 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Group Stage	Ivory Coast	1–1	Guinea	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
16:00 UTC+0	Doumbia  72'	Report	M. Yattara  36'	Stadium: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo Attendance: 14,875 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

Cameroon  v Guinea 

24 January 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Group Stage	Cameroon	1–1	Guinea	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
19:00 UTC+0	Moukandjo  13'	Report	Traoré  42'	Stadium: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Tessema Bamlak (Ethiopia)

Guinea  v Mali 

28 January 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Group Stage	Guinea	1–1	Mali	Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea
18:00 UTC+0	Constant  15' (pen.)	Report	Maïga  47'	Stadium: Estadio de Mongomo Attendance: 13,470 Referee: Mohamed Said Kordi (Tunisia)

Ghana  v Guinea 

1 February 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Quarter-final	Ghana	3–0	Guinea	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
16:00 UTC+0	Atsu  4', 61' Appiah  44'	Report		Stadium: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo Attendance: 13,470 Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Algeria on 9 October and Morocco on 12 October 2015.^[13]
Caps and goals updated as 6 September 2015 after the match against Zimbabwe.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Naby Yattara	12 January 1984	44	0	Free agent
	GK	Abdul Aziz Keita	17 June 1990	10	0	Kaloum Star
	DF	Fodé Camara	17 August 1988	18	0	Horoya
	DF	Issiaga Sylla	1 January 1994	17	0	Gazélec Ajaccio
	DF	Baissama Sankoh	20 March 1992	9	0	Brest
	DF	Ibrahima Sory Bangoura	25 July 1987	13	0	Horoya
	DF	Lamin Diallo	31 August 1991	0	0	Šenčur
	DF	Mohammed Diarra	2 June 1992	7	1	OB
	DF	Sékou Condé	9 June 1993	0	0	Olimpik Donetsk
	DF	Fousseni Bamba	19 April 1994	0	0	Ayia Napa
	MF	Ibrahima Conté	3 April 1991	31	1	Anderlecht
	MF	Sadio Diallo	28 December 1990	22	7	Bastia
	MF	Kévin Constant	15 May 1987	22	4	Bologna
	MF	Naby Keïta	10 February 1995	13	0	Red Bull Salzburg
	MF	Lanfia Camara	3 October 1986	9	0	Patro Eisden Maasmechelen
	MF	Oumar Diop	12 November 1992	1	0	Free agent
	FW	Lass Bangoura	30 March 1992	22	1	Rayo Vallecano
	FW	Mohamed Yattara	28 July 1993	18	7	Standard Liège
	FW	Idrissa Sylla	3 December 1990	15	3	Anderlecht
	FW	Seydouba Soumah	11 June 1991	14	6	Al-Qadsia
	FW	Sékou Keita	12 December 1994	2	0	Evian TG

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for Guinea within the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Nouhan Condé	22 July 1995	0	0	Satellite	v.  Zimbabwe, 6 September 2015
GK	Youssouf Touré	5 October 1985	2	0	Kaloum Star	v.  Swaziland, 12 June 2015
GK	Adama Koné	26 December 1989	1	0	Noisy-le-Sec	v.  Swaziland, 12 June 2015
DF	Florentin Pogba	19 August 1990	11	0	Saint-Étienne	v.  Zimbabwe, 6 September 2015
DF	Ben Youssouf Camara	1 February 1987	2	0	Horoya	v.  Zimbabwe, 6 September 2015
DF	Kamil Zayatte	7 March 1985	43	4	Al-Raed	v.  Swaziland, 12 June 2015
DF	Abdoulaye Cissé	30 November 1994	10	0	Angers	v.  Swaziland, 12 June 2015
DF	Alsény Camara	1 July 1996	2	0	Kaloum Star	v.  Swaziland, 12 June 2015
DF	Ismaël Karba Bangoura	8 November 1994	0	0	Fidelis Andria	v.  Swaziland, 12 June 2015
MF	Boubacar Fofana	6 November 1989	14	0	Nacional	v.  Zimbabwe, 6 September 2015
MF	Guy-Michel Landel	7 July 1990	4	1	Gençlerbirliği	v.  Swaziland, 12 June 2015
MF	Yalany Baio	10 October 1994	0	0	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	v.  Chad, 6 June 2015
FW	François Kamano	2 May 1996	5	1	Bastia	v.  Zimbabwe, 6 September 2015
FW	Demba Camara	7 November 1994	4	0	Gaziantepspor	v.  Zimbabwe, 6 September 2015
FW	Alkhali Bangoura	8 January 1996	0	0	Étoile du Sahel	v.  Zimbabwe, 6 September 2015
FW	Ibrahima Traoré	21 April 1988	33	8	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v.  Zimbabwe, 6 September 2015 ^DEC
FW	Mathias Pogba	19 August 1990	2	0	Partick Thistle	v.  Swaziland, 12 June 2015
FW	Pépé Guilavogui	2 June 1993	0	0	Eldense	v.  Chad, 6 June 2015
FW	Ismaël Bangoura	2 January 1985	48	11	Nantes	v.  Chad, 6 June 2015

Notes

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

Coaches

• Petre Moldoveanu (1976–1977)^[14]
• Serge Devèze (1992–1993)
• Boro Primorac (1994)
• Mykhaylo Fomenko (1994)
• Volodymyr Muntyan (1995–1998)
• Henri Stambouli (1998–99)
• Bruno Metsu (2000)
• Bernard Simondi (2000–01)
• Michel Dussuyer (2002–2004)
• Patrice Neveu (2004–06)
• Robert Nouzaret (2006–09)
• Titi Camara (2009)
• Mamadi Souaré (2009–10)
• Michel Dussuyer (2010–13)
• Michel Dussuyer (2014–15)
• Luis Fernández (2015–)

Head-to-Head records against other countries

Opponent GP W D L GF GA GD  Algeria 11 5 3 3 17 14 +3  Angola 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2  Bahrain 1 0 0 1 0 3 –3  Benin 1 1 0 0 5 2 +3  Botswana 5 5 0 0 18 2 +16  Burkina Faso 14 6 1 7 22 22 0  Burundi 3 0 3 0 4 4 0  Cameroon 12 1 5 6 11 18 –7  Cape Verde 7 3 2 2 9 6 +3  Central African Republic 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1  Chad 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3  Congo 5 2 3 0 7 2 +5  DR Congo 3 1 1 1 5 6 –1  Egypt 7 2 2 3 17 18 –1  Ethiopia 7 4 2 1 13 6 +7  Gabon 3 0 2 1 4 5 –1  Gambia 23 7 11 4 31 21 +10  Ghana 18 4 4 10 18 31 –13  Guinea-Bissau 13 5 4 4 22 17 +5  Iran 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1  Iraq 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1  Ivory Coast 16 1 4 11 13 31 –18  Kenya 8 4 0 4 12 10 +2  Lesotho 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3  Liberia 12 5 5 2 16 11 +5  Libya 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3  Madagascar 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3  Malawi 6 3 2 1 10 7 +3  Mali 39 13 18 8 42 40 +2  Mauritania 12 8 4 0 32 6 +26  Mauritius 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1  Morocco 13 2 6 5 12 16 –4  Mozambique 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6  Namibia 7 5 2 0 13 2 +11  Niger 7 4 0 3 11 8 +3  Nigeria 12 3 5 4 12 14 –2  Rwanda 1 0 1 0 1 1 0  Senegal 43 13 8 22 49 63 –14  Sierra Leone 23 10 6 7 27 14 +13  South Africa 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3  Sudan 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7  Swaziland 1 0 0 1 1 2 –1  Tanzania 3 2 0 1 9 7 +2  Togo 17 10 4 3 26 13 +13  Tunisia 17 7 3 7 18 25 –7  Uganda 6 3 1 2 12 10 +2  Venezuela 1 0 0 1 1 2 –1  Zaire 4 2 0 2 8 7 +1  Zambia 4 2 0 2 10 8 +2  Zimbabwe 9 4 3 2 9 5 +4 References Barrie Courtney. "Guinea - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2014-05-25. "Guinea - List of International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 February 2012. "Guinea: Country Info". FIFA. Retrieved 1 February 2012. "African Nations Cup 1976". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 February 2012. "Fifa confirm Guinea ban". BBC Sport. 19 March 2001. Retrieved 18 January 2013. "Guinea make their return". BBC Sport. 5 September 2002. Retrieved 18 January 2013. "Mali squeeze through". BBC Sport. 7 February 2004. Retrieved 18 January 2013. "Guinea 2-3 Senegal". BBC Sport. 3 February 2006. Retrieved 18 January 2013. "Quarter-finals: Civ 5-0 Gui". BBC Sport. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2013. "Nations Cup: Guinea crush Botswana". BBC Sport. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013. "Nations Cup: Ghana through after 1-1 draw with Guinea". BBC Sport. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013. "Soccer-Guinea cleared to host matches after being declared Ebola-free". uk.reuters.com/. Reuters. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016. "La sélection de la Guinée en amical contre l’Algérie et le Maroc". africatopsports.com. Retrieved 29 September 2015. Petre Moldoveanu who won the CAF Champions League in 1975 with Hafia Football Club was appointed manager of Guinea and led his side to the 1976 African Cup of Nations finals.