Sierra Leone national football team

Sierra Leone

Nickname(s)	Leone Stars
Association	Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Sellas Tetteh (Caretaker)
Captain	Kei Kamara
Home stadium	National Stadium
FIFA code	SLE
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	118 (5 May 2016)
Highest	50 (August 2014)
Lowest	172 (September 2007)
Elo ranking
Current	117[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 5–1 Niger  (Freetown, Sierra Leone; 7 March 1976) Sierra Leone 5–1 Niger  (Freetown, Sierra Leone; 3 June 1995) Sierra Leone 4–0 São Tomé & Príncipe  (Freetown, Sierra Leone; 22 April 2000)
Biggest defeat
Mali 6–0 Sierra Leone (Bamako, Mali; 17 June 2007)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	2 (First in 1994)
Best result	Round 1, 1994, 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, where the boys are looking to bang the goals in like there's no tomorrow.

Sierra Leone Football Achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :

• 2 Times Champion (1993, 1995)
• 2 Times Runners-up

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1970 – Did not enter
• 1974 to 1986 – Did not qualify
• 1990 – Did not enter
• 1994 – Withdrew
• 1998 to 2018 – Did not qualify

Africa Cup of Nations record

• 1957 to 1968 – Did not enter
• 1970 – Withdrew
• 1972 – Did not enter
• 1974 – Did not qualify
• 1976 – Did not enter
• 1978 – Did not qualify
• 1980 – Did not enter
• 1982 – Did not qualify
• 1984 – Did not qualify
• 1986 – Withdrew
• 1988 – Did not qualify
• 1990 – Withdrew
• 1992 – Did not qualify
• 1994 – Round 1
• 1996 – Round 1
• 1998 – Withdrew
• 2000 – Disqualified due to civil war
• 2002 to 2013 – Did not qualify
• 2015 – Did not qualify

Team schedule and results

Recent results

 Sudan v  Sierra Leone

14 June 2015 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualificiation	Sudan	1–0	Sierra Leone	Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum
20:00 UTC+3	Alagab  77' (pen.)	Report		Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)

Current Squad

The following players had been called up for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Côte d'Ivoire in September 2015.^[7] Not players who withdrew from the squad due to injury. 16 March 1993 Caps and goals updated as of 15 October 2014

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Kieron Johal	15 November 1996	0	0	Leicester City
16	GK	Unisa Koroma	26 May 1996			East End Lions F.C.
	DF	Mohamed Kamanor	15 October 1992			FC Kallon
	DF	Ibrahim Kamara				FC Johansen
	DF	Abu Kanu				Mighty Blackpool
	DF	Kemson Fofana				East End Lions F.C.
	DF	Abu Suma				FC Johansen
	MF	Mohamed Kamara	16 November 1987	19	2	Bolton Wanderers
	MF	Yeami Dunia				FC Johansen
	MF	Sorie Barrie	11 September 1996			FC Johansen
	MF	Abdul Sesay				OPS
	MF	Joshua Peter Morey			401	FC Johansen
	MF	Kwame Quee	9 July 1996	1	0	FC Johansen
	MF	Alfred Saquela				Central Parade F.C.
	FW	Kei Kamara	1 September 1984	21	4	Columbus Crew
	FW	Mohamed Bangura	27 July 1989	11	2	Dalian Yifang F.C.
	FW	Lansana Kamara				FC Kallon
	FW	Cristian Moses				FC Kallon

Recent call-ups

The following players have been selected by Sierra Leone in the past 12 months.^{[8][9] [10]} Only players available for call-up, not retired players.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Patrick Bantamoi	24 May 1986	12	0	FC Viikingit
	DF	Gibril Sankoh	15 May 1983	3	0	Roda JC Kerkrade
2	DF	Mustapha Dumbuya	7 August 1987	9	0	Partick Thistle
	DF	Samuel Bangura	23 January 1995	0	0	Marlow
3	DF	Sheriff Suma	12 October 1986	33	4	Ravan Baku
15	DF	Alie Sesay	25 July 1993	2	0	Leicester City F.C.
6	MF	John Kamara	12 May 1988	4	0	Aris
	MF	Khalifa Jabbie	20 January 1993	11	1	Sheriff Tiraspol
	MF	Ibrahim Koroma	17 May 1989	10	0	Lyngby BK
11	MF	Hassan Mila Sesay	22 October 1987	8	2	FC Lahti
10	MF	Moustapha Bangura	24 October 1989	10	2	Borac Čačak
	MF	Julius Wobay	19 May 1984	40	14	Olimpija Ljubljana
	MF	Alhassan Bangura	24 January 1988	3	0	Unattached
8	MF	Ibrahim Kallay	6 September 1993	3	0	Luleå
	MF	Alfred Sankoh	22 October 1988	4	0	Balıkesirspor
	FW	George Davies	16 November 1996	6	0	Greuther Fürth
	FW	Alhaji Kamara	16 April 1994	3	1	IFK Norrköping
9	FW	Alhassan Kamara	16 March 1993	7	0	Örebro

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Former coaches

References

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1. "World Football Elo Ratings: Africa". Eloratings.net. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
2. Courtney, Barrie (15 August 2006). "Sierra Leone – List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
3. http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/sier-intres.html
4. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/ebola-outbreak-sierra-leone-suspends-football-matches-as-virus-continues-to-sweep-through-west-africa-9647327.html
5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29621447
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVjOz-NZZdw&t=4m26s
7. Tetteh: Our mission is to get a respectable result (CAFOnline.com)
8. "Leone Stars squad to face Swaziland". Sierra Leone Football. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
9. "Sierra Leone coach McKinstry calls up Chelsea youngsters". Retrieved 2 June 2013.
10. "Leone Stars name mainly home-based squad to battle Angola". Sierra Leone Football. Retrieved 3 June 2012.

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/

External links

• Sierra Leone Football Association official site
• Sierra Leone at FIFA.com
• Sierra Leone at National-Football-Teams.com