Benin national football team

Benin

Nickname(s)	Les Écureuils (The Squirrels)
Association	Fédération Béninoise de Football
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Oumar Tchomogo (caretaker)
Captain	Stéphane Sessègnon
Top scorer	Razak Omotoyossi (21)
Home stadium	Stade de l'Amitié
FIFA code	BEN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	78 25 (3 December 2015)
Highest	59 (November 2009, April 2010)
Lowest	165 (July 1996)
First international
Dahomey 0–1 Nigeria (Dahomey; 8 November 1959)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	3 (First in 2004)
Best result	Round 1
Website	http://www.febefoot.com/

The Benin national football team, nicknamed Les Écureuils (The Squirrels), is the national football team of Benin and is controlled by the Fédération Béninoise de Football. They were known as the Dahomey national football team until 1975, when Republic of Dahomey became Benin. They have never qualified for the World Cup, but have reached three recent African Nations Cups – 2004, 2008, and 2010. On 8 February 2010 after the preliminary competition from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, the Benin Football Federation dissolved the national team, coach Henri Dussuyer and his complete staff were fired.

Competition records

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1970 – Did not enter
• 1974 – Did not qualify
• 1978 to 1982 – Did not enter
• 1986 – Did not qualify
• 1990 – Did not enter
• 1994 – Did not qualify
• 1998 – Did not enter
• 2002 to 2018 – Did not qualify

Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1962	Did Not Enter
1963
1965
1968
1970
1972	Did Not Qualify
1974	Withdrew
1976
1978	Did Not Enter
1980	Did Not Qualify
1982	Did Not Enter
1984	Did Not Qualify
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996	Withdrew
1998	Did Not Qualify
2000
2002
2004	Group Stage	16th	3	0	0	3	1	8
2006	Did Not Qualify
2008	Group Stage	15th	3	0	0	3	1	7
2010	Group Stage	14th	3	0	1	2	2	5
2012	Did Not Qualify
2013
2015
2017	To Be Determined
Total	3/29	0 Titles	9	0	1	8	4	20

West African Nations Cup

West African Nations Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1982	Group Stage	6th	3	0	2	1	4	8
1983	Did Not Enter
1984	Group Stage	5th	4	0	0	4	3	9
1986	Did Not Enter
1987	Group Stage	7th	3	0	2	1	3	7
Total	3/5	0 Titles	10	0	4	6	10	24

WAFU Nations Cup

WAFU Nations Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
2010	Group Stage	7th	3	0	1	2	0	5
2011	Did Not Enter
2013	Fourth Place	4th	4	0	2	2	5	6
Total	2/3	0 Titles	7	0	3	4	5	11

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

This is a list of matches over the past twelve months and any future scheduled matches.

Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Competition
12 October 2014	Dar-es-Salaam	Tanzania	1-4	Friendly match
13 November 2014	Agadir	Morocco	1-6	Friendly match
14 June 2015	Bata	Equatorial Guinea	1-1	2017 AFCON qualification
6 September 2015	Cotonou	Mali	1-1	2017 AFCON qualification

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Burkina Faso in November 2015.
Caps and goals as of 17 November 2015, after the match against Burkina Faso.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Saturnin Allagbé (1993-11-22) 22 November 1993 10 0 Niort 1GK Fabien Farnolle (1984-09-21) 21 September 1984 10 0 Le Havre 1GK Christophe Aifimi 0 0 AS Tanda 2DF Khaled Adénon (1985-07-28) 28 July 1985 46 1 Amiens SC 2DF David Kiki (1993-11-25) 25 November 1993 4 0 Niort 2DF Séïdou Barazé (1990-10-20) 20 October 1990 12 0 Al-Fahaheel FC 2DF Éric Tossavi (1992-05-24) 24 May 1992 1 0 Avrankou Omnisport 2DF Emmanuel Imorou (1988-09-16) 16 September 1988 9 0 Caen 2DF Junior Salomon (1986-04-08) 8 April 1986 15 0 Bayelsa United 2DF Lazadi Fousséni (1993-06-30) 30 June 1993 1 0 Bayelsa United 3MF Stéphane Sessègnon (captain) (1984-06-01) 1 June 1984 58 15 West Bromwich Albion 3MF Djiman Koukou (1990-11-14) 14 November 1990 28 1 Niort 3MF Jodel Dossou (1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 9 0 SC Austria Lustenau 3MF Mama Séïbou (1995-12-28) 28 December 1995 8 0 ASPAC 3MF Sessi D'Almeida (1995-11-20) 20 November 1995 1 0 PSG 3MF Jordan Adéoti (1989-03-12) 12 March 1989 11 1 Caen 3MF Arsène Loko Africa Sports 3MF Bello Babatounde (1989-10-06) 6 October 1989 10 3 Spartak Trnava 4FW Mickaël Poté (1984-09-24) 24 September 1984 32 4 Adana Demirspor 4FW Rudy Gestede (1988-10-10) 10 October 1988 8 3 Aston Villa 4FW Frédéric Gounongbé (1988-05-01) 1 May 1988 3 1 Westerlo 4FW Abdel Fadel Suanon (1995-06-24) 24 June 1995 8 1 Dhamak 4FW Steve Mounié (1994-09-29) 29 September 1994 1 0 Nîmes 4FW Jacques Bessan (1993-09-15) 15 September 1993 4 0 CA Bizertin

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Steve Glodjinon	(1993-12-18) 18 December 1993	1	0	Energie FC	v. Mali, 14 September 2015
DF	Réda Johnson	(1988-03-21) 21 March 1988	11	0	Coventry City	v. Morocco, 14 November 2014
DF	Antonin Kassa	(1993-10-25) 25 October 1993	1	0	Energie FC	v. Mali, 14 September 2015
DF	Badarou Nafiou	(1991-07-18) 18 July 1991	6	0	ASO Chlef	v. Morocco, 14 November 2014
DF	Fortuné Oré	(1997-10-26) 26 October 1997	6	0	USS Kraké	v. Morocco, 14 November 2014
DF	Jean Ogouchi	(1996-11-23) 23 November 1996	6	0	Cercle Mbéri Sportif	v. Morocco, 14 November 2014
DF	Didier Sossa	(1993-11-13) 13 November 1993	2	0	USS Kraké	v. Tanzania, 12 October 2014
MF	Chamsdine Chaona		0	0	Sunshine Stars FC	v. Mali, 14 September 2015
MF	David Djigla	(1995-08-23) 23 August 1995	7	1	Niort	v. Mali, 14 September 2015
MF	Jonathan Tinhan	(1989-06-01) 1 June 1989	0	0	Red Star	v. Morocco, 14 November 2014
FW	Razak Omotoyossi	(1985-10-08) 8 October 1985	51	21	Olympic Safi	v. Morocco, 14 November 2014
FW	Friday Martins	(1990-02-03) 3 February 1990	1	0	Chabab Houara	v. Morocco, 14 November 2014
FW	Mohamed Aoudou	(1989-11-30) 30 November 1989	15	2	JS Saoura	v. Tanzania, 12 October 2014
FW	Adjai Moussa-Ajayi Musa	(1993-12-21) 21 December 1993	2	1	Buffles FC	v. Tanzania, 12 October 2014

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List of Benin managers

• Serge Devèze
• Wabi Gomez
• Peter Schnittger (1992)
• Moise Ekoue (1993)
• Cecil Jones Attuquayefio (2003–2004)
• Hervé Revelli (2004)
• Edmé Codjo (2005–2007)
• Didier Notheaux (2007)
• Reinhard Fabisch (2007–2008)
• Michel Dussuyer (2008–2010)
• Jean-Marc Nobilo (2010)
• Denis Goavec (2010–2011)
• Edmé Codjo (2011–2012)
• Manuel Amoros (2012–2014)
• Didier Ollé-Nicolle (2014)
• Oumar Tchomogo (2015-)