São Tomé and Príncipe national football team

São Tomé and Príncipe

Nickname(s)	Seleção dos Falcões e Papagaios (The Falcons and True Parrots Team)
Association	Federação Santomense de Futebol
Sub-confederation	UNIFFAC (Central Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	António do Rosário
Home stadium	Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho
FIFA code	STP
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	157 36 (5 November 2015)
Highest	115 (March 2012)
Lowest	200 (September 2007)
First international
Chad 5–0 São Tomé & Príncipe (Gabon; June 29, 1976)

The São Tomé and Príncipe national football team is the national association football team of São Tomé and Príncipe and is controlled by the Federação Santomense de Futebol. It is a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and FIFA.

History

São Tomé and Príncipe's first match was against Chad in Gabon as part of the Central African Games. They lost by a score of 5–0. Their next game was a horrendous 11–0 loss to Congo, São Tomé's largest loss to date. São Tomé ended off the competition with a 2–1 loss to Central African Republic.

After an eleven-year break, São Tomé lost to Guinea Bissau 2–0 and more importantly picked up their first points via a draw versus Angola. This was a major upset, as Angola was a prominent figure in South African football, later appearing in the World Cup, and São Tomé had lost all four matches before their draw.

The Green and Yellows took another lengthy break, this time for nine years, before a string of matches including their first win against Equatorial Guinea, 2–0 in 1999. They won the next game after that, against Sierra Leone, 2–0. This two-in-a-row streak accompanied with a draw a few matches later placed them at their highest FIFA ranking to date, 179.

In 2003, São Tomé lost to Libya 1–0 and 8–0, which was a major blow to their previous success. São Tomé did not participate in the qualification for the 2010 World Cup, withdrawing before their first match, leaving them unranked in the FIFA rankings because they did not play any matches for four years.

On 11 November 2011, after an eight-year hiatus, São Tomé and Príncipe participated in the qualification for the 2014 World Cup, losing to Congo 5–0 at home, then drawing the same team four days later, 1–1. São Tomé were reinstated in the FIFA rankings on 23 November 2011, entering at number 192.

Competition records

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1990 – Did not enter
• 1994 – Withdrew
• 1998 – Did not enter
• 2002 to 2006 – Did not qualify
• 2010 – Withdrew
• 2014 to 2018 – Did not qualify

Africa Cup of Nations record

• 1957 to 1998 – Did not enter
• 2000 – Did not qualify
• 2002 – Did not qualify
• 2004 – Withdrew
• 2006 – Did not qualify
• 2008 – Did not enter
• 2010 – Withdrew
• 2012 – Did not enter
• 2013 to 2015 – Did not qualify

Results and fixtures

2015

Cape Verde v São Tomé and Príncipe

13 June 2015 (2015-06-13) 2017 ACN qual	Cape Verde	7–1	São Tomé and Príncipe	Praia, Cape Verde
16:00 UTC−1	Djaniny  10', 73' Rocha  17' (pen.) Rodrigues  38' Fortes  41' Babanco  51' (pen.) Tavares  75'	Report	Leal  54'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde Referee: Mahmoud Ashour (Egypt)

São Tomé and Príncipe v Morocco

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) 2017 ACN qual	São Tomé and Príncipe	0–3	Morocco	São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
15:30 UTC±0		Report	Amrabat  34' El Arabi  38' Dirar  41'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho Referee: João Goma (Angola)

São Tomé and Príncipe v Ethiopia

8 October 2015 2018 WC qual	São Tomé and Príncipe	1–0	Ethiopia	São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
15:00 UTC±0	Leal  87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho Referee: Alhadi Mahamat (Chad)

Ethiopia v São Tomé and Príncipe

11 October 2015 2018 WC qual	Ethiopia	3–0	São Tomé and Príncipe	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
16:00 UTC+3	Fekadu  1' Panom  48' (pen.) Lok  75'	Report		Stadium: Addis Ababa Stadium Referee: Jean Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda)

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against Ethiopia on 11 October 2015.

Caps and goals correct as of the match on 11 October 2015.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Dungue (1983-02-24) 24 February 1983 5 0 UDESCAI 12 1GK Aldair D'Almeida (1989-09-09) 9 September 1989 0 0 Sporting Praia Cruz 2 2DF Ivonaldo Mendes (1993-05-05) 5 May 1993 3 0 Sporting Praia Cruz 3 2DF Jordão Diogo (captain) (1985-11-12) 12 November 1985 2 0 Kerkyra 4 2DF Luis Taraveira (1985-02-17) 17 February 1985 1 0 Sporting Praia Cruz 13 2DF William Barbosa (1983-12-18) 18 December 1983 3 0 Oliveira do Bairro 6 3MF Francisco do Nascimento (1983-01-16) 16 January 1983 9 0 Vitória FC 7 3MF Jair Nunes (1994-09-15) 15 September 1994 8 3 Sporting Praia Cruz 15 3MF Ludgério Silva (1986-08-14) 14 August 1986 1 0 Bravos do Maquis 17 3MF Joazhifel Soares (1991-01-19) 19 January 1991 9 0 Sporting Praia Cruz 20 3MF Abel Fernandes (1985-05-02) 2 May 1985 0 0 Sporting Clube do Príncipe 5 4FW Yoruba Pinto (1985-05-20) 20 May 1985 1 0 Almada 8 4FW Juary Cardoso (1992-12-30) 30 December 1992 7 0 Sporting Praia Cruz 9 4FW Jony Ramos (1986-05-12) 12 May 1986 3 0 US Lusitanos Saint-Maur 10 4FW José Varela (1991-12-22) 22 December 1991 9 1 Sporting Praia Cruz 11 4FW Harramiz Soares (1990-08-03) 3 August 1990 2 0 Farense 14 4FW Mariano Lima (1989-10-10) 10 October 1989 2 0 18 4FW Luís Leal (1987-05-29) 29 May 1987 4 2 Belenenses

External links

• National Federation website