Sierra Leone national football team
| Shirt badge/Association crest | |||
| Nickname(s) | Leone Stars | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 121  (5 November 2015) |
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| Highest | 50 (August 2014) | ||
| Lowest | 172 (September 2007) | ||
| First international | |||
 Sierra Leone 0–2 Nigeria  (Freetown, Sierra Leone; 10 August 1949)[1] |
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| 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.
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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.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4] The Sierra Leonean national team isn't allowed to play home games and all players must be foreign based.[5]
Sierra Leone Football Achievements
- Amilcar Cabral Cup :
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- 2 Times Champion (1993, 1995)
- 2 Times Runners-up
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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
| 14 June 2015 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualificiation |
 Sudan |
1–0 |  Sierra Leone |
Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum |
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| 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.[6] Not players who withdrew from the squad due to injury. 16 March 1993 Caps and goals updated as of 15 October 2014
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Recent call-ups
The following players have been selected by Sierra Leone in the past 12 months.[7][8] [9] Only players available for call-up, not retired players.
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Former coaches
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/sier-intres.html
- ↑ 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
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29621447
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVjOz-NZZdw&t=4m26s
- ↑ Tetteh: Our mission is to get a respectable result (CAFOnline.com)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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External links
- Sierra Leone Football Association official site
- Sierra Leone at FIFA.com
- Sierra Leone at National-Football-Teams.com
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