Sudan national football team

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Sudan
Nickname(s)Falcons of Jediane
AssociationSudan Football Association (SFA)
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationCECAFA
(East & Central Africa)
Head coachZdravko Logarušić
CaptainMuhannad El Tahir
Most capsMuhannad El Tahir (70)
Top scorerHaytham Tambal (20)
Home stadiumKhartoum Stadium
FIFA codeSDN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 128 Steady (22 December 2022)[1]
Highest74 (December 1996)
Lowest164 (July 2017)
First international
 Sudan 5–1 Ethiopia 
(Sudan; 13 May 1956)[2]
Biggest win
 Sudan 15–0 Muscat and Oman
(Cairo, Egypt; 2 September 1965)
Biggest defeat
 South Korea 8–0 Sudan 
(Seoul, South Korea; 10 September 1979)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances8 (first in 1957)
Best resultChampions, 1970

Sudan national football team is the men's national football team of Sudan.[4] Since 2019, there is also a women's national football team of Sudan.[5] Both teams have played in the Africa Cup of Nations.

References[change | change source]

  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. "World Football Elo Ratings: Sudan". World Football Elo Ratings. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  3. Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  4. "Sudan". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  5. "Sudan [Women] - Profile". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2022-07-30.