Sierra Leone national football team
The men 's national soccer team of Sierra Leone has so far - with the exception of regional competitions - can still win no significant sporting successes. Since between 1992 and 2002 in Sierra Leone civil war was raging, the game operation the domestic league was often interrupted, so that no professional sports structures could arise.
The local football association was founded in 1967. In the founding year you were admitted to FIFA.
The nickname of the national team Leone Stars is, the players of the youth teams are Sierra Stars (U -17) or Shooting Stars (U -23) called. The players in the women's national hot Sierra Queens.
Achievements
One of the biggest international successes of the Sierra Leonean national football team include the 1-0 win against South Africa on 14 June 2008 and 0-0 in Pretoria on June 21, 2008, both as part of the qualification for the World Cup 2010 and the African Cup of Nations 2010th the U-17 national team of men failed to qualify for the 2003 U-17 world Cup.
In addition, the national team has won twice the Amilcar Cabral Cup.
The best stand in the FIFA World Ranking took Sierra Leone with a No. 51 in January 1996. The best change with 26 seats was carried out between June and July 2008.
World Championships
In qualifying for the World Cup 2014, Sierra Leone could not prevail against the Cape Verde, Tunisia and Equatorial Guinea in the group stage and had to qualify after the 0-1 defeat against Cape Verde on June 15, 2013 no chance to.
African Cup of Nations
African Nations Cup
- 2009: did not participate
- 2011: not qualified
- 2014: not qualified
Amilcar Cabral Cup (unofficial West Africa Cup of Nations)
Results against Germany
The Leone Stars have not yet played any game against an out African selection.
Major national team players
- Alphajor Mamdou Bah
- Christian Caulker
- Kewullay Conteh
- Albert Jarrett
- Mohamed Kallon
- Ibrahim Kargbo
- Paul Kpaka
- Kabba Samura
- Rodney Strasser