Benin national football team
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| Nickname | Les Ecureuils (The Squirrels) |
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| Association | Fédération Béninoise de Football |
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| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Edme Codjo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Stade de l'Amitié | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | BEN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 118 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 101 (September 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 165 (July 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 140 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international Dahomey 0 - 1 Nigeria  (Dahomey; 8 November 1959) Nigeria 7 - 0 Benin  (Nigeria; 14 February 1977) |
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Biggest win Dahomey 6 - 2 Chad  (Dahomey; 15 April 1963) Benin 4 - 0 Tanzania  (Cotonou, Benin; 8 September 2002) |
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| Biggest defeat Nigeria 10 - 1 Dahomey (Nigeria; 28 November 1959) |
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| Appearances | 1 (First in 2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Round 1, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Benin national football team, nicknamed Les Ecureuils (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 Dahomey became Benin. They have never made the World Cup and made their only African Nations Cup appearance in 2004.
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[edit] 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 2006 - Did not qualify
[edit] African Nations Cup record
- 1957 to 1970 - Did not enter
- 1972 - Did not qualify
- 1974 to 1976 - Withdrew
- 1978 - Did not enter
- 1980 - Did not qualify
- 1982 - Did not enter
- 1984 to 1986 - Did not qualify
- 1988 to 1990 - Did not enter
- 1992 to 1994 - Did not qualify
- 1996 - Withdrew
- 1998 to 2002 - Did not qualify
- 2004 - Round 1
- 2006 - Did not qualify
[edit] Notable players
[edit] Current line-up (European Stars)
GK Maxime Agueh (AS Valence)
DF Koffi Damien Chrysostome (??)
DF Florent Raimy (Excelsior Virton)
DF Felicien Singbo (AEP Paphos)
DF Noel Seka (US Créteil-Lusitanos)
MF Mathieu Adeniyi (Stade Rennais FC)
MF Anicet Adjamossi (FC Istres)
MF Romuald Boco (Accrington Stanley F.C.)
MF Stephane Sessegnon (Le Mans Union Club 72)
FW Razak Omotoyossi (Helsingborgs IF)
FW Oumar Tchomogo (??)
