Sudan national football team

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Sudan
Nickname	Sokoor Al-Jediane (The secretary birds)
Association	Sudan Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Mazda Most caps = Haytham Mustafa Karar Top scorer = Haytham Tambal Home Stadium = Stade de Khartoum
FIFA code	SUD
FIFA ranking	115
Highest FIFA ranking	74 (December 1996)
Lowest FIFA ranking	137 (April 2000)
Elo ranking	124
First kit 　 Second kit
First international Ethiopia 2 - 1 Sudan (Ethiopia; November 16, 1956)
Biggest win Sudan 15 - 0 Oman (Egypt; September 2, 1965)
Biggest defeat South Korea 8 - 0 Sudan (Seoul, South Korea; September 10, 1979)
African Nations Cup
Appearances	6 (First in 1957)
Best result	Winners, 1970

The Sudan national football team, nicknamed Sokoor Al-Jediane (The secretary Birds), is the national team of Sudan and is controlled by the Sudan Football Association. They were one of the only three teams (Egypt, Ethiopia) to participate in the inaugural African Nations Cup in 1957, and won the competition in 1970 when they hosted it.

Contents 1 Sudan Football Achievements 2 African Nations Cup record 3 Notable Players 4 External links

[edit] Sudan Football Achievements

CECAFA Cup :

• 2 Time Champion (1980),(2006}
• 2 Times Runners-up

Ceacafa 2006

[edit] African Nations Cup record

1957 - Third place 1959 - Second place 1962 - Did not qualify 1963 - Second place 1965 - Did not qualify 1968 - Did not qualify 1970 - Champions 1972 - Round 1 1974 - Did not qualify 1976 - Round 1 1978 - Withdrew 1980 - Did not qualify 1982 - Did not enter

1984 - Did not qualify 1986 - Withdrew 1988 - Did not qualify 1990 - Did not qualify 1992 - Did not qualify 1994 - Did not qualify 1996 - Did not qualify 1998 - Withdrew during qualifying 2000 - Did not enter 2002 - Did not qualify 2004 - Did not qualify 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] Notable Players

• Atta Gobara
• Ibrahim Mustafa
• Ibrahim Hussein
• Zahir Abd El Ghani
• Idris Khatir

[edit] External links

• Sudan football

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