Equatorial Guinea national football team

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Equatorial Guinea

Nickname(s)

Nzalang Nacional

Association

Federación Ecuatoguineana
de Fútbol

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Head coach

Jordan de Freitas

Home stadium

Nuevo Estadio de Malabo

FIFA code

EQG

FIFA ranking

Highest FIFA ranking

64 (March 2008)

Lowest FIFA ranking

195 (December 1998)

Elo ranking

144





First kit





Second kit

First international

Congo 5 - 0 Equatorial Guinea

(Congo; December 9, 1984)

Biggest win

Equatorial Guinea 4 - 2 São Tomé & Príncipe

(Libreville, Gabon; November 11, 1999)

Equatorial Guinea 3 - 1 São Tomé & Príncipe
(Malabo, Equatorial Guinea; November 12, 2003)
Equatorial Guinea 3 - 1 Rwanda
(Malabo, Equatorial Guinea; March 25, 2007)
Equatorial Guinea 2 - 0 Benin
(Malabo, Equatorial Guinea; March 29, 2006)
Equatorial Guinea 2 - 0 Sierra Leone
(Malabo, Equatorial Guinea; June 1, 2008)

Biggest defeat

Congo 6 - 0 Equatorial Guinea

(Congo; December 13, 1990)

African Nations Cup

Appearances

0 (First in 2012)

Best result

Qualified

The Equatorial Guinea national football team, nicknamed Nzalang Nacional, is the national team of Equatorial Guinea and is controlled by the Federación Ecuatoguineana de Fútbol. It is a member of CAF. Though Equatorial Guinea has traditionally been one of the poorest ranked teams Africa, the recent influx of Spanish players having Equatoguinean heritage has strengthened the national team and resulted in some solid performances.

1 Tournament history
2 World Cup record
3 African Nations Cup record
4 Famous players
5 Current squad

[edit] Tournament history

CEMAC Cup :

1 Time Champion (2006)

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1998 - Did not enter
2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] African Nations Cup record

1957 to 1986 - Did not enter
1988 - Withdrew
1990 - Did not qualify
1992 - Did not enter
1994 - Did not enter
1996 - Withdrew
1998 - Did not enter
2000 - Did not enter
2002 to 2008 - Did not qualify
2010 -
2012 - Will qualify as co-hosts with Gabon

[edit] Famous players

¹ indicates a Spanish-born player

² indicates Equatoguinean heritage

³ indicates an Ivorian-born player

[edit] Current squad

Caps and goals as of June 6, 2008.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Danilo	5 March 1982	2	0	Nacional de Patos
16	GK	Silvestre "Gato" Ecolo	18 April 1980	23	0	Renacimiento FC
22	GK	Benjamín Olo	30 April 1985		0	CD Elá Nguema
2	DF	José Luis Rondo	19 March 1976	3	0	CD Constancia
4	DF	Iván Zarandona	30 March 1980	0		UD Pájara Playas
9	DF	Ronan	7 May 1985	5		Citizen AA
	DF	Santiago Martí Ondo	4 October 1977	0		AD Torrejón
	DF	Alberto Kzikaboudga
6	DF	Laurence Doe	23 May 1978	7		Renacimiento FC
5	DF	Yago Alonso	19 March 1979			Cádiz CF
14	DF	Damián Enzema	21 February 1981	0	0	Atlético Malabo
12	DF	Bote Mesaka
3	DF	David Kily	5 February 1984			Atlético Madrid B
	DF	Gregorio Salvador Elà	9 September 1981			CD Vera
	MF	Juan Cuyami	7 December 1972	0	0	CD Zarautz
10	MF	Benjamín Zarandona	2 March 1976			(unattached)
16	MF	Juvenal Edjogo	3 April 1979			CE Sabadell
11	MF	Javier Balboa	13 March 1985			Real Madrid CF
13	MF	Juan Simeon Esono	8 June 1981	0	0	CD Elá Nguema
	MF	Alphonso Chodumouga
8	MF	Francisco Mbome
	MF	Bonifacio Ondo	19 December 1988			Atlético Malabo
	MF	Andrés Buamangongo
	MF	José Ncogo	7 July 1980	3	0	Atlético Malabo
15	MF	Lino Makuba	20 September 1984			CF Amposta
	FW	Rodolfo Bodipo	25 October 1977	0	0	Deportivo La Coruña
	FW	Francisco Salvador Elà	9 July 1980			CD Vera
7	FW	Juan Ramón Epitié	12 October 1976			Lorca Deportiva
	FW	Ruslan Elà	7 November 1983			CF Gavà
17	FW	André Moreira	4 January 1978	8
18	FW	Mukembe Achille Pensi