Eritrea national football team

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Eritrea

Nickname(s)

Red Sea Boys

Association

Eritrean National
Football Federation

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Home stadium

Cicero Stadium

FIFA code

ERI

FIFA ranking

132

Highest FIFA ranking

121 (August 2007)

Lowest FIFA ranking

189 (October 1998)

Elo ranking

157





First kit





Second kit

First international

Eritrea 1 - 1 Sudan

(Khartoum; June 26, 1992)

Biggest win

Eritrea 1 - 0 Chad

(Khartoum, Sudan; 28 June 1992)

Eritrea 1 - 0 Seychelles

(Nairobi, Kenya; 29 November 1994)

Eritrea 1 - 0 Mozambique

(Asmara, Eritrea; 19 June 1999)

Eritrea 2 - 1 Sudan

(Asmara, Eritrea; 16 July 2000)

Eritrea 2 - 1 Sudan

(Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania; 4 December 2002)

Eritrea 1 - 0 Seychelles

(Asmara, Eritrea; 21 June 2003)

Kenya 1 - 2 Eritrea

(Nairobi, Kenya; 2 September 2006)

Eritrea 1 - 0 Sudan

(Asmara, Eritrea; 21 May 2007)

Eritrea 1 - 0 Kenya

(Asmara, Eritrea;6 June 2007
Djibouti

2 - 3

Eritrea
(Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania; 11 December 2007)

Eritrea 3 - 2 Uganda

(Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania; 14 December 2007)

Biggest defeat

Ghana 5 - 0 Eritrea

(Dakar, Senegal; February 28, 1999)

Angola 6 - 1 Eritrea
(Luanda, Angola; March 25, 2007)

The Eritrea national football team, nicknamed the Red Sea Boys, is the national team of Eritrea and is controlled by the Eritrean National Football Federation which was founded in 1996. A member of CAF, it is one of its newest teams having affliated in 1998 with CAF and FIFA. The most famous player in the history of Eritrean football is Aklilu Haile. He's without a doubt one of the most gifted players Eritrea ever had. He was the only one to score against Zanzibar and Burundi.

1 History
2 World Cup record
3 African Nations Cup record
4 Current squad

[edit] History

Eritrea's first participation in a major qualifying series was in the 2000 African Nations Cup qualifiers. They have been consistent participants in Nations Cup and World Cup qualifying series since.

The 2008 African Nations Cup qualifiers saw Eritrea finish second in their group, defeating Kenya twice and gaining a home draw with Angola.

Eritrea has participated in FIFA World Cup qualifying tournaments twice. In the qualifying competition for Korea/Japan 2002 they were drawn against Nigeria, and were defeated 4-0 in the away leg, after a goalless draw at home.

For Germany 2006 they were drawn against Sudan and lost the first leg 3-0, before another goalless draw in Asmara.

For Ghana 2008, under the guidance of Romanian Dorian Marin, Eritrea finished second behind Angola, failing to qualify for the final tournament.

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1998 - Did not enter
2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Did not qualify
2010 - Withdrew

[edit] African Nations Cup record

1957 to 1998 - Did not enter
2000 to 2008 - Did not qualify
2010 - Withdrew

[edit] Current squad

(May, 2007)

Goalkeepers:

Abdul Saleh Suleman
Zewengel Embaye

Defenders:

Elias Debesa
Richard Tensue Hatch
Haile Goitom
Dawit Weldeghebriel
Tenese Gay
Elias Ali Abubeker
Kibrom Tesfaab

Midfielders:

Abel Aferworki
Mana Mebrahtu
Tedros Negash
Yohanas Gebremichael
Efrem Dawit
Yosief Tzerezghi
Amanuel Neguse
Berhane Aregay
Ghirmai Shineshi
Natnael Mesfun

Forwards:

Yonas Bihon Binyam Fesehaye
Medhanie Aghada
Aklilu Haile
Shimangu Yednekatchew
Daniel Zerom
Tom Morrel