Gambia national football team

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Gambia

Nickname(s)

The Scorpions

Association

Gambia Football Association

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Head coach

Paul Put

Captain

Ebou Sillah

Most caps

Ebou sillah

Top scorer

Attor Gomez

Home stadium

Independence Stadium, Bakau

FIFA code

GAM

FIFA ranking

Highest FIFA ranking

83 (April 2008)

Lowest FIFA ranking

166 (March 2006)

Elo ranking

113





First kit





Second kit

First international

British Gambia 1 - 3 Portuguese Guinea

(Gambia; June 2, 1952)

Biggest win

Gambia 6 - 0 Lesotho

(Banjul, Gambia; October 12, 2002)

Biggest defeat

Guinea 8 - 0 Gambia

(Guinea; May 14, 1972)

The Gambia national football team, nicknamed The Scorpions, is the national team of Gambia and is controlled by the Gambia Football Association. Until 1965, the team, and the country, were known as British Gambia. It has never qualified for the World Cup or the African Nations Cup finals.

1 Gambia Football Achievements
2 World Cup record
3 African Nations Cup record
4 World Cup 2010 and African Nations Cup 2010 (Qualification)
- 4.1 1st Round Standings (Group 6)
5 Current squad
- 5.1 Recent Call Up
6 Famous players
7 External links

[edit] Gambia Football Achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :

3 Times Runners-up

African Under-17 Championship: 1

2005

paticipated in the 2005 FIFA U-17 world cup and in the 2007 FIFA U-20 world cup and qualified for the knockout stage

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1978 - Did not enter
1982 - Did not qualify
1986 - Did not qualify
1990 - Did not enter
1994 - Withdrew
1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] African Nations Cup record

1957 to 1974 - Did not enter
1976 - Did not qualify
1978 - Did not enter
1980 to 1988 - Did not qualify
1990 - Withdrew
1992 - Did not qualify
1994 - Did not enter
1996 - Withdrew during qualifying
1998 - Banned for withdrawing in 1996
2000 - Withdrew
2002 to 2008 - Did not qualify

[edit] World Cup 2010 and African Nations Cup 2010 (Qualification)

Gambia's journey to attend the 2010 World Cup and African Nations Cup 2010 finals in South Africa and Angola respectively. Gambia was drawn in Group 6 along with Senegal, the Algeria and Liberia. In this first round of qualifying, the group winners and the 8 best runners-up progress to the second qualifying round. Details on format of qualifiers and full group standings for the African continent ( CAF) can be found in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) section.

[edit] 1st Round Standings (Group 6)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Senegal	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
Algeria	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3
Gambia	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
Liberia	2	0	1	1	1	4	-3	1


Algeria	—	20 Jun	3 – 0	5 Sep
Gambia	14 Jun	—	6 Sep	0 – 0
Liberia	12 Oct	1 – 1	—	15 Jun
Senegal	1 – 0	10 Oct	21 Jun	—

[edit] Current squad

List of the players called up for the World and African Nations Cups qualification match against Liberia on June 1, 2008.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
1	GK	Robert Badjie	February 20, 1984 (1984-02-20) (age 24)	Banjul Hawks
	GK	Bala Musa Bajaha	November 25, 1976 (1976-11-25) (age 31)	Unattached
	GK	Alagie Jobe		Real de Banjul FC

2	DF	Lamin Conateh	October 1, 1981 (1981-10-01) (age 26)	Assyriska FF
3	DF	Abdoulie Corr	June 9, 1982 (1982-06-09) (age 26)	KPV Kokkola
4	DF	Abdou Jammeh	February 13, 1982 (1982-02-13) (age 26)	Torpedo Moscow
5	DF	Pa Saikou Kujabi	December 10, 1986 (1986-12-10) (age 21)	SV Ried
7	DF	Mathew Mendy	April 9, 1984 (1984-04-09) (age 24)	KFC Uerdingen 05
22	DF	Pa Ousman Sonko	December 26, 1984 (1984-24-26) (age 23)	FC Red Bull Salzburg
	DF	Ousman Colley		Steve Biko FC

6	MF	Yambuke Ceesay	March 2, 1987 (1987-03-02) (age 21)	Degerfors IF
8	MF	Mustapha Jarju	June 18, 1986 (1986-06-18) (age 21)	R.A.E.C. Mons
9	MF	Dawda Bah	December 11, 1983 (1983-12-11) (age 24)	HJK Helsinki
11	MF	Ebrima Sohna	December 14, 1988 (1988-12-14) (age 19)	Sandefjord Fotball
12	MF	Tijan Jaiteh	December 31, 1988 (1988-12-31) (age 19)	SK Brann
13	MF	Edrissa Sonko	March 23, 1980 (1980-03-23) (age 28)	Unattached
21	MF	Ebrahim Savaneh	September 7, 1986 (1986-09-07) (age 21)	KV Kortrijk
16	MF	Pa Madou Jagne	December 26, 1989 (1989-12-26) (age 18)	FC Wil
17	MF	Njogu Demba-Nyrén	June 26, 1979 (1979-06-26) (age 28)	SK Brann

14	FW	Ebou Sillah	April 12, 1980 (1980-04-12) (age 28)	MVV
15	FW	Abdoulie Mansally	January 29, 1989 (1989-01-29) (age 19)	New England Revolution
10	FW	Demba Savage	June 17, 1988 (1988-06-17) (age 19)	KPV Kokkola
18	FW	Mustapha Kamal N'Daw	November 15, 1981 (1981-11-15) (age 26)	Veria FC
19	FW	Assan Jatta	April 15, 1984 (1984-04-15) (age 24)	Lierse S.K.
20	FW	Ousman Jallow	October 21, 1988 (1988-10-21) (age 19)	Al Ain FC
23	FW	Aziz Corr Nyang	March 21, 1984 (1984-03-21) (age 24)	Assyriska FF
24	FW	Modou Jagne	February 14, 1983 (1983-02-14) (age 25)	SCR Altach

[edit] Recent Call Up

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
GK	Pa Dembo Touray	March 31, 1980 (1980-03-31) (age 28)	Djurgårdens IF
GK	Ansumana Samateh	March 31, 1980 (1980-03-31) (age 28)	Wallidan Banjul
DF	Lamin Colley	February 6, 1985 (1985-02-06) (age 23)	Armed Forces
DF	Abdurahman Conateh	June 22, 1978 (1978-06-22) (age 29)	Jeanne d'Arc Dakar
DF	Simon Badjie	September 6, 1978 (1978-09-06) (age 29)	AC Monza
DF	Momodou Loum	January 25, 1976 (1976-01-25) (age 32)	Helsingör IF
MF	Seyfo Soley	February 16, 1980 (1980-02-16) (age 28)	Unattached
MF	Kemo Ceesay	June 17, 1972 (1972-06-17) (age 35)	Lok Altmarkt Stendal
MF	Jatto Ceesay	November 16, 1974 (1974-11-16) (age 33)	FC Omniworld
FW	Latiff Janneh	March 11, 1982 (1982-03-11) (age 26)	SC Wielsbeke
FW	Arthur Gomez	February 12, 1984 (1984-02-12) (age 24)	Henan Jianye
FW	Pa Malick Joof	August 16, 1985 (1985-08-16) (age 22)	VfB Lübeck
FW	Mohammed Camara	October 10, 1981 (1981-10-10) (age 26)	FSV Oggersheim