Togo national football team

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Togo

Nickname(s)

Les Eperviers
(The Sparrow Hawks)

Association

Fédération Togolaise
de Football

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Head coach

Henri Stambouli

Asst coach

Kodjovi Mawuena

Captain

Jean-Paul Abalo

Most caps

Jean-Paul Abalo (66)

Top scorer

Emmanuel Adebayor(16)

Home stadium

Stade de Kégué

FIFA code

TOG

FIFA ranking

Highest FIFA ranking

46 (August 2006)

Lowest FIFA ranking

123 (April 1994)

Elo ranking

101





First kit





Second kit

First international

Togo 1 - 1 Gold Coast

(Togo; 13 October 1956)

Biggest win

Togo 5 - 0 United Arab Emirates

(Accra,Ghana; 21 November 2007)

Biggest defeat

Morocco 7 - 0 Togo

(Morocco; 28 October 1979)

Tunisia 7 - 0 Togo

(Tunis, Tunisia; 7 January 2000)

World Cup

Appearances

1 (First in 2006)

Best result

Round 1, 2006

African Nations Cup

Appearances

6 (First in 1972)

Best result

Round 1, all

The national football team of Togo, nicknamed Les Eperviers (The Sparrow Hawks), is controlled by the Fédération Togolaise de Football.

They made their first FIFA World Cup appearance in their history in 2006, having been coached throughout the qualifying campaign by Stephen Keshi; German coach Otto Pfister managed the team at the finals, despite having resigned three days before their first match over a players' bonuses dispute, only to be persuaded by the players to return. Although Togo have qualified for the World Cup, they have never advanced past the first stage of the African Nations Cup

1 African Nations Cup record
2 World Cup record
3 World Cup 2006
4 Current squad
5 2006 World Cup Information
6 Sierra Leone air disaster
7 External links

[edit] African Nations Cup record

1957 to 1965 - Did not enter
1968 - Did not qualify
1970 - Did not qualify
1972 - Round 1
1974 - Withdrew
1976 to 1982 - Did not qualify
1984 - Round 1
1986 - Did not qualify
1988 - Did not qualify
1990 - Withdrew
1992 - Did not qualify
1994 - Withdrew during qualifying
1996 - Did not qualify
1998 - Round 1
2000 - Round 1
2002 - Round 1
2004 - Did not qualify
2006 - Round 1
2008 - Did not qualify

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
1974 to 2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Round 1

[edit] World Cup 2006

v South Korea in Frankfurt, loss, 2-1
v Switzerland in Dortmund, loss, 2-0
v France in Cologne, loss, 2-0

[edit] Current squad

The following players are called for the friendly match against Zambia on May 31, 2008.

[edit] Goalkeepers

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Cédric Mensah	3 June 1989			Lille OSC
16	GK	Kodjovi Obilale	8 October 1984			Etoile Filante

[edit] Defenders

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
2	DF	Daré Nibombé	16 June 1980	RAEC Mons
5	DF	Massamasso Tchangai	8 August 1978
6	DF	Abdou Moumouni	19 November 1982	BSC Old Boys
10	DF	Kwami Kacla Eninful	20 November 1984	Al-Ittihad
12	DF	Éric Akoto	20 July 1980	NK Interblock Ljubljana
13	DF	Richmond Forson	23 May 1980	AS Cherbourg
17	DF	Abdoul-Gafar Mamah	24 August 1985	Sheriff Tiraspol

[edit] Midfielders

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
3	MF	Yao Mawuko Senaya	18 October 1979	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
7	MF	Moustapha Salifou	1 June 1983	Aston Villa
15	MF	Alaixys Romao	18 January 1984	Grenoble
18	MF	Yao Junior Sènaya	19 April 1984	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds

[edit] Forwards

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
4	FW	Emmanuel Adebayor	26 February 1984			Arsenal
8	FW	Komlan Amewou	15 December 1983			Strømsgodset IF
9	FW	Jonathan Ayité	21 July 1985	0	0	Stade Brestois
11	FW	Robert Malm	21 August 1973			Nimes Olympique
14	FW	Adékambi Olufadé	7 January 1980			K.A.A. Gent

[edit] 2006 World Cup Information

Members of the Togolese national football team before a warm-up match in Biberach/Riss a few days before the World Cup

Togo lost their opening game of the World Cup, despite having taken the lead against South Korea through Mohamed Kader. In the second half, Jean-Paul Abalo was sent off after 55 minutes, and goals from Lee Chun-Soo and Ahn Jung-Hwan sealed a 2-1 defeat for Togo.

Togo's next opponents in Group G were Switzerland, with the match scheduled for the afternoon of June 19. However, the Togo squad and manager Pfitser threatened to refuse to fulfil the fixture and take strike action. The squad and manager had been quoted as requesting payments from the Fédération Togolaise de Football for participating in the tournament of around €155,000 (US$ 192,000) with added bonuses for victories or draws. FIFA personally negotiated with the squad and manager on June 17, persuading them to travel to Dortmund in time to fulfil the fixture[1]; goals from Alexander Frei and Tranquillo Barnetta resulted in a 2-0 defeat. FIFA subsequently imposed a CHF100,000 fine on the Togolese federation for "behaviour unworthy of a participant in the World Cup" [2]

Togo's final group game against France ended in 2-0 defeat. Togo left the tournament with no points gained.

[edit] Sierra Leone air disaster

Main article: 2007 Paramount Airlines helicopter crash

After a 2008 African Nations Cup qualifier away to Sierra Leone on June 3, 2007, twenty members of a delegation of sports officials from Togo, including Togolese Sports Minister, Richard Attipoe were killed when their helicopter exploded and crashed at Lungi International Airport. No players of the Togo national soccer team were among the victims. The Togo players and officials of the team had been waiting to take the next helicopter flight to the island on which the airport is located.