Gambia national football team
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{{Infobox National football team |
Name = Gambia |
Badge = Gambia_FA.gif |
Nickname = The Scorpions |
Association = [[Gambia Football Association]] |
Confederation = [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] (Africa) |
Coach = {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Paul Put]] |
Captain = [[Ebou Sillah]] |
Most caps = Ebou sillah |
Top scorer = Attor Gomez |
Home Stadium = [[Independence Stadium (Bakau)|Independence Stadium, Bakau]] |
FIFA Trigramme = GAM |
FIFA Rank = 91 |
FIFA max = 83|
FIFA max date = April 2008 |
FIFA min = 166 |
FIFA min date = March 2006 |
Elo Rank = 115 |
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First game ={{flagicon|GBR}} British Gambia 1 - 3 [[Guinea-Bissau national football team|Portuguese Guinea]] {{flagicon|Portugal}}<br/>([[Gambia]]; [[June 2]], [[1952]]) |
Largest win ={{flagicon|Gambia}} Gambia 6 - 0 [[Lesotho national football team|Lesotho]] {{flagicon|Lesotho|1987}}<br/>([[Banjul]], [[Gambia]]; [[October 12]], [[2002]]) |
Largest loss ={{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Guinea national football team|Guinea]] 8 - 0 Gambia {{flagicon|Gambia}}<br/>([[Guinea]]; [[May 14]], [[1972]]) |
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Regional name = [[African Nations Cup]] |
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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 [[Football World Cup|World Cup]] or the [[African Nations Cup]] finals.
== Gambia Football Achievements ==
:'''[[Amilcar Cabral Cup]] :'''
::*3 Times Runners-up
*{{sport honours|[[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
==World Cup record==
*[[Football World Cup 1930|1930]] to [[Football World Cup 1978|1978]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football World Cup 1982|1982]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[Football World Cup 1986|1986]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[Football World Cup 1990|1990]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football World Cup 1994|1994]] - ''Withdrew''
*[[Football World Cup 1998|1998]] to [[Football World Cup 2006|2006]] - ''Did not qualify''
==African Nations Cup record==
*[[1957 African Nations Cup|1957]] to [[1974 African Nations Cup|1974]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[1976 African Nations Cup|1976]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[1978 African Nations Cup|1978]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[1980 African Nations Cup|1980]] to [[1988 African Nations Cup|1988]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[1990 African Nations Cup|1990]] - ''Withdrew''
*[[1992 African Nations Cup|1992]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[1994 African Nations Cup|1994]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[1996 African Nations Cup|1996]] - ''Withdrew during qualifying''
*[[1998 African Nations Cup|1998]] - ''Banned for withdrawing in 1996''
*[[2000 African Nations Cup|2000]] - ''Withdrew''
*[[2002 African Nations Cup|2002]] to [[2008 African Nations Cup|2008]] - ''Did not qualify''
==World Cup 2010 and African Nations Cup 2010 (Qualification)==
* [[Gambia national football team| Gambia]]'s journey to attend the [[2010 World Cup]] and [[2010 African Cup of Nations|African Nations Cup 2010]] finals in [[South Africa]] and [[Angola]] respectively. [[Gambia national football team| Gambia]] was drawn in Group 6 along with [[Senegal national football team| Senegal]], the [[Algeria national football team| Algeria]] and [[liberia national football team| 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 ([[Confederation Africaine de Football| CAF]]) can be found in the [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)]] section.
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===1st Round Standings (Group 6)===
{{2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - CAF First Group Round (Group 6)
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==Current squad==
The following players were called for [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]] againsy [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]] on [[8 June]] [[2008]].
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{{nat fs g player|no=1|pos=GK|name=[[Robert Badjie]]|age={{birth date and age|1984|2|20}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Banjul Hawks Football Club|Banjul Hawks]]|clubnat=Gambia}}
{{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=GK|name=[[Modou Jobe]]|age=|caps=|goals=|club=[[Real de Banjul F.C.]]|clubnat=Gambia}}
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! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" |
{{nat fs g player|no=3|pos=DF|name=[[Pa Saikou Kujabi]]|age={{birth date and age|1986|12|10}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[SV Ried]]|clubnat=Austria}}
{{nat fs g player|no=4|pos=DF|name=[[Mathew Mendy]]|age={{birth date and age|1984|4|9}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[KFC Uerdingen 05]]|clubnat=Germany}}
{{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=DF|name=[[Ousman Koli]]|age={{birth date and age|1988|10|18}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Steve Biko FC]]|clubnat=Gambia}}
{{nat fs g player|no=16|pos=DF|name=[[Abdou Jammeh]]|age={{birth date and age|1982|2|13}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Torpedo Moscow]]|clubnat=Russia}}
|-----
! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" |
{{nat fs g player|no=2|pos=MF|name=[[Demba Sanyang]]|age={{birth date and age|1987|11|27}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Steve Biko FC]]|clubnat=Gambia}}
{{nat fs g player|no=5|pos=MF|name=[[Tijan Jaiteh]]|age={{birth date and age|1988|12|31}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[SK Brann]]|clubnat=Norway}}
{{nat fs g player|no=6|pos=MF|name=[[Abdoulie Mansally]]|age={{birth date and age|1989|1|29}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[New England Revolution]]|clubnat=USA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=7|pos=MF|name=[[Edrissa Sonko]]|age={{birth date and age|1980|3|23}}|caps=|goals=|club=Free Agent|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=MF|name=[[Ebou Sillah]]|age={{birth date and age|1980|4|12}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[MVV]]|clubnat=the Netherlands}}
{{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=MF|name=[[Mustapha Jarju]]|age={{birth date and age|1986|7|18}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[R.A.E.C. Mons]]|clubnat=Belgium}}
{{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=MF|name=[[Ebrima Sohna]]|age={{birth date and age|1988|12|14}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Sandefjord Fotball]]|clubnat=Norway}}
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! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" |
{{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=FW|name=[[Njogu Demba-Nyrén]]|age={{birth date and age|1979|6|26}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[SK Brann]]|clubnat=Norway}}
{{nat fs g player|no=9|pos=FW|name=[[Demba Savage]]|age={{birth date and age|1988|6|17}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[KPV Kokkola]]|clubnat=Finland}}
{{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=FW|name=[[Ebrahim Savaneh]]|age={{birth date and age|1986|9|7}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[KV Kortrijk]]|clubnat=Belgium}}
{{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=FW|name=[[Modou Jagne]]|age={{birth date and age|1983|2|14}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[SCR Altach]]|clubnat=Austria}}
{{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=FW|name=[[Aziz Corr Nyang]]|age={{birth date and age|1984|8|27}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Assyriska FF]]|clubnat=Sweden}}
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===Recent Call Up===
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{{nat fs g player|no=6|pos=MF|name=[[Yankuba Ceesay]]|age={{birth date and age|1984|6|26}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[ŁKS Łódź]]|clubnat=Poland}}
{{nat fs g end}}
==Famous players==
*[[Seyfo Soley]]
*[[Arthur Gomez]]
*[[Ibrahim Jagne]]
*[[Tijan Jaiteh]]
*[[Ebou Sillah]]
*[[Edrissa Sonko]]
*[[Pa Dembo Tourray]]
*[[Biri Biri]]
==External links==
*[http://www.gambiafa.gm/ Gambia FA]
*[http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/country.php?id=69&year=2008 Gambia at National-Football-Teams.com]
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[[it:Nazionale di calcio del Gambia]]
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[[ja:サッカーガンビア代表]]
[[pl:Reprezentacja Gambii w piłce nożnej]]
[[pt:Seleção Gambiana de Futebol]]
[[ru:Сборная Гамбии по футболу]]
[[sr:Фудбалска репрезентација Гамбије]]
[[sv:Gambias fotbollslandslag]]
[[vi:Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Gambia]]
[[uk:Збірна Гамбії з футболу]]