The first Somali football teams were established in the 1940s. The competitions were basic in structure and were associated with the anti-colonial movement. The Somali Youth League (SYL), the nation's first political party, had put together a team of local youth to play against the Italian expatriate teams. The soccer team the FYL had assembled, which would later change its name to Bondhere, won the first several competitions. In 1951, the Somali Football Federation (SFF) was founded. The first Somali commissioner for sport was later established in 1958.
Although the Somali national football team took part in preliminary matches, it has never qualified for the World Cup. For many years after the outbreak of the civil war in the early 1990s, FIFA-sanctioned games could not be played within the country. Qualifying matches for the Africa Cup of Nations and the World Cup were instead contested away from home. However, following the pacification of the capital Mogadishu in 2011, the SFF began preparations for the first major sporting event to be held in years at the Mogadishu Stadium, in December 2012.
Prior to 2019, the Somali FA decided they would admit to all their young and upcoming youth talents and put out local trials to fortify both Olympic and national football teams.
In addition, many from the Somali diaspora in the past have produced quality football players such as Islam Feruz and Mukhtar Ali.
On 5 September 2019, Somalia won their first qualifying match since 1984 (against Kenya - AFCON Qualifying) and their first-ever FIFA World Cup qualifying match, beating Zimbabwe by 1–0.[4] They nearly advanced to the second round but lost 3–1 in Zimbabwe after two late goals for the warriors, consigning the Ocean Stars to an early exit.
From the 1970s up until the 1990s, the Somali national football team used to wear solid sky blue shirts and socks with white shorts for home kits and the inverse as away kits,[5] the two primary colours of the Somali national flags, in the 2010s up until the present, the national team have now replaced the solid sky blue shirts for vertically blue and white striped shirts.
The crest of the Somali national team used to be the coat of arms of Somalia but it is now replaced with the Somali Federation crest. The Ocean Stars plays their home games in the Mogadishu Stadium, (As the stadium was being rebuilt, the national team played matches at Engineer Yaarisow Stadium, which is Mogadishu's secondary stadium for sporting events).
Head coach Charles Livingstone Mbabazi, having talks with the players during a training session.The national team doing drills as part of preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
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This article is about the men s team For the women s team see Women s football in Somalia The Somalia national football team Somali Kooxda Qaranka Soomaaliya Arabic الاتحاد الصومالي لكرة القدم nicknamed the Ocean Stars represents Somalia in international football and is controlled by the Somali Football Federation SFF a member of the Confederation of African Football CAF Somalia s first national team captain was Mohamed Shangole whilst its longest serving captain has been Hasan Babay SomaliaNickname s The Ocean StarsAssociationXiriirka Soomaaliyeed ee Kubbadda CagtaConfederationCAF Africa Sub confederationCECAFA Central amp East Africa Head coachRachid LoustequeCaptainAhmed Said AhmedMost capsYasin Ali Egal 19 Top scorerAbdullahi Sheikh Mohamed 3 Home stadiumMogadishu StadiumFIFA codeSOMFirst coloursSecond coloursFIFA rankingCurrent194 2 21 September 2023 1 Highest158 April June 1996 Lowest203 April May 2019 First international Kenya 5 1 Somalia Mombasa Kenya 1958 2 Biggest win Somalia 5 2 Mauritania Casablanca Morocco 7 August 1985 Biggest defeat North Korea 14 0 Somalia Jakarta Indonesia 14 November 1963 CECAFA CupAppearances26 first in 1973 Best result5thArab GamesAppearances1 first in 1985 Best result7th Contents 1 History 2 Team image 2 1 Kits and crest 3 Results and fixtures 3 1 2023 4 Coaches 5 Players 5 1 Current squad 5 2 Recent call ups 6 Player records 6 1 Most capped players 6 2 Top goalscorers 7 Competitive record 7 1 FIFA World Cup 7 2 Africa Cup of Nations 7 3 African Nations Championship 7 4 Olympic Games 7 5 All Africa Games 7 6 CECAFA Cup 7 7 FIFA Arab Cup 7 8 Arab Games 7 9 Minor tournaments 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 External linksHistory EditThe first Somali football teams were established in the 1940s The competitions were basic in structure and were associated with the anti colonial movement The Somali Youth League SYL the nation s first political party had put together a team of local youth to play against the Italian expatriate teams The soccer team the FYL had assembled which would later change its name to Bondhere won the first several competitions In 1951 the Somali Football Federation SFF was founded The first Somali commissioner for sport was later established in 1958 Although the Somali national football team took part in preliminary matches it has never qualified for the World Cup For many years after the outbreak of the civil war in the early 1990s FIFA sanctioned games could not be played within the country Qualifying matches for the Africa Cup of Nations and the World Cup were instead contested away from home However following the pacification of the capital Mogadishu in 2011 the SFF began preparations for the first major sporting event to be held in years at the Mogadishu Stadium in December 2012 Prior to 2019 the Somali FA decided they would admit to all their young and upcoming youth talents and put out local trials to fortify both Olympic and national football teams In addition many from the Somali diaspora in the past have produced quality football players such as Islam Feruz and Mukhtar Ali On 5 September 2019 Somalia won their first qualifying match since 1984 against Kenya AFCON Qualifying and their first ever FIFA World Cup qualifying match beating Zimbabwe by 1 0 4 They nearly advanced to the second round but lost 3 1 in Zimbabwe after two late goals for the warriors consigning the Ocean Stars to an early exit Team image EditKits and crest Edit Kit provider Period nbsp Adidas 2015 2021 nbsp A2Z Sports 2021 presentFrom the 1970s up until the 1990s the Somali national football team used to wear solid sky blue shirts and socks with white shorts for home kits and the inverse as away kits 5 the two primary colours of the Somali national flags in the 2010s up until the present the national team have now replaced the solid sky blue shirts for vertically blue and white striped shirts The crest of the Somali national team used to be the coat of arms of Somalia but it is now replaced with the Somali Federation crest The Ocean Stars plays their home games in the Mogadishu Stadium As the stadium was being rebuilt the national team played matches at Engineer Yaarisow Stadium which is Mogadishu s secondary stadium for sporting events nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Somalia s first colours in the 1970s 1990s nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Somalia s second colours in the 1970s 1990sResults and fixtures EditMain article Somalia national football team results The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months as well as any future matches that have been scheduled Win Draw Loss Fixture 2023 Edit Somalia nbsp v nbsp Niger 14 October FriendlySomalia nbsp 0 3 nbsp NigerBerrechid Morocco16 30 UTC 1 Amoustapha nbsp 9 A Wonkoye nbsp 26 pen Goumey nbsp 74 Stadium Berrechid Municipal Stadium Somalia nbsp v nbsp Sierra Leone 17 October FriendlySomalia nbsp v nbsp Sierra LeoneBerrechid Morocco19 30 UTC 1 Stadium Berrechid Municipal Stadium Algeria nbsp v nbsp Somalia November 2026 FIFA World Cup qualificationAlgeria nbsp v nbsp Somalia Somalia nbsp v nbsp Uganda November 2026 FIFA World Cup qualificationSomalia nbsp v nbsp UgandaCoaches Edit nbsp Head coach Charles Livingstone Mbabazi having talks with the players during a training session nbsp The national team doing drills as part of preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiersName Nat Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Win rateQi Wusheng nbsp 1978 1979Klaus Ebbighausen nbsp 1980Hussein Ali Abdulle nbsp May 1999 Dec 2000 8 0 1 7 6 3 Awil Ismail Mohamed nbsp Nov 2001 Dec 2002 7 1 2 4 28 6 Ali Abdi Farah nbsp Oct 2003 Dec 2005 9 1 0 8 11 1 Daniel Muwathe nbsp Oct 2006 Dec 2006 6 0 0 6 0 Hussein Ali Abdulle nbsp Oct 2007 Dec 2007 4 0 0 4 0 Ali Abdi Farah nbsp Sept 2008 Dec 2009 8 2 0 6 25 Mohamed Farayare nbsp Jan 2010 Mar 2010 2 1 0 1 50 Yousef Adam nbsp Oct 2010 Dec 2010 3 0 0 3 0 Alfred Imonje nbsp Oct 2011 Dec 2011 5 0 1 4 10 Sam Ssimbwa nbsp Dec 2011 Oct 2013 6 0 0 6 0 Sam Ssimbwa nbsp Mar 2014 Sept 2015 2 0 0 2 0 Charles Mbabazi nbsp Sept 2015Haruna Mawa nbsp Nov 2016 Nov 2019Bashir Hayford nbsp Mar 2019 2019 7 2 2 3 42 8 Said Abdi Haibeh nbsp Dec 2019 May 2021 4 1 2 1 25 Abdellatif Salef nbsp May 2021 June 2021 0 0 0 0 0 Salad Farah nbsp June 2021 February 2022 2 0 0 2 0 Pieter de Jongh nbsp February 2022 May 2022 2 0 0 2 0 Rachid Lousteque nbsp July 2022 0 0 0 0 0 Players EditCurrent squad Edit The following players were selected for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Eswatini on 23 and 27 March 2022 respectively 6 Caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2022 after the match against Eswatini No Pos Player Date of birth age Caps Goals Club1 GK Mustaf Yuusuf 1998 01 01 1 January 1998 age 25 12 0 nbsp Oskarshamns1 GK Ayub Ahmed 2000 11 28 28 November 2000 age 22 0 0 nbsp Minnesota1 GK Yusuf Lampanza 1999 07 05 5 July 1999 age 24 0 0 nbsp Elman1 GK Abdirahman Jama 2000 08 04 4 August 2000 age 23 0 0 nbsp Elman2 DF Abel Gigli 1990 08 16 16 August 1990 age 33 6 1 nbsp Ravenna2 DF Saadiq Elmi 2000 11 11 11 November 2000 age 22 3 0 nbsp Grorud2 DF Ahmed Said Ahmed 1998 07 04 4 July 1998 age 25 10 0 nbsp MyPa 472 DF Ahmed Ali 1990 10 23 23 October 1990 age 32 8 0 nbsp Halesowen Town2 DF Haji Abdikadir 1998 10 15 15 October 1998 age 25 1 0 nbsp Athlone Town2 DF Mohamed Hussein Curka 1997 06 23 23 June 1997 age 26 1 0 nbsp Onsala2 DF Omar Hussein 1999 11 28 28 November 1999 age 23 0 0 nbsp Korsnas2 DF Yonis Farah 1999 09 04 4 September 1999 age 24 7 0 Free agent2 DF Abdi Mohamed 1996 10 25 25 October 1996 age 26 3 0 nbsp Columbus Crew 23 MF Liban Abdulahi 1995 11 02 2 November 1995 age 27 7 0 nbsp TEC3 MF Omar Jama 1998 05 21 21 May 1998 age 25 1 0 nbsp JaPS3 MF Abdulsamed Abdullahi 1997 01 19 19 January 1997 age 26 4 0 nbsp TEC3 MF Isse Ismail 1999 04 20 20 April 1999 age 24 2 0 nbsp Haninge3 MF Abdiqafar Cise Ismail 1997 04 04 4 April 1997 age 26 0 0 nbsp Som United3 MF Abdullahi Telli 1996 03 26 26 March 1996 age 27 0 0 nbsp Karaman Beleyespor3 MF Ayuub Abdi 1996 11 15 15 November 1996 age 26 1 0 nbsp PK 353 MF Sak Hassan 2001 03 21 21 March 2001 age 22 2 1 nbsp Hashtag United3 MF Anis Nuur 1997 01 24 24 January 1997 age 26 1 0 nbsp Metropolitan Police4 FW Hussein Mohamed 1997 03 20 20 March 1997 age 26 8 0 nbsp JaPS4 FW Jama Boss 1994 05 03 3 May 1994 age 29 1 0 nbsp St Albans Saints4 FW Amin Askar 1985 10 01 1 October 1985 age 38 0 0 nbsp Kristiansund4 FW Mukhtar Suleiman 1998 08 10 10 August 1998 age 25 2 0 nbsp Katwijk4 FW Ibrahim Ilyas 2000 03 05 5 March 2000 age 23 2 0 nbsp Horseed4 FW Ali Musse 1996 01 01 1 January 1996 age 27 4 0 nbsp Cavalry4 FW Mohamed Awad 1994 05 07 7 May 1994 age 29 4 0 nbsp Sliema Wanderers4 FW Siad Haji 1999 12 01 1 December 1999 age 23 2 0 nbsp FC Tulsa4 FW Handwalla Bwana 1999 06 25 25 June 1999 age 24 0 0 nbsp Charleston Battery4 FW Bilal Hersi 2001 10 29 29 October 2001 age 21 1 0 nbsp Siena SaintsRecent call ups Edit Pos Player Date of birth age Caps Goals Club Latest call upDF Abdi Salim 2001 04 01 1 April 2001 age 22 0 0 nbsp Orlando City 7 Player records EditAs of 27 March 2022 8 Players in bold are still active with Somalia Most capped players Edit Rank Name Caps Goals Career1 Yasin Ali Egal 19 0 2003 20112 Omar Ibrahim Abdulkadir 14 0 2000 20073 Abubakar Nur Abdikarim 12 0 2011 2015Mustaf Yuusuf 12 0 2015 present5 Mohamed Ali Abdiaziz 11 2 2006 20116 Cisse Aadan Abshir 10 1 2003 2011Ahmed Said Ahmed 12 0 2019 presentMahad Mohamed Haji 10 0 2010 2015Abdinur Mohamud 10 0 2011 present10 Hasan Babay 9 0 2013 2017Sadad Ibrahim Anwar 9 0 2007 2011Ali Nur Yusuf 9 0 2003 2009Mohamed Nur Sharkeey 9 1 2000 2006 Top goalscorers Edit Rank Name Goals Caps Ratio Career1 Abdullahi Sheikh Mohamed 3 6 0 5 2000 20052 Abdilahi Abdi 2 Mohammed Abdi 2 1985 1994Omar Mohamed 2 6 0 33 2019 presentFarhan Mohamed Ahmed 2 9 0 22 2019 presentMohamed Ali Abdiaziz 2 11 0 18 2006 2011Competitive record EditFIFA World Cup Edit FIFA World Cup record Qualification recordYear Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA nbsp 1930 Part of nbsp Italy amp nbsp England Part of nbsp Italy amp nbsp England nbsp 1934 nbsp 1938 nbsp 1950 nbsp 1954 nbsp 1958 nbsp 1962 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member nbsp 1966 Did not enter nbsp 1970 nbsp 1974 nbsp 1978 nbsp 1982 Did not qualify 2 0 2 0 1 1 nbsp 1986 Did not enter nbsp 1990 nbsp 1994 nbsp 1998 nbsp nbsp 2002 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 6 nbsp 2006 2 0 0 2 0 7 nbsp 2010 1 0 0 1 0 1 nbsp 2014 2 0 1 1 0 5 nbsp 2018 2 0 0 2 0 6 nbsp 2022 2 1 0 1 2 3 nbsp nbsp nbsp 2026 To be determined To be determinedTotal 0 22 13 1 3 9 3 29Africa Cup of Nations Edit Africa Cup of Nations record Qualification recordYear Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA nbsp 1957 Part of nbsp Italy amp nbsp England Part of nbsp Italy amp nbsp England nbsp 1959 nbsp 1962 Not affiliated to CAF Not affiliated to CAF nbsp 1963 nbsp 1965 nbsp 1968 nbsp 1970 Withdrew Withdrew nbsp 1974 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 2 5 nbsp 1976 2 1 0 1 1 2 nbsp 1978 Did not enter nbsp 1980 Withdrew Withdrew nbsp 1982 Did not enter nbsp 1984 Did not qualify 1 0 0 1 0 1 nbsp 1986 2 1 0 1 1 1 nbsp 1988 2 0 1 1 0 5 nbsp 1990 Did not enter nbsp 1992 nbsp 1994 nbsp 1996 nbsp 1998 nbsp nbsp 2000 nbsp 2002 nbsp 2004 nbsp 2006 nbsp 2008 nbsp 2010 nbsp nbsp 2012 nbsp 2013 nbsp 2015 nbsp 2017 nbsp 2019 nbsp 2021 nbsp 2023 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 1 5 nbsp 2025 To be determined To be determinedTotal 0 34 11 3 1 7 5 19African Nations Championship Edit African Nations Championship record Qualification recordYear Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA nbsp 2009 Did not enter nbsp 2011 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 1 6 nbsp 2014 Did not enter nbsp 2016 nbsp 2018 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 1 4 nbsp 2020 2 0 0 2 2 7 nbsp 2022 2 0 0 2 1 3Total 0 6 8 1 0 7 5 20Olympic Games Edit Olympic Games recordAppearances 0Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA1896 1960 Part of nbsp Italy amp nbsp England nbsp 1964 Did not enter nbsp 1968 nbsp 1972 nbsp 1976 nbsp 1980 nbsp 1984 nbsp 1988 nbsp 1992 Did not qualify nbsp 1996 Did not enter nbsp 2000 nbsp 2004 Did not qualify nbsp 2008 nbsp 2012 nbsp 2016 nbsp 2020Total 0 26Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under 23 tournament since the 1992 edition All Africa Games Edit All Africa Games recordAppearances 0Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA nbsp 1965 Did not enter nbsp 1973 Did not qualify nbsp 1978 nbsp 1987 Did not enter nbsp 1991 nbsp 1995 nbsp 1999 nbsp 2003 nbsp 2007 nbsp 2011 nbsp 2015 nbsp 2019 Did not enterTotal 0 11Prior to the Cairo 1991 campaign the Football at the All Africa Games was open to full senior national teams CECAFA Cup Edit Main article CECAFA Cup CECAFA Cup recordAppearances 26Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA nbsp 1973 Group stage 6th 2 0 0 2 2 12 nbsp 1974 5th 2 0 1 1 2 3 nbsp 1975 did not enter nbsp 1976 Group stage 7th 3 0 0 3 2 7 nbsp 1977 5th 3 1 1 1 2 2 nbsp 1978 5th 4 0 1 3 3 10 nbsp 1979 did not enter nbsp 1980 Group stage 6th 2 0 1 1 1 3 nbsp 1981 did not enter nbsp 1982 nbsp 1983 Group stage 7th 3 0 1 2 3 5 nbsp 1984 5th 3 1 1 1 3 3 nbsp 1985 did not enter nbsp 1987 nbsp 1988 nbsp 1989 nbsp 1990 nbsp 1991 nbsp 1992 nbsp 1994 Group stage 5th 3 1 0 2 3 8 nbsp 1995 8th 3 0 0 3 1 15 nbsp 1996 did not enter nbsp 1999 Group stage 12th 2 0 0 2 0 5 nbsp 2000 9th 4 0 1 3 1 11 nbsp 2001 9th 3 0 1 2 0 6 nbsp 2002 8th 4 1 0 3 1 4 nbsp 2003 did not enter nbsp 2004 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 0 7 nbsp 2005 7th 4 1 0 3 6 10 nbsp 2006 10th 3 0 0 3 0 8 nbsp 2007 10th 3 0 0 3 0 6 nbsp 2008 9th 4 1 0 3 1 9 nbsp 2009 10th 3 0 0 3 1 6 nbsp 2010 12th 3 0 0 3 0 11 nbsp 2011 12th 3 0 0 3 1 11 nbsp 2012 12th 3 0 0 3 1 13 nbsp 2013 11th 3 0 0 3 0 7 nbsp 2014 Not held nbsp 2015 Group stage 10th 3 0 0 3 0 9 nbsp 2016 Not held nbsp 2017 Withdrew nbsp 2018 Not held nbsp 2019 Group stage 5th 4 1 2 1 1 2Total 0 titles 26 41 80 7 10 63 35 193FIFA Arab Cup Edit FIFA Arab Cup record Arab Cup qualification recordYear Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA nbsp 1963 did not enter did not enter nbsp 1964 nbsp 1966 nbsp 1985 nbsp 1988 nbsp 1992 nbsp 1998 nbsp 2002 nbsp 2009 did not qualify 1 3 0 0 3 3 18 nbsp 2012 did not enter did not enter nbsp 2021 did not qualify 1 0 0 1 1 2Total 0 9 4 0 0 4 4 20 1 The 2009 edition was cancelled during qualification Arab Games Edit Arab Games recordAppearances 1Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA nbsp 1953 Part of nbsp Italy amp nbsp England nbsp 1957 nbsp 1961 did not enter nbsp 1965 nbsp 1976 nbsp 1985 Group stage 7th 3 1 0 2 5 6 nbsp 1992 did not enter nbsp 1997 nbsp 1999 nbsp 2004 No tournament nbsp 2007 did not enter nbsp 2011 WithdrewTotal Group stage 1 11 3 1 0 2 5 6Minor tournaments Edit Minor tournaments recordYear Round Position Pld W D L GF GA nbsp 1963 GANEFO Group stage 11th 2 0 0 2 0 23 nbsp 1969 Friendship Cup Group stage 6th 2 0 0 2 1 14Total 0 Titles 4 0 0 4 1 37See also EditSomali national beach soccer team Somali League Somali Cup Somali Football FederationNotes EditReferences Edit The FIFA Coca Cola World Ranking FIFA 21 September 2023 Retrieved 21 September 2023 Hassan Mohammed Sheik 2008 History of Somali football 1938 2007 Scansom p 20 ISBN 9789185945986 Retrieved 10 July 2014 Elo rankings change compared to one year ago World Football Elo Ratings eloratings net 15 October 2023 Retrieved 15 October 2023 World Cup qualifying Somalia national team s history making driving instructor BBC News 8 September 2019 Archived from the original on 9 September 2019 Retrieved 8 September 2019 Somalia vs Yemen PDR for Arab Cup Qualification 1985 Arabic YouTube Archived from the original on 21 April 2022 Retrieved 10 February 2022 squad for AFCON 2023 qualification Archived from the original on 27 March 2022 Retrieved 27 March 2022 https www mlssoccer com news october international window which mls players were called up Somalia National Football Teams External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Somalia national football team Somali Football Federation Somalia at CAF Somalia at FIFA List of international matches at RSSSF Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Somalia national football team amp oldid 1180295271, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
