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Somalia national football team

The Somalia national football team (Somali: Kooxda Qaranka Soomaaliya, Arabic: الإتِّحَاد الصُّومَالِي لِكُرَّةُ الْقَدَم), 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, while its longest serving captain has been Hasan Babay.

Somalia
Nickname(s)The Ocean Stars
AssociationXiriirka Soomaaliyeed ee Kubbadda Cagta
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationCECAFA
(Central & East Africa)
Head coachRachid Lousteque
CaptainAhmed Said Ahmed
Most capsYasin Ali Egal (20)
Top scorerAbdullahi Sheikh Mohamed (3)
Home stadiumMogadishu Stadium
FIFA codeSOM
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 199 1 (4 April 2024)[1]
Highest65 (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 Cup
Appearances26 (first in 1973)
Best result5th
Arab Games
Appearances1 (first in 1985)
Best result7th

History edit

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.

Team image edit

Kits and crest edit

Kit provider Period
  Adidas 2015–2021
  A2Z Sports 2021–present

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).

 
 
 
 
 
Somalia's first colours in the 1970s–1990s
 
 
 
 
 
Somalia's second colours in the 1970s–1990s

Results and fixtures edit

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

14 October Friendly Somalia   0–3   Niger Berrechid, Morocco
16:30 UTC+1
Stadium: Berrechid Municipal Stadium
17 October Friendly Somalia   0–2   Sierra Leone Berrechid, Morocco
19:30 UTC+1 Turay   26' (pen.), 59' Stadium: Berrechid Municipal Stadium
19 October Friendly Somalia   0–0   Libya Khouribga, Morocco
19:00 UTC+1 Report Stadium: Phosphate Stadium
16 November 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Algeria   3–1   Somalia Algiers, Algeria
18:00 UTC+1 Abdi   2' (o.g.)
Bounedjah   31'
Slimani   80'
Report Ahmed   65' Stadium: Nelson Mandela Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Boubou Traore (Mali)
21 November 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Somalia   0–1   Uganda Berkane, Morocco
14:00 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Stade Municipal de Berkane
Attendance: 200
Referee: Pedro Ndong Ovono Obono (Equatorial Guinea)

2024 edit

20 March 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Somalia   0–3   Eswatini El Jadida, Morocco
Report
  • Figuareido   33'
  • Ndzinisa   45+3'
  • Thwala   56'
Stadium: Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium
Referee: Andre Kolissala Mbangui (Central African Republic)
26 March 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Eswatini   2–2
(5–2 agg.)
  Somalia Mbombela, South Africa
Report
Stadium: Mbombela Stadium
Referee: Joseph Odey Ogabor (Nigeria)
Note: Eswatini won 5–2 on aggregate.

Coaches edit

 
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
Name Nat Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Win rate
Qi Wusheng   1978–1979
Klaus Ebbighausen   1980
Hussein Ali Abdulle   May 1999 – Dec 2000 8 0 1 7 6.3%
Awil Ismail Mohamed   Nov 2001 – Dec 2002 7 1 2 4 28.6%
Ali Abdi Farah   Oct 2003 – Dec 2005 9 1 0 8 11.1%
Daniel Muwathe   Oct 2006 – Dec 2006 6 0 0 6 0%
Hussein Ali Abdulle   Oct 2007 – Dec 2007 4 0 0 4 0%
Ali Abdi Farah   Sept 2008 – Dec 2009 8 2 0 6 25%
Mohamed Farayare   Jan 2010 – Mar 2010 2 1 0 1 50%
Yousef Adam   Oct 2010 – Dec 2010 3 0 0 3 0%
Alfred Imonje   Oct 2011 – Dec 2011 5 0 1 4 10%
Sam Ssimbwa   Dec 2011 – Oct 2013 6 0 0 6 0%
Sam Ssimbwa   Mar 2014 – Sept 2015 2 0 0 2 0%
Charles Mbabazi   Sept 2015
Haruna Mawa   Nov 2016 – Nov 2019
Bashir Hayford   Mar 2019 – 2019 7 2 2 3 42.8%
Said Abdi Haibeh   Dec 2019 – May 2021 4 1 2 1 25%
Abdellatif Salef   May 2021 – June 2021 0 0 0 0 0%
Salad Farah   June 2021 – February 2022 2 0 0 2 0%
Pieter de Jongh   February 2022 – May 2022 2 0 0 2 0%
Rachid Lousteque   July 2022 – 2023 0 0 0 0 0%

Players edit

Current squad edit

The following players were selected for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Algeria and Uganda on 16 and 21 November 2023, respectively.[6]

Caps and goals correct as of 21 November 2023, after the match against Uganda.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Mustaf Yuusuf (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 26) 15 0   IFK Berga
1GK Ibrahim Ahmed Hussein (2005-12-23) 23 December 2005 (age 18) 1 0   Waxool
1GK Ahmed Mayow Shariff (2002-02-08) 8 February 2002 (age 22) 0 0   Horseed

2DF Ahmed Banu Hirabe (1997-12-12) 12 December 1997 (age 26) 8 0   Horseed
2DF Saadiq Elmi (2000-11-11) 11 November 2000 (age 23) 6 0   Moss
2DF Ayman Mohamed Hussein (2000-12-12) 12 December 2000 (age 23) 6 0   Horseed
2DF Abdi Mohamed (1996-10-25) 25 October 1996 (age 27) 5 0   Columbus Crew 2
2DF Abdiwali Abdirahman Mohamed (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24) 4 0   Elman
2DF Isse Abdulkadir (1999-07-01) 1 July 1999 (age 24) 3 0   Elman
2DF Abdi Salim (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 23) 2 0   Orlando City
2DF Mohamud Ali 1 0   Horseed
2DF Ahmed Isse (2001-02-03) 3 February 2001 (age 23) 0 0   Real Balompédica Linense

3MF Sak Hassan (2001-03-21) 21 March 2001 (age 23) 5 1   Hashtag United
3MF Isse Ismail (1999-04-20) 20 April 1999 (age 25) 5 0   Haninge
3MF Omar Jama (1998-05-21) 21 May 1998 (age 25) 5 0   JäPS
3MF Abdulkadir Sidow 2 0   Elman
3MF Haji Adan 1 0   Dekedaha

4FW Hussein Mohamed (1997-03-20) 20 March 1997 (age 27) 11 0   JäPS
4FW Farhan Mohamed Ahmed (2000-11-15) 15 November 2000 (age 23) 9 2   Horseed
4FW Mohamed Awad (1994-05-07) 7 May 1994 (age 30) 6 0   Sliema Wanderers
4FW Ibrahim Ilyas (2000-03-05) 5 March 2000 (age 24) 4 0   KMC
4FW Mahad Mohamed Abdulkadir (2001-08-19) 19 August 2001 (age 22) 3 0   Horseed
4FW Yusuf Ahmed (1997-04-24) 24 April 1997 (age 27) 3 1   Avondale
4FW Issa Adim Abatari (2002-02-13) 13 February 2002 (age 22) 2 0   Mogadishu City
4FW Siad Haji (1999-12-01) 1 December 1999 (age 24) 2 0   FC Tulsa

Recent call ups edit

The following players have also been called up to the Somalia squad within the last twelve months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up


MF Haji Abdikadir (1998-10-15) 15 October 1998 (age 25) 3 0   Athlone Town v.   Libya; 19 October 2023
MF Muqtar Ahmed (2005-04-15) 15 April 2005 (age 19) 1 0   Winterthur II v.   Libya; 19 October 2023
MF Abdi Sharif (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23) 1 0   Wigan Athletic v.   Libya; 19 October 2023

FW Bilal Njie (1998-06-13) 13 June 1998 (age 25) 2 0   FK Haugesund v.   Libya; 19 October 2023

Player records edit

As of 21 November 2023[7]
Players in bold are still active with Somalia.

Most appearances edit

Rank Name Caps Goals Career
1 Yasin Ali Egal 20 0 2003–2011
2 Mustaf Yuusuf 16 0 2015–present
3 Omar Ibrahim Abdulkadir [es] 14 0 2000–2007
4 Abubakar Nur Abdikarim 12 0 2011–2015
5 Mohamed Ali Abdiaziz 11 2 2006–2011
6 Cisse Aadan Abshir 10 1 2003–2011
Ahmed Said Ahmed 10 0 2019–present
Hussein Mohamed 10 0 2019–present
Mahad Mohamed Haji 10 0 2010–2015
Abdinur Mohamud 10 0 2011–2019

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Name Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Abdullahi Sheikh Mohamed 3 6 0.5 2000–2005
2 Abdilahi Abdi 2 ?–?
Mohammed Abdi 2 1985–1994
Omar Mohamed 2 6 0.33 2019
Farhan Mohamed Ahmed 2 8 0.25 2019–present
Mohamed Ali Abdiaziz 2 11 0.18 2006–2011

Competitive record edit

See also edit

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  2. ^ Hassan, Mohammed Sheik (2008). History of Somali football (1938–2007). Scansom. p. 20. ISBN 9789185945986. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  3. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  4. ^ "World Cup qualifying: Somalia national team's history-making driving instructor". BBC News. 8 September 2019. from the original on 9 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Somalia vs Yemen PDR for Arab Cup Qualification 1985 (Arabic)". YouTube. from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Final Squad". Facebook. Somali Football Federation 1951.
  7. ^ "Somalia". National Football Teams.

External links edit

  • Somalia at CAF
  • Somalia at FIFA
  • List of international matches at RSSSF

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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 الإت ح اد الص وم ال ي ل ك ر ة ال ق د م 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 while 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 20 Top scorerAbdullahi Sheikh Mohamed 3 Home stadiumMogadishu StadiumFIFA codeSOMFirst coloursSecond coloursFIFA rankingCurrent199 1 4 April 2024 1 Highest65 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 3 2 2024 4 Coaches 5 Players 5 1 Current squad 5 2 Recent call ups 6 Player records 6 1 Most appearances 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 present 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 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 0 2 nbsp Sierra LeoneBerrechid Morocco19 30 UTC 1 Turay nbsp 26 pen 59 Stadium Berrechid Municipal Stadium Somalia nbsp v nbsp Libya 19 October FriendlySomalia nbsp 0 0 nbsp LibyaKhouribga Morocco19 00 UTC 1 Report Stadium Phosphate Stadium Algeria nbsp v nbsp Somalia 16 November 2026 FIFA World Cup qualificationAlgeria nbsp 3 1 nbsp SomaliaAlgiers Algeria18 00 UTC 1 Abdi nbsp 2 o g Bounedjah nbsp 31 Slimani nbsp 80 Report Ahmed nbsp 65 Stadium Nelson Mandela Stadium Attendance 40 000Referee Boubou Traore Mali Somalia nbsp v nbsp Uganda 21 November 2026 FIFA World Cup qualificationSomalia nbsp 0 1 nbsp UgandaBerkane Morocco14 00 UTC 1 Report Mato nbsp 4 Stadium Stade Municipal de Berkane Attendance 200Referee Pedro Ndong Ovono Obono Equatorial Guinea 2024 edit Somalia nbsp v nbsp Eswatini 20 March 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualificationSomalia nbsp 0 3 nbsp EswatiniEl Jadida MoroccoReport Figuareido nbsp 33 Ndzinisa nbsp 45 3 Thwala nbsp 56 Stadium Ben M Hamed El Abdi Stadium Referee Andre Kolissala Mbangui Central African Republic Eswatini nbsp v nbsp Somalia 26 March 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualificationEswatini nbsp 2 2 5 2 agg nbsp SomaliaMbombela South AfricaNdzinisa nbsp 46 Matsebula nbsp 49 Report Awad nbsp 76 84 Stadium Mbombela Stadium Referee Joseph Odey Ogabor Nigeria Note Eswatini won 5 2 on aggregate Somalia nbsp v nbsp Botswana 9 June 2026 World Cup qualificationSomalia nbsp v nbsp BotswanaCoaches 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 qualifiers Name Nat Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Win rate Qi Wusheng nbsp 1978 1979 Klaus Ebbighausen nbsp 1980 Hussein 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 2015 Haruna Mawa nbsp Nov 2016 Nov 2019 Bashir 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 2023 0 0 0 0 0 Players editCurrent squad edit The following players were selected for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Algeria and Uganda on 16 and 21 November 2023 respectively 6 Caps and goals correct as of 21 November 2023 after the match against Uganda No Pos Player Date of birth age Caps Goals Club 1 GK Mustaf Yuusuf 1998 01 01 1 January 1998 age 26 15 0 nbsp IFK Berga 1 GK Ibrahim Ahmed Hussein 2005 12 23 23 December 2005 age 18 1 0 nbsp Waxool 1 GK Ahmed Mayow Shariff 2002 02 08 8 February 2002 age 22 0 0 nbsp Horseed 2 DF Ahmed Banu Hirabe 1997 12 12 12 December 1997 age 26 8 0 nbsp Horseed 2 DF Saadiq Elmi 2000 11 11 11 November 2000 age 23 6 0 nbsp Moss 2 DF Ayman Mohamed Hussein 2000 12 12 12 December 2000 age 23 6 0 nbsp Horseed 2 DF Abdi Mohamed 1996 10 25 25 October 1996 age 27 5 0 nbsp Columbus Crew 2 2 DF Abdiwali Abdirahman Mohamed 2000 01 01 1 January 2000 age 24 4 0 nbsp Elman 2 DF Isse Abdulkadir 1999 07 01 1 July 1999 age 24 3 0 nbsp Elman 2 DF Abdi Salim 2001 04 01 1 April 2001 age 23 2 0 nbsp Orlando City 2 DF Mohamud Ali 1 0 nbsp Horseed 2 DF Ahmed Isse 2001 02 03 3 February 2001 age 23 0 0 nbsp Real Balompedica Linense 3 MF Sak Hassan 2001 03 21 21 March 2001 age 23 5 1 nbsp Hashtag United 3 MF Isse Ismail 1999 04 20 20 April 1999 age 25 5 0 nbsp Haninge 3 MF Omar Jama 1998 05 21 21 May 1998 age 25 5 0 nbsp JaPS 3 MF Abdulkadir Sidow 2 0 nbsp Elman 3 MF Haji Adan 1 0 nbsp Dekedaha 4 FW Hussein Mohamed 1997 03 20 20 March 1997 age 27 11 0 nbsp JaPS 4 FW Farhan Mohamed Ahmed 2000 11 15 15 November 2000 age 23 9 2 nbsp Horseed 4 FW Mohamed Awad 1994 05 07 7 May 1994 age 30 6 0 nbsp Sliema Wanderers 4 FW Ibrahim Ilyas 2000 03 05 5 March 2000 age 24 4 0 nbsp KMC 4 FW Mahad Mohamed Abdulkadir 2001 08 19 19 August 2001 age 22 3 0 nbsp Horseed 4 FW Yusuf Ahmed 1997 04 24 24 April 1997 age 27 3 1 nbsp Avondale 4 FW Issa Adim Abatari 2002 02 13 13 February 2002 age 22 2 0 nbsp Mogadishu City 4 FW Siad Haji 1999 12 01 1 December 1999 age 24 2 0 nbsp FC Tulsa Recent call ups edit The following players have also been called up to the Somalia squad within the last twelve months Pos Player Date of birth age Caps Goals Club Latest call up MF Haji Abdikadir 1998 10 15 15 October 1998 age 25 3 0 nbsp Athlone Town v nbsp Libya 19 October 2023 MF Muqtar Ahmed 2005 04 15 15 April 2005 age 19 1 0 nbsp Winterthur II v nbsp Libya 19 October 2023 MF Abdi Sharif 2001 01 01 1 January 2001 age 23 1 0 nbsp Wigan Athletic v nbsp Libya 19 October 2023 FW Bilal Njie 1998 06 13 13 June 1998 age 25 2 0 nbsp FK Haugesund v nbsp Libya 19 October 2023Player records editAs of 21 November 2023 7 Players in bold are still active with Somalia Most appearances edit Rank Name Caps Goals Career 1 Yasin Ali Egal 20 0 2003 2011 2 Mustaf Yuusuf 16 0 2015 present 3 Omar Ibrahim Abdulkadir es 14 0 2000 2007 4 Abubakar Nur Abdikarim 12 0 2011 2015 5 Mohamed Ali Abdiaziz 11 2 2006 2011 6 Cisse Aadan Abshir 10 1 2003 2011 Ahmed Said Ahmed 10 0 2019 present Hussein Mohamed 10 0 2019 present Mahad Mohamed Haji 10 0 2010 2015 Abdinur Mohamud 10 0 2011 2019 Top goalscorers edit Rank Name Goals Caps Ratio Career 1 Abdullahi Sheikh Mohamed 3 6 0 5 2000 2005 2 Abdilahi Abdi 2 Mohammed Abdi 2 1985 1994 Omar Mohamed 2 6 0 33 2019 Farhan Mohamed Ahmed 2 8 0 25 2019 present Mohamed Ali Abdiaziz 2 11 0 18 2006 2011Competitive record editFIFA World Cup edit FIFA World Cup Qualification Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA 1930 to 1958 Part of nbsp Italy amp nbsp United Kingdom Part of nbsp Italy amp nbsp United Kingdom nbsp 1962 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member 1966 to 1978 Did not enter Did not enter nbsp 1982 Did not qualify 2 0 2 0 1 1 1986 to 1998 Did not enter Did not enter 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 2 0 0 2 1 4 nbsp nbsp nbsp 2030 To be determined nbsp 2034 Total 0 15 15 1 3 11 4 33 Africa Cup of Nations edit Africa Cup of Nations record Qualification record Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA nbsp 1957 Part of nbsp Italy amp nbsp United Kingdom Part of nbsp Italy amp nbsp United Kingdom 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 determined nbsp nbsp nbsp 2027 Total 0 36 11 3 1 7 5 19 African Nations Championship edit African Nations Championship record Qualification record Year 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 3 Total 0 6 8 1 0 7 5 20 Olympic Games edit Olympic Games record Appearances 0 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1896 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 2020 Total 0 26 Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under 23 tournament since the 1992 edition All Africa Games edit All Africa Games record Appearances 0 Year 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 enter Total 0 11 Prior 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 record Appearances 26 Year 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 2 nbsp 2021 did not enter Total 0 titles 26 42 80 7 10 63 35 193 FIFA Arab Cup edit FIFA Arab Cup record Arab Cup qualification record Year 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 2 Total 0 9 4 0 0 4 4 20 1 The 2009 edition was cancelled during qualification Arab Games edit Arab Games record Appearances 1 Year 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 Withdrew Total Group stage 1 11 3 1 0 2 5 6 Minor tournaments edit Minor tournaments record Year 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 14 Total 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 4 April 2024 Retrieved 4 April 2024 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 27 March 2024 Retrieved 27 March 2024 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 Final Squad Facebook Somali Football Federation 1951 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 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