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| Nickname(s) | Les Écureuils (The Squirrels) |
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| Association | Fédération Béninoise de Football |
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| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Michel Dussuyer | ||
| Home stadium | Stade de l'Amitié | ||
| FIFA code | BEN | ||
| FIFA ranking | 59 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 59 (November 2009) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 165 (July 1996) | ||
| Elo ranking | 107 | ||
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| First international | |||
 Dahomey 0 - 1 Nigeria  (Dahomey; 8 November 1959) |
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| Biggest win | |||
Dahomey 6 - 2 Chad  (Dahomey; 15 April 1963) Benin 4 - 0 Tanzania  (Cotonou, Benin; 8 September 2002) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
| Nigeria 10 - 1 Dahomey (Nigeria; 28 November 1959) |
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| African Nations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 2004) | ||
| Best result | Round 1, 2004, 2008 | ||
The Benin national football team, nicknamed Les Écureuils (The Squirrels), is the national football team of Benin and is controlled by the Fédération Béninoise de Football. They were known as the Dahomey national football team until 1975, when Dahomey became Benin. They have never made the World Cup but have reached two recent African Nations Cups - 2004 and 2008.
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World Cup record
- 1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
- 1974 - Did not qualify
- 1978 to 1982 - Did not enter
- 1986 - Did not qualify
- 1990 - Did not enter
- 1994 - Did not qualify
- 1998 - Did not enter
- 2002 to 2010 - Did not qualify
African Nations Cup record
- 1957 to 1970 - Did not enter
- 1972 - Did not qualify
- 1974 to 1976 - Withdrew
- 1978 - Did not enter
- 1980 - Did not qualify
- 1982 - Did not enter
- 1984 to 1986 - Did not qualify
- 1988 to 1990 - Did not enter
- 1992 to 1994 - Did not qualify
- 1996 - Withdrew
- 1998 to 2002 - Did not qualify
- 2004 - Round 1
- 2006 - Did not qualify
- 2008 - Round 1
- 2010 - Qualified
List of Benin managers
- Edmé Codjo
Serge Devèze- Michel Dussuyer
- Wabi Gomez
- Didier Notheaux
- Hervé Revelli
Reinhard Fabisch- Rene Taelman
Cecil Jones Attuquayefio
Current squad
The following players were called for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Ghana on October 11, 2009.
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Recent Call-ups 2008-2009
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