Gambia national football team

Gambia
Nickname(s)	The Scorpions
Association	Gambia Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Jose Martinez
Captain	Ebou Sillah
Most caps	Ebou sillah
Top scorer	Attor Gomez
Home stadium	Independence Stadium, Bakau
FIFA code	GAM
FIFA ranking	114
Highest FIFA ranking	101 (September 1994)
Lowest FIFA ranking	166 (March 2006)
Elo ranking	117
First kit 　 Second kit
First international British Gambia 1 - 3 Portuguese Guinea (Gambia; June 2, 1952)
Biggest win Gambia 6 - 0 Lesotho (Banjul, Gambia; October 12, 2002)
Biggest defeat Guinea 8 - 0 Gambia (Guinea; May 14, 1972)

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 World Cup or the African Nations Cup finals.

Last and next games

• Last game  Cape Verde 0-0 Gambia  - Praia - June 16, 2007.
• Next game  Gambia - Algeria  - unknown venue - September 8, 2007.

Gambia Football Achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :

• 3 Times Runners-up

• African Under-17 Championship: 1
  

2005

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1978 - Did not enter
• 1982 - Did not qualify
• 1986 - Did not qualify
• 1990 - Did not enter
• 1994 - Withdrew
• 1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify

African Nations Cup record

• 1957 to 1974 - Did not enter
• 1976 - Did not qualify
• 1978 - Did not enter
• 1980 to 1988 - Did not qualify
• 1990 - Withdrew
• 1992 - Did not qualify
• 1994 - Did not enter
• 1996 - Withdrew during qualifying
• 1998 - Banned for withdrawing in 1996
• 2000 - Withdrew
• 2002 to 2008 - Did not qualify

Famous Players

• Seyfo Soley
• Cherno Samba (from Gambia but has not played for them and has played for England Youth Team) His Father however was a Gambian Goalkeeper.
• Arthur Gomez
• Ibrahim Jagne
• Tijan Jaiteh
• Ebou Sillah
• Edrissa Sonko
• Pa Dembo Tourray

Current squad

(May, 2007)

External links

• Gambia FA

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