Sudan national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Sudan women's national football team.

Sudan

Nickname(s)	Falcons of Jediane
Association	Sudan Football Association (SFA)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Head coach	Zdravko Logarušić
Captain	Muhannad El Tahir
Most caps	Muhannad El Tahir (70)
Top scorer	Haytham Tambal (20)
Home stadium	Khartoum Stadium
FIFA code	SDN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	130 3 (4 April 2019)[1]
Highest	74 (December 1996)
Lowest	164 (July 2017)
Elo ranking
Current	148 3 (27 March 2019)[2]
Highest	31 (July 1971)
Lowest	155 (2018)
First international
Sudan 5–1 Ethiopia  (Sudan; 13 May 1956)[3]
Biggest win
Sudan 15–0 Muscat and Oman (Cairo, Egypt; 2 September 1965)
Biggest defeat
South Korea 8–0 Sudan  (Seoul, South Korea; 10 September 1979)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	8 (first in 1957)
Best result	Champions, 1970

The Sudan national football team (Arabic: منتخب السودان الوطني لكرة القدم‎) represents Sudan in association football and is controlled by the Sudan Football Association, the governing body for football in Sudan. Sudan's home ground is Khartoum Stadium in Khartoum. Sudan were one of the three teams to participate in the inaugural Africa Cup of Nations in 1957, the other two being Egypt and Ethiopia.

Sudan is one of the oldest teams in Africa and has a rich history in the past 50s to 70s. They won the 1970 Africa Cup of Nations as hosts with Mustafa Azhari as their best player. After beating Ethiopia 3–0, and a 1–0 defeat to Ivory Coast, they secured a place in the semi-final by beating Cameroon 2–1. They overcame Egypt 2–1 after extra time in the semi-final, and won 1–0 against Ghana in the final to become African champions. With their top scorer and most capped player Mustafa Azhari Alawad retired later that year after not being able to carry the Sudanese team anymore, Sudanese football team started to decline and losing status as a major African and Arab power.

They went as high as 74 in the FIFA rankings. Sudan was the only East African team to qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Achievements
  


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  3 Competitive record
  
  
  
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    3.1 FIFA World Cup record
    
  
  
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    3.2 Olympic Games record
    
  
  
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    3.3 Africa Cup of Nations record
    
  
  
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    3.4 African Games record
    
  
  
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    3.5 African Nations Championship record
    
  
  
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    3.6 CECAFA Cup record
    
  
  
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    3.7 Arab Nations Cup record
    
  
  
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    3.8 Pan Arab Games record
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Managerial history
  


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  5 Recent results and fixtures
  


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  6 Players
  
  
  
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    6.1 Current squad
    
  
  
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    6.2 Recent call-ups
    
  
  
  
  


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  7 References
  


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  8 External links
  

History

Achievements

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  Africa Cup of Nations
  
  • Champion (1):1970
    
  
  


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  CECAFA Cup
  
  • Champion (3): 1980, 2006, 2007
    
  
  

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Appearances: 0 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1930 Did not enter 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 Withdrew in qualification 1962 Withdrew 1966 1970 Did not qualify 1974 1978 Withdrew 1982 Did not qualify 1986 1990 1994 Withdrew 1998 Did not qualify 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 To be determined 2026 Total 0/21

Olympic Games record Olympic Games Appearances: 1 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1896 – 1956 Did not enter 1960 Did not qualify 1964 1968 1972 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 1 5 1976 Did not qualify 1980 Did not enter 1984 Did not qualify 1988 1992 1996 Did not enter 2000 Did not qualify 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 To be determined Total Group stage 1/25 3 0 0 3 1 5 Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since the 1992 edition.

Africa Cup of Nations record Africa Cup of Nations Appearances: 8 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1957 Third place 3rd 1 0 0 1 1 2 1959 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 2 2 1962 Did not qualify 1963 Runners-up 2nd 3 1 1 1 6 5 1965 Did not qualify 1968 1970 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 8 3 1972 Group stage 7th 3 0 2 1 4 6 1974 Did not qualify 1976 Group stage 7th 3 0 2 1 3 4 1978 Withdrew 1980 Did not qualify 1982 Did not enter 1984 Did not qualify 1986 Withdrew 1988 Did not qualify 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 Withdrew during qualifying 2000 Did not enter 2002 Did not qualify 2004 2006 2008 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 0 9 2010 Did not qualify 2012 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 4 7 2013 Did not qualify 2015 2017 2019 2021 To be determined 2023 2025 Total 1 Title 8/31 24 7 6 11 28 38

African Games record African Games Appearances: 1 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1965 Did not enter 1973 1978 Did not enter 1987 Did not qualify 1991 Did not enter 1995 1999 2003 Withdrew 2007 Did not enter 2011 2015 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 2 2 2019 To be determined 2023 All Total Group stage 1/11 3 1 1 1 2 2 Prior to the Cairo 1991 campaign, the Football at the All-Africa Games was open to full senior national teams.

African Nations Championship record African Nations Championship Appearances: 2 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 2009 Did not qualify 2011 Third place 3rd 6 4 1 1 5 2 2014 Did not qualify 2016 Did not qualify 2018 Third place 3rd 6 4 1 1 5 3 2020 To be determined 2022 Total Third place 2/5 12 8 2 2 10 5

CECAFA Cup record CECAFA Cup Appearances: 21 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1973 Did not enter 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Group stage 6th 2 0 1 1 1 5 1980 Champions 1st 4 3 0 1 5 2 1981 Group stage 7th 3 0 2 1 2 4 1982 6th 2 0 0 2 0 3 1983 5th 4 2 1 1 4 3 1984 Did not enter 1985 1987 1988 1989 1990 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 1 1 5 3 1991 Fourth place 4th 4 0 1 3 3 9 1992 Did not enter 1994 1995 1996 Third place 3rd 4 1 2 1 6 6 1999 Quarter-finals 8th 3 0 2 1 1 4 2000 Did not enter 2001 2002 Group stage 6th 4 1 1 2 4 5 2003 Fourth place 4th 4 2 1 1 8 2 2004 Third place 3rd 5 3 1 1 11 6 2005 Group stage 6th 4 2 0 2 7 12 2006 Champions 1st 6 2 3 1 7 4 2007 1st 5 2 3 0 8 6 2008 Group stage 6th 4 1 2 1 3 2 2009 Did not enter 2010 Group stage 10th 3 0 1 2 0 5 2011 Third place 3rd 6 3 3 0 6 3 2012 Group stage 9th 3 1 0 2 1 3 2013 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 8 4 2015 Fourth place 4th 6 2 1 3 7 4 2017 Did not enter Total 3 Titles 21/39 86 31 27 33 87 61

Arab Nations Cup record Arab Nations Cup Appearances: 3 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1963 Did not enter 1964 1966 1985 Did not qualify 1988 Did not enter 1992 1998 Group stage 7th 2 1 0 1 2 4 2002 7th 4 1 1 2 4 5 2012 7th 3 1 2 0 4 2 Total Group stage 3/9 9 3 3 3 10 11

Pan Arab Games record Pan Arab Games Appearances: 3 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1953 Did not enter 1957 1961 1965 Silver Medal 2nd 6 5 0 1 32 5 1976 Did not enter 1985 1992 1997 1999 2004 No tournament 2007 Group stage 5th 4 0 0 4 0 12 2011 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 1 2 Total Group stage 3/11 13 6 1 6 33 19

Managerial history

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  Salih Rajeb (1956)


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  Jozsef Hada (1957-1959)


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  Lozan Kotsev (1963)


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  Mohammed Hassan Kheiri (1969) (1970-1972)


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  Jiří Starosta (1970)


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  Abd Al Fattah Hamed (1970)(1972)


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  Ivan Yanko (1974-1976)


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  Ibrahim Kabair (1976-1978)


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  Burkhard Ziese (1978-1980)


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  Zoran Đorđević (2000)


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  Ahmed Babiker (2001-2002)


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  Wojciech Lazarek (2002–2004)


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  Mohamed Abdallah (2005-2008) (2010–2015) (2016)


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  Stephen Constantine (2009-2010)


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  Hamdan Hamed (2016)


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  Zdravko Logarušić (2017–)

Recent results and fixtures

Burundi  v  Sudan

23 July 2017 2018 CHANQ	Burundi	0–0	Sudan	Bujumbura, Burundi
15:00 CAT		Report		Stadium: Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium Referee: Zekarias Girma Fega (Ethiopia)

Sudan  v  Burundi

29 July 2017 2018 CHANQ	Sudan	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Burundi	El-Obeid, Sudan
20:00 EAT	Bakhit  50'	Report		Stadium: El-Obeid Stadium Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Uganda)

Rwanda  v  Sudan

7 August 2017 Friendly	Rwanda	2–1	Sudan	Kigali, Rwanda
16:30 CAT	Nshuti  3' Mubumbyi  75'	Report	Bakhit  24'	Stadium: Stade Régional Nyamirambo Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

Ethiopia  v  Sudan

13 August 2017 2018 CHANQ	Ethiopia	1–1	Sudan	Awasa, Ethiopia
16:00 EAT	Abdurahman  85'	Report	Bakhit  75'	Stadium: Hawassa International Stadium Referee: Alex Muhabi (Uganda)

Sudan  v  Ethiopia

19 August 2017 2018 CHANQ	Sudan	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Ethiopia	El-Obeid, Sudan
20:00 EAT	Saadeldin  48'	Report		Stadium: El-Obeid Stadium Referee: Andrew Otieno (Kenya)

Equatorial Guinea  v  Sudan

8 September 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	Sudan	Bata, Equatorial Guinea
16:00 WAT	Nsue  30'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de Bata Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

Senegal  v  Sudan

13 October 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Senegal	3–0	Sudan	Dakar, Senegal
19:00 GMT	Cissé  17' Gueye  18' Niang  50'	Report		Stadium: Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Sudan  v  Senegal

16 October 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Sudan	0–1	Senegal	Khartoum, Sudan
19:30 CAT		Report	S. Sarr  86'	Stadium: Khartoum Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Madagascar  v  Sudan

18 November 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Madagascar	1–3	Sudan	Antananarivo, Madagascar
14:30 EAT	Andriamatsinoro  77'	Report	Musa  2' Abuaagla  61' Yasir  85'	Stadium: Vontovorona Stadium Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Sudan  v  Equatorial Guinea

22 March 2019 2019 AFCONQ	Sudan	1–4	Equatorial Guinea	Omdurman, Sudan
19:00 CAT	Bakhit  15'	Report	Nsue  19', 36' (pen.) Ganet  49' Obiang  85'	Stadium: Al-Hilal Stadium Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Matches against Equatorial Guinea on 22 March 2018.
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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
16	1GK	Younis Eltayeb	(1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 27)	2	0	Al-Hilal Club
1	1GK	Monged Elneel	(1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 23)	1	0	Al-Merrikh SC
3	2DF	Faris Abdalla	(1994-02-19) 19 February 1994 (age 25)	32	1	Al-Hilal Club
18	2DF	Abdellatif Saeed (Captain)	(1989-07-28) 28 July 1989 (age 29)	26	0	Al-Hilal Club
15	2DF	Athar El-Tahir	(1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 (age 22)	20	6	Al-Hilal Club
4	2DF	Omer Suleiman	(1989-12-09) 9 December 1989 (age 29)	7	1	El-Hilal SC El-Obeid
19	2DF	Mustafa Karshoum	(1992-12-06) 6 December 1992 (age 26)	1	0	Al Khartoum SC
21	2DF	Bakhit Khamis	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 25)	0	0	Al-Merreikh SC (Al-Fasher)
13	2DF	Muaiad Aabdein	(1996-05-21) 21 May 1996 (age 22)	0	0	El-Hilal SC El-Obeid
2	3MF	Abuaagla Abdalla	(1993-03-11) 11 March 1993 (age 26)	25	1	Al-Hilal Club
10	3MF	Walieldin Khidir	(1995-09-15) 15 September 1995 (age 23)	7	0	Al-Ahly Shendi
8	3MF	Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim (Vice Captain)	(1987-03-01) 1 March 1987 (age 32)	5	0	Al-Ahly Shendi
14	3MF	Mofadal Mohamed Hassan	(1989-01-05) 5 January 1989 (age 30)	5	0	El-Hilal SC El-Obeid
20	3MF	Salah Eldin Aadil	(1995-04-03) 3 April 1995 (age 24)	2	0	Al-Ahly Shendi
5	3MF	Mohamed Mukhtar	(1996-03-08) 8 March 1996 (age 23)	1	0	Al-Hilal Club
12	3MF	Sufian Iz Eldin	(1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 22)	0	0	Al Ahli SC (Khartoum)
9	4FW	Saifeldin Malik Bakhit	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 25)	16	6	Al-Merrikh SC
11	4FW	Yasir Mozamil	(1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 27)	2	1	Al-Ahly Shendi
17	4FW	Al Sadig Adam	(1992-04-26) 26 April 1992 (age 26)	2	0	Al-Merrikh SC
7	4FW	Khalid Abdelmoneim	(1998-05-02) 2 May 1998 (age 20)	1	0	Al-Merrikh SC
6	4FW	Ahmed Saeed Ahmed	(1989-01-01) 1 January 1989 (age 30)	1	0	Al Ahli SC (Khartoum)

Recent call-ups

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External links

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  Sudan at FIFA.com

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v t e Africa Cup of Nations · Champions

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