Benin national football team

Benin
Nickname(s)	Les Écureuils; (The Squirrels)
Association	Fédération Béninoise; de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Michel Dussuyer
Home stadium	Stade de l'Amitié
FIFA code	BEN
FIFA ranking	80
Highest FIFA ranking	79 (August 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking	165 (July 1996)
Elo ranking	107
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Dahomey 0 - 1 Nigeria ; (Dahomey; 8 November 1959)
Biggest win
	Dahomey 6 - 2 Chad ; (Dahomey; 15 April 1963); Benin 4 - 0 Tanzania ; (Cotonou, Benin; 8 September 2002)
Biggest defeat
	Nigeria 10 - 1 Dahomey ; (Nigeria; 28 November 1959)
African Nations Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 2004)
Best result	Round 1, 2004, 2008

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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.

[edit] 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 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] 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

[edit] Current Squad

The following players were called for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Uganda on October 12, 2008.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
22	GK	Yoann Djidonou	May 17, 1986	13	0	Red Star Saint-Ouen
2	MF	Jocelyn Ahouéya	December 19, 1985	38	2	FC Sion
3	DF	Khaled Adenon	28 July 1985	23	1	Le Mans
4	DF	Bio Aï Traoré	June 9, 1985			Panthères FC
5	DF	Damien Chrysostome	May 24, 1982			FC Metz
6	MF	Oscar Olou	November 16, 1987			FC Rouen
7	MF	Romuald Boco	July 8, 1985			Sligo Rovers
8	FW	Razak Omotoyossi	October 8, 1985	28	14	FC Metz
9	FW	Abou Maiga	September 20, 1985			Créteil
10	FW	Oumar Tchomogo	January 7, 1978
11	MF	Mouritala Ogunbiyi	October 10, 1982			Guingamp
12	MF	Nouhoum Kobéna	June 01, 1985			Djoliba AC
13	DF	Noel Seka	September 3, 1984			FC Fyn
14	FW	Kwaenza Santos
15	DF	Anicet Adjamossi	March 15, 1984			Racing de Ferrol
16	GK	Benoît Tardieu	January 21, 1986			US Albi
17	MF	Stéphane Sessegnon	June 1, 1984			Paris SG
18		Aboubakari Ousmane				Energie de la Sbee FC

[edit] Recent Call-ups 2008

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
4	MF	Djiman Koukou	November 14, 1980			Soleil FC (WCQ v. Angola, 7 September)
11	FW	Daniel Gbaguidi	January 14, 1988	1	0	Cassis Carnoux (WCQ v. Angola, 7 September)
12	DF	Moustapha Agnide	January 1, 1981			Stade Quimpérois (WCQ v. Angola, 7 September)
14	MF	Wassiou Oladipupo	December 17, 1983			JS Kabylie (WCQ v. Angola, 7 September)
18	MF	Seidath Tchomogo	August 13, 1985	30	3	East Riffa (WCQ v. Angola, 7 September)
	DF	Alain Gaspoz	16 May 1970			FC Bagnes (v. Nigeria on January 29)
	MF	Jonas Okétola	27 August 1983			Thanda Royal Zulu (v. Nigeria on January 29)
	GK	Rachad Chitou	18 September 1976			Wikki Tourists (v. Ivory Coast on January 25)
	FW	Yannick Sagbo	July 12, 1988	0	0	AS Monaco
	GK	Valere Amoussou	10 March 1987			AS Porto-Novo
	DF	Angueran Edjekpan	15 January 1985			Mesagne
	DF	Safradine Traoré	31 May 1986			Buffles FC
	MF	Sosthene Soglo				Energie FC
	FW	Salomon Wisdom	6 October 1989			FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
	FW	Abdoulaye Ouzerou				Al Madina Tripoli
	FW	Abdramane Arouna				Buffles FC
	DF	Réda Johnson	21 March 1988			Amiens SC
	DF	John Glélé	19 February 1986			APEP Pitsilia
	DF	Salomon Junior				Universite Nationale du Benin
	MF	Jean Louis Pascal Angan	19 April 1986			Wydad Casablanca
	MF	Patrice Djokoue	16 May 1990			Requins
	FW	Mickael Poté	24 September 1984			Clermont Foot
	GK	Maxime Agueh	1 April 1978			FC Gueugnon
	GK	Aziz Balagoun	8 April 1981			K.M.S.K. Deinze (v. Ivory Coast on January 25)