Djibouti national football team

Djibouti
Nickname(s)	Riverains de la Mer Rouge (Shoremen of the Red Sea)
Association	Fédération Djiboutienne; de Football
Head coach	Ahmed Abdelmonem
Home stadium	Stade du Ville
FIFA code	DJI
FIFA ranking	187
Highest FIFA ranking	169 (December 1994)
Lowest FIFA ranking	201 (December 2004)
Elo ranking	210
	Home colours
	Away colours
First international
	Ethiopia 5 - 0 French Somaliland ; (Ethiopia; December 5, 1947)
Biggest win
	Djibouti 4 - 1 South Yemen ; (Djibouti, Djibouti; February 26, 1988)
Biggest defeat
	Zambia 10 - 0 Djibouti ; (Zambia; 3 September 2006)

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The Djibouti national football team, nicknamed the Riverains de la Mer Rouge (Shoremen of the Red Sea), is the national team of Djibouti and is controlled by the Fédération Djiboutienne de Football. They did not enter the qualification tournament for the 2006 World Cup. Djibouti had never won a full FIFA sanctioned international until they defeated Somalia 1-0 in the opening stage of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1998 - Did not enter
2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Did not qualify
2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] African Nations Cup record

1957 to 1998 - Did not enter
2000 - Did not qualify
2002 - Did not qualify
2004 - Withdrew
2006 - Did not enter
2008 - Withdrew
2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] Current squad

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Club
1	GK	Guedi Hassan
2		Abdillahi Mohamed
3		Daoud Wais
4	DF	Daher Mohamed
5		Waberi Hachi
		Hassan Khalif
		Mohamed Omar
		Mahamood Omar (Captain)
6	DF	Salim Kadar
7	MF	Ahmed Daher
8		Houssein Abchir Egueh
9		Mohamed Liban
10		Ahmed Kadar Hassan
11		Riyad Said Awad
12		Mohamed Said
13		Mohamed Abdi Elmi
14		Hassan Daher
15		Mohamed Meraneh Hassan
16		Ahmed Mahdi
17	FW	Hussein Yassin	FC Société Immobilière de Djibouti
18		Idriss Mohamed
		Ahmed-yassin Abdillahi
		Ahmed Ibrahim
		Moussa Hirir
		Yousouf Abdourahman
		Aden Charmakeh
		Ahmed Mohamed
		Moussa Warsama

[edit] Recent Call Ups

No.	Pos.	Player	Club
2		Egueh Mahdi	(WCQ v. Malawi, 5 September)
2		Aden -bilaal	(v. Congo DR on June 13)
8		Sholi	(v. Congo DR on June 13)
9	FW	Hassan Zizou	(v. Congo DR on June 13)
12		Khaliif	(v. Congo DR on June 13)
17		Idriss Waberi	(v. Congo DR on June 13)
18		Fouad	(v. Congo DR on June 13)
2		Mohamed Hassan	(v. Egypt on June 6)
1	GK	Ali Yassin	(v. Malawi on May 31)
7	MF	Ahmed Daher	(v. Malawi on May 31)
2		Mohamed Mohamed	(v. Somalia on November 16 2007)
3		Abdi Ahmed	(v. Somalia on November 16 2007)
4		Akdiuahi Yassin	(v. Somalia on November 16 2007)
8		Mohamed Abdirahman	(v. Somalia on November 16 2007)
9		Hassan Said	(v. Somalia on November 16 2007)
13		Ibrahim Moustapha	(v. Somalia on November 16 2007)
14		Abdi Faisal	(v. Somalia on November 16 2007)
15		Ali Mawlid	(v. Somalia on November 16 2007)
16		Guirreh Ayanleh	(v. Somalia on November 16 2007)
18		Ibrahim Mukhalai	(v. Somalia on November 16 2007)