Equatorial Guinea national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Nzalang Nacional | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Federación Ecuatoguineana de Fútbol |
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| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Vicente Engonga |
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| Home stadium | Nuevo Estadio de Malabo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | EQG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 120 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 64 (March 2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 195 (December 1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 143 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Congo 5 - 0 Equatorial Guinea  (Congo; December 9, 1984) |
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Equatorial Guinea 4 - 2 São Tomé & Príncipe  (Libreville, Gabon; November 11, 1999)
Equatorial Guinea 2 - 0 Sierra Leone  (Malabo, Equatorial Guinea; June 1, 2008) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Congo 6 - 0 Equatorial Guinea (Congo; December 13, 1990) |
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| Appearances | 0 (First in 2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Qualified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Equatorial Guinea national football team, nicknamed Nzalang Nacional, is the national team of Equatorial Guinea and is controlled by the Federación Ecuatoguineana de Fútbol. It is a member of CAF. Though Equatorial Guinea has traditionally been one of the poorest ranked teams Africa, the recent influx of Spanish players having Equatoguinean heritage has strengthened the national team and resulted in some solid performances.
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[edit] Tournament history
- CEMAC Cup :
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- 1 Time Champion (2006)
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[edit] World Cup record
[edit] African Nations Cup record
- 1957 to 1986 - Did not enter
- 1988 - Withdrew
- 1990 - Did not qualify
- 1992 - Did not enter
- 1994 - Did not enter
- 1996 - Withdrew
- 1998 - Did not enter
- 2000 - Did not enter
- 2002 to 2010 - Did not qualify
- 2012 - Will qualify as co-hosts with Gabon
[edit] Famous players
- Javier Balboa¹
- Rodolfo Bodipo¹ ²
- Juan Cuyami¹
- Juan Epitié¹
- Juvenal¹
- Francisco Salvador Elà
- Yago Alonso³ ²
- Benjamín Zarandona¹ ²
- Iván Zarandona¹ ²
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1 indicates a Spanish-born player
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2 indicates Equatoguinean heritage
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3 indicates an Ivorian-born player
[edit] Current squad
The following players were called for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against South Africa on October 11, 2008.
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[edit] Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team in 2008.
