Benin national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Les Écureuils (The Squirrels) |
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| Association | Fédération Béninoise de Football |
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| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Michel Dussuyer |
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| Home stadium | Stade de l'Amitié | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | BEN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 79 (August 2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 165 (July 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 107 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Dahomey 0 - 1 Nigeria  (Dahomey; 8 November 1959) |
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| Biggest win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dahomey 6 - 2 Chad  (Dahomey; 15 April 1963) Benin 4 - 0 Tanzania  (Cotonou, Benin; 8 September 2002) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria 10 - 1 Dahomey (Nigeria; 28 November 1959) |
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| African Nations Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Round 1, 2004, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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[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] Notable players
[edit] Current Squad
The following players were called for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Uganda on October 12, 2008.
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[edit] Recent Call-ups 2008
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- Mogas 90 Valère Amoussou,
Robert Agbo, Elysée Zangnon, Yvan Médénou, Hounguè Cissé.
- Energie Constant Soukou,
Louis Iréké. Franck David Gnanhoui, Sosthène Soglo.
- Panthères Bio Aï Traoré.
- Soleil De Gaulle Hountonto,
Djiman Koukou, Koffi Agbessi, Jacques Bessan.
- UNB (aka UAC) Benjamain Orou,
Aboubakar Santos, Aboubakar Issa Mazou.
- Requins Marius Oké,
Fabrice Messan, Oumar Bah Ouattara.
- Dragons Boris Flacandji.
- JSP Cédric Coréa.
- Cheminots Christian Kochony.
- Mambas Noirs Hans Agbo Prince.
