Guinea-Bissau national football team

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Mauro Rodrigues played numerous matches for the Guinea-Bissau national football team

The Guinea-Bissau national football team (Portuguese: Seleção nacional de futebol da Guiné-Bissau) represents Guinea-Bissau in men's international association football and it is controlled by the Football Federation of Guinea-Bissau, The team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cups but qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations four times, making their debut in 2017. The team is a member of both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).

History

World Cup qualifying

Guinea-Bissau entered their first FIFA World Cup qualification with the aim of reaching the 1998 World Cup in France. The first round of African qualification required for them to play Guinea in a two-legged match. The first leg was held at home in the Estadio 24 de Setembro in Bissau on 1 June 1996 with an attendance of 15,000. Guinea-Bissau went 2–0 up at half-time after strikes from Pereira Tavares in 11th and 36th minutes. Guinea's Titi Camara equalised with his own brace in the 53rd and 54th minutes. Guinea-Bissau's Co Cipriano won the game with a 60th-minute penalty to make it 3–2.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The away leg was held at the Stade du 28 Septembre in Conakry. Momo Soumah of Guinea scored to level the tie at half-time before Nando Có scored a bicycle kick for Guinea-Bissau to put his side 4–3 up on aggregate, however another goal from Momo Soumah and a winner from Tibou Bangoura won the match for Guinea, giving them a 5–4 lead on aggregate.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Guinea-Bissau had never progressed beyond the first round of qualification until the 2022 qualifiers where they defeated São Tomé and Príncipe 3–1 over two legs, thanks to three goals from Joseph Mendes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Africa Cup of Nations

Guinea-Bissau first participated in AFCON qualification in 1994 where they defeated Cape Verde over three legs, but failed to register a single point in the second round as their draw against Togo was annulled after Togo withdrew from the competition. In 1996 Guinea-Bissau withdrew from qualification after a draw and two losses to begin the campaign, leading to their ban for 1998 AFCON.

Guinea-Bissau next entered qualification in 2006 where they lost 4–1 to Mali national football team and were again banned in 2008 for unpaid debts to CAF. In 2012 they secured a single win (1–0 against Kenya) and five losses to finish last in Group J. The following year they were eliminated 2–0 by Cameroon. In 2015, after beating Central African Republic 3–1, they lost to Botswana by the same scoreline.

For the 2017 qualifiers, Guinea-Bissau was drawn from Pot 4 into Group E and, despite being the lowest ranked nation in their group, achieved ten points and qualified for the 2017 tournament ahead of Congo, Zambia and Kenya. In their African Cup of Nations debut, Guinea-Bissau drew 1–1 with Gabon with a 91st-minute equaliser by Juary Soares. This was the only point they collected at the tournament and they were eliminated in the group stage.

Guinea-Bissau then also won their Group in the 2019 qualifiers to reach a second straight Finals. They again managed one draw (0–0 against Benin) and two losses and failed to progress to the knock-out stages.

On March 30, 2021, Guinea-Bissau went into their final qualifying match against Congo, needing a victory to qualify. They ended comfortable winners with goals from Piqueti, Frédéric Mendy and Jorginho to secure their third successive AFCON appearance.

Results and fixtures

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The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

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Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Template:Flagicon Luis Boa Morte
Assistant coaches Template:Flagicon Domingos Indjai
Template:Flagicon Filipe Sambu
Fitness coach Template:Flagicon Mustafá Danfa
Goalkeeper coach Template:Flagicon Augusto Yansané
Team doctors Template:Flagicon Dr. Raimundo Djabaté
Template:Flagicon Dr. Francisco Djoró
Physiotherapists Template:Flagicon Leopoldo Kanté
Template:Flagicon Vasco Saidú
Template:Flagicon Vítor Djaló
Template:Flagicon Gilson Baldé
Match analyst Template:Flagicon Lucrécio Sané

Coaching history

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Players

Current squad

The following players were pre-selected for the friendly match against Angola on 18 November 2025.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2025, after the match against Egypt

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Recent call-ups

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INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
RET Player has retired from international football.
SUS Suspended from the national team.
WD Withdrew from squad.
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Records

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Players in bold are still active with Guinea Bissau.

Most appearances

Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Jonas Mendes 60 0 2010–present
2 Sori Mané 48 0 2017–present
3 Piqueti Djassi 40 7 2015–present
4 Bura Nogueira 38 2 2015–present
5 Mama Baldé 37 7 2019–present
6 Adelino Lopes 36 2 1994–2001
Alfa Semedo 36 2 2021–present
8 Opa Sanganté 34 0 2020–present
Zezinho 34 2 2010–2019
10 Nanú 32 0 2019–present

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Nando Co 9 6 {{#expr:9/6 round 2}} 1996–2001
2 Mama Baldé 7 37 {{#expr:7/37 round 2}} 2019–present
Piqueti Djassi 7 40 {{#expr:7/40 round 2}} 2015–present
4 Cícero Semedo 6 14 {{#expr:6/14 round 2}} 2010–2016
Frédéric Mendy 6 24 {{#expr:6/24 round 2}} 2016–2022
6 Jorginho 5 29 {{#expr:5/29 round 2}} 2018–present
7 Zinho Gano 4 7 {{#expr:4/7 round 2}} 2022–present
Joseph Mendes 4 14 {{#expr:4/14 round 2}} 2019–2022
9 Braima Mané 3 5 {{#expr:3/5 round 2}} 1994–1996
Basile de Carvalho 3 8 {{#expr:3/8 round 2}} 2011–2012
Toni Silva 3 22 {{#expr:3/22 round 2}} 2016–present

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
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1978 to 1986 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
1990 and 1994 Did not enter Declined participation
Template:Flagicon 1998 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 4 5
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002 2 0 1 1 0 3
Template:Flagicon 2006 2 0 0 2 1 4
Template:Flagicon 2010 2 0 1 1 0 1
Template:Flagicon 2014 2 0 1 1 1 2
Template:Flagicon 2018 2 0 1 1 2 4
Template:Flagicon 2022 8 3 3 2 8 12
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026 10 2 4 4 8 10
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2030 To be determined To be determined
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Total Template:Tooltip 30 6 11 13 24 41

Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations record Qualification record
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Template:Flagicon 1976 Not affiliated to CAF Not affiliated to CAF
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Template:Flagicon 1988 Did not enter Did not enter
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Template:Flagicon 1994 Did not qualify 8 2 0 8 6 20
Template:Flagicon 1996 Withdrew during qualifying Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 1998 Banned for withdrawing in 1996 Banned
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2000 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 2002 Withdrew Withdrew
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Template:Flagicon 2006 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 1 4
Template:Flagicon 2008 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 2010 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 0 1
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2012 6 1 0 5 2 8
Template:Flagicon 2013 2 0 1 1 0 2
Template:Flagicon 2015 4 4 2 2 6 3
Template:Flagicon 2017 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 2 5 6 3 1 2 7 7
Template:Flagicon 2019 20th 3 0 1 2 0 4 6 2 3 1 8 7
Template:Flagicon 2021 22nd 3 0 1 2 0 3 6 3 0 3 9 7
Template:Flagicon 2023 23rd 3 0 0 3 2 7 6 4 1 1 11 5
Template:Flagicon 2025 Did not qualify 6 1 2 3 4 6
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Total Group stage 4/35 12 0 3 9 4 19 54 20 11 29 54 70

Honours

Regional

References

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