Somalia national football team

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History

The first Somali football teams were established in the 1940s. The competitions were basic in structure and were associated with the anti-colonial movement. The Somali Youth League (SYL), the nation's first political party, had put together a team of local youth to play against the Italian expatriate teams. The soccer team the FYL had assembled, which would later change its name to Bondhere, won the first several competitions. In 1951, the Somali Football Federation (SFF) was founded. The first Somali commissioner for sport was later established in 1958.

Although the Somali national football team took part in preliminary matches, it has never qualified for the World Cup. For many years after the outbreak of the civil war in the early 1990s, FIFA-sanctioned games could not be played within the country. Qualifying matches for the Africa Cup of Nations and the World Cup were instead contested away from home. However, following the pacification of the capital Mogadishu in 2011, the SFF began preparations for the first major sporting event to be held in years at the Mogadishu Stadium, in December 2012.

Prior to 2019, the Somali FA decided they would admit to all their young and upcoming youth talents and put out local trials to fortify both Olympic and national football teams.

In addition, many from the Somali diaspora in the past have produced quality football players such as Islam Feruz and Mukhtar Ali.

On 5 September 2019, Somalia won their first qualifying match since 1984 (against Kenya - AFCON Qualifying) and their first-ever FIFA World Cup qualifying match, beating Zimbabwe by 1–0.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They nearly advanced to the second round but lost 3–1 in Zimbabwe after two late goals for the warriors, consigning the Ocean Stars to an early exit.

Team image

Kits and crest

Kit provider Period
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From the 1970s up until the 1990s, the Somali national football team used to wear the Somali Flag and socks with the Somali Flag for home kits and the inverse as away kits,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the two primary colours of the Somali national flags, in the 2010s up until the present, the national team have now replaced the solid sky blue shirts for vertically blue and white striped shirts.

The crest of the Somali national team used to be the coat of arms of Somalia but it is now replaced with the Somali Federation crest. The Ocean Stars plays their home games in the Mogadishu Stadium, (As the stadium was being rebuilt, the national team played matches at Engineer Yaarisow Stadium, which is Mogadishu's secondary stadium for sporting events).

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Results and fixtures

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} 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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Coaches

The Somalia national football team players during a training session in 2015
Another picture of the Somalia national football team players in 2015
Name Nat Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Win rate
Qi Wusheng Template:Flagicon 1978–1979
Klaus Ebbighausen Template:Flagicon 1980
Hussein Ali Abdulle Template:Flagicon May 1999 – Dec 2000 8 0 1 7 6.3%
Awil Ismail Mohamed Template:Flagicon Nov 2001 – Dec 2002 7 1 2 4 28.6%
Ali Abdi Farah Template:Flagicon Oct 2003 – Dec 2005 9 1 0 8 11.1%
Daniel Muwathe Template:Flagicon Oct 2006 – Dec 2006 6 0 0 6 0%
Hussein Ali Abdulle Template:Flagicon Oct 2007 – Dec 2007 4 0 0 4 0%
Ali Abdi Farah Template:Flagicon Sept 2008 – Dec 2009 8 2 0 6 25%
Mohamed Farayare Template:Flagicon Jan 2010 – Mar 2010 2 1 0 1 50%
Yousef Adam Template:Flagicon Oct 2010 – Dec 2010 3 0 0 3 0%
Alfred Imonje Template:Flagicon Oct 2011 – Dec 2011 5 0 1 4 10%
Sam Ssimbwa Template:Flagicon Dec 2011 – Oct 2013 6 0 0 6 0%
Sam Ssimbwa Template:Flagicon Mar 2014 – Sept 2015 2 0 0 2 0%
Charles Mbabazi Template:Flagicon Sept 2015
Haruna Mawa Template:Flagicon Nov 2016 – Nov 2019
Bashir Hayford Template:Flagicon Mar 2019 – 2019 7 2 2 3 42.8%
Said Abdi Haibeh Template:Flagicon Dec 2019 – May 2021 4 1 2 1 25%
Abdellatif Salef Template:Flagicon May 2021 – June 2021 0 0 0 0 0%
Salad Farah Template:Flagicon June 2021 – February 2022 2 0 0 2 0%
Pieter de Jongh Template:Flagicon February 2022 – May 2022 2 0 0 2 0%
Rachid Lousteque Template:Flagicon July 2022 – 2023 0 0 0 0 0%

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Guinea and Botswana on 21 and 25 March 2025, respectively.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2025, after the match against Botswana.

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Recent call-ups

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Player records

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Players in bold are still active with Somalia.

Most appearances

Rank Name Caps Goals Career
1 Template:Interlanguage link 31 0 1999–2007
2 Yasin Ali Egal 20 0 2003–2011
3 Mustaf Yuusuf 18 0 2015-now
4 Template:Interlanguage link 12 0 2024-2025
Salah Hussein Sa'ad 12 0 2010–2013
6 Abubakar Nur Abdikarim 12 0 2011–2015
Template:Interlanguage link 12 0 2000–2002
Template:Interlanguage link 12 0 2011–2015
Mohamed Awad 12 1 2021–present
Ahmed Hirabe 12 0 2017–present
Hussein Mohamed 12 0 2019–present

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Abdullahi Sheikh Mohamed 3 6 {{#expr:3/6 round 2}} 2000–2005
Mohamed Ali Abdi Nur 3 7 {{#expr:3/7 round 2}} 1985–1995
3 Omar Mohamed 2 6 {{#expr:2/6 round 2}} 2019
Farhan Mohamed Ahmed 2 10 {{#expr:2/10 round 2}} 2019–present
Mohamed Ali Abdiaziz 2 11 {{#expr:2/11 round 2}} 2006–2011
Ciise Aden Abshir 2 11 {{#expr:2/11 round 2}} 2003–2011
Sak Hassan 2 11 {{#expr:2/11 round 2}} 2022–present

Competitive record

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FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip* Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
1930 to 1958 Part of Template:Fb & Template:Flag Part of Template:Fb & Template:Flag
Template:Flagicon 1962 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
1966 to 1978 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1982 Did not qualify 2 0 2 0 1 1
1986 to 1998 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 6
Template:Flagicon 2006 2 0 0 2 0 7
Template:Flagicon 2010 1 0 0 1 0 1
Template:Flagicon 2014 2 0 1 1 0 5
Template:Flagicon 2018 2 0 0 2 0 6
Template:Flagicon 2022 2 1 0 1 2 3
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026


Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2030 To be determined
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Total Template:Tooltip 21 1 4 16 6 45

Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations record Qualification record
Year Round Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1957 Part of Template:Fb & Template:Flag Part of Template:Fb & Template:Flag
Template:Flagicon 1959
Template:Flagicon 1962 Not affiliated to CAF Not affiliated to CAF
Template:Flagicon 1963
Template:Flagicon 1965
Template:Flagicon 1968
Template:Flagicon 1970 Withdrew Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 1974 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 2 5
Template:Flagicon 1976 2 1 0 1 1 2
Template:Flagicon 1978 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1980 Withdrew Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 1982 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1984 Did not qualify 1 0 0 1 0 1
Template:Flagicon 1986 2 1 0 1 1 1
Template:Flagicon 1988 2 0 1 1 0 5
Template:Flagicon 1990 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1992
Template:Flagicon 1994
Template:Flagicon 1996
Template:Flagicon 1998
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2000
Template:Flagicon 2002
Template:Flagicon 2004
Template:Flagicon 2006
Template:Flagicon 2008
Template:Flagicon 2010
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2012
Template:Flagicon 2013
Template:Flagicon 2015
Template:Flagicon 2017
Template:Flagicon 2019
Template:Flagicon 2021
Template:Flagicon 2023 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 1 5
Template:Flagicon 2025 2 0 0 2 2 5
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2027 To be determined To be determined
Total 0/35 13 3 1 9 7 24

African Nations Championship

African Nations Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 2009 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 2011 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 1 6
Template:Flagicon 2014 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 2016
Template:Flagicon 2018 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 1 4
Template:Flagicon 2020 2 0 0 2 2 7
Template:Flagicon 2022 2 0 0 2 1 3
Total 0/6 8 1 0 7 5 20

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Appearances: 0
Year Round Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
1896–1960 Part of Template:Fb & Template:Flag
Template:Flagicon 1964 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1968
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Template:Flagicon 1976
Template:Flagicon 1980
Template:Flagicon 1984
Template:Flagicon 1988
Template:Flagicon 1992 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1996 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 2000
Template:Flagicon 2004 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 2008
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Template:Flagicon 2020
Total 0/26

All-Africa Games

All-Africa Games record
Appearances: 0
Year Round Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1965 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1973 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1978
Template:Flagicon 1987 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1991
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Template:Flagicon 2019 Did not enter
Total 0/11

CECAFA Cup

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CECAFA Cup record
Appearances: 26
Year Round Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1973 Group stage 6th 2 0 0 2 2 12
Template:Flagicon 1974 5th 2 0 1 1 2 3
Template:Flagicon 1975 Did not enter
Zanzibar 1976 Group stage 7th 3 0 0 3 2 7
Template:Flagicon 1977 5th 3 1 1 1 2 2
Template:Flagicon 1978 5th 4 0 1 3 3 10
Template:Flagicon 1979 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1980 Group stage 6th 2 0 1 1 1 3
Template:Flagicon 1981 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1982
Template:Flagicon 1983 Group stage 7th 3 0 1 2 3 5
Template:Flagicon 1984 5th 3 1 1 1 3 3
Template:Flagicon 1985 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1987
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Zanzibar 1990
Template:Flagicon 1991
Template:Flagicon 1992
Template:Flagicon 1994 Group stage 5th 3 1 0 2 3 8
Template:Flagicon 1995 8th 3 0 0 3 1 15
Template:Flagicon 1996 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1999 Group stage 12th 2 0 0 2 0 5
Template:Flagicon 2000 9th 4 0 1 3 1 11
Template:Flagicon 2001 9th 3 0 1 2 0 6
Template:Flagicon 2002 8th 4 1 0 3 1 4
Template:Flagicon 2003 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 2004 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 0 7
Template:Flagicon 2005 7th 4 1 0 3 6 10
Template:Flagicon 2006 10th 3 0 0 3 0 8
Template:Flagicon 2007 10th 3 0 0 3 0 6
Template:Flagicon 2008 9th 4 1 0 3 1 9
Template:Flagicon 2009 10th 3 0 0 3 1 6
Template:Flagicon 2010 12th 3 0 0 3 0 11
Template:Flagicon 2011 12th 3 0 0 3 1 11
Template:Flagicon 2012 12th 3 0 0 3 1 13
Template:Flagicon 2013 11th 3 0 0 3 0 7
Template:Flagicon 2014 Not held
Template:Flagicon 2015 Group stage 10th 3 0 0 3 0 9
Template:Flagicon 2017 Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 2019 Group stage 5th 4 1 2 1 1 2
Template:Flagicon 2021 Did not enter
Total 0 titles 26/42 80 7 10 63 35 193

FIFA Arab Cup

FIFA Arab Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1963 did not enter Did not enter
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Template:Flagicon 1992
Template:Flagicon 1998
Template:Flagicon 2002
Template:Flagicon 2009 Did not qualify {{#if:1|1|[1]}} 3 0 0 3 3 18
Template:Flagicon 2012 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 2021 Did not qualify 1 0 0 1 1 2
Total 0/9 4 0 0 4 4 20

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Arab Games

Arab Games record
Appearances: 1
Year Round Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1953 Part of Template:Fb & Template:Flag
Template:Flagicon 1957
Template:Flagicon 1961 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1965
Template:Flagicon 1976
Template:Flagicon 1985 Group stage 7th 3 1 0 2 5 6
Template:Flagicon 1992 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1997
Template:Flagicon 1999
Template:Flagicon 2004 Not held
Template:Flagicon 2007 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 2011 Withdrew
Total Group stage 1/11 3 1 0 2 5 6

Minor tournaments

Minor tournaments record
Year Round Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1963 GANEFO Group stage 11th 2 0 0 2 0 23
Template:Flagicon 1969 Friendship Cup Group stage 6th 2 0 0 2 1 14
Total 0 Titles 4 0 0 4 1 37

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See also

Notes

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References

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