Somalia national football team
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| Nickname(s) | The Ocean Stars | ||
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| Association | Somali Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach |  Abdulahi Xassan |
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| Home stadium | Pavilion Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | SOM | ||
| FIFA ranking | 168 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 158 (April 1995) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 199 (March 2000, November 2008) | ||
| Elo ranking | 196 | ||
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| First international | |||
 Cameroon 9 - 2 Somalia (Madagascar; April 13, 1960) |
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| Biggest win | |||
Somalia 2 - 0 Mauritania  (Somalia; August 12, 1973) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
Somalia 0 - 14 Korea DPR  (Jakarta, Indonesia; November 12, 1963) |
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The Somalia national football team, nicknamed The Ocean Stars, is the national team of Somalia and is controlled by the Somali Football Federation. It is a member of CAF. It has never qualified for the final stages of a World Cup. FIFA sactioned games can not currently be played in Somalia due to the ongoing Somali Civil War. All qualifying matches for the African Cup of Nations and the World Cup must be played away from home.
As of June 2009, Somalia's FIFA ranking is 168 overall and 46 within the CAF.[1]
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[edit] World Cup record
- 1930 to 1978 - Did not enter
- 1982 - Did not qualify
- 1986 to 1998 - Did not enter
- 2002 to 2010 - Did not qualify
[edit] African Nations Cup record
- 1957 to 1968 - Did not enter
- 1970 - Did not enter
- 1972 - Did not enter
- 1974 - Did not qualify
- 1976 - Did not enter
- 1978 - Did not qualify
- 1980 - Did not enter
- 1982 - Did not enter
- 1984 to 1988 - Did not qualify
- 1990 to 2004 - Did not enter
- 2006 - Round 1
- 2008 - Did not quality
- 2010 - Did not qualify
[edit] Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.
[edit] Recent Call-Ups
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[edit] References
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