South Sudan national football team
men's national association football team representing South Sudan
The South Sudan national football team is the national football team of South Sudan.
| Nickname(s) | Bright Stars[1] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | South Sudan Football Association | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | CECAFA (East & Central Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Ramsey Sebit (caretaker) | ||
| Captain | Jumma Genaro | ||
| Most caps | Jumma Genaro (23) | ||
| Top scorer | James Moga (6) | ||
| Home stadium | Juba National Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | SSD | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 165  (22 December 2022)[2] | ||
| Highest | 134 (November 2015) | ||
| Lowest | 205 (September 2013) | ||
| First international | |||
 South Sudan 2–2 Uganda  (Juba, South Sudan; 10 July 2012) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
South Sudan 6–0 Djibouti  (Juba, South Sudan; 28 March 2017) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Mozambique 5–0 South Sudan (Maputo, Mozambique; 18 May 2014) | |||
The team's home stadium is Juba Stadium, which can fit 7,000 people.
The team played its first match against Uganda on 10 July 2012.[4]
Coaches
change| Dates | Name |
|---|---|
| 2009–2011 | Stephen Constantine |
| 2011–2012 | Malesh Soro |
| 2012 | Ismail Balanga |
| 2012–2013 | Zoran Đorđević |
| 2013–2014 | Ismail Balanga |
| 2014 | Salyi Lolaku Samuel |
| 2014–2015 | Lee Sung-jea |
| 2015–2016 | Leo Adraa |
| 2016 | Joseph Malesh |
| 2017 | Elya Wako |
| 2017–2018 | Bilal Felix Komoyangi |
| 2018 | Ahcene Aït-Abdelmalek |
| 2018 | Ramsey Sebit (caretaker) |
| 2019– | Cyprian Besong Ashu |
References
change- ↑ "BBC Storyville 2014 Soccer Coach Zoran and his African Tigers". 18 December 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ↑ "South Sudan enter FIFA rankings". Reuters. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
Other websites
change- South Sudan Archived 2017-12-28 at the Wayback Machine at FIFA.com