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Nickname(s) | Falcons of Jediane (صقور الجديان) | ||
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Association | Sudan Football Association (SFA) | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | CECAFA (East & Central Africa) | ||
Head coach | James Kwesi Appiah | ||
Captain | Ramadan Agab | ||
Most caps | Haitham Mustafa (98) | ||
Top scorer | Nasr Eddin Abbas (27) | ||
Home stadium | Khartoum Stadium | ||
FIFA code | SDN | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 110 10 (24 October 2024)[1] | ||
Highest | 74 (December 1996) | ||
Lowest | 164 (July 2017) | ||
First international | |||
Sudan 5–1 Ethiopia (Omdurman, Sudan; 13 May 1956)[2] | |||
Biggest win | |||
Sudan 15–0 Muscat and Oman (Cairo, Egypt; 2 September 1965) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
South Korea 8–0 Sudan (Seoul, South Korea; 8 September 1979) | |||
Africa Cup of Nations | |||
Appearances | 9 (first in 1957) | ||
Best result | Champions (1970) | ||
African Nations Championship | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 2011) | ||
Best result | Third place (2011, 2018) | ||
FIFA Arab Cup | |||
Appearances | 4 (first in 1998) | ||
Best result | Group stage (1998, 2002, 2012, 2021) | ||
CECAFA Cup | |||
Appearances | 22 (first in 1979) | ||
Best result | Champions (1980, 2006, 2007) |
The Sudan national football team (Arabic: منتخب السُّودَان الْوَطَنِيّ لِكُرَّةُ الْقَدَم) represents Sudan in international football and is controlled by the Sudan Football Association, the governing body for football in Sudan. Its home ground is Khartoum Stadium in the capital Khartoum. In 1957, it was one of the three teams to participate in the inaugural Africa Cup of Nations, the other two being Egypt and Ethiopia.
Sudan is one of the oldest teams in Africa and won the 1970 Africa Cup of Nations as hosts.[4]