Somaliland

Association	Somaliland Football Association
Confederation	ConIFA
Head coach	Omar Abdillahi
Captain	Mohamed Jama
Most caps	Abdillahi Nur
Home stadium	Hargeisa Stadium
First colours Second colours
First international
Somaliland 2–2 Sealand  ( London, England; 17 May 2014)
Biggest win
Somaliland 5–0 Tamil Eelam
Biggest defeat
Somaliland 3–10 Székely Land  ( Gagra, Georgia; 3 June, 2016)
ConIFA World Football Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2016)
Best result	Group stage ( 2016)

The Somaliland national football team (: الاتحاد الصوماليلاند لكرة القدم) is the football team that represents Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as a de facto state. Although Somaliland is a de facto state, it has not yet received international de jure recognition. Somaliland is not a member of FIFA and CAF; it is, instead, an associate member of ConIFA, an association established in 2014 of teams from dependencies, unrecognised states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions that are not affiliated with FIFA. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

History

The Somaliland Football Association currently runs a national league which consists of 12 semi-professional clubs sponsored or backed by both public and private organisations. The Association also holds a bi-annual inter-regional football tournament, in which all 13 regions participate in groups stages held across the country, with the final 4 group winners contesting the semi-finals in the capital Hargeisa.

The Somaliland national team was founded in 2014 and their first international match was a 2-2 draw against Sealand, which was played on 17 May 2014 in London, England. ^[5]

2016 ConIFA World Football Cup

Following ConIFA's annual conference, the Somaliland national team was invited to compete at the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup (hosted by Abkhazia), which became their first appearance at an international tournament. ^{[6] [7]}

Somaliland were drawn into Group D alongside Panjab and Sápmi. Somaliland lost their opening game against Sápmi with a scoreline of 5-0, ^[8] and they lost again to Panjab 5-0, resulting in Somaliland finishing bottom of Group D.

In the Placement round 1, Somaliland won 3-2 against Chagos Islands to advance to the Placement round 2, and in their Placement round 2 match against Székely Land, Somaliland lost 3-10 to see them place tenth out of twelve teams. ^[9]

Stadium

Hargeysa National Stadium is the home of the national team, and the stadium has a capacity of 30,000. ^[10]

Coaches

Name	Nat	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Efficiency %
Fuad Abdillahi Isse		2012 – 2015					%
Omar Abdillahi		2015 – ?					%

Current squad

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Abdirisaq Mohamed Jama				Maroodi Jeeh
23	1 GK	Abdiqani Saleban Aynan				Hawd
22	1 GK	Mohamed Ahmed Hashi				Sanaag
2	2 DF	Abdifatah Osman Hussein				Maroodi Jeeh
3	2 DF	Abdisamad Ibrahim Miigane				Awdal
4	2 DF	Ibrahim Said Dahir				Awdal
5	2 DF	Abdirahman Mohamed Mohamoud				Saaxil
19	2 DF	Abdirisaq Hassan Jama				Togdheer
18	2 DF	Abdirahman Jama Musa				Gabiley
6	3 MF	Abdikarin Mohamed Hersi				Maroodi Jeeh
8	3 MF	Hamse Ahmed Abdillahi				Hawd
14	3 MF	Muhiyadin Duale Diriye				Awdal
15	3 MF	Jama Abdillahi Awad				Saaxil
16	3 MF	Farhan Mohamed Ahmed				Togdheer
7	3 MF	Abdirahman Ibrahim Alixayd				Sanaag
21	3 MF	Omar Ali Osman				Gabiley
13	3 MF	Sakariye Ali Egeh				Gabiley
24	4 FW	Abdiriyad Bashir Abdi				Maroodi Jeeh
12	4 FW	Mohamoud Abdi Hassan				Maroodi Jeeh
9	4 FW	Sharma'arke Fu'ad Ali				Maroodi Jeeh
10	4 FW	Haibe Good Hurre				Hawd
11	4 FW	Awil Mohamed Elmi				Hawd
26	4 FW	Liban Mohamed Ahmed				Awdal
17	4 FW	Ahmed Abdi Osman				Sool
20	4 FW	Ibrahim Abdirahman Salah				Sanaag
25	4 FW	Guleid Hassan Muhumed				Gabiley

^[11]

Association officials

Name	Position
Ilyas Mohamed	President
Guiled Adan	Chief Operating Officer
Idris Mohamed	General Secretary

Historical kits

2014 Home

2014 Away

2015 African Cup (UK)

2015 African Cup (UK)

2016 Home

2016 Away

Sources: ^{[12] [13] [14] [15] [16]}

See also

• Non-FIFA international football
• ConIFA World Football Cup

References

External links

• Official website in Facebook

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