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Djibouti
Nickname(s)	Riverains de la Mer Rouge (Shoremen of the Red Sea)
Association	Fédération Djiboutienne; de Football
Head coach	Ahmed Abdelmonem
Home stadium	Stade du Ville
FIFA code	DJI
FIFA ranking	186
Highest FIFA ranking	169 (December 1994)
Lowest FIFA ranking	201 (December 2004)
Elo ranking	210
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Ethiopia 5 - 0 French Somaliland ; (Ethiopia; December 5, 1947)
Biggest win
	Djibouti 4 - 1 South Yemen ; (Djibouti, Djibouti; February 26, 1988)
Biggest defeat
	Zambia 10 - 0 Djibouti ; (Zambia; 3 September 2006)

The Djibouti national football team, nicknamed the Riverains de la Mer Rouge (Shoremen of the Red Sea), is the national team of Djibouti. It is controlled by the Fédération Djiboutienne de Football. It did not enter the qualification tournament for the 2006 World Cup. Until its 1-0 defeat of Somalia's national squad in the opening stage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, the Djibouti national football team had never won a full FIFA sanctioned international.

[edit] History

Football was introduced to Djibouti during the pre-independence era, with the game especially popular among expatriate French soldiers. With the territory at the time referred to as French Somaliland, it participated in the qualifying matches preceding each World Cup from 1930 FIFA World Cup right on down to the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Unfortunately, the team had yet to qualify for the World Cup Finals. After gaining independence in 1977, the Djibouti national football team was invited to and participated in the African Games, but showed poorly.

Djibouti has never played in the African Nations Cup, with the team withdrawing twice from the tournament in 2004 and 2008.

The Djibouti national football team's first appearance at the CECAFA Cup was in Kenya in 1994, where it failed to get a point after losses against Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania in the first round. With a total of eight matches, the team managed two draws.

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1998 - Qualification zone
2002 to 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] African Nations Cup record

1957 to 1998 - Did not enter
2000 - Did not qualify
2002 - Did not qualify
2004 - Withdrew
2006 - Did not enter
2008 - Withdrew
2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] CECAFA Cup

[edit] CECAFA CUP records

CECAFA Cup
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1973 to 1992	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	1st Round	3	0	0	3	2	9
1999	1st Round	2	0	0	2	2	6
2000	1st Round	4	0	1	3	2	15
2001	1st Round	3	0	0	3	3	17
2005	1st Round	4	0	0	4	2	18
2006	1st Round	3	0	0	3	0	10
2007	1st Round	3	0	0	3	2	19
2008	1st Round	4	0	1	3	2	13
2009	Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-	26	0	2	24	15	107

[edit] Current squad

2008 Indonesia Independence Cup
2009 Benin Independent Jeux

Djibouti's Current Squad
Number	Name	DOB	Club	Caps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Youssouf Abdourahman	June 7, 1977 (1977-06-07) (age 32)	Kiglon F.C.	25	0
27	Waberi Hachi	April 16, 1981 (1981-04-16) (age 28)	Persikabo Bogor	4	0
38	Ali Egal Yassin	February 24, 1986 (1986-02-24) (age 23)		2	0
Defenders
2	Aden Charmakeh	May 26, 1984 (1984-05-26) (age 25)		16	0
4	Salim Kadar	November 13, 1975 (1975-11-13) (age 33)	Hutteen (Latakia)	46	0
7	Mohamed, Daher	October 21, 1981 (1981-10-21) (age 28)	Gresik United	40	2
9	Hassan Nour	February 22, 1984 (1984-02-22) (age 25)		23	4
12	Daoud Wais	July 25, 1988 (1988-07-25) (age 21)		7	1
Midfielders
4	Mohamed Hassan	January 26, 1987 (1987-01-26) (age 22)	Gresik United	9	0
8	Moussa Hirir	March 1, 1984 (1984-03-01) (age 25)		24	5
10	Mohamed Liban	September 11, 1978 (1978-09-11) (age 31)	Dynamos F.C. (South Africa)	83	13
14	Ahmed Mohamed	April 30, 1983 (1983-04-30) (age 26)		10	2
16	Houssein Saad	September 22, 1987 (1987-09-22) (age 22)	Persitara Jakarta Utara	19	2
18	Moussa Warsama	November 1, 1984 (1984-11-01) (age 25)		22	2
Strikers
5	Miad Charmare	May 17, 1983 (1983-05-17) (age 26)	Societe Immobiliere de Djibouti	29	8
19	Ahmed Daher	October 17, 1982 (1982-10-17) (age 27)	KF Çlirimi	27	7
21	Hussein Yassin	September 15, 1978 (1978-09-15) (age 31)	Societe Immobiliere de Djibouti	26	3