The Gambia national football team, nicknamed The Scorpions, is the national team of Gambia and is controlled by the Gambia Football Association. Until 1965, the team, and the country, were known as British Gambia. It has never qualified for the World Cup or the African Nations Cup finals.
- Amilcar Cabral Cup :
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- 2005, 2009
Participated in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup and in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup and qualified for the knockout stage
[edit] World Cup record
[edit] African Nations Cup record
- 1957 to 1974 - Did not enter
- 1976 - Did not qualify
- 1978 - Did not enter
- 1980 to 1988 - Did not qualify
- 1990 - Withdrew
- 1992 - Did not qualify
- 1994 - Did not enter
- 1996 - Withdrew during qualifying
- 1998 - Banned for withdrawing in 1996
- 2000 - Withdrew
- 2002 to 2010 - Did not qualify
[edit] World Cup 2010 and African Nations Cup 2010 (Qualification)
[edit] 1st Round Standings (Group 6)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |  Algeria | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 |  Gambia | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 |  Senegal | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 |  Liberia | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 3 | | |
[edit] Current squad
The following players were called for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Liberia on 6 September 2008.
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB (Age) | Caps | Goals | Club | | 1 | GK | Bala Musa Bajaha | November 25, 1976 (1976-11-25) (age 32) | | |  IFK Viksjö | | 18 | GK | Robert Badjie | February 20, 1984 (1984-02-20) (age 25) | | |  Hapoel Jerusalem | | | 2 | DF | Lamin Conateh | October 1, 1981 (1981-10-01) (age 28) | | | Assyriska | | 3 | DF | Pa Saikou Kujabi | December 10, 1986 (1986-12-10) (age 22) | | |  Ried | | 4 | DF | Matthew Mendy | April 9, 1984 (1984-04-09) (age 25) | | | Vöcklabruck | | 9 | DF | Ousman Koli | February 13, 1982 (1982-02-13) (age 27) | | |  Torpedo Moscow | | | 5 | MF | Tijan Jaiteh | December 31, 1988 (1988-12-31) (age 20) | 3 | 0 |  Brann | | 6 | MF | Pa Modou Jagne | December 26, 1989 (1989-12-26) (age 19) | | |  Wil | | 7 | MF | Cherno Samba | January 10, 1985 (1985-01-10) (age 24) | | | unattached | | 11 | MF | Ebou Sillah  | April 12, 1980 (1980-04-12) (age 29) | | |  MVV | | 12 | MF | Mustapha Jarju | July 18, 1986 (1986-07-18) (age 23) | | |  Mons | | 15 | MF | Ebrima Sohna | December 14, 1988 (1988-12-14) (age 20) | | | Sandefjord Fotball | | 8 | FW | Ousman Jallow | October 21, 1988 (1988-10-21) (age 21) | | |  Brøndby | | 10 | FW | Njogu Demba-Nyrén | June 26, 1979 (1979-06-26) (age 30) | | | Odense | | 13 | FW | Modou Jagne | February 14, 1983 (1983-02-14) (age 26) | | | Altach | | 14 | FW | Assan Jatta | March 15, 1984 (1984-03-15) (age 25) | | | Verbroedering Geel | | 17 | FW | Aziz Corr Nyang | August 27, 1984 (1984-08-27) (age 25) | | | Sundsvall | | 12 | MF | James Ogoo | November 2, 1982 (1982-11-02) (age 27) | | |  Curzon Ashton | |
[edit] Recent Call Up
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB (Age) | Caps | Goals | Club | | 6 | MF | Yankuba Ceesay | June 26, 1984 (1984-06-26) (age 25) | | | Degerfors | | 7 | MF | Edrissa Sonko | March 23, 1980 (1980-03-23) (age 29) | 14 | 7 | Hereford United | | 9 | MF | Abdoulie Mansally | January 29, 1989 (1989-01-29) (age 20) | 2 | 0 |  New England Revolution | | 13 | FW | Ebrahim Savaneh (v. Algeria on June 14) | September 7, 1986 (1986-09-07) (age 23) | | | Kortrijk | | 2 | MF | Demba Sanyang (v. Senegal on June 8) | November 27, 1987 (1987-11-27) (age 21) | | | Steve Biko | | 9 | FW | Demba Savage (v. Senegal on June 8) | June 17, 1988 (1988-06-17) (age 21) | | |  Honka | | 18 | GK | Modou Jobe (v. Senegal on June 8) | | 0 | 0 | Real de Banjul | | 21 | DF | Abdou Jammeh | February 13, 1986 (1986-02-13) (age 23) | 0 | 0 | Lierse | | 22 | GK | Joseph Gómez | December 25, 1987 (1987-12-25) (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Wallidan | | 23 | GK | Ansumana Samateh | November 26, 1987 (1987-11-26) (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Wallidan | | 17 | FW | Alhagie Omar Sallah | July 3, 1993 (1993-07-03) (age 16) | | | Djurgården | |
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