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Guinea
Nickname(s)	Syli Nationale; (National Elephants)
Association	Fédération Guinéenne; de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Mamadi Souaré
Home stadium	Stade 28 Septembre
FIFA code	GUI
FIFA ranking	71
Highest FIFA ranking	22 (August 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking	123 (May 2003)
Elo ranking	60
Highest Elo ranking	23 (1977)
Lowest Elo ranking	125 (June 1996)
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Nigeria 4 - 1 Guinea ; (Lagos, Nigeria; 2 October 1960)
Biggest win
	Guinea 14 - 0 Mauritania ; (Guinea; 20 May 1972)
Biggest defeat
	Tunisia 5 - 0 Guinea ; (Tunis, Tunisia; 5 August 1988); Côte d'Ivoire 5 - 0 Guinea ; (Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana; 3 February 2008
African Nations Cup
Appearances	9 (First in 1970)
Best result	Second place, 1976

The Guinea national football team, nicknamed Syli Nationale ("National Elephant"), is the national team of Guinea and is controlled by the Fédération Guinéenne de Football. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals, and their best finish in the African Nations Cup was second in the 1976. This Guinean Team went three times straight to the quarterfinals (2004, 2006, 2008) only to go out to bordering countries each time. In 2004 they lost 2-1 to Mali, in 2006 they lost 3-2 to Senegal and in 2008 they were defeated 5-0 by Côte d'Ivoire.

[edit] Guinea Football Achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :

5 Times Champion (1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 2005)
1 Time Runners-up

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1962 - Did not enter
1966 - Withdrew
1970 - Entry not accepted by FIFA
1974 to 1998 - Did not qualify
2002 - Disqualified by FIFA during qualifying
2006 to 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] African Nations Cup record

1957 to 1962 - Did not enter
1963 - Disqualified for failure to provide neutral officials
1965 - Did not qualify
1968 - Did not qualify
1970 - Round 1
1972 - Did not qualify
1974 - Round 1
1976 - Second place
1978 - Did not qualify
1980 - Round 1
1982 to 1992 - Did not qualify
1994 - Round 1
1996 - Did not qualify
1998 - Round 1
2000 - Did not qualify
2002 - Disqualified for failure to reinstall FA functionaries
2004 - Quarterfinals
2006 - Quarterfinals
2008 - Quarterfinals

[edit] Current squad

Head Coach

Titi Camara

Players selected for the WCQ match against Côte d'Ivoire on November 14, 2009.

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Kémoko Camara	5 April 1975 (1975-04-05) (age 34)	36	0	Cholet
GK	Youssouf Touré		1	0	Fello Star
GK	Adama Koné				Stella Club

DF	Bobo Baldé	5 October 1975 (1975-10-05) (age 34)	40	1	Valenciennes
DF	Kamil Zayatte	7 March 1985 (1985-03-07) (age 24)	21	2	Hull City
DF	Mamadou Alimou Diallo	2 December 1984 (1984-12-02) (age 24)	22	1	Diyarbakırspor
DF	Ibrahima Camara	1 January 1985 (1985-01-01) (age 24)	28	1	Le Mans
DF	Morlaye Cissé	19 December 1983 (1983-12-19) (age 25)	11	0	Mulhouse
DF	Ibrahima Diallo	26 September 1985 (1985-09-26) (age 24)	10	0	Charleroi
DF	Ibrahima Sory Bangoura				Djoliba
DF	Fodé Camara				Fello Star

MF	Alsény Camara	4 November 1986 (1986-11-04) (age 23)			Châteauroux
MF	Kévin Constant	15 May 1987 (1987-05-15) (age 22)	4	0	Châteauroux
MF	Mamadou Bah	25 April 1988 (1988-04-25) (age 21)	10	1	Strasbourg
MF	Pascal Feindouno	27 February 1981 (1981-02-27) (age 28)	46	20	Al-Rayyan
MF	Naby Soumah	25 January 1988 (1988-01-25) (age 21)	3	0	Horoya

FW	Alhassane Keita	26 June 1983 (1983-06-26) (age 26)			Mallorca
FW	Kaba Diawara	16 December 1975 (1975-12-16) (age 33)	13	6	Arles-Avignon
FW	Ibrahima Bangoura	8 December 1982 (1982-12-08) (age 26)	52	19	Denizlispor
FW	Ismaël Bangoura	2 January 1985 (1985-01-02) (age 24)	32	10	Rennes
FW	Souleymane Youla	29 November 1981 (1981-11-29) (age 27)			Eskişehirspor

[edit] Recent call ups

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Naby Yattara	12 January 1984 (1984-01-12) (age 25)			Arles-Avignon
DF	Habib Baldé	8 February 1985 (1985-02-08) (age 24)	6	0	Stade Reims
DF	Aboubacar Camara	6 October 1986 (1986-10-06) (age 23)			AS Kaloum Star
DF	Mohammed Camara	25 June 1975 (1975-06-25) (age 34)	79	0	St. Mirren
DF	Mamadi Kaba	15 June 1982 (1982-06-15) (age 27)			AS Kaloum Star
DF	Oumar Kalabane	8 April 1981 (1981-04-08) (age 28)			Manisaspor (WCQ v. Burkina Faso, October 11, 2009)
MF	Kanfory Sylla	7 July 1980 (1980-07-07) (age 29)	37	0	İstanbul B.B. (WCQ v. Burkina Faso, October 11, 2009)
MF	Amara Bangoura	10 March 1986 (1986-03-10) (age 23)	1	0	Valenciennes FC (WCQ v. Zimbabwe, September 7, 2008)
MF	Mangue Camara	15 September 1982 (1982-09-15) (age 27)			Tours
MF	Algassimou Baldé	11 October 1984 (1984-10-11) (age 25)	1	0	AS Cannes
MF	Mohamed Sakho	5 August 1988 (1988-08-05) (age 21)			Étoile Sahel
MF	Minka Yady Camara	15 October 1989 (1989-10-15) (age 20)	1	1	Le Mans
MF	Aboubacar M'Baye Camara	27 December 1985 (1985-12-27) (age 23)	1	0	KSC Lokeren
FW	Fodé Mansaré	3 September 1981 (1981-09-03) (age 28)	44	7	Toulouse FC (WCQ v. Burkina Faso, October 11, 2009)
FW	Sambégou Bangoura	3 April 1982 (1982-04-03) (age 27)	19	8	Panserraikos FC
FW	Larson Touré	20 July 1984 (1984-07-20) (age 25)	2	0	Lille
FW	Mohamed Doumbouya	18 July 1978 (1978-07-18) (age 31)	1	2	Rouen
FW	Ibrahima Yattara	2 June 1980 (1980-06-02) (age 29)	11	0	Trabzonspor

The following players have been called up for the team in 2008.

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Goalkeepers
Naby Laye Diarso	1 January 1977	Satellite FC		v Ivory Coast, 3 February 2008
Defenders
Boubacar Diallo	25 December 1985	Gazélec Ajaccio	1 (0)	v Kenya, 7 June 2008
Daouda Jabi	10 April 1981	Trabzonspor		v Ivory Coast, 3 February 2008
Midfielders
Samuel Johnson	25 January 1984	Ismaily SC		v Kenya, 7 June 2008
Mohamed Cisse	10 February 1982	Bursaspor		v Morocco, 24 January 2008
Ibrahim Souare	14 July 1982	AO Kerkyra		v Morocco, 24 January 2008
Jean Marie Sylla	22 April 1983	PAS Giannina		v Morocco, 24 January 2008
Strikers
Karamoko Cisse	14 November 1988	Atalanta		v Kenya, 7 June 2008
Victor Correia	12 January 1985	Strasbourg		v Namibia, 28 January 2008

[edit] List of Coaches