Chad national football team

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Chad
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Les Sao
AssociationChadian Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationUNIFFAC
(Central Africa)
Head coachDjimtan Yatamadji
CaptainEzechiel N'Douassel[1][2]
Most capsEzechiel N'Douassel (45)
Top scorerEzechiel N'Douassel (14)
Home stadiumStade Idriss Mahamat Ouya
FIFA codeCHA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 180 Steady (23 December 2021)[3]
Highest97 (April 2016)
Lowest190 (June–September 1997)
First international
 Chad 2–2 Niger 
(Abidjan, Ivory Coast; 25 December 1961)
Biggest win
 Chad 5–0 São Tomé and Príncipe 
(Libreville, Gabon; June 29, 1976)
 Chad 5–0 São Tomé and Príncipe 
(Libreville, Gabon; 10 November 1999)
Biggest defeat
Unofficial
 France Amateur 14–0 Chad 
(Abidjan, Ivory Coast; 27 December 1961)
Official
 Congo 11–0 Chad 
(Congo; 28 March 1964)

The Chad national football team (French: Équipe du Tchad de football, Arabic: منتخب تشاد لكرة القدم), nicknamed Sao (Arabic: ساو), represents Chad in international football and is controlled by the Chadian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country. The team has never qualified for the World Cup finals or Africa Cup of Nations. Home matches are played at the Idriss Mahamat Ouya Stadium.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] In April 2021, FIFA banned the Chad national football team from participating in global football over the Chadian government's interference with the Chadian Football Federation.[13]

History[]

The Chadian Football Federation was founded in 1962, and affiliated to FIFA and to CAF in 1988.

Chad's national football team did not play a big role in world football until the 1990s. They did not enter any qualifiers for Continental or World Cups until the early 1990s when they played their first qualifying matches for the 1992 Africa Cup of Nations, hosted by Senegal.[14] Until then, they played mostly friendly matches and minor cups, mostly with African teams.

The national team had a difficult start − the first match they ever played was in the , which took place in Senegal in 1963, and it was a 2–1 defeat to Liberia. Soon after, they suffered a 6–2 loss to Dahomey (now Benin).

The Chad national football team never qualified for either the Africa Cup of Nations or the World Cup. Their first participation in the World Cup qualifiers was in 2000 when they were eliminated in the first round by Liberia, losing 0–1 at home, and playing 0–0 away. They were coached by Marcel Mao. Their next attempt was in 2003, under Yann Djim, but they were eliminated by Angola. They won their first home game when Francis Oumar Belonga scored a hat trick, 3–1. They lost their away match 2–0, and went no further. The qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup brought more matches because they played in a group phase together with Mali, Sudan and Congo. They finished at the bottom of the group, with six points (two wins and four losses).

In the qualifying competition for the 2014 World Cup, Chad faced Tanzania in a first-round playoff. Tanzania advanced despite shockingly losing 1–0 at home at Dar es Salaam's National Stadium. The Taifa Stars were tipped for an emphatic victory over the visitors, having won the first-leg 2–1 in N'Djamena. Chad stunned the home side three minutes after the break when Mahamat Ahmat Labo struck to silence the home crowd. But Tanzania managed to progress to the next round thanks to the away goals rule as they were tied 2–2 on aggregate.

Chad played against Malawi in the qualifiers for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. Chad won the first leg match 3–2, but lost 2–0 in Blantyre to be eliminated with an aggregate score of 4–3.[15]

In the qualifiers for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, Malawi was the opponent once again. Chad lost 2–0 in the first leg at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre, but they won 3–1 in at Idriss Mahamat Ouya Stadium in N'Djamena, losing on the away goals rule. Forward Robin Ngalande turned into a savior for Malawi when he came off the bench to score a crucial late goal.

The biggest achievement for Chad so far is a CEMAC Cup (Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa) title in 2014, after beating Congo 3–2 in the final on December 14 in Bata, Equatorial Guinea. The team was managed by French coach Emmanuel Trégoat.[16] Their previous best was a second place in the 2005 edition, when they lost to Cameroon in the final.[17]

Les Sao had a disappointing start into their qualifying campaign for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, losing 2–0 to Nigeria and slumping to a 5–1 defeat at home against Egypt. But it was then that things took a turn for the better, as coach Moudou Kouta, who was in charge of the side on an interim basis, took the team to an unexpected victory against Sierra Leone in the first round of the qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup. Les Sao won 1–0[18] at home and even though they were beaten 2–1[19] in the return leg, they advanced to the second round of the qualifiers on away goals. Chad sensationally defeated Egypt 1–0 at home in the second round before falling to a 4–0 defeat in Alexandria three days later.

In March 2016, the Chadian Football Federation announced they were withdrawing from the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification due to financial problems. The team was subsequently banned from entering the following edition, meaning they would play no official games for over three years until September 2019, when Chad lost 1–3 at home to Sudan in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification. A month later Les Sao defeated Liberia on penalties to reach the Group Stage of 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.

In March 2021, the Chadian government dissolved the Chadian Football Federation, leaving Chad facing a likely ban under FIFA regulations that prevent governments from interfering in the running of a country’s football team.[20] In April 2021, FIFA announced an indefinite ban from global football, citing the Chadian government's interference.[13] Due to this decision, CAF disqualified Chad from its participation in the 2021 AFCON qualifiers.[21]

Kits[]

Kit provider Period
Chad Salamant 1974-1979
England Mitre 1980–1992
Italy Fila 1993–2000
Germany Adidas 2001–2020
China Anta 2021–present

During the independent of Chad, the team competed in international matches and played in an Blue shirt, Blue Shorts, Red Socks like the national colour of the France. Until in the 1970's Chad home color change by using the national color which Blue-Yellow-Red. Their first away kit in 1960 was White shirt, Red Shorts, White socks. In 1980, the away kit color change into Red Shirt, Blue Shorts, Yellow Socks.

Recent results[]

2022[]

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following players have been called up for the 2022 African Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Guinea on 11 and 15 November 2020.
Caps and goals current as of 15 November 2020 after the match against Guinea.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Gabin Allambatnan (2000-02-19) 19 February 2000 (age 21) 3 0 Cameroon Coton Sport
16 1GK (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 28) 7 0 Chad Renaissance
22 1GK (1994-10-31) 31 October 1994 (age 27) 0 0 Zambia Indeni
3 2DF Morgan Betorangal (1988-08-25) 25 August 1988 (age 33) 13 0 France
5 2DF (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 28) 8 1 Chad Elect-Sport
8 2DF (1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 (age 29) 5 1 Chad Renaissance
14 2DF Constant Madtoingué (1987-09-23) 23 September 1987 (age 34) 17 0 Chad CotonTchad
18 2DF Collyns Laokandi (1995-10-09) 9 October 1995 (age 26) 7 0 France
19 2DF (1994-10-22) 22 October 1994 (age 27) 1 0 Chad Foullah Edifice
21 2DF (1995-01-02) 2 January 1995 (age 27) 4 0 Chad Renaissance
4 3MF (1994-12-23) 23 December 1994 (age 27) 6 0 Chad Elect-Sport
6 3MF (2000-05-26) 26 May 2000 (age 21) 8 0 Morocco
12 3MF Roméo Otodjibaye (1995-08-16) 16 August 1995 (age 26) 4 0 Zambia Indeni
13 3MF (2000-10-24) 24 October 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Chad Foullah Edifice
15 3MF (1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 24) 2 0 Chad Tourbillon
17 3MF Mahamat Labbo (1988-07-21) 21 July 1988 (age 33) 14 4 France Cholet
20 3MF (1995-04-17) 17 April 1995 (age 26) 9 0 Chad Foullah Edifice
2 4FW Yaya Kerim (1991-08-10) 10 August 1991 (age 30) 9 0 Chad Foullah Edifice
7 4FW Marius Mouandilmadji (1997-01-22) 22 January 1997 (age 24) 7 0 Belgium Seraing
9 4FW Brahim Mahamat (1995-11-13) 13 November 1995 (age 26) 3 0 France Bayonne
10 4FW Casimir Ninga (1993-05-17) 17 May 1993 (age 28) 18 5 France Angers
11 4FW Ezechiel N'Douassel (Captain) (1988-04-22) 22 April 1988 (age 33) 45 14 Indonesia Bhayangkara

Recent call-ups[]

The following players have been called up for Chad in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

DEC Player refused to join the team after the call-up.
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
RET Player has retired from international football.
SUS Suspended from the national team.

Player records[]

As of 15 November 2020
Players in bold are still active with Chad.

Most capped players[]

Ezechiel N'Douassel is the captain and the national team's most capped player and top scorer in history
Rank Name Caps Goals Career
1 Ezechiel N'Douassel 45 14 2005–present
2 Léger Djimrangar 37 10 2007–present
3 Armand Djerabé 34 0 2002–2011
Hilaire Kédigui 34 5 2006–2015
5 Karl Max Barthélémy 30 3 2007–present
6 Marius Mbaiam 28 3 2003–2015
7 Casimir Ninga 27 5 2011–present
8 Constant Madtoingué 26 0 2011–present
9 Ahmed Medego 24 4 2000–2010
10 César Abaya 23 0 2010–2019

Top goalscorers[]

Rank Name Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Ezechiel N'Douassel 14 45 0.31 2005–present
2 Léger Djimrangar 10 37 0.27 2007–present
3 Robert Lokossimbayé 9 9 1 1999–2000
4 Casimir Ninga 5 27 0.19 2011–present
Hilaire Kédigui 5 34 0.21 2006–2015
6 Mahamat Labbo 4 16 0.25 2011–present
Ahmed Medego 4 24 0.17 2006–2015

Managers[]

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Competitive record[]

FIFA World Cup[]

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Part of  France Part of  France
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962 Not affiliated to CAF Not affiliated to CAF
England 1966 Did not enter Did not enter
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978
Spain 1982
Mexico 1986
Italy 1990
United States 1994
France 1998
South Korea Japan 2002 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 0 1
Germany 2006 2 1 0 1 3 3
South Africa 2010 6 2 0 4 7 11
Brazil 2014 2 1 0 1 2 2
Russia 2018 4 2 0 2 3 6
Qatar 2022 2 0 1 1 1 3
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined To be determined
Total − 0/22 − − − − − − 18 6 2 10 16 26

Africa Cup of Nations[]

Africa Cup of Nations record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Sudan 1957 to Egypt 1959 Part of  France
Ethiopia 1962 to Ghana 1963 Not affiliated to CAF
Tunisia 1965 to Algeria 1990 Did not enter
Senegal 1992 Did not qualify
Tunisia 1994 Withdrew during qualifying
South Africa 1996 to Burkina Faso 1998 Did not enter
Ghana Nigeria 2000 Did not qualify
Mali 2002 Did not enter
Tunisia 2004 to Ghana 2008 Did not qualify
Angola 2010 Disqualified in qualifying round
Gabon Equatorial Guinea 2012 to Equatorial Guinea 2015 Did not qualify
Gabon 2017 Withdrew during qualifying
Egypt 2019 Banned from competition
Cameroon 2021 Disqualified in qualifying round
Ivory Coast 2023 To be determined
Guinea 2025
Total − 0/33 − − − − − −

Head-to-head records against other countries[]

As of 1 June 2014

Achievements[]

CEMAC Cup :
  • Winner: 2014
  • 1 Time Runners-up
UDEAC Championship :
  • 2 Time Runners-up

See also[]

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