Kenya 5–1 Somalia (Mombasa, Kenya; Unknown date 1958)[2]
Biggest win
Somalia 5–2 Mauritania (Casablanca, Morocco; 7 August 1985)
Biggest defeat
North Korea 14–0 Somalia (Jakarta, Indonesia; 12 November 1963)
The Somalia national footballers team (Somali: Kooxda Qaranka Soomaaliya, Arabic: الاتحاد الصومالي لكرة القدم), nicknamed the Ocean Stars, represents Somalia in international football and is controlled by the Somali Football Federation (SFF), a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Somalia's first national team captain was Mr. Mohamed Shangole, whilst its longest serving captain has been Hasan Babay.
The first Somali football teams were established in the 1940s. The competitions were basic in structure and were associated with the anti-colonial movement. The Somali Youth League (SYL), the nation's first political party, had put together a team of local youth to play against the Italian expatriate teams. The soccer team the FYL had assembled, which would later change its name to Bondhere, won the first several competitions. In 1951, the Somali Football Federation (SFF) was founded. The first Somali commissioner for sport was later established in 1958.
Although the Somali national football team took part in preliminary matches, it has never qualified for the final stages of a World Cup. For many years after the outbreak of the civil war in the early 1990s, FIFA-sanctioned games could not be played within the country. Qualifying matches for the Africa Cup of Nations and the World Cup were instead contested away from home. However, following the pacification of the capital Mogadishu in 2011, the SFF began preparations for the first major sporting event to be held in years at the Mogadishu Stadium, in December 2012.
Prior to 2019, the Somali FA decided they would admit to all their young and upcoming youth talents and put out local trials to fortify both Olympic and national football teams.
In addition, many from the Somali diaspora in the past have produced quality football players such as Islam Feruz and Mukhtar Ali.
On 5 September 2019, Somalia won their first qualifying match since 1984 (against Kenya - AFCON Qualifying) and their first-ever FIFA World Cup qualifying match, beating Zimbabwe by 1–0.[4] They nearly advanced to the second round but lost 3–1 in Zimbabwe after two late goals for the warriors, consigning the Ocean Stars to an early exit.
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Kits and crest[]
Kit provider
Period
Adidas
2015-2021
A2Z Sports
2021–present
From the 1970s up until the 1990s, the Somali national football team used to wear solid sky blue shirts and socks with white shorts, the two primary colours of the Somali national flags, in the 2010s up until the present, the national team have now replaced the solid sky blue shirts for vertically blue and white striped shirts.
The crest of the Somali national team used to be the coat of arms of Somalia but it is now replaced with the Somali Federation crest. The Ocean Stars plays their home games in the Mogadishu Stadium, (As the stadium was being rebuilt, the national team played matches at Engineer Yaarisow Stadium, which is Mogadishu's secondary stadium for sporting events).
The following players were selected for the friendly against Djibouti and for the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup qualification match against Oman on 15 and 20 June 2021 respectively.
Caps and goals correct as of: 20 June 2021, against Oman.
1 (23 December 2021)[1]
Kenya 5–1 Somalia 
Somalia 5–2 Mauritania 
North Korea 14–0 Somalia 
Adidas
Oskarshamn
MyPa-47
Southport
Fano
Þór Akureyri
Grorud
Perth Glory
Ergotelis
Auckland City
