Benin national football team
The Benin national football team, nicknamed Les Écureuils , represents Benin in men's international association football and is controlled by the Benin Football Federation. They were known as the Dahomey national football team until 1975, when Republic of Dahomey became Benin. They have never qualified for the World Cup, but have reached four African Nations Cup in recent years, never placing in the top 2 in the group stage – 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2019. In 2019, they reached the knockouts as the third most successful third place team, before making the quarter-finals with a shock win over Morocco, but later lost to Senegal. On 8 February 2010 after the preliminary competition from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, the Benin Football Federation dissolved the national team, coach Henri Dussuyer and his complete staff were fired. On May 9, 2016, Benin was suspended from FIFA, The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football.Competitive records
World Cup record
WAFU Nations Cup
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.2019
Players
Current squad
The following players have been called up for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Nigeria and Sierra Leone on 13 & 17 November 2019.
Caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2019 after the game against Sierra Leone.Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for Benin in the last 12 months.
INJ
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.
WD Withdrew from squad.
Records
| # | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
| 1 | Stéphane Sessègnon | 83 | 24 | 2004– |
| 2 | Khaled Adénon | 65 | 2 | 2006– |
| 3 | Mickaël Poté | 58 | 10 | 2008– |
| = | Damien Chrysostome | 58 | 0 | 2002–2011 |
| 5 | Razak Omotoyossi | 55 | 21 | 2004–2016 |
| = | Jocelyn Ahouéya | 55 | 3 | 2003–2013 |
| 7 | Romuald Boco | 52 | 1 | 2004–2013 |
| 8 | Séïdath Tchomogo | 51 | 4 | 2003–2014 |
| 9 | Anicet Adjamossi | 44 | 1 | 2002–2013 |
| 10 | Mouritala Ogunbiyi | 42 | 6 | 2007–2014 |
| # | Player | Goals | Caps | Career |
| 1 | Stéphane Sessègnon | 24 | 83 | 2004– |
| 2 | Razak Omotoyossi | 21 | 55 | 2004–2016 |
| 3 | Oumar Tchomogo | 15 | 34 | 1995–2008 |
| 4 | Mickaël Poté | 10 | 58 | 2008– |
| 5 | Steve Mounié | 7 | 25 | 2015– |
| 6 | Mouritala Ogunbiyi | 6 | 42 | 2001–2010 |
| = | Moussa Latoundji | 6 | 21 | 1993–2004 |
List of Benin managers
