Sudan national football team
The Sudan national football team represents Sudan in international football and is controlled by the Sudan Football Association, the governing body for football in Sudan. Sudan's home ground is Khartoum Stadium in Khartoum. Sudan were one of the three teams to participate in the inaugural Africa Cup of Nations in 1957, the other two being Egypt and Ethiopia.
Sudan is one of the oldest teams in Africa and has a rich history in the past 50s to 70s. They won the 1970 Africa Cup of Nations as hosts with Mustafa Azhari as their best player. After beating Ethiopia 3–0, and a 1–0 defeat to Ivory Coast, they secured a place in the semi-final by beating Cameroon 2–1. They overcame Egypt 2–1 after extra time in the semi-final, and won 1–0 against Ghana in the final to become African champions. With their top scorer and most capped player Mustafa Azhari Alawad retired later that year after not being able to carry the Sudanese team anymore, Sudanese football team started to decline and losing status as a major African and Arab power, in spite of club successes in Africa.
They went as high as 74 in the FIFA rankings. Sudan was the only East African team to qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
History
Achievements
- Africa Cup of Nations
- * Champion :1970
- CECAFA Cup
- * Champion : 1980, 2006, 2007
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup record
Olympic Games record
- Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since the 1992 edition.
Africa Cup of Nations record
African Games record
- Prior to the Cairo 1991 campaign, the Football at the All-Africa Games was open to full senior national teams.
African Nations Championship record
CECAFA Cup record
Arab Nations Cup record
Pan Arab Games record
Managerial history
- Salih Rajab
- Jozsef Hada
- Lozan Kotsev
- jiři Starosta
- Mohammed Hassan Kheiri
- Abd Al Fattah Hamed
- Ivan Yanko
- Ibrahim Kabair
- Burkhard Ziese
- Ahmed Babiker
- Fawzi El Mardi
- Zoran Đorđević
- Wojciech Lazarek
- Mohamed Abdallah
- Stephen Constantine
- Hamdan Hamed
- Zdravko Logarušić
- Hubert Velud
Recent results and fixtures
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for the Friendly Match against South Sudan 31 March 2020.Recent call-ups
Records
| # | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
| 1 | Muhannad El Tahir | 79 | 16 | 2004-2018 |
| 2 | Haitham Mustafa | 66 | 6 | 2000-2012 |
| 3 | Mudathir Eltayeb | 57 | 12 | 2007-2016 |
| 4 | Saif Eldin Ali Idris Farah | 56 | 4 | 2007-2015 |
| # | Samir Salih | 56 | 3 | 1963-1972 |
| # | Nasr Eldin El Shigail | 56 | 0 | 2007- |
| 7 | El Muez Mahgoub | 54 | 0 | 2002-2015 |
| 8 | Nasr El-Din Abbas | 53 | 27 | 1963-1972 |
| 9 | Bader Eldin Abdalla Galag | 51 | 7 | 2002-2012 |
| 10 | Ala'a Eldin Yousif | 47 | 5 | 2003-2014 |
| # | Amir Kamal | 47 | 1 | 2010- |
| # | Player | Goals | Caps | Career |
| 1 | Nasr El-Din Abbas | 27 | 53 | 1963-1972 |
| 2 | Haytham Tambal | 20 | 42 | 2003-2011 |
| 3 | Ali Gagarin | 19 | 33 | 1967-1977 |
| 4 | Muhannad El Tahir | 16 | 79 | 2004-2018 |
| 5 | Faisal Agab | 13 | 27 | 2000-2012 |
| 6 | Mudathir Eltayeb | 12 | 57 | 2007-2016 |