Eritrea national football team
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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Eritrea women's national football team.
The Eritrea national football team represents Eritrea in men's international football and it is controlled by the Eritrean National Football Federation (ENFF). It is nicknamed the Red Sea Boys. It has never qualified for the finals of the FIFA World Cup and the Africa Cup of Nations. Local side Red Sea FC are the main supplier for the national team and the team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF). Out of 211 national teams in the FIFA men's team world rankings, they are the only one that is unranked.
This article contains several patronymic names rather than family names. These persons are addressed by their given name, and not by their inherited name.
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Nickname(s) | Red Sea Boys[1][2] | ||
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Association | Eritrean National Football Federation (ENFF) | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | CECAFA (East & Central Africa) | ||
Head coach | Alemseged Efrem | ||
Captain | Robel Teklemichael[3] | ||
Most caps | Yidnekachew Shimangus (22) | ||
Top scorer | Berhane Aregai Yonas Fesehaye Yidnekachew Shimangus (5) | ||
Home stadium | Cicero Stadium | ||
FIFA code | ERI | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | NR (4 April 2024)[4] | ||
Highest | 121[5] (August 2007) | ||
Lowest | 207 (April–May 2018, September 2019) | ||
First international | |||
Pre-independence Sudan 1–1 Eritrea (Khartoum, Sudan; 26 June 1992) Post-independence Seychelles 0–1 Eritrea (Mumias, Kenya; 29 November 1994) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Djibouti 0–3 Eritrea (Kampala, Uganda; 13 December 2019) Kenya 1–4 Eritrea (Kampala, Uganda; 17 December 2019) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Ghana 5–0 Eritrea (Accra, Ghana; 28 February 1999) Angola 6–1 Eritrea (Luanda, Angola; 25 March 2007) | |||
CECAFA Cup | |||
Appearances | 12 (first in 1994) | ||
Best result | Runners-up (2019) |
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