Chad national football team

The Chad national football team, nicknamed Sao, 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. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Chad women's national football team.
Chad
Nickname(s)Les Sao
AssociationChadian Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationUNIFFAC
(Central Africa)
Head coachEmmanuel Trégoat
CaptainEzechiel N'Douassel[1][2]
Most capsEzechiel N'Douassel (38)
Top scorerEzechiel N'Douassel (13)
Home stadiumStade Idriss Mahamat Ouya
FIFA codeCHA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 177 (16 July 2020)[3]
Highest97 (April 2016)
Lowest190 (June–September 1997)
First international
 Chad 2–2 Niger 
(Abidjan, Ivory Coast; December 25, 1961)
Biggest win
 Chad 5–0 São Tomé and Príncipe 
(Gabon; June 29, 1976)
Biggest defeat
Unofficial
 France Amateur 14–0 Chad 
(Abidjan, Ivory Coast; December 27, 1961)
Official
 Congo 11–0 Chad 
(Congo; March 28, 1964)

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.[12] 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 L'Amitié Tournament, 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.[13]

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.[14] Their previous best was a second place in the 2005 edition, when they lost to Cameroon in the final.[15]

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[16] at home and even though they were beaten 2–1[17] 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.

Competition records

World Cup record
FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1930 to 1998 Did not enter Did not enter
2002 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 0 1
2006 2 1 0 1 3 3
2010 6 2 0 4 7 11
2014 2 1 0 1 2 2
2018 4 2 0 2 3 6
2022 2 0 1 1 1 3
2026 To be determined To be determined
Total1862101626

Africa Cup of Nations record
Africa Cup of Nations record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1957 to 1959Part of  France
1962 to 1963Not affiliated to CAF
1965 to 1990 Did not enter
1992 Did not qualify
1994 Withdrew during qualifying
1996 to 1998Did not enter
2000 Did not qualify
2002 Did not enter
2004 to 2008Did not qualify
2010 Disqualified in qualifying round
2012 to 2015Did not qualify
2017 Withdrew during qualifying
2019 Banned from competition
2021 To be determined
2023
2025
Total−0/31−−−−−−

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

Recent results

2019
28 July 2019 (2019-07-28) 2020 ANCQChad 3–3 Equatorial GuineaN'Djamena, Chad
15:30 UTC+1 Makine  17'
Adda  20'
Djimet  90'		 Report Nlavo  3'
Oba  22'
Efa  82'		 Stadium: Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya
Referee: André Kolissala (Central African Republic)
4 August 2019 (2019-08-04) 2020 ANCQEquatorial Guinea 2–1
(5–4 agg.)		 ChadMalabo, Equatorial Guinea
18:00 UTC+1 Celedonio  2'
Nlavo  63'		 Report Adda  54' Stadium: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo
Referee: Isidore Essono Nze (Gabon)
5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) 2022 WCQChad 1–3 SudanN'Djamena, Chad
15:30 UTC+1
Report (FIFA)
  • Agab  13', 67', 74'
 Stadium: Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya
Referee: Bangaly Konate (Guinea)
10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 2022 WCQSudan 0–0
(3–1 agg.)		 ChadOmdurman, Sudan
19:00 UTC+2 Report (FIFA) Stadium: Al-Merrikh Stadium
Referee: Nelson Fred (Seychelles)
9 October 2019 (2019-10-09) 2021 AFCONQLiberia 1–0 ChadPaynesville, Liberia
16:00 UTC±0
Stadium: Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex
Referee: Gilberto Antonio dos Santos (Guinea-Bissau)
13 October 2019 (2019-10-13) 2021 AFCONQChad 1–0
(5–4 p)		 LiberiaN'Djamena, Chad
14:00 UTC+1
Stadium: Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya
Referee: Santillan Costa dos Santos (São Tomé and Príncipe)
Penalties
13 November 2019 (2019-11-13) 2021 AFCONQNamibia 2–1 ChadWindhoek, Namibia
17:00 UTC+2
Stadium: Sam Nujoma Stadium
17 November 2019 (2019-11-17) 2021 AFCONQChad 0-2 MaliN'Djamena, Chad
13:00 UTC+1
Stadium: Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya
Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

Head-to-head records against other countries

As of June 01, 2014

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Namibia and Mali on 13 and 17 November 2019.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Serge Diguel (1994-10-31) 31 October 1994 0 0 Union Douala
16 1GK Mathieu Adoassou (1998-02-12) 12 February 1998 6 0 CotonTchad
1GK Dillah Mbairamadji (1985-09-18) 18 September 1985 7 0 Gazelle
3 2DF César Abaya (1984-10-12) 12 October 1984 14 0 SONIDEP
4 2DF Bechir Seid Djimet (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 5 1 Elect-Sport
12 2DF Morgan Betorangal (1988-08-25) 25 August 1988 11 0 Racing Club
14 2DF Constant Madtoingué (1987-09-23) 23 September 1987 14 0 CotonTchad
17 2DF Collyns Ambassa (1995-10-09) 9 October 1995 6 0 SNHP
20 2DF Ninga Ndonane (1988-04-25) 25 April 1988 8 0 CotonTchad
2DF Ahmat Abderamane (1990-01-01) 1 January 1990 2 0 RFC
5 3MF Nassar Koulelengar (1995-10-05) 5 October 1995 6 1 Al-Merrikh
6 3MF Éric Mbangossoum (2000-05-26) 26 May 2000 6 0 Warf de Fes
8 3MF Azrack Mahamat (1988-03-24) 24 March 1988 20 0 Muhlenbach
15 3MF Roméo Otodjibaye (1995-08-16) 16 August 1995 4 0 Union Douala
19 3MF Brahim Ngaroudal (1994-12-23) 23 December 1994 6 0 Elect-Sport
2 4FW Bakhit Djibrine (1995-04-17) 17 April 1995 7 0 Elect-Sport
7 4FW Marius Mouandilmadji (1997-01-22) 22 January 1997 4 0 Porto
9 4FW Karl Max Barthélémy (1986-10-27) 27 October 1986 24 2 Semen Padang
10 4FW Casimir Ninga (1993-05-17) 17 May 1993 16 1 Angers
11 4FW Ezechiel N'Douassel (Captain) (1988-04-22) 22 April 1988 38 13 Bhayangkara F.C.
13 4FW Edgar Minganodji (1995-08-08) 8 August 1995 2 0 Elect-Sport

Statistics
Ezechiel N'Douassel is the captain and the national team's most capped player and top scorer in the history


Most capped players
  Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.
# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Ezechiel N'Douassel 2005-present 38 9
2 Armand Djerabé 2002–2011 31 0
3 Marius Mbaiam 2003–present 27 3
4 Léger Djimrangar 2007–present 26 7
5 Karl Max Barthélémy 2007–present 24 2
6 Hilaire Kédigui 2006–2015 23 4

Last updated: 18 November 2019
Source: National Football Teams

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See also

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