Guinea-Bissau national football team

Guinea-Bissau
Nickname(s)	Djurtus
Association	Football Federation of Guinea-Bissau
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Baciro Candé
Captain	Mamadu Candé
Most caps	Jonas Mendes (39)
Top scorer	Cícero Semedo; Nando Có (6)
Home stadium	Estádio 24 de Setembro; Estádio Lino Correia
FIFA code	GNB
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	118 (16 July 2020)[1]
Highest	68 (November 2016–January 2017)
Lowest	195 (February–March 2010)
First international
	British Gambia 1–2 Portuguese Guinea ; (British Gambia; June 2, 1952)
Biggest win
	Guinea-Bissau 7–2 Benin ; (Bamako, Mali; November 3, 2001)
Biggest defeat
	Guinea 7–0 Guinea-Bissau ; (Conakry, Guinea; July 22, 2017)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	2 (first in 2017)
Best result	Group stage (2017, 2019)

The Guinea-Bissau national football team (Portuguese: Seleção nacional de futeból de Guinea-Bissau) represents Guinea-Bissau in men's international association football and it is controlled by the Football Federation of Guinea-Bissau, The team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cups but qualified for Africa Cup of Nations after making their debut in 2017 and 2019 and the team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).

History

Guinea-Bissau entered their first FIFA World Cup qualification with the aim of reaching the 1998 World Cup in France. The first round of African qualification required for them to play Guinea in a two-legged match. The first leg was held at home in the Estadio 24 de Setembro in Bissau on 1 June 1996 with an attendance of 15,000. Guinea-Bissau went 2–0 up at half-time after strikes from Tavares Pereira in 11th and 36th minutes. Guinea's Titi Camara equalised with his own brace in the 53rd and 54th minutes. Guinea-Bissau's Co Cipriano won the game with a 60th-minute penalty to make it 3–2.[2]

The away leg was held at the Stade du 28 Septembre in Conakry. Momo Soumah of Guinea scored to equalise the aggregate at half-time before John Varden scored a bicycle kick for Guinea-Bissau to put his side 4–3 up. However, another goal from number 7 equalised the aggregate and Tibou Bangoura of Guinea won the match with his goal that made it 5–4 on aggregate.[3]

On 4 June 2016, Guinea-Bissau defeated Zambia 3–2 to qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, which was by far their greatest achievement to date. Guinea-Bissau then also won their Group in the 2019 qualifiers to reach a second straight Finals.

In September 2019, Guinea-Bissau had back-to-back victories over São Tomé and Príncipe which ended their World Cup qualifiers winning drought since the 1996 home win against Guinea.[4]

Football achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :

1 Time Runners-up

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	Part of Portugal								Part of Portugal
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978	Did not enter								Declined participation
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998	Did not qualify								2	1	0	1	4	5
2002									2	0	1	1	0	3
2006									2	0	0	2	1	4
2010									2	0	1	1	0	1
2014									2	0	1	1	1	2
2018									2	0	1	1	2	4
2022	To be determined								To be determined
2026	To be determined								To be determined
Total		0/21							12	1	4	7	8	19

Africa Cup of Nations record

Africa Cup of Nations record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1957	Part of Portugal
1959
1962
1963
1965
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976	Not affiliated to CAF
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988	Did not enter
1990
1992
1994	Did not qualify
1996	Withdrew during qualifying
1998	Banned for withdrawing in 1996
2000	Did not enter
2002	Withdrew
2004	Withdrew
2006	Did not qualify
2008	Did not enter
2010	Did not qualify
2012
2013
2015
2017	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	2	5
2019	Group stage	20th	3	0	1	2	0	4
2021	To be determined
2023
2025
Total	Group stage	2/32	6	0	2	4	2	9

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss

2019

8 June 2019 Friendly	Angola	2–0	Guinea-Bissau	Penafiel, Portugal
17:15 (UTC+1)	Brandão 72' Mabululu 74'	Report		Stadium: Estádio 25 de Abril

25 June 2019 2019 AFCON	Cameroon	2–0	Guinea-Bissau	Ismailia, Egypt
19:00 (UTC+2)	Yaya 66' Bahoken 69'	Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Attendance: 5,983 Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

29 June 2019 2019 AFCON	Benin	0–0	Guinea-Bissau	Ismailia, Egypt
22:00 (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Attendance: 9,212 Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

2 July 2019 2019 AFCON	Guinea-Bissau	0–2	Ghana	Suez, Egypt
18:00 (UTC+2)		Report	J. Ayew 46' Partey 72'	Stadium: Suez Stadium Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

4 September 2019 2022 FIFA WCQ	São Tomé and Príncipe	0–1	Guinea-Bissau	São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
15:30 UTC±0		Report (FIFA)	Mendes 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho São Tomé Referee: João Goma (Angola)

10 September 2019 2022 FIFA WCQ	Guinea-Bissau	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	São Tomé and Príncipe	Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
16:30 UTC±0	Mendes 66', 77'	Report (FIFA)	Iniesta 12'	Stadium: Estádio 24 de Setembro Bissau Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Daudu Williams (Sierra Leone)

13 November 2019 (2019-11-13) 2021 AFCONQ	Guinea-Bissau	3–0	Eswatini	Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
16:00 UTC±0	Jorginho 40' Piqueti 45' João Mário 73'			Stadium: Estádio 24 de Setembro

17 November 2019 (2019-11-17) 2021 AFCONQ	Congo	3–0	Guinea-Bissau	Brazzaville, Congo
17:00 UTC+1	Ibara 19' Ganvoula 70' Makiesse 79'			Stadium: Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat

2020

31 August 2020 (2020-08-31) 2021 AFCONQ	Senegal	v	Guinea-Bissau	Senegal
--:-- UTC+1

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08) 2021 AFCONQ	Guinea-Bissau	v	Senegal	Guinea-Bissau
--:-- UTC+1

5 October 2020 (2020-10-05) 2021 AFCONQ	Eswatini	v	Guinea-Bissau	Eswatini
--:-- UTC+1

9 November 2020 (2020-11-09) 2021 AFCONQ	Guinea-Bissau	v	Congo	Guinea-Bissau
--:-- UTC+1

Players

Current squad

The following players have been selected for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Eswatini and Congo on 13 and 17 November 2019.[5]

Caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2019 consequent after the match against Congo.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Jonas Mendes	(1989-11-20) 20 November 1989	39	0	Black Leopards
1GK	Rui Dabó	(1994-10-05) 5 October 1994	1	0	Armacenenses
1GK	Alberto Coli	(1996-11-15) 15 November 1996	0	0	Santarém

2DF	Mamadu Candé (c)	(1990-08-29) 29 August 1990	23	0	Santa Clara
2DF	Juary Soares	(1992-02-20) 20 February 1992	22	1	Mafra
2DF	Rudinilson Silva	(1994-08-20) 20 August 1994	18	0	Kauno Žalgiris
2DF	Tomás Dabó	(1993-10-20) 20 October 1993	7	0	ŠKF Sereď
2DF	Nanú	(1994-05-17) 17 May 1994	7	0	Marítimo
2DF	Marcelo Djaló	(1993-10-08) 8 October 1993	5	0	Lugo

3MF	Pelé	(1991-09-29) 29 September 1991	14	0	Monaco
3MF	Sori Mané	(1996-04-03) 3 April 1996	13	0	Cova Piedade
3MF	Bura	(1995-12-22) 22 December 1995	9	0	Farense
3MF	João Jaquité	(1996-02-22) 22 February 1996	5	0	Tondela
3MF	Leonel Ucha	(1988-05-09) 9 May 1988	3	0	Torreense
3MF	Moreto Cassamá	(1998-02-16) 16 February 1998	4	0	Reims

4FW	Piqueti Djassi	(1993-02-12) 12 February 1993	23	4	Ismaily
4FW	Toni Silva	(1993-09-15) 15 September 1993	17	2	Taraz
4FW	João Mário	(1993-10-11) 11 October 1993	10	1	Académico Viseu
4FW	Jorginho	(1995-09-21) 21 September 1995	8	1	Ludogorets Razgrad
4FW	Joseph Mendes	(1991-03-30) 30 March 1991	7	3	Ajaccio
4FW	Mama Baldé	(1995-11-06) 6 November 1995	7	0	Dijon

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for Guinea-Bissau in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Casilas	(1992-09-02) 2 September 1992	3	0	Sonaco	v. Mali, 2 August 2019
GK	Aristides Gomes	(1999-05-20) 20 May 1999	1	0	Unattached	v. Mali, 2 August 2019

DF	Obetchi	(1995-10-15) 15 October 1995	4	1	Unattached	v. Mali, 2 August 2019
DF	Saliú Camara	(1995-02-01) 1 February 1995	3	0	Unattached	v. Mali, 2 August 2019
DF	Abrão Pais	(1997-07-18) 18 July 1997	1	0	Unattached	v. Mali, 2 August 2019

MF	Erickson da Silva	(1995-02-25) 25 February 1995	3	0	UDIB	v. Mali, 2 August 2019
MF	Edi Pedro	(1998-03-06) 6 March 1998	2	0	UDIB	v. Mali, 2 August 2019
MF	Muller da Silva	(1994-01-21) 21 January 1994	2	0	Os Balantas	v. Mali, 2 August 2019
MF	Cizario da Costa	(1998-11-30) 30 November 1998	1	0	Benfica Bissau	v. Mali, 2 August 2019

FW	Romário Baldé	(1996-12-25) 25 December 1996	3	0	Lechia Gdańsk	v. Eswatini, 13 November 2019 ^INJ
FW	Valdu Té	(1997-08-14) 14 August 1997	0	0	Arouca	v. São Tomé and Príncipe, 10 September 2019
FW	Toni Da Silva	(1994-12-13) 13 December 1994	3	0	Académica Praia	v. Mali, 2 August 2019
FW	Panobu Tcham	(2001-05-25) 25 May 2001	1	0	Unattached	v. Mali, 2 August 2019
FW	Jeremais N'dute	(2000-12-28) 28 December 2000	1	0	Unattached	v. Mali, 2 August 2019
FW	Guilherme Gerson	(1999-02-24) 24 February 1999	1	0	Unattached	v. Mali, 2 August 2019
FW	Kenedi De Oliveira	(1998-06-16) 16 June 1998	1	0	Unattached	v. Mali, 2 August 2019
FW	Mamadu Baldé	(1998-03-11) 11 March 1998	1	0	Unattached	v. Mali, 2 August 2019
FW	Sidney Carvalho	(1995-04-14) 14 April 1995	1	0	Benfica Bissau	v. Mali, 2 August 2019
FW	Luciano Landim	(1999-03-05) 5 March 1999	?	0	Unattached	v. Mali, 2 August 2019
^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

As of 17 November 2019

Players in bold text are still active with Guinea Bissau.

Most Caps
#	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Jonas Mendes	39	0	2010–
2	Adelino Lopes	36	2	1994–2001
3	Zezinho	33	2	2010–2019
4	Piqueti Djassi	23	4	2015–
=	Mamadu Candé	23	0	2010–
6	Juary Soares	22	1	2015–
7	Bacar Baldé	21	1	2010–
8	Bocundji Cá	20	1	2010–2017
9	Rudinilson Silva	18	0	2014–
10	Toni Silva	17	2	2011–

Top Goalscorers
#	Player	Goals	Caps	Career
1	Cícero Semedo	6	14	2010–2016
=	Nando Co	6	?	1996–2001
3	Piqueti Djassi	4	23	2015–
=	Frédéric Mendy	4	14	2016–
=	Joseph Mendes	3	7	2019–
6	Toni Silva	2	17	2013–
=	Basile de Carvalho	2	6	2011–2012

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References

"The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
"CAF – 1998 FIFA WORLD CUP PRELIMINARIES". Allworldcup.narod.ru. 1996-06-01. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
"CAF – 1998 FIFA WORLD CUP PRELIMINARIES". Allworldcup.narod.ru. 1996-06-16. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
"World Football: The Week in Numbers". FIFA. 13 September 2019.
"BACIRO CANDÉ ESPERA UMA VITÓRIA FRENTE A ESWATINI" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 November 2019.

External links

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[FIFA_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

[2] "CAF – 1998 FIFA WORLD CUP PRELIMINARIES". Allworldcup.narod.ru. 1996-06-01. Retrieved 2012-04-20.

[3] "CAF – 1998 FIFA WORLD CUP PRELIMINARIES". Allworldcup.narod.ru. 1996-06-16. Retrieved 2012-04-20.

[4] "World Football: The Week in Numbers". FIFA. 13 September 2019.

[5] "BACIRO CANDÉ ESPERA UMA VITÓRIA FRENTE A ESWATINI" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 November 2019.

National football teams of Africa (CAF)
North Africa (UNAF)	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia
West Africa (WAFU)	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo
East Africa (CECAFA)	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar¹
Central Africa (UNIFFAC)	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe
Southern Africa (COSAFA)	Angola Botswana Comoros Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
Non-regional Members	Réunion¹
¹ Associate member of CAF but not member of FIFA