Nickname(s) | Bright Stars[1] | ||
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Association | South Sudan Football Association | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | CECAFA (East & Central Africa) | ||
Head coach | Ramsey Sebit (caretaker) | ||
Captain | Jumma Genaro | ||
Most caps | Jumma Genaro (23) | ||
Top scorer | James Moga (6) | ||
Home stadium | Juba National Stadium | ||
FIFA code | SSD | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 165 (22 December 2022)[2] | ||
Highest | 134 (November 2015) | ||
Lowest | 205 (September 2013) | ||
First international | |||
South Sudan 2–2 Uganda (Juba, South Sudan; 10 July 2012) | |||
Biggest win | |||
South Sudan 6–0 Djibouti (Juba, South Sudan; 28 March 2017) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Mozambique 5–0 South Sudan (Maputo, Mozambique; 18 May 2014) |
The South Sudan national football team is the national football team of South Sudan.
The team's home stadium is Juba Stadium, which can fit 7,000 people.
The team played its first match against Uganda on 10 July 2012.[4]
Dates | Name |
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2009–2011 | Stephen Constantine |
2011–2012 | Malesh Soro |
2012 | Ismail Balanga |
2012–2013 | Zoran Đorđević |
2013–2014 | Ismail Balanga |
2014 | Salyi Lolaku Samuel |
2014–2015 | Lee Sung-jea |
2015–2016 | Leo Adraa |
2016 | Joseph Malesh |
2017 | Elya Wako |
2017–2018 | Bilal Felix Komoyangi |
2018 | Ahcene Aït-Abdelmalek |
2018 | Ramsey Sebit (caretaker) |
2019– | Cyprian Besong Ashu |