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The Somalia national football team (Somali: Kooxda Qaranka Soomaaliya, Arabic: الإتِّحَاد الصُّومَالِي لِكُرَّةُ الْقَدَم), nicknamed the Ocean Stars, represents Somalia in international football and is controlled by the Somali Football Federation (SFF), a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
As a member of FIFA and CAF, the Somalia national football team has been playing official matches since 1963. Somalia's first game came in 1958 in Mombasa , Kenya , resulting in a 5–1 loss for Somalia against Kenya .
Football in Somalia is run by the Somali Football Federation. [1] (: الصومال لكرة القدم)The association administers the national football team, as well as the Premier League. [2] Football is the most popular sport in Somalia.
Abdi Bile from Las Anod is Somalia's most decorated athlete in history; Abdi Bile also holds the highest number of Somali national records. The longest continuously serving national team captains of Somalia's two most popular sports, basketball and football, are Yusuf Qaafow and Hasan Babay respectively. [note 1]
The first game ever held at the stadium occurred soon after construction completed during 1978 between the Somali national team and a Chinese club Leonen. [3] In 1987, the popular singer Magool staged the famous "Mogadishu and Magool" concert at basketball hall (adjacent to football stadium) which is part of this wide sports facility/village ...
The Somali Football Federation (SFF) (Somali: Xiriirka Soomaaliyeed ee Kubbadda Cagta) (Wadaad: اتحاد الصومال لكرة القدم), was founded in 1951, and it is one of the national administrative governing bodies of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) responsible for organizing and controlling the sport of football and its competitions (the first, second, and third ...
The Somalia national under-17 football team have played their debut game on 2 March 1998 against Angola at Lubanga, Angola which lost by 0–1 goal. The team in 2022 have won 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship for the first time and they have qualified to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Algeria. [4] The nation yet to qualified in the FIFA U-17 ...
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