This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Sudan women's national football team.
Not to be confused with South Sudan national football team.
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Sudan
Nickname(s)
The Secretarybirds
Association
Sudan Football Association (SFA)
Confederation
CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation
CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Head coach
James Kwesi Appiah
Captain
Ramadan Agab
Most caps
Haitham Mustafa (99)
Top scorer
Nasreldin Jaksa (27)
Home stadium
Khartoum Stadium
FIFA code
SDN
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current
127 (4 April 2024)[1]
Highest
74 (December 1996)
Lowest
164 (July 2017)
First international
Sudan 5–1 Ethiopia (Omdurman, Sudan; 13 May 1956)[2]
Biggest win
Sudan 15–0 Muscat and Oman (Cairo, Egypt; 2 September 1965)
Biggest defeat
South Korea 8–0 Sudan (Seoul, South Korea; 8 September 1979)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances
9 (first in 1957)
Best result
Champions (1970)
African Nations Championship
Appearances
3 (first in 2011)
Best result
Third place (2011, 2018)
FIFA Arab Cup
Appearances
4 (first in 1998)
Best result
Group stage (1998, 2002, 2012, 2021)
CECAFA Cup
Appearances
22 (first in 1979)
Best result
Champions (1980, 2006, 2007)
The Sudan national football team (Arabic: منتخب السُّودَان الْوَطَنِيّ لِكُرَّةُ الْقَدَم) represents Sudan in international football and is controlled by the Sudan Football Association, the governing body for football in Sudan. Its home ground is Khartoum Stadium in the capital Khartoum. In 1957, it was one of the three teams to participate in the inaugural Africa Cup of Nations, the other two being Egypt and Ethiopia.
Sudan is one of the oldest teams in Africa and won the 1970 Africa Cup of Nations as hosts.
^"The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^"World Football Elo Ratings: Sudan". World Football Elo Ratings. Archived from the original on 31 January 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
^Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
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(4 April 2024)[1]
Sudan 5–1 Ethiopia 
South Korea 8–0 Sudan 
