The Sierra Leone national football team, nicknamed the Leone Stars, is the national team of Sierra Leone and is controlled by the Sierra Leone Football Association. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals.

Sierra Leone Football Achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :

*2 Times Champion (1993, 1995)

*2 Times Runners-up

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
• 1974 to 1986 - Did not qualify
• 1990 - Did not enter
• 1994 - Withdrew
• 1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify
• winner of the Peace tournament

African Nations Cup record

• 1957 to 1968 - Did not enter
• 1970 - Withdrew
• 1972 - Did not enter
• 1974 - Did not qualify
• 1976 - Did not enter
• 1978 - Did not qualify
• 1980 - Did not enter
• 1982 - Did not qualify
• 1984 - Did not qualify
• 1986 - Did not enter
• 1988 - Disqualified
• 1990 - Withdrew
• 1992 - War
• 1994 - Round 1
• 1996 - Round 1
• 1998 - Withdrew during qualifying
• 2000 - Disqualified due to civil war
• 2002 to 2008- Did not qualify

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

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Midfielders

Strikers

Notable former players

• Brima Attouga Kamara
• Ismael Dyfan
• Lamin Junior Tumbu Conteh
• Gbassay Sessay 3 GOALS]]
• Gbassay Bangura
• Abu Gbanaloko Kanu 8 GOALS]]
• Francis Zapa Koroma
• Musa Kallon
• Chernor Mansaray
• Akie Noah
• Amidu Karim
• Rashid Wurie
• Ibrahim Inspector Bah
• John Sama
• Mohamed Kanu
• Vidal Williams
• Lamin Bangura
• Leroy Rosenior
• Nahim Khadi

Players of Sierra Leoneon Decent

• Nigel Reo-Coker - Aston Villa,England
• Curtis Davies - Aston Villa,England
• Carlton Cole - West Ham United,England
• Alhassan Bangura - Watford FC,England
• Liam Rosenior - Reading FC,England
• Steve Kabba - Watford FC,England
• Albert Jarrett - Watford FC,England
• Ahmed Deen- Bishop's Stortford F.C.,England
• Ryan Giggs- Manchester United,England
• Malvin Kamara- Huddersfield Town,England

Andy Gray

On 28 February, 2006, it was announced that the former Crystal Palace and Aston Villa midfielder/striker Andy Gray would be joining the Sierra Leone coaching setup. It was reported that he would try to convince several English-based players to play for Sierra Leone due to their ancestry, such as Liam Rosenior, Nigel Reo-Coker, Carlton Cole and Steve Kabba. These reports appear to be true, since Watford's Albert Jarrett has accepted a call-up to the Sierra Leone squad.

External links

• Sierra Leone FA official site

Shaka Bangura is one of the most tilented young stars that are coming up. He is paying for montreat College and he was named AAC player of the year in his second season.