Djibouti national football team
The Djibouti national football team, nicknamed the Riverains de la Mer Rouge ("Shoremen of the Red Sea"), is the national football team of Djibouti. It is controlled by the Djiboutian Football Federation and is a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA). The Djibouti national football team's first win in a full FIFA-sanctioned international match was a 1–0 win vs. Somalia in the first round of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.
| Nickname(s) | Riverains de la Mer Rouge (Shoremen of the Red Sea) | ||
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| Association | Djiboutian Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | CECAFA (East & Central Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Adbourahman Okie Hadi | ||
| Captain | Mahdi Houssein Mahabeh | ||
| Most caps | Daoud Wais (34) | ||
| Top scorer | Samuel Akinbinu (8) | ||
| Home stadium | El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | DJI | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 192 (4 April 2024) | ||
| Highest | 169 (December 1994) | ||
| Lowest | 203 (April–July 2015, November 2015) | ||
| First international | |||
| French Somaliland 0–5 Ethiopia (French Somaliland; 5 December 1947) Post-independence Ethiopia 8–1 Djibouti (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 27 March 1983) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Djibouti 4–1 South Yemen (Djibouti City, Djibouti; 26 February 1988) Djibouti 3–0 Mauritius (Djibouti City, Djibouti; 23 November 2019) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Uganda 10–1 Djibouti (Kigali, Rwanda; 9 December 2001) Rwanda 9–0 Djibouti (Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania; 13 December 2007) | |||
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