Guinea national football team
The Guinea national football team (French: Équipe de football de Guinée) represents Guinea in men's international football and it is controlled by the Guinean Football Federation. They have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals, and their best finish in the Africa Cup of Nations was runners-up in 1976. The team reached the quarter-finals in four recent tournaments (2004, 2006, 2008 and 2015). The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).
| Nickname(s) | Syli National (National Elephants) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Guinean Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Kaba Diawara | ||
| Captain | Naby Keïta | ||
| Most caps | Pascal Feindouno (85) | ||
| Top scorer | Ibrahima Kandia Diallo (33) | ||
| Home stadium | Stade du 28 Septembre Stade Général Lansana Conté | ||
| FIFA code | GUI | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 76 (4 April 2024) | ||
| Highest | 22 (August 2006, January 2007) | ||
| Lowest | 123 (May 2003) | ||
| First international | |||
| Togo 2–1 Guinea (Togo; 9 May 1962) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Guinea 14–0 Mauritania (Guinea; 20 May 1972) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Zaire 6–0 Guinea (Zaire; 2 July 1972) | |||
| Africa Cup of Nations | |||
| Appearances | 14 (first in 1970) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (1976) | ||
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