Benin national football team
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| Nickname(s) |
Les Écureuils (The Squirrels) |
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| Association | Fédération Béninoise de Football |
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) |
| Head coach | Oumar Tchomogo |
| Captain | Stéphane Sessègnon |
| Top scorer | Razak Omotoyossi (21) |
| Home stadium | Stade de l'Amitié |
| FIFA code | BEN |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 66  (12 January 2017)
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| Highest | 59 (November–December 2009, April 2010) |
| Lowest | 165 (July 1996) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 106 (23 January 2017) |
| Highest | 93 (Nov 2009 – Jan 2010) |
| Lowest | 165 (1995-96) |
| First international | |
 Dahomey 0–1 Nigeria  (Dahomey; 8 November 1959) |
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| Biggest win | |
Dahomey 7–0 Mauritania  (Abidjan, Ivory Coast; 27 December 1961) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
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Nigeria 10–1 Dahomey (Nigeria; 28 November 1959) |
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| Africa Cup of Nations | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 2004) |
| Best result | Group stage, 2004, 2008 and 2010 |
| Website | http://www.febefoot.com/ |
The Benin national football team, nicknamed Les Écureuils (The Squirrels), is the national football team of Benin and is controlled by the Fédération Béninoise de Football. They were known as the Dahomey national football team until 1975, when Republic of Dahomey became Benin. They have never qualified for the World Cup, but have reached three recent African Nations Cups – 2004, 2008, and 2010. On 8 February 2010 after the preliminary competition from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, the Benin Football Federation dissolved the national team, coach Henri Dussuyer and his complete staff were fired. On May 9, 2016, Benin was suspended from FIFA.
This is a list of matches over the past twelve months and any future scheduled matches.
The following players were called up for the friendly match against Niger on 29 May and the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification game against Equatorial Guinea on 5 June 2016.
Caps and goals updated as of 27 March 2016 after the game against South Sudan.
The following players have been called up for Benin squad within the past 12 months.
DEC Player declined the call-up to the squad
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
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