Eritrea national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Red Sea Camels (Template:Lang-Tigrigna) |
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| Association | Eritrean National Football Federation |
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation | CECAFA (East & Central Africa) |
| Head coach | Alemseged Efrem |
| Captain | Henok Goitom |
| Home stadium | Cicero Stadium |
| FIFA code | ERI |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 205  (12 January 2017)
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| Highest | 121(August 2007) |
| Lowest | 205 (July 2016–January 2017) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 178 |
| First international | |
 Sudan 1–1 Eritrea  (Khartoum, Sudan; June 26, 1992) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Eritrea 3–1 Somalia  (Nairobi, Kenya; 5 December 2009) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Ghana 5–0 Eritrea (Accra, Ghana; February 28, 1999) |
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The Eritrea national football team (Amharic: ሃገራዊት ጋንታ ኩዕሶ እግሪ አርትራ?) is controlled by the Eritrean National Football Federation (ENFF). It is nicknamed the Red Sea Boys. It has neither qualified for the finals of the FIFA World Cup nor the Africa Cup of Nations. Local side Red Sea FC are the main supplier for the national football team of Eritrea.
An Eritrean team was invited to a friendly tournament in Sudan in 1992, the year before Eritrea achieved independence. Eritrea participated in the 1994 CECAFA Cup, organised by the Council for East and Central Africa Football Association, even though the ENFF was not founded until 1996. The first full international was in the 1998 CECAFA Cup, the year the ENFF joined the CAF and FIFA. They participated in the qualifying rounds of the 2000 African Nations Cup and the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and subsequent editions until 2008. They have also appeared intermittently in the CECAFA Cup.
In 2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, Eritrea managed a scoreless home draw versus Cameroon and a 1-0 home win over Mozambique. They finished second in their three team group, and advanced to a playoff round where they faced Senegal and Zimbabwe, but ultimately lost all four matches in that final stage.
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