São Tomé and Príncipe national football team
| Nickname(s) |
Seleção dos Falcões e Papagaios (The Falcons and True Parrots Team) |
|---|---|
| Association | Federação Santomense de Futebol |
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation | UNIFFAC (Central Africa) |
| Head coach | António do Rosário |
| Home stadium | Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho |
| FIFA code | STP |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 153  (24 November 2016)
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| Highest | 115 (March 2012) |
| Lowest | 200 (September–October 2007) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 184 |
| Highest | 166 (June 1976) |
| Lowest | 194 (August 1998) |
| First international | |
 Chad 5–0 São Tomé and Príncipe  (Gabon; June 29, 1976) |
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| Biggest win | |
São Tomé and Príncipe 2–0 Equatorial Guinea  (Libreville, Gabon; November 14, 1999) São Tomé and Príncipe 2–0 Sierra Leone  (São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe; April 8, 2000) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Congo 11–0 São Tomé and Príncipe (Gabon; July 7, 1976) |
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The São Tomé and Príncipe national football team is the national association football team of São Tomé and Príncipe and is controlled by the Federação Santomense de Futebol. It is a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and FIFA.
São Tomé and Príncipe's first match was against Chad in Gabon as part of the Central African Games. They lost by a score of 5–0. Their next game was a horrendous 11–0 loss to Congo, São Tomé's largest loss to date. São Tomé ended off the competition with a 2–1 loss to Central African Republic.
After an eleven-year break, São Tomé lost to Guinea Bissau 2–0 and more importantly picked up their first points via a draw versus Angola. This was a major upset, as Angola was a prominent figure in South African football, later appearing in the World Cup, and São Tomé had lost all four matches before their draw.
The Green and Yellows took another lengthy break, this time for nine years, before a string of matches including their first win against Equatorial Guinea, 2–0 in 1999. They won the next game after that, against Sierra Leone, 2–0. This two-in-a-row streak accompanied with a draw a few matches later placed them at their highest FIFA ranking to date, 179.
In 2003, São Tomé lost to Libya 1–0 and 8–0, which was a major blow to their previous success. São Tomé did not participate in the qualification for the 2010 World Cup, withdrawing before their first match, leaving them unranked in the FIFA rankings because they did not play any matches for four years.
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