South Sudan national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Bright Star |
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| Association | South Sudan Football Association |
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation | CECAFA (East & Central Africa) |
| Head coach | Elya Wako |
| Captain | Jumma Ginaro |
| Most caps | Jumma Ginaro (20) |
| Top scorer | James Moga (5) |
| Home stadium | Juba National Stadium |
| FIFA code | SSD |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 154  13 (6 April 2017)
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| Highest | 134 (November 2015) |
| Lowest | 205 (September 2013) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 172 (26 March 2017) |
| Highest | 132 (July 2012) |
| Lowest | 167 (June 2015) |
| First international | |
 South Sudan 2–2 Uganda  (Juba, South Sudan; 10 July 2012) |
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| Biggest win | |
South Sudan 6–0 Djibouti  (Juba, South Sudan; 28 March 2017) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Mozambique 5–0 South Sudan (Maputo, Mozambique; 18 May 2014) |
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The South Sudan national football team represents South Sudan in international association football and is controlled by the South Sudan Football Association, the governing body for football in South Sudan.
Dr. Sally Samuel Lolako was appointed on 25 May 2011 to oversee the national team. The national team's first international fixture was due to be against the Kenyan national team on 10 July 2011 as part of the country's independence celebrations. However, in the event the opposition was provided by Tusker FC of the Kenyan Premier League, alongside the first international fixture of the national basketball team. The match was played at Juba Stadium. South Sudan scored within ten minutes, but they later conceded three goals in a 3–1 defeat. South Sudan was officially admitted as a CAF member on 10 February 2012, at the 34th CAF Ordinary General Assembly hosted in Libreville, Gabon. South Sudan was admitted as a FIFA member on 25 May 2012 at the second session of the 62nd FIFA Congress hosted in Budapest, Hungary.
On 10 July 2012, South Sudan competed in its first full international match, a friendly against Uganda in Juba. The match ended in a 2–2 draw, with James Moga and Richard Justin Lado scoring for South Sudan. This match resulted in South Sudan entering the FIFA rankings at the start of August in 199th place.
The South Sudanese took part in their first ever international football tournament when they took part in the 2012 CECAFA Cup in Uganda. They were drawn in Group A alongside Ethiopia, Kenya, and hosts Uganda. The national team played their first match against Ethiopia, losing 1–0 through a Yonathan Kebede goal. In their next match, they lost 2–0 against Kenya. Their final match saw them suffer a 4–0 loss to Uganda.
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