Gambia

Under the under the name British Gambia, the team began their first ever match on February 9 in Sierra Leone, winning 2-1 at home in an informal match. On April 23, 1963, they participated in into the L'Amitie competition in Senegal the main competition for nations that speak French. They were grouped into a group along with France's amateur team and Gabon, the Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and Gabon. Their first match ended 5-1 against Gabon, the French amateurs on the 11th of April. The Gambia was able to draw 2-2 against their counterparts from the upper Volta on the 13th of April and then had the same result on the following day, against Gabon. The Gambia did not progress in the following round.

Following playing in Senegal after which Gambia did not play again until Gambia was not able to play again until November 16, 1968, after which they traveled into Sierra Leone to play its team in a friendly game and were defeated by a score of 2-1. They were again playing with Sierra Leone in The Gambia's next game on April 24, 1971. The hosts prevailed 3-1. On May 2, 1971 The Gambia travelled to Guinea to play a friendly game, but was defeated 4-2. On May 14, 1972 The Gambia returned to Guinea for their first African Games qualifier and lost 8-0, and then were eliminated.

In 1975 the Gambia began its first qualifying game for 1976's Summer Olympics at Canada. They were selected in a qualifying match against Guinea but losing the first game 1-0 at home on April 27, 1975. The second game was defeated to a 6-0 score in Guinea on June 1, in the same match as Guinea progressed 7-0 in aggregate.

In August of the same year in the same year, the Gambia began their first qualifying to an African Cup of Nations, in hopes of making the finals in Ethiopia. They were selected in a qualifier with two legs in the match against Morocco losing the opening leg away 3-0 on the 10th of August. They also lost the same margin at home on the 24th of August. Morocco progressed 6-0 overall.

Following the qualification process for the finals in 1976, The Gambia played their first game against a fully European team, and lost in a friendly match at home by with a score of 4-1 against Denmark on January 30, 1977.

On October 12, 2002, their team won their most successful win ever in international competitions with an 6-0 win over Lesotho.

The Gambia was banned from competitions in May 2014. Gambia was barred out of all CAF tournaments, for 2 years, after knowingly manipulating the ages of its players.

The nation's fortunes improved after qualifying to play in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Even though they did not get into the tournament, they did make the tournament to the last round of games, playing twice against African huges Algeria.

On the 13th of November, their first group D fixture of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, Gambia defeated Angola 1-3 in Luanda. It was the Scorpions their first win away during the AFCON as well as a FIFA World Cup qualifier ever and was their 40th time of trying. An impressive performance saw them get into their first major event that year. Being the team with the lowest ranking at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, Gambia Gambia beat the odds by beating the favorite Tunisia at the stage of group play and finishing unbeaten and in 2nd position at the top of the table. Another victory over Guinea at the end of the 16th round helped them advance to the quarter-finals in their first try, before being eliminated by tournament hosts Cameroon.

Independence Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Bakau, Gambia. It is used primarily for football games, however it also hosts performances, political occasions as well as trade fairs and national celebrations. The stadium can accommodate 30,000 spectators.

Below is a list of matches played in the past 12 months in addition to any future games that have been scheduled.

In July of 2018 In July 2018, the former Togo as well as Zimbabwe head coach Tom Saintfiet, was appointed as the head coach. Saintfiet was appointed by the former world champion Sang Ndong who is now technical director of the Gambia Football Federation (GFF) after the expiration of his contract in the month of January.

Head Coach	Tom Saintfiet
Team Manager	Ousman Drammeh
Assistant Coach	Alagie Sarr
Physical Coach	Daniele Caleca
Goalkeeper Coach	Alhagie Marong
Goalkeeper Coach	Jo Stock
Team Doctor	Pa Landing
Physiotherapist	Tom Mertens
Physiotherapist	Joppe Vermeulen
Equipment Manager	Mustapha Kassama
Technical Assistant	Robby Echelmeyer
Video Analyst	Jani Sarajärvi
International Scout	Alessandro Soli

•  Hans Heiniger (1987–1992)
•  Sang Ndong (1994–2003)
•  Antoine Hey (2006–2007)
•  José Martínez (2007–2008)
•  Paul Put (2008–2011)
•  Peter Bonu Johnson (2011–2012)
•  Luciano Mancini (2012–2013)
•  Peter Bonu Johnson (2013–2015)
•   Raoul Savoy (2015)
•  Sang Ndong (2016–2018)
•  Tom Saintfiet (2018–present)

Detail of the players as below mentioned.

The following players were selected to play in the 2023 AFCON qualifying matches in the countries of South Sudan and Congo, on June 4 and 8. 2022.

Goals and caps are correct at the time of 8 June 2022, following the game against Congo.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Modou Jobe	27 October 1988 (age 33)	29	0	Jeddah
	GK	Baboucarr Gaye	24 February 1998 (age 24)	13	0	Rot-Weiß Koblenz
	GK	Lamin Sarr	11 March 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Torns IF
	DF	Omar Colley	24 October 1992 (age 29)	41	0	Sampdoria
	DF	Bubacarr Sanneh	14 November 1994 (age 27)	35	1	SønderjyskE
	DF	Ibou Touray	24 December 1994 (age 27)	16	0	Salford City
	DF	James Gomez	14 November 2001 (age 20)	12	1	AC Horsens
	DF	Muhammed Sanneh	19 February 2000 (age 22)	6	0	Pohronie
	DF	Sainey Njie	30 August 2001 (age 21)	3	0	DAC
	DF	Kalifa Manneh	2 September 1998 (age 24)	2	0	Taranto
	MF	Sulayman Marreh	15 January 1996 (age 26)	32	1	Gent
	MF	Ablie Jallow	14 November 1998 (age 23)	24	6	Seraing
	MF	Yusupha Bobb	22 June 1996 (age 26)	19	0	Piacenza
	MF	Hamza Barry	3 May 1994 (age 28)	17	0	Hajduk Split
	MF	Ebrima Darboe	6 June 2001 (age 21)	13	0	Roma
	MF	Sulayman Bojang	3 September 1997 (age 25)	8	0	Skeid
	MF	Matarr Ceesay	19 January 2000 (age 22)	2	0	AmaZulu
	FW	Assan Ceesay	17 March 1994 (age 28)	32	13	Lecce
	FW	Musa Barrow	14 November 1998 (age 23)	28	5	Bologna
	FW	Lamin Jallow	22 July 1994 (age 28)	19	1	Fehérvár
	MF	Modou Barrow	13 October 1992 (age 29)	18	2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	FW	Bubacarr Jobe	21 November 1994 (age 27)	17	3	Norrby IF
	FW	Muhammed Badamosi	27 December 1998 (age 23)	15	1	ÄŒukarički
	FW	Abdoulie Sanyang	8 May 1999 (age 23)	8	0	Grenoble
	FW	Dembo Darboe	17 August 1998 (age 24)	5	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk

A number of players from the following have been invited to join the Gambia squad over the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Sheikh Sibi	21 February 1998 (age 24)	3	0	Virtus Verona	v.  Chad; 29 March, 2022
DF	Pa Modou Jagne (captain)	26 December 1989 (age 32)	43	2	Dietikon	v.  Chad; 29 March, 2022
DF	Noah Sonko Sundberg	6 June 1996 (age 26)	11	0	Levski Sofia	v.  Chad; 29 March, 2022
DF	Mohammed Mbye	18 June 1989 (age 33)	15	0	Ifö Bromölla IF	v.  Chad; 29 March, 2022
DF	Saidy Janko	22 October 1995 (age 26)	6	0	Real Valladolid	v.  Chad; 29 March, 2022
DF	Leon Guwara	28 June 1996 (age 26)	5	0	Jahn Regensburg	v.  New Zealand, 16 November 2021
DF	Maudo Jarjué	30 September 1997 (age 25)	2	0	IF Elfsborg	v.  New Zealand, 16 November 2021
MF	Dawda Ngum	2 September 1990 (age 32)	19	0	Unattached	v.  Chad; 29 March, 2022
MF	Ebrima Sohna	14 December 1988 (age 33)	38	3	Fortune	v.  Chad; 29 March, 2022
MF	Ebou Adams	15 January 1996 (age 26)	11	0	Forest Green Rovers	v.  Chad; 29 March, 2022
FW	Ebrima Colley	1 February 2000 (age 22)	16	0	Spezia	v.  Chad; 29 March, 2022
FW	Bubacarr Trawally	10 November 1994 (age 27)	16	1	Hammarby IF	v.  Chad; 29 March, 2022
FW	Yusupha Njie	3 January 1994 (age 28)	6	0	Boavista	v.  Chad; 29 March, 2022

At the time of 8 June 2022.

Players who are bold are actively involved in Gambia.

As per detail below.

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