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Established
1959 (66 years old)

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Soccer

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Stade de l'Amitié
(30,000 Capacity)

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Location
Cotonou

Nicknames
Les Écureuils (The Squirrels)

Competitions
World Cup Qualifying CAF
African Cup of Nations
International Friendlies
African Cup of Nations Qualifying

Last Edit
AndyIgnacio: 21/Feb/25

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23 Dec	DR Congo	12:00am	Benin
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18 Nov	Burkina F	3 - 0	Benin
14 Oct	Nigeria	4 - 0	Benin
10 Oct	Rwanda	0 - 1	Benin
09 Sep	Benin	4 - 0	Lesotho
05 Sep	Benin	1 - 0	Zimbabwe

Description

The Benin national football team, (French: Équipe nationale de Football du Benin) nicknamed Les Écureuils (The Squirrels), represents Benin in men's international association football and is controlled by the Benin Football Federation. 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 four African Nations Cup in recent years, never placing in the top 2 in the group stage – 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2019. In 2019, they reached the knockouts as the third most successful third place team, before making the quarter-finals with a shock win over Morocco, but later lost to Senegal. 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, The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).