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Togo
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname Les Eperviers
(The Sparrow Hawks)
AssociationFédération Togolaise
de Football
Head coach vacant
Asst coach Kodjovi Mawuena
Most capsMassamasso Tchangai (90)
Top scorerEmmanuel Adebayor (15)
FIFA codeTOG
FIFA ranking 61
Highest FIFA ranking 46 (August 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking 123 (April 1994)
Elo ranking 93
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
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Home kit
Team colours Team colours Team colours
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Away kit
First international
Image:Flag of Togo.svg Togo 1 - 1 Ghana Image:Flag of Ghana.svg
(Togo; 13 October, 1956)
Largest win
4 - 0, 7 times
Worst defeat
Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 7 - 0 Togo Image:Flag of Togo.svg
(Morocco; 28 October, 1979)
Image:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 7 - 0 Togo Image:Flag of Togo.svg
(Tunis, Tunisia; 7 January, 2000)
World Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 2006)
Best result Round 1, 2006
African Nations Cup
Appearances 6 (First in 1972)
Best result Round 1, all

The national football team of Togo, nicknamed Les Eperviers (The Sparrow Hawks), is controlled by the Fédération Togolaise de Football.

They made their first FIFA World Cup appearance in their history in 2006, having been coached throughout the qualifying campaign by Stephen Keshi; German coach Otto Pfister managed the team at the finals, despite having resigned three days before their first match over a players' bonuses dispute, only to be persuaded by the players to return.

Contents

[edit] African Nations Cup record

[edit] World Cup record

[edit] World Cup 2006

[edit] 2006 World Cup Squad

Head coach: Otto Pfister

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 GK Ouro-Nimini Tchagnirou 31 December 1977 9 Image:Flag of Mali.svg Djoliba
2 DF Daré Nibombé 16 June 1980 17 Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg RAEC Mons
3 DF Jean-Paul Abalo 26 June 1975 66 Image:Flag of Cyprus.svg APOEL
4 FW Emmanuel Adebayor 26 February 1984 30 Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Arsenal
5 DF Massamasso Tchangai 8 August 1978 35 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Benevento
6 MF Yao Aziawonou 30 November 1979 33 Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Young Boys
7 FW Moustapha Salifou 1 June 1983 35 Image:Flag of France.svg Stade Brest
8 MF Kuami Agboh 28 December 1977 4 Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg KSK Beveren
9 MF Thomas Dossevi 6 March 1979 10 Image:Flag of France.svg Valenciennes FC
10 MF Mamam Cherif Touré 13 January 1983 40 Image:Flag of France.svg FC Metz
11 FW Robert Malm 21 August 1973 1 Image:Flag of France.svg Stade Brest
12 DF Éric Akoto 20 July 1980 32 Image:Flag of Austria.svg Grazer AK
13 FW Richmond Forson 23 May 1980 9 Image:Flag of France.svg J.A. Poire
14 FW Adekanmi Olufade 7 January 1980 24 Image:Flag of Qatar (bordered).svg Al Siliyah
15 MF Alaixys Romao 18 January 1984 12 Image:Flag of France.svg CS Louhans Cuiseaux
16 GK Kossi Agassa 2 July 1978 50 Image:Flag of Spain.svg Hércules CF
17 FW Kader Touré 8 April 1979 47 Image:Flag of France.svg Guingamp
18 FW Yao Junior Senaya 19 April 1984 17 Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg YF Juventus
19 DF Ludovic Assemoassa 18 September 1980 6 Image:Flag of Spain.svg Ciudad de Murcia
20 MF Affo Erassa 19 February 1983 6 Image:Flag of France.svg AS Moulins
21 DF Franck Atsou 1 August 1978 13 Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Hilal
22 GK Kodjovi Obilale 8 October 1984 0 Image:Flag of Togo.svg Etoile Filante
23 DF Assimiou Touré 1 January 1988 2 Image:Flag of Germany.svg Bayer Leverkusen

[edit] 2006 World Cup Information

Image:Togo-nationalmannschaft.jpg Togo lost their opening game of the World Cup, despite having taken the lead against South Korea through Mohamed Kader. In the second half, Jean-Paul Abalo was sent off after 55 minutes, and goals from Lee Chun-Soo and Ahn Jung-Hwan sealed a 2-1 defeat for Togo.

Togo's next opponents in Group G were Switzerland, with the match scheduled for the afternoon of June 19. However, the Togo squad and manager Pfitser threatened to refuse to fulfil the fixture and take strike action. The squad and manager had been quoted as requesting payments from the Fédération Togolaise de Football for participating in the tournament of around 155,000 (US$ 192,000) with added bonuses for victories or draws. FIFA personally negotiated with the squad and manager on June 17, persuading them to travel to Dortmund in time to fulfil the fixture[1]; goals from Alexander Frei and Tranquillo Barnetta resulted in a 2-0 defeat. FIFA subsequently imposed a CHF100,000 fine on the Togolese federation for "behaviour unworthy of a participant in the World Cup" [2]

Togo's final group game againt France ended in 2-0 defeat. Togo left the tournament with no points gained.

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2006 FIFA World Cup finalists

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Champions: Italy 

Runners-up: France 

Third place: Germany 

Fourth place: Portugal 

Eliminated in Quarter-finals: Argentina | Brazil | England | Ukraine 

Eliminated in Round of 16: Australia | Ecuador | Ghana | Mexico | Netherlands | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland 

Eliminated in Group Stage: Angola | Costa Rica | Côte d'Ivoire | Croatia | Czech Republic | Iran | Japan | Korea Republic | Paraguay | Poland | Saudi Arabia | Serbia & Montenegro | Togo | Trinidad and Tobago | Tunisia | USA

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