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Togo national football team

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Togo

Nickname

Les Eperviers
(The Sparrow Hawks)

Association

Fédération Togolaise
de Football

Head coach

vacant

Asst coach

Kodjovi Mawuena

Most caps

Massamasso Tchangai (90)

Top scorer

Emmanuel Adebayor (15)

FIFA code

TOG

FIFA ranking

Highest FIFA ranking

46 (August 2006)

Lowest FIFA ranking

123 (April 1994)

Elo ranking





Home kit





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.

1 African Nations Cup record
2 World Cup record
3 World Cup 2006
4 2006 World Cup Squad
- 4.1 2006 World Cup Information
5 External links

[edit] African Nations Cup record

1957 to 1965 - Did not enter
1968 - Did not qualify
1970 - Did not qualify
1972 - Round 1
1974 - Withdrew
1976 to 1982 - Did not qualify
1984 - Round 1
1986 - Did not qualify
1988 - Did not qualify
1990 - Withdrew
1992 - Did not qualify
1994 - Withdrew during qualifying
1996 - Did not qualify
1998 - Round 1
2000 - Round 1
2002 - Round 1
2004 - Did not qualify
2006 - Round 1

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
1974 to 2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Round 1

[edit] World Cup 2006

v South Korea in Frankfurt, loss, 2-1
v Switzerland in Dortmund, loss, 2-0
v France in Cologne, loss, 2-0

[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]