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| Nickname(s) | الإبل Los Dromedarios (The Dromedaries)[1] | ||
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| Association | الاتحاد الصحراوي لكرة القدم Federación Saharaui de Fútbol | ||
| Confederation | World Unity Football Alliance | ||
| Head coach | Mohendi Abdelay | ||
| Most caps | El-Mahfoud Welad (5) | ||
| Top scorer | Sahia Ahmed Budah (4) | ||
| Home stadium | Stade de Tindouf | ||
| FIFA code | SADR ESH | ||
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| First international | |||
Unofficial FLN football team Veterans – Western Sahara  (Algiers, Algeria; Date Unknown 1976)  Le Mans UC 72 3–2 Western Sahara (France; Date Unknown 1988) Official  Galicia 2–1 Western Sahara (Teo, Spain; 23 December 2011) MC Alger 6–1 Western Sahara (Algiers, Algeria; 20 May 2023) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Western Sahara 5–1 Darfur  (Arbil, Iraq; 7 June 2012) Western Sahara 4–0 Esperanto  (Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France; 31 July 2015) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Western Sahara 3–17 EUGA Ardziv  (Marseille, France; 23 June 2013) | |||
| Viva World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2012) | ||
| Best result | Sixth place (2012) | ||
The Western Sahara national football team (Arabic: منتخب الصحراء الغربية لكرة القدم, Spanish: Selección de fútbol del Sahara Occidental) represents Western Sahara (SADR), a disputed territory, in association football. Controlled by the Sahrawi Football Federation, they are members of World Unity Football Alliance for non-FIFA-affiliated nations.
- ^ Zoo africano Pablo Aro Geraldes – International football journalism (in Spanish)
- ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.