Djibouti national football team

Djibouti

Nickname(s)	Riverains de la Mer Rouge (Shoremen of the Red Sea)
Association	Djiboutian Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Head coach	Abdourahman Okie Hadi
Captain	Mahdi Houssein Mahabeh
Most caps	Ali Youssouf Farada Daoud Wais (34)
Top scorer	Samuel Akinbinu (8)
Home stadium	El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium
FIFA code	DJI
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	192 (24 October 2024)[1]
Highest	169 (December 1994)
Lowest	203 (April–July 2015, November 2015)
First international
French Somaliland 0–5 Ethiopia  (French Somaliland; 5 December 1947) Post-independence  Ethiopia 8–1 Djibouti  (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 27 March 1983)
Biggest win
Djibouti 4–1 South Yemen  (Djibouti City, Djibouti; 26 February 1988)  Djibouti 3–0 Mauritius  (Djibouti City, Djibouti; 23 November 2019)
Biggest defeat
Uganda 10–1 Djibouti  (Kigali, Rwanda; 9 December 2001)  Rwanda 9–0 Djibouti  (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 13 December 2007)
CECAFA Cup
Appearances	12 (first in 1994)
Best result	Group stage (1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019)

The Djibouti national football team, nicknamed the "Riverains de la Mer Rouge" (lit. 'Shoremen of the Red Sea'), is the national football team of Djibouti. It is controlled by the Djiboutian Football Federation and is a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA). The Djibouti national football team's first win in a full FIFA-sanctioned international match was a 1–0 win vs. Somalia in the first round of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.