Nickname(s) | Les Éperviers (The Sparrowhawks) | ||
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Association | Fédération Togolaise de Football (FTF) | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) | ||
Head coach | Mohamed Kader | ||
Captain | Djené | ||
Most caps | Abdoul-Gafar Mamah (93)[1] | ||
Top scorer | Emmanuel Adebayor (32) | ||
Home stadium | Stade de Kégué | ||
FIFA code | TOG | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 123 4 (24 October 2024)[2] | ||
Highest | 46 (August 2006) | ||
Lowest | 133 (April 2021) | ||
First international | |||
French Togoland 1–1 Gold Coast and Trans-Volta Togoland (French Togoland; 13 October 1956) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Togo 6–0 Swaziland (Accra, Ghana; 11 November 2008) Togo 6–0 Mauritius (Lomé, Togo; 12 November 2017) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Morocco 7–0 Togo (Morocco; 28 October 1979) Tunisia 7–0 Togo (Tunis, Tunisia; 7 January 2000) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2006) | ||
Best result | Group stage (2006) | ||
Africa Cup of Nations | |||
Appearances | 8 (first in 1972) | ||
Best result | Quarter-finals (2013) |
The Togo national football team (French: Équipe nationale de football du Togo) represents Togo in international football and is controlled by the Togolese Football Federation. The national football team of Togo made their debut in the FIFA World Cup in 2006. Their team bus underwent a fatal attack in Angola prior to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. They withdrew and were subsequently banned from the following two tournaments by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). In 2013 for the first time in history, Togo reached the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations. The team represents both FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF).