The Benin national football team, (French: Equipe nationale de Football du Benin) nicknamed Les Ecureuils (The Squirrels), represents Benin in men's international association football and is controlled by the Benin Football Federation. They were known as the Dahomey national football team until 1975, when Republic of Dahomey became Benin. They have never qualified for the World Cup, but have reached four African Nations Cup in recent years, never placing in the top 2 in the group stage – 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2019. In 2019, they reached the knockouts as the third most successful third place team, before making the quarter-finals with a shock win over Morocco, but later lost to Senegal. On 8 February 2010 after the preliminary competition from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, the Benin Football Federation dissolved the national team, coach Henri Dussuyer and his complete staff were fired. On May 9, 2016, Benin was suspended from FIFA, The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).
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Player | 24 Mar | 27 Mar | 29 Mar | 27 Sep | 14 Oct | 17 Oct | 18 Nov | 21 Nov | 23 Mar | 26 Mar | All SeasonGoals/Assists |
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Steve Mounie | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 9/0 |
0/0 | 2/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 5/0 | |
Cebio Soukou | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3/0 |
Junior Olaitan | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/0 | 0/0 | 2/0 |
Jodel Dossou | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/0 |
Stephane Sessegnon | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/0 |
Tosin Aiyegun | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
Jordan Adeoti | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
Yohan Roche | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
Rodrigue Kossi | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
Mickael Pote | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
Babatounde Bello | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
Player | 24 Mar | 27 Mar | 29 Mar | 27 Sep | 14 Oct | 17 Oct | 18 Nov | 21 Nov | 23 Mar | 26 Mar | All SeasonRed/Yellow | Matches | Avg |
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Khaled Adenon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0/2 | 2 | 0.0/1.0 |
Olivier Verdon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0/2 | 2 | 0.0/1.0 |
Junior Olaitan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0/1 | - | - | 0/1 | 1 | 0.0/1.0 |
Cedric Hountondji | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0/1 | - | - | - | 0/1 | 1 | 0.0/1.0 |
Sessi D'Almeida | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0/1 | 1 | 0.0/1.0 |
Jodel Dossou | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0/1 | 1 | 0.0/1.0 |
David Kiki | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0/1 | 1 | 0.0/1.0 |
Youssouf Assogba | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0/1 | 1 | 0.0/1.0 |
Rodrigue Kossi Fiogbe | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0/1 | 1 | 0.0/1.0 |
Cebio Soukou | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0/1 | 1 | 0.0/1.0 |
Unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0/1 | 1 | 0.0/1.0 |