The Benin national football team

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).

Top Scorers
Player	14 Oct	17 Oct	18 Nov	21 Nov	23 Mar	26 Mar	06 Jun	10 Jun	20 Mar	25 Mar	All SeasonGoals/Assists
Steve Mounie	0/0	0/0	1/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0	0/0	0/0	10/0
	1/0	1/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	5/0
Jodel Dossou	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0	0/0	0/0	3/0
Cebio Soukou	0/0	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	2/0	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
Douko Dodo	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0
Tosin Aiyegun	0/0	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

Top Scorers

Player

14 Oct

17 Oct

18 Nov

21 Nov

23 Mar

26 Mar

06 Jun

10 Jun

20 Mar

25 Mar

All SeasonGoals/Assists

Steve Mounie

0/0

1/0

0/0

1/0

0/0

10/0

1/0

0/0

5/0

Jodel Dossou

0/0

1/0

0/0

3/0

Cebio Soukou

0/0

3/0

Junior Olaitan

0/0

2/0

0/0

2/0

Stephane Sessegnon

0/0

2/0

Douko Dodo

0/0

1/0

0/0

1/0

Tosin Aiyegun

0/0

1/0

Jordan Adeoti

0/0

1/0

Yohan Roche

0/0

1/0

Rodrigue Kossi

0/0

1/0

Mickael Pote

0/0

1/0

Babatounde Bello

0/0

1/0

Bad Boys
Player	14 Oct	17 Oct	18 Nov	21 Nov	23 Mar	26 Mar	06 Jun	10 Jun	20 Mar	25 Mar	All SeasonRed/Yellow	Matches	Avg
Khaled Adenon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0/2	2	0.0/1.0
Olivier Verdon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0/2	2	0.0/1.0
Mohamed Tijani	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0/1	0/1	1	0.0/1.0
Douko Dodo	-	-	-	-	-	-	0/1	-	-	-	0/1	1	0.0/1.0
Hassane Imourane	-	-	-	-	-	-	0/1	-	-	-	0/1	1	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

Bad Boys

Player

14 Oct

17 Oct

18 Nov

21 Nov

23 Mar

26 Mar

06 Jun

10 Jun

20 Mar

25 Mar

All SeasonRed/Yellow

Matches

Avg

Khaled Adenon

0/2

0.0/1.0

Olivier Verdon

0/2

0.0/1.0

Mohamed Tijani

0/1

0.0/1.0

Douko Dodo

0/1

0.0/1.0

Hassane Imourane

0/1

0.0/1.0

Junior Olaitan

0/1

0.0/1.0

Cedric Hountondji

0/1

0.0/1.0

Sessi D'Almeida

0/1

0.0/1.0

Jodel Dossou

0/1

0.0/1.0

David Kiki

0/1

0.0/1.0

Youssouf Assogba

0/1

0.0/1.0

Rodrigue Kossi Fiogbe

0/1

0.0/1.0

Cebio Soukou

0/1

0.0/1.0

Unknown

0/1

0.0/1.0

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The Benin national football team