South Sudan national football team
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The South Sudan national football team is the national football team of South Sudan.
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Nickname(s) | Bright Stars[1] | ||
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Association | South Sudan Football Association | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | CECAFA (East & Central Africa) | ||
Head coach | Ramsey Sebit (caretaker) | ||
Captain | Jumma Genaro | ||
Most caps | Jumma Genaro (23) | ||
Top scorer | James Moga (6) | ||
Home stadium | Juba National Stadium | ||
FIFA code | SSD | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 165 (22 December 2022)[2] | ||
Highest | 134 (November 2015) | ||
Lowest | 205 (September 2013) | ||
First international | |||
South Sudan 2–2 Uganda (Juba, South Sudan; 10 July 2012) | |||
Biggest win | |||
South Sudan 6–0 Djibouti (Juba, South Sudan; 28 March 2017) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Mozambique 5–0 South Sudan (Maputo, Mozambique; 18 May 2014) |
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The team's home stadium is Juba Stadium, which can fit 7,000 people.
The team played its first match against Uganda on 10 July 2012.[3]