Sudan in international football and is controlled by the Sudan Football Association, the governing body for football in Sudan. Its home ground is Khartoum Stadium in the capital Khartoum. In 1957, it was one of the three teams to participate in the inaugural Africa Cup of Nations, the other two being Egypt and Ethiopia.

Sudan

Nickname(s)	Falcons of Jediane (Arabic: صقور الجديان)
Association	Sudan Football Association(SFA)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Head coach	James Kwesi Appiah
Captain	Ramadan Agab
Most caps	Haitham Mustafa (98)
Top scorer	Nasr Eddin Abbas (27)
Home stadium	Khartoum Stadium
FIFA code	SDN
FIFA ranking
Current	110 4 (10 July 2025)[1]
Highest	74 (December 1996)
Lowest	164 (July 2017)
First international
Sudan 5–1 Ethiopia  (Omdurman, Sudan; 13 May 1956)[2]
Biggest win
Sudan 15–0 Muscat and Oman (Cairo, Egypt; 2 September 1965)
Biggest defeat
South Korea 8–0 Sudan  (Seoul, South Korea; 8 September 1979)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	10 (first in 1957)
Best result	Champions (1970)
African Nations Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 2011)
Best result	Third place (2011, 2018)
FIFA Arab Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 1998)
Best result	Group stage (1998, 2002, 2012, 2021)
CECAFA Cup
Appearances	22 (first in 1979)
Best result	Champions (1980, 2006, 2007)

Sudan is one of the oldest teams in Africa and won the 1970 Africa Cup of Nations as hosts.