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Togo (TOG)

Profile

Founded	1960
Affiliated	1962
WC participations	None
WC honours	None
Continental Titles	None
Facts Togo's first crack at qualifying came in the preliminary qualifiers to the 1974 tournament, but they have yet to threaten the big guns for a place at the FIFA World Cup™ finals. Congo DR ended their first shot at qualifying with Guinea and Niger following suit in later years. Togo lost all their preliminary matches in the contest for places at the 1994 FIFA World Cup USA, although they did manage a win over Zimbabwe four years later and beat Zambia and Libya in the 2002 qualifying tournament albeit in a group that was won by Cameroon. The greatest result in Togo's history came in the 1998 African Cup of Nations, a 2-1 triumph over four-times champions Ghana which saw the fancied nation eliminated from the tournament. Following a 1-0 defeat to Equatorial Guinea in the first leg of their preliminary qualifier for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Togo came back to win the return 2-0 and progress to the next round.

Players:

1 TCHAGNIROU Ouro-Nimini (GK)
2 NIBOMBE Dare
3 ABALO Jean-Paul
4 ADEBAYOR Emmanuel
5 TCHANGAI Massamasso
6 AZIAWONOU Yao
7 SALIFOU Moustapha
8 AGBOH Kuami
9 DOSSEVI Thomas
10 MAMAM Cherif Toure
11 MALM Robert
12 AKOTO Eric
13 FORSON Richmond
14 OLUFADE Adekanmi
15 ROMAO Alaixys
16 AGASSA Kossi (GK)
17 MOHAMED KADER
18 SENAYA Yao Junior
19 ASSEMOASSA Ludovic
20 ERASSA Affo
21 GUEDE Karim
22 OBILALE Kodjovi (GK)
23 TOURE Assimiou

General Information

FIFA Trigramme: TOG
Country: Togo
Country (official name): Republique Togolaise
Continent: Africa Capital: Lomé
Major cities: Sokodé, Kpalimé, Atakpamé, Bassar, Tsévié, Aného, Mango, Bafilo, Tabligbo
Currency: CFA franc
Official languages: French
Motto: Labour, liberty, homeland.

Population (in millions): 5.43
GDP per inhabitant (in US dollars): 1,500
Density (inhabitants per km2): 95.61
Average age (in years): 17.3
Life expectancy at birth (in years): 53.43

Internet code: .tg
Number of internet users: 50,000 (2002)



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