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Everything about Togo National Football Team totally explainedThe national football team of Togo, nicknamed Les Eperviers (The Sparrow Hawks), is controlled by the Fédération Togolaise de Football.
They made their first FIFA World Cup appearance in their history in 2006, having been coached throughout the qualifying campaign by Stephen Keshi; German coach Otto Pfister managed the team at the finals, despite having resigned three days before their first match over a players' bonuses dispute, only to be persuaded by the players to return. Although Togo have qualified for the World Cup, they've never advanced past the first stage of the African Nations Cup
African Nations Cup record
World Cup record
1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
1974 to 2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Round 1
World Cup 2006
v South Korea in Frankfurt, loss, 2-1
v Switzerland in Dortmund, loss, 2-0
v France in Cologne, loss, 2-0
Current squad
Goalkeepers
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Stade Reims}}
Etoile Filante}}
Defenders
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Al-Merrikh}}
Al-Nasr}}
NK Interblock Ljubljana}}
Granada 74 CF}}
F.C. Aboomoslem}}
VfL Osnabrück}}
Midfielders
Young Boys}}
MyPa}}
FC Nantes Atlantique}}
Al-Jazeera Club}}
Grenoble Foot 38}}
AS Moulins}}
Strømsgodset}}
Forwards
Arsenal}}
Aston Villa}}
Montpellier HSC}}
AS Cherbourg}}
K.A.A. Gent}}
Guingamp}}
FC Thun}}
2006 World Cup Information
Togo lost their opening game of the World Cup, despite having taken the lead against South Korea through Mohamed Kader. In the second half, Jean-Paul Abalo was sent off after 55 minutes, and goals from Lee Chun-Soo and Ahn Jung-Hwan sealed a 2-1 defeat for Togo.
Togo's next opponents in Group G were Switzerland, with the match scheduled for the afternoon of June 19. However, the Togo squad and manager Pfitser threatened to refuse to fulfil the fixture and take strike action. The squad and manager had been quoted as requesting payments from the Fédération Togolaise de Football for participating in the tournament of around €155,000 (US$ 192,000) with added bonuses for victories or draws. FIFA personally negotiated with the squad and manager on June 17, persuading them to travel to Dortmund in time to fulfil the fixture(External Link ); goals from Alexander Frei and Tranquillo Barnetta resulted in a 2-0 defeat. FIFA subsequently imposed a CHF100,000 fine on the Togolese federation for "behaviour unworthy of a participant in the World Cup" (External Link)
Togo's final group game against France ended in 2-0 defeat. Togo left the tournament with no points gained.
Sierra Leone air disaster
After a 2008 African Nations Cup qualifier away to Sierra Leone on June 3, 2007, twenty members of a delegation of sports officials from Togo, including Togolese Sports Minister, Richard Attipoe were killed when their helicopter exploded and crashed at Lungi International Airport. No players of the Togo national soccer team were among the victims. The Togo players and officials of the team had been waiting to take the next helicopter flight to the island on which the airport is located.
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