Guinea national under-23 football team explained

Guinea U-23
Nickname:Syli National
(National Elephants)
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Badge Size:180px
Association:Guinean Football Federation
Sub-Confederation:WAFU (West Africa)
Confederation:CAF (Africa)
Coach:Morlaye Cissé
Home Stadium:Stade du 28 Septembre
Stade Général Lansana Conté
Fifa Trigramme:GUI
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First Game: 1–1
(Algiers, Algeria; April 14, 1995)
Largest Win: 4–1
(Conakry, Guinea; June 13, 1999)
4–1
(Conakry, Guinea; November 20, 2018)
Largest Loss: 7–1
(Aubagne, France; May 23, 2016)
Regional Name:Olympic Games
Regional Cup Apps:2
Regional Cup First:1968
Regional Cup Best:Group stage (1968, 2024)
2Ndregional Name:U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
2Ndregional Cup Apps:1
2Ndregional Cup Best:Fourth place (2023)

Guinea national under-23 and Olympic football team, represents Guinea in association football at an under-23 age level and is controlled by Guinean Football Federation, the governing body for football in Guinea.[1]

Recent results and fixtures

2024

Coaching staff

As of 1 April 2024[2]

PositionName
Interim Head Coach Kaba Diawara
Head Coach Morlaye Cissé
Assistant Coach Pascal Baruxakis
Goalkeeping Coach Kémoko Camara
Intendant Ibrahima Diallo
Team Doctor Ibrahima Camara
Team Manager Daman Touré

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2024 Olympic Games.[3]

Caps and goals as of 9 May 2024 after the match against .

* Overage player.

Recent call ups

Notes

Overage players in the Olympic Games

Since 1992, the olympic roster may consist out of under-23-year-old players, plus three over the age players.[4]

Competition records

Summer Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games record
Year ResultPositionwidth=30width=30width=30width=30width=30width=30
1992 to 2020Did not qualify
2024Group stage16th300316
Total1/8Group stage300316

Africa U-23 Cup of Nations

YearRoundPosition
2011 to 2019Did not qualify
2023Fourth place4th411243
Total1/4411243

Notes and References

  1. News: Guinea Under 23. International Soccerway. 29 April 2024.
  2. Web site: A LA UNE: Syli U-23 : Morlaye Cissé fait son retour. 3 May 2024.
  3. Web site: 18 joueurs, 4 réservistes, voici le groupe retenu par le sélectionneur Kaba Diawara en vue des JO Paris 2024. 18 players,4 reservists, here is the group selected by coach Kaba Diawara for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Guinean Football Federation. 4 July 2024. fr.
  4. https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/olympics.html Olympic tournaments