The Sierra Leone national football team represents Sierra Leone in association football and is governed by the Sierra Leone Football Association. It has qualified for Africa Cup of Nations three times.
Sierra Leone's first match was at home on 10 August 1949 against another British colony, Nigeria, and was lost 2âÂÂ0. In 1954 it played another British colony and British administered U.N trust territory, Gold Coast and Trans-Volta Togoland, and lost 2âÂÂ0 away. On 22 April 1961, it hosted Nigeria and lost 4âÂÂ2. On 12 November 1966, it hosted Liberia in its first match against a non-British colony and earned its first draw, 1âÂÂ1. A week later, it lost 2âÂÂ0 in Liberia. On 13 January 1971, it played its first match against a non-African team, West Germany's B-team. The match in Sierra Leone was won 1âÂÂ0 by the Germans. Sierra Leone's first match outside Africa was its first against an Asian nation, China. It lost 4âÂÂ1 in China on 5 April 1974.
In August 2014, Sierra Leone FA cancelled all association football matches in an effort to stop the spread of the 2014 Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone, a week after Liberian FA did the same. Sierra Leonean players playing outside Sierra Leone, such as Michael Lahoud playing in the United States, were discriminated against, with opposition players refusing to swap shirts, shake hands and allow them to certain places of the stadium because they fear that they could be carrying the disease. The Sierra Leonean national team wasn't allowed to play home games and all players had to be foreign-based.
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
The following players were called up for the 2026 FIFA Series matches against Oman and Azerbaijan on 27 and 30 March 2026; respectively in Azerbaijan.
Caps and goals are correct as of 30 March 2026, after the match against Azerbaijan.
The following players had been called up in 12 months preceding the above draft.
<sup>INJ</sup> Withdrew due to injury.<br/> <sup>PRE</sup> Preliminary squad / standby<br/> <sup>RET</sup> Had announced retirement from international association football.<br/> <sup>SUS</sup> Is serving a suspension.<br /> <sup>PRI</sup> Absent due to private circumstances.<br/> <sup>WD</sup> Withdrawn.