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.
Kei Ansu Kamara is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC. He is one of 13 players to have scored 100 goals in MLS history, achieving the landmark in 300 appearances. He is currently second on MLS's all-time scoring list, scoring for 11 different MLS clubs.
Patrick Bantamoi is a Sierra Leonean-Finnish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Mohamed Kamara, widely known as Medo, is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for HJS. He also holds Finnish citizenship.
Brima Sesay nicknamed Small Attouga, was a Sierra Leonean international goalkeeper. Sesay played for Ports Authority F.C. in the Sierra Leone National Premier League and for the Sierra Leone national football team known as the Leone Stars. He was one of the best young goalkeepers in Sierra Leone.
Football is the most popular sport in Sierra Leone. The governing body is the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA). The SLFA was formed in 1960 and has been affiliated with FIFA beginning the same year. There has been and continues to be trouble within the sport in Sierra Leone. In the past, however, the country has achieved a modicum of success in international competition.
Sports are an important part of Sierra Leonean society and Football is the most played sport in the country. Athletics, basketball, boxing and cricket are also common sports in the country. Sierra Leone became the first African country to join International Floorball Federation.
Christian Caulker is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays for Maryland Bobcats FC as a goalkeeper.
Mohamed Qotb Abou Gabal Ali, also known as Gabaski, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Egyptian Premier League club National Bank of Egypt and the Egypt national team.
Kwame Quee is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 1. deild karla club Grindavík and the Sierra Leone national team.
John Trye is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
Group L of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups that decided the teams which qualified for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Nigeria, Benin, Sierra Leone, and Lesotho.
Group E of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations took place from 11 to 20 January 2022. The group consisted of defending champions Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, the Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone.
Abubakar Kamara is a Sierra Leonean footballer. He played in 12 matches for the Sierra Leone national football team from 1994 to 1997. He was also named in Sierra Leone's squad for the 1994 African Cup of Nations tournament.
Lamine Bangura was a Sierra Leonean football player and manager. A centre-back. he made seven appearances for the Sierra Leone national team from 1994 to 1998. He was also named in Sierra Leone's squad for the 1996 African Cup of Nations tournament. At club level, Bangura played for Diamond Stars, Real Republicans, Guinean club AS Kaloum, Ivorian side ASEC Mimosas and Tunisian club ES Sahel. As a manager, he was in charge of AS Kaloum, Diamond Stars, Central Parade, Santoba, Ports Authority as well as the U17, U20 and U23 national teams of Sierra Leone. He died in a traffic collision on 26 March 2024, at the age of 59.
Musa Noah Kamara is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays as a striker for Bo Rangers and the Sierra Leone national team.
The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations final was a football match that determined the winner of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, the international men's football championship of Africa, organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) which was played between Senegal and Egypt. The match was held at the Olembe Stadium in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 6 February 2022. The match was won 4–2 by Senegal on penalties, after the match had ended in a 0–0 draw
Group A of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups that decided the teams which qualified for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe.
Sallieu Bah is a Sierra Leonean international footballer who plays as a midfielder.
George Edward Ngegba is a Sierra Leonean cricketer and plays for the Sierra Leone national cricket team in international cricket. He also serves as the incumbent national captain of the Sierra Leone cricket team. In 2020, he won the national award for being the best sports personality during the 2020 Sierra Leone National Entertainment Awards.
