The Togo national football team represents Togo in international football and is controlled by the Togolese Football Federation. The national football team of Togo made their debut in the FIFA World Cup in 2006. Their team bus underwent a fatal attack in Angola prior to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. They withdrew and were subsequently banned from the following two tournaments by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). In 2013 for the first time in history, Togo reached the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations. The team represents both FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Jacques-Alaixys Romao, commonly known as Alaixys Romao, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek Super League club Athens Kallithea. Born in France, he represents Togo at international level.
Kodjovi Dodji Akanava Obilalé is a Togolese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Togo national team. His last club was the French amateur club GSI Pontivy. His career was cut short after he was severely injured in a rebel attack targeting the Togolese team bus in the Cabinda Province, Angola, just two days before the start of the 2010 African Cup of Nations.
Serge Ognadon Akakpo is a Togolese retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back for the Togo national football team.
Hamílton Hênio Ferreira Calheiros, known simply as Hamílton, is a retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Brazil, he was a member, as a naturalized citizen, of the Togo national team.
Mani Sapol is a Togolese football midfielder currently playing for Dynamic Togolais.
Peniel Kokou Mlapa is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a striker for K League 2 club Busan IPark. He also holds German citizenship.
Sename Dové Womé Dobe is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Iraqi Premier League side Al-Diwaniya.
A terrorist attack occurred on 8 January 2010 as the Togo national football team traveled through the Angolan province of Cabinda on the way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations tournament, two days before it began in Angola. A little-known offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC), a group promoting independence for the province of Cabinda, known as the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda – Military Position (FLEC-PM), claimed responsibility for the attack. Bus driver Mário Adjoua, the team's assistant manager Améleté Abalo, and media officer Stanislas Ocloo were killed, with several others injured. Secretary General of the FLEC-PM Rodrigues Mingas, currently exiled in France, claimed the attack was not aimed at the Togolese players but at the Angolan forces at the head of the convoy. Authorities reported two suspects were detained in connection with the attacks.
Kossi Prince Segbefia is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French Championnat National 3 club FCOSK 06. He is a Togolese international, having made his debut in September 2011 against Botswana. His older brother, Alikem, is also a footballer who plays for Al-Jaish SC Damascus in Syria.
Prostitution in Togo is legal and commonplace. Related activities such as solicitation, living off the earnings of prostitution or procuring are prohibited. Punishment is up to 10 years imprisonment if minors or violence is involved.
The Togo women's national football team represents Togo in international women's football since 2006. It is governed by the Togolese Football Federation (FTF), the governing body of football in Togo. The team has played five FIFA-recognised matches, in 2006 and 2007, before reappearing in the 2018 WAFU Women's Cup, set in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Their manager since January 2018 is Kaï Tomety. Togo's home stadium is the Stade de Kégué, located in Lomé.
Djené Dakonam Ortega, known mononymously as Djené, is a Togolese professional footballer who plays for and captains both La Liga club Getafe and the Togo national team. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a right-back and defensive midfielder.
Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for UAE Pro-League side Al Ain, and the Togo national team.
The 2017–18 Togolese protests were a significant representation of civil unrest in Togo and against the 50 year rule of the father-son combination of Gnassingbé Eyadéma and Faure Gnassingbé. The protesters demanded that the president honour the 1992 constitution, and demanding that he step down immediately. Gnassingbé offered the protesters the option of enacting the two-term limit set in the constitution effective from 2018, thus ensuring that he could stay in power until 2030. This has been rejected by the opposition. However, on 8 May 2019 the Togolese Parliament voted unanimously to accept this amendment and imposed this non-retroactive term limit on the president's office.
Protests against Faure Gnassingbé have occurred throughout Togo, starting when President Faure Gnassingbé assumed power after the death of his father Gnassingbé Eyadéma in February 2005.
Raphaël Patron Akakpo is a Togolese retired professional footballer. He has spent time in Ghana, Egypt, Thailand, Brunei, Malaysia, India, and Vietnam during his professional career, as well as played for the Togo national football team.
Adantor Akakpo is a Togolese footballer. He played in two matches for the Togo national football team from 1992 to 1997. He was named in Togo's squad for the 1998 African Cup of Nations.
Komi Biova Akakpo, commonly known as Agarawa, is a Togolese professional footballer who last played as a defensive midfielder for Myanmar National League club Chin United.
Sadik Fofana is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen. Born in Germany, he has represented the German youth team and from 2024 played for Togo at international level.
