Djibouti national football team
| Nickname(s) | أسماك قرش البحر الأحمر Requins de la Mer Rouge (Sharks of the Red Sea) | ||
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| Association | Fédération Djiboutienne de Football (FDF) | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | CECAFA (East & Central Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Mohamed Meraneh Hassan (interim) | ||
| Captain | Mahdi Houssein Mahabeh | ||
| Most caps | Ali Youssouf Farada (39) | ||
| Top scorer | Samuel Akinbinu (10) | ||
| Home stadium | El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | DJI | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 196 (19 January 2026) | ||
| Highest | 169 (December 1994) | ||
| Lowest | 203 (April–July 2015, November 2015) | ||
| First international | |||
| French Somaliland 0–5 Ethiopia (French Somaliland; 5 December 1947) Post-independence Ethiopia 8–1 Djibouti (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 27 March 1983) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Djibouti 4–1 South Yemen (Djibouti City, Djibouti; 26 February 1988) Djibouti 3–0 Mauritius (Djibouti City, Djibouti; 23 November 2019) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Uganda 10–1 Djibouti (Kigali, Rwanda; 9 December 2001) Rwanda 9–0 Djibouti (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 13 December 2007) | |||
| CECAFA Cup | |||
| Appearances | 12 (first in 1994) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019) | ||
The Djibouti national football team (Arabic: منتخب جيبوتي لكرة القدم, French: Équipe de football de Djibouti), nicknamed the "Sharks of the Red Sea" (Arabic: أسماك قرش البحر الأحمر, French: Requins de la Mer Rouge), is the national football team of Djibouti. It is controlled by the Djiboutian Football Federation and is a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA). The Djibouti national football team's first win in a full FIFA-sanctioned international match was a 1–0 win vs. Somalia in the first round of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.