GAM · National Team

Gambia ☆

Statistics
Team strength · Elo all ratings ›
Rating 1,612 everyone starts at 1500
Peak 1,646 reached 24 Jan 2022
Rank #108 of 336 national teams
Matches rated 266 last 29 May 2026

What this team's results have earned: every match in the database is replayed in date order, both sides start at 1500 and the winner takes points from the loser. The rating is the one it held after its last rated match, and the rank counts every national team ever rated, sides that no longer play included. A measure of strength, not a forecast of the next result. Computed 3 Nov 2026.

Longest no-draw runs all on the records page ›
By competition (all-time)
CompetitionPDDraw%
Friendly 100 28 28.0%
African Cup of Nations qualification 66 19 28.8%
Amílcar Cabral Cup 53 18 34.0%
FIFA World Cup qualification 36 7 19.4%
African Cup of Nations 8 1 12.5%
African Friendship Games 3 2 66.7%
By calendar year
YearPDDraw%Max
2026 4 0 0.0% 4
2025 9 3 33.3% 4
2024 11 2 18.2% 5
2023 6 1 16.7% 3
2022 11 4 36.4% 4
2021 8 0 0.0% 8
2020 3 0 0.0% 3
2019 8 4 50.0% 3
2018 5 3 60.0% 2
2017 4 1 25.0% 2
2016 5 2 40.0% 2
2015 6 3 50.0% 1
2013 6 1 16.7% 4
2012 5 2 40.0% 2
2011 7 1 14.3% 6
2010 5 1 20.0% 3
2008 6 3 50.0% 3
2007 8 3 37.5% 3
2006 2 0 0.0% 2
2005 2 0 0.0% 2
2003 7 1 14.3% 5
2002 5 0 0.0% 4
2001 5 3 60.0% 1
2000 9 6 66.7% 2
1999 2 1 50.0% 1
1998 1 0 0.0% 1
1997 5 2 40.0% 2
1996 4 1 25.0% 2
1995 2 0 0.0% 2
1994 1 1 100.0% 0
1993 6 1 16.7% 3
1991 7 3 42.9% 1
1990 4 1 25.0% 2
1988 6 1 16.7% 4
1986 6 0 0.0% 4
1985 7 2 28.6% 3
1984 18 5 27.8% 5
1983 6 2 33.3% 2
1982 5 1 20.0% 2
1981 2 1 50.0% 1
1980 8 5 62.5% 2
1979 9 2 22.2% 3
1978 1 0 0.0% 1
1977 1 0 0.0% 1
1976 2 0 0.0% 2
1975 1 0 0.0% 1
1974 2 0 0.0% 2
1973 1 0 0.0% 1
1971 2 0 0.0% 2
1969 1 0 0.0% 1
1968 1 0 0.0% 1
1963 3 2 66.7% 1
1961 1 0 0.0% 1
1960 1 0 0.0% 1
1959 1 0 0.0% 1
1956 1 0 0.0% 1
1953 3 0 0.0% 3

Over 268 matches (Feb 1953 – Sep 2026), Gambia drew 75 where the draw model expected 69.7 from those particular fixtures — about 5 more, or 0.7 standard errors, which is what the model expected, near enough.

A flat league average would have expected 68.2 instead — "more draws than the league" and "more draws than these fixtures deserved" are different claims. 2 of the matches carry no model probability and are left out. These matches were part of the model's own training set, so its chances were fitted already knowing the results.