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Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone national football team
Played 303
Draw % 25.7%
No-draw N 4
Max streak 12 17 Dec 1995 → 29 Mar 1997
Avg top run 6.4 top 10
Draw debt E 1.23
p50 32.0%
p100 30.0%
Draw score 0.336 rank #333 Draws 78
Team strength · Elo all ratings ›
Rating 1,531 everyone starts at 1500
Peak 1,680 reached 15 Jan 1996
Rank #165 of 336 national teams
Matches rated 301 last 9 Jun 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 15 Oct 2026.

Recent form · draws highlighted
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Over 303 matches (Oct 1949 – Sep 2026), Sierra Leone drew 78 where the draw model expected 76.5 from those particular fixtures — about 2 more, or 0.2 standard errors, which is what the model expected, near enough.

A flat league average would have expected 76.3 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.

Longest no-draw runs all on the records page ›
By competition (all-time)
CompetitionPDDraw%
Friendly 97 15 15.5%
African Cup of Nations qualification 89 27 30.3%
FIFA World Cup qualification 57 12 21.1%
Amílcar Cabral Cup 49 20 40.8%
African Cup of Nations 8 3 37.5%
FIFA Series 1 1 100.0%
By calendar year
YearPDDraw%Max
2026 5 1 20.0% 4
2025 6 1 16.7% 3
2024 10 3 30.0% 3
2023 8 3 37.5% 3
2022 10 3 30.0% 5
2021 6 3 50.0% 2
2020 4 2 50.0% 2
2019 4 1 25.0% 2
2018 2 1 50.0% 1
2016 4 1 25.0% 3
2015 4 1 25.0% 2
2014 9 2 22.2% 4
2013 4 1 25.0% 2
2012 9 3 33.3% 5
2011 5 1 20.0% 4
2010 2 2 100.0% 0
2008 7 1 14.3% 4
2007 8 1 12.5% 5
2006 2 1 50.0% 1
2005 5 1 20.0% 3
2003 6 2 33.3% 4
2002 4 0 0.0% 4
2001 7 2 28.6% 3
2000 8 1 12.5% 4
1999 1 1 100.0% 0
1997 9 2 22.2% 4
1996 8 0 0.0% 8
1995 11 2 18.2% 4
1994 4 1 25.0% 2
1993 10 4 40.0% 2
1992 4 1 25.0% 3
1991 8 4 50.0% 4
1990 2 1 50.0% 1
1989 4 0 0.0% 3
1988 7 3 42.9% 2
1987 8 3 37.5% 2
1986 7 1 14.3% 5
1985 3 3 100.0% 0
1984 12 3 25.0% 5
1983 4 0 0.0% 3
1982 6 0 0.0% 3
1980 6 1 16.7% 2
1979 3 1 33.3% 1
1978 2 0 0.0% 2
1977 3 1 33.3% 1
1976 7 2 28.6% 2
1974 1 0 0.0% 1
1973 2 1 50.0% 1
1972 6 1 16.7% 3
1971 6 0 0.0% 6
1970 2 0 0.0% 2
1969 1 1 100.0% 0
1968 3 1 33.3% 1
1967 2 1 50.0% 1
1966 2 1 50.0% 1
1961 1 0 0.0% 1
1960 3 0 0.0% 2
1957 1 0 0.0% 1
1956 2 0 0.0% 2
1954 1 0 0.0% 1
1953 1 0 0.0% 1
1949 1 0 0.0% 1
Date Home Score Away R Tournament
☆ 28 Sep 2026 Equatorial Guinea 1–0 Sierra Leone H —
☆ 24 Sep 2026 Sierra Leone 2–3 Zimbabwe A —
☆ 09 Jun 2026 Liberia 3–1 Sierra Leone H ITL · Friendly
☆ 06 Jun 2026 Sierra Leone 1–0 Liberia H ITL · Friendly
☆ 30 Mar 2026 Azerbaijan 1–1 Sierra Leone D ITL · FIFA Series
☆ 12 Oct 2025 Djibouti 1–2 Sierra Leone A ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 08 Oct 2025 Sierra Leone 0–1 Burkina Faso A ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 09 Sep 2025 Sierra Leone 2–0 Ethiopia H ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 04 Sep 2025 Guinea-Bissau 1–1 Sierra Leone D ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 25 Mar 2025 Egypt 1–0 Sierra Leone H ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 20 Mar 2025 Sierra Leone 3–1 Guinea-Bissau H ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 19 Nov 2024 Sierra Leone 0–2 Zambia A ITL · African Cup of Nations qualification
☆ 13 Nov 2024 Chad 1–1 Sierra Leone D ITL · African Cup of Nations qualification
☆ 15 Oct 2024 Sierra Leone 1–0 Ivory Coast H ITL · African Cup of Nations qualification
☆ 11 Oct 2024 Ivory Coast 4–1 Sierra Leone H ITL · African Cup of Nations qualification
☆ 10 Sep 2024 Zambia 3–2 Sierra Leone H ITL · African Cup of Nations qualification
☆ 06 Sep 2024 Sierra Leone 0–0 Chad D ITL · African Cup of Nations qualification
☆ 10 Jun 2024 Burkina Faso 2–2 Sierra Leone D ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 05 Jun 2024 Sierra Leone 2–1 Djibouti H ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 11 Jan 2024 Morocco 3–1 Sierra Leone H ITL · Friendly
☆ 06 Jan 2024 Ivory Coast 5–1 Sierra Leone H ITL · Friendly
☆ 19 Nov 2023 Sierra Leone 0–2 Egypt A ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 15 Nov 2023 Ethiopia 0–0 Sierra Leone D ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
☆ 17 Oct 2023 Somalia 0–2 Sierra Leone A ITL · Friendly
☆ 14 Oct 2023 Sierra Leone 1–1 Benin D ITL · Friendly
☆ 11 Sep 2023 Guinea-Bissau 2–1 Sierra Leone H ITL · African Cup of Nations qualification
☆ 18 Jun 2023 Sierra Leone 2–3 Nigeria A ITL · African Cup of Nations qualification
☆ 26 Mar 2023 São Tomé and Príncipe 0–2 Sierra Leone A ITL · African Cup of Nations qualification
☆ 22 Mar 2023 Sierra Leone 2–2 São Tomé and Príncipe D ITL · African Cup of Nations qualification
☆ 27 Sep 2022 DR Congo 3–0 Sierra Leone H ITL · Friendly
☆ 24 Sep 2022 South Africa 4–0 Sierra Leone H ITL · Friendly
☆ 13 Jun 2022 Sierra Leone 2–2 Guinea-Bissau D ITL · African Cup of Nations qualification
☆ 09 Jun 2022 Nigeria 2–1 Sierra Leone H ITL · African Cup of Nations qualification
☆ 29 Mar 2022 Congo 1–2 Sierra Leone A ITL · Friendly
☆ 27 Mar 2022 Liberia 0–1 Sierra Leone A ITL · Friendly
☆ 24 Mar 2022 Togo 3–0 Sierra Leone H ITL · Friendly
☆ 20 Jan 2022 Sierra Leone 0–1 Equatorial Guinea A ITL · African Cup of Nations
☆ 16 Jan 2022 Ivory Coast 2–2 Sierra Leone D ITL · African Cup of Nations
☆ 11 Jan 2022 Algeria 0–0 Sierra Leone D ITL · African Cup of Nations
☆ 13 Nov 2021 Sierra Leone 0–2 Comoros A ITL · Friendly
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