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 Togo (TOG)
  • FIFA Trigramme: TOG
  • Country: Togo
  • Country (official name): Republique Togolaise
  • Continent: Africa
  • Capital: Lomé
  • Major cities: Sokodé, Kpalimé, Atakpamé, Bassar, Tsévié, Aného, Mango, Bafilo, Tabligbo
  • Currency: CFA franc
  • Official languages: French
  • Motto: Labour, liberty, homeland.
  Standings
 
Group G MP W D L GF GA Pts
SUI 3 2 1 0 4 0 7
FRA 3 1 2 0 3 1 5
KOR 3 1 1 1 3 4 4
TOG 3 0 0 3 1 6 0
Founded 1960
Affiliated 1962
WC participations None
WC honours None
Continental Titles None
Facts
  • Togo's first crack at qualifying came in the preliminary qualifiers to the 1974 tournament, but they have yet to threaten the big guns for a place at the FIFA World Cup™ finals. Congo DR ended their first shot at qualifying with Guinea and Niger following suit in later years.
     
  • Togo lost all their preliminary matches in the contest for places at the 1994 FIFA World Cup USA, although they did manage a win over Zimbabwe four years later and beat Zambia and Libya in the 2002 qualifying tournament  albeit in a group that was won by Cameroon.
     
  • The greatest result in Togo's history came in the 1998 African Cup of Nations, a 2-1 triumph over four-times champions Ghana which saw the fancied nation eliminated from the tournament. Following a 1-0 defeat to Equatorial Guinea in the first leg of their preliminary qualifier for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Togo came back to win the return 2-0 and progress to the next round.