Benin on Sunday ended Ghana’s 100% record with a courtesy of a 92nd minute goal from Mohamed Aoudou. For Benin it means they will be appearing in their third African Cup of Nations in 2010 in Angola and their second consecutive appearance.

I won’t claim to be a historian of Benin football but I believe the title of this post to be true. Benin have been long time minnows of African football. Only in the last 5-6 years has that begun to change. Benin made the Nations Cup for the first time in 2004. [...]

Benin earned their first three points of the final qualifying round with a 1-0 defeat of Sudan at home. The result vaults Benin into second place in the group behind pace setters and favorites Ghana who have maximum points after a convincing 2-0 win in Bamako over Mali as well as a 1-0 win [...]

Here is the schedule of matches for the final round of qualifying for Benin:
March 28, 2009 away to Ghana

The draw for the final stage of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup took place today in Zurich and the Squirrels of Benin were drawn with the Black Stars of Ghana, the Eagles of Mali and and the Desert Hawks of Sudan. If Benin is to shock the world and make the journey to [...]

Here is my breakdown for who I’d like Benin to draw from each pot this Wednesday.

The seedings for the draw of the third final stage of qualifying have been made and Benin have been placed in the third seed line meaning they are in pot 3. That is good news as I was afraid that they may be placed in pot 4 which would’ve been disaster in terms of [...]

The Squirrels of Benin were felled in their final match of the stage losing 2-1 in Kampala to the Cranes of Uganda. For Benin the match was meaningless and thus the outcome was expected.

Benin journey to Uganda this weekend for the final match of the opening group stage. For Benin it is a meaningless match. They have surprisingly won the group after only five games and have advanced to the final 20.

Benin recorded what is probably their best ever victory over the weekend at home in Cotonou by defeating 2006 World Cup finalists Angola 3-2. The victory has guaranteed Benin a place in the final round of World Cup qualification as group winners and leaves Angola’s fate poised on the knife’s edge.
Benin came into the [...]