Gambia national football team
The Gambia national football team represents The Gambia in men's international football and is controlled by the Gambia Football Federation. Until 1965, the team and the country were known as British Gambia. The team has never qualified for the World Cup. In 2021, Gambia qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations finals for the first time in history. The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Football fans watching Gambia v Guinea
Omar Colley is Gambia's most capped player with 49 appearances.
The Gambia, officially the Republic of the Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the smallest country in continental Africa; it is surrounded by Senegal, except for its western coast on the Atlantic Ocean. It is situated on both sides of the lower reaches of the Gambia River, which flows through the centre of the country and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The national namesake river demarcates the elongated shape of the country, which has an area of 11,300 square kilometres (4,400 sq mi) and a population of 2,468,569 people in 2024. The capital city is Banjul, which has the most extensive metropolitan area in the country; the second- and third-largest cities are Serekunda and Brikama.
Senegambian stone circles (megaliths) which run from Senegal through The Gambia and are described by UNESCO as "the largest concentration of stone circles seen anywhere in the world".
The British Governor, George Chardin Denton (1901–1911), and his party, 1905
Stamp with portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953
Kololi beach on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean