Stephen Okechukwu Keshi - International Matches as Coach


The outstanding Nigerian coach coached three national teams (Togo, Mali and Nigeria) for (in total) 117 international matches and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

For his international matches as player, see Stephen Okechukwu Keshi - International Appearances.


Born: 23- 1-1962
Died:  8- 6-2016
Country: Nigeria 
Matches as Coach:		117	(W53-D32-L32 - GF180-GA123 - %58.97)
Matches as Coach for Togo   :    33	(W15-D 5-L13 - GF 44-GA 40 - %53.03)
Matches as Coach for Mali   : 	 24	(W11-D 6-L 7 - GF 41-GA 26 - %58.33)
Matches as Coach for Nigeria:    60	(W27-D21-L12 - GF 95-GA 57 - %62.50)
Age First Match: 42 yr 116 d	   19- 5-2004 vs. Benin 1-0
Age Last Match:  53 yr 141 d	   13- 6-2015 vs. Chad 2-0
National Team Career: 11 yr  25 d

Caps    Date    Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition 

Coach for Togo
first tenure
  1   19- 5-04	Cotonou 	Benin   	1-0	
  2   23- 5-04	Lomé    	Benin   	1-1	
  3    5- 6-04	Lusaka  	Zambia  	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
  4   14- 6-04	Accra   	Ghana   	0-0	
  5   30- 6-04	Lomé    	Senegal 	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
  6    4- 7-04	Monrovia	Liberia 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
  7    5- 9-04	Lomé    	Congo-Brazzav.	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
  8   10-10-04	Lomé    	Mali    	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
  9   27- 3-05	Bamako  	Mali    	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 10   29- 5-05	Lomé    	Burkina Faso	1-0	
 11    5- 6-05	Lomé    	Zambia  	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
 12   18- 6-05	Dakar   	Senegal 	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
 13   17- 8-05	Rouen   	Morocco 	1-0	
 14    4- 9-05	Lomé    	Liberia 	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 15    8-10-05	Brazzaville	Congo-Brazzav.	3-2	World Cup Qualifier
 16   11-11-05	Tehran  	Paraguay	2-4	LG Cup
 17   13-11-05	Tehran  	Iran    	0-2	LG Cup
 18    7- 1-06	Viry-Chatillon	Guinea  	0-1	
 19   10- 1-06	Monastir	Ghana   	1-0	
 20   21- 1-06	Cairo   	Congo-Kinshasa	0-2	African Nations Cup
 21   25- 1-06	Cairo   	Cameroon	0-2	African Nations Cup
 22   29- 1-06	Cairo   	Angola  	2-3	African Nations Cup
second tenure
 23    7- 2-07	Lomé    	Cameroon	2-2	
 24   25- 3-07	Lomé    	Sierra Leone	3-1	African Cup Qual.
 25   25- 4-07	Freetown	Sierra Leone	1-0	African Cup Qual.
 26   17- 6-07	Cotonou 	Benin   	1-4	African Cup Qual.
 27   22- 8-07	Lomé    	Zambia  	3-1	
 28   12-10-07	Lomé    	Mali    	0-2	African Cup Qual.
 29   18-11-07	Accra   	Ghana   	0-2	
 30   21-11-07	Accra   	UA Emirates	5-0	
 31   25- 3-08	Paris   	Guinea  	0-2	
third tenure
 32    4- 9-11	Lomé    	Botswana	0-1	African Cup Qual.
 33    8-10-11	Tunis   	Tunisia 	0-2	African Cup Qual.

Coach for Mali
  1    1- 6-08	Bamako  	Congo-Brazzav.	4-2	WCQ / ACQ
  2    7- 6-08	N'Djaména	Chad    	2-1	WCQ / ACQ
  3   14- 6-08	Omdurman	Sudan   	2-3	WCQ / ACQ
  4   22- 6-08	Bamako  	Sudan   	3-0	WCQ / ACQ
  5   19- 8-08	Mantes-la-Ville	Gabon   	0-1	
  6    7- 9-08	Brazzaville	Congo-Brazzav.	0-1	WCQ / ACQ
  7   11-10-08	Bamako  	Chad    	2-1	WCQ / ACQ
  8   18-11-08	Rouen   	Algeria 	1-1	
  9   11- 2-09	Bois-Guillaume	Angola  	4-0	
 10   28- 3-09	Omdurman	Sudan   	1-1	WCQ / ACQ
 11   25- 4-09	Bamako  	Equat. Guinea  	3-0	
 12    7- 6-09	Bamako  	Ghana   	0-2 	WCQ / ACQ
 13   21- 6-09	Bamako  	Benin   	3-1	WCQ / ACQ
 14   12- 8-09	Rouen   	Burkina Faso	3-0	
 15    6- 9-09	Cotonou 	Benin   	1-1	WCQ / ACQ
 16   11-10-09	Bamako  	Sudan   	1-0	WCQ / ACQ
 17   15-11-09	Kumasi  	Ghana   	2-2	WCQ / ACQ
 18   27-12-09	Doha    	North Korea	0-1	
 19   30-12-09	Doha    	Iran    	2-1	
 20    2- 1-10	Doha    	Qatar   	0-0	
 21    4- 1-10	Dubai   	Egypt   	0-1	
 22   10- 1-10	Luanda  	Angola  	4-4	African Nations Cup
 23   14- 1-10	Luanda  	Algeria 	0-1	African Nations Cup
 24   18- 1-10	Cabinda 	Malawi  	3-1	African Nations Cup

Coach for Nigeria
first tenure
  1   12-11-11	Benin   	Botswana	0-0	
  2   15-11-11	Kaduna  	Zambia  	2-0	
  3   11- 1-12	Abuja   	Angola  	0-0	
  4   15- 2-12	Monrovia	Liberia 	2-0	
  5   29- 2-12	Kigali  	Rwanda  	0-0	African Cup Qual.
  6   12- 4-12	Dubai   	Egypt   	2-3	
  7   23- 5-12	Lima    	Peru    	0-1	
  8    3- 6-12	Calabar 	Namibia 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
  9    9- 6-12	Blantyre	Malawi  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 10   16- 6-12	Calabar 	Rwanda  	2-0	African Cup Qual.
 11   15- 8-12	Niamey  	Niger   	0-0	
 12    8- 9-12	Paynesville	Liberia 	2-2	African Cup Qual.
 13   13-10-12	Calabar 	Liberia 	6-1	African Cup Qual.
 14   14-11-12	Miami   	Venezuela	3-1	
 15    9- 1-13	Faro-Loulé	Cape Verde Isl.	0-0	
 16   21- 1-13	Nelspruit	Burkina Faso	1-1	African Nations Cup
 17   25- 1-13	Nelspruit	Zambia  	1-1	African Nations Cup
 18   29- 1-13	Nelspruit	Ethiopia	2-0	African Nations Cup
 19    3- 2-13	Rustenburg	Ivory Coast	2-1	African Nations Cup
 20    6- 2-13	Durban  	Mali    	4-1	African Nations Cup
 21   10- 2-13	Johannesburg	Burkina Faso	1-0	African Nations Cup
 22   23- 3-13	Calabar 	Kenya   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 23   31- 5-13	Houston 	Mexico  	2-2	
 24    5- 6-13	Nairobi 	Kenya   	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 25   12- 6-13	Windhoek	Namibia 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 26   17- 6-13	Belo Horizonte	Tahiti  	6-1	Confederations Cup
 27   20- 6-13	Salvador	Uruguay 	1-2	Confederations Cup
 28   23- 6-13	Fortaleza	Spain   	0-3	Confederations Cup
 29    6- 7-13	Kaduna  	Ivory Coast	4-1	CHAN Qualifier
 30   27- 7-13	Abidjan 	Ivory Coast	0-2	CHAN Qualifier
 31   14- 8-13	Durban  	South Africa	2-0	
 32    7- 9-13	Calabar 	Malawi  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 33   10- 9-13	Kaduna  	Burkina Faso	4-1	
 34   13-10-13	Addis Adaba 	Ethiopia	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 35   28-10-13	Amman   	Jordan  	0-1	
 36   16-11-13	Calabar 	Ethiopia	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 37   18-11-13	London  	Italy   	2-2	
 38    4- 1-14	Abuja   	Ethiopia	2-1	
 39   11- 1-14	Cape Town	Mali    	1-2	CHAN Cup
 40   15- 1-14	Cape Town	Mozambique	4-2	CHAN Cup
 41   19- 1-14	Cape Town	South Africa	3-1	CHAN Cup
 42   25- 1-14	Cape Town	Morocco 	4-3	CHAN Cup
 43   29- 1-14	Mangaung	Ghana    	0-0 [1]	CHAN Cup
 44    1- 2-14	Cape Town	Zimbabwe	1-0	CHAN Cup
 45    5- 3-14	Atlanta 	Mexico  	0-0	
 46   28- 5-14	London  	Scotland	2-2	
 47    3- 6-14	Chester 	Greece  	0-0	
 48    7- 6-14	Jacksonville	United States	1-2	
 49   16- 6-14	Curitiba	Iran    	0-0	World Cup
 50   21- 6-14	Cuiabá  	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1-0	World Cup
 51   25- 6-14	Porto Alegre	Argentina	2-3	World Cup
 52   30- 6-14	Brasília	France  	0-2	World Cup
 53    6- 9-14	Calabar 	Congo-Brazzav.	2-3	African Cup Qual.
 54   10- 9-14	Cape Town	South Africa	0-0	African Cup Qual.
 55   11-10-14	Khartoum	Sudan   	0-1	African Cup Qual.
 56   15-10-14	Abuja   	Sudan   	3-1	African Cup Qual.
 57   15-11-14	Pointe Noire	Congo-Brazzav.	2-0	African Cup Qual.
 58   19-11-14	Uyo     	South Africa	2-2	African Cup Qual.
second tenure
 59   29- 3-15	Nelspruit	South Africa	1-1	
 60   13- 6-15	Kaduna  	Chad    	2-0	African Cup Qual.

[1] Nigeria lost 1-4 on penalty kicks.


Total Record

Matches	Won Draw Lost	For-Against     Points	Percentage

    117  53  32  32	180- 123	138	58.97


Types of Matches

Friendlies	 	 41
World Cup Qualifier	 30
African Cup Qualifier	 17
African Nations Cup	 12
CHAN Cup		  6
Confederations Cup	  3
World Cup		  4
CHAN Qualifier		  2
Other Tournaments	  2

Total matches:  	117


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