Stéphane Sességnon - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Benin player scored 24 international goals in 88 matches for his National Team. He holds the record number of appearances for Benin and is the leading goal scorer in the history of Benin National team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 1- 6-1984
Country: Benin   
Caps:	88	(W28-D25-L35 – GF103-GA127 – %46.92)
Goals:	24	(% 0.27 per match)
Age First Cap:	 19 yr 356 d   23- 5-2004 vs. Togo 1-1
Age Last Cap:    39 yr 100 d    9- 9-2023 vs. Mozambique 2-3
National Team Career: 19 yr 109 d

Cap  Goals     Date     Venue	        Opponent       Score    Competition

 1	     23- 5-04	Lomé    	Togo    	1-1	
 2	     27- 5-04	Cotonou 	Burkina Faso	1-0	
 3	      6- 6-04	Yaoundé 	Cameroon	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 4	     12- 6-04	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	2-4	
 5	     20- 6-04	Cotonou 	Sudan   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 6	      4- 7-04	Cotonou 	Egypt   	3-3	World Cup Qualifier
 7	     10-10-04	Cotonou 	Ivory Coast	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 8	     27- 3-05	Abidjan 	Ivory Coast	0-3	World Cup Qualifier
 9	      4- 6-05	Cotonou 	Cameroon	1-4	World Cup Qualifier
10   1	 1    4- 9-05	Cairo   	Egypt   	1-4	World Cup Qualifier
11	 1    9-10-05	Cotonou 	Libya   	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
12	 1    3- 9-06	Lomé    	Togo    	1-2	African Cup Qual.
13	 1   25- 3-07	Bamako  	Mali    	1-1	African Cup Qual.
14	 1    3- 6-07	Cotonou 	Mali    	0-0	African Cup Qual.
15   1	 2   17- 6-07	Cotonou 	Togo    	4-1	African Cup Qual.
16	 2   21- 8-07	Créteil 	Gabon   	2-2	
17	 2   12-10-07	Freetown	Sierra Leone	2-0	African Cup Qual.
18	 2   17-11-07	Accra      	UA Emirates	1-0	Ghana Cup
19   1	 3   21-11-07	Accra      	Ghana   	2-4	Ghana Cup
20	 3   21- 1-08	Sekondi 	Mali    	0-1	African Nations Cup
21	 3   25- 1-08	Sekondi 	Ivory Coast	1-4	African Nations Cup
22	 3   29- 1-08	Sekondi 	Nigeria 	0-2	African Nations Cup
23	 3    1- 6-08	Luanda  	Angola  	0-3	World Cup Qualifier
24   1	 4    8- 6-08	Cotonou 	Uganda  	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
25	 4   14- 6-08	Niamey  	Niger   	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
26	 4   22- 6-08	Cotonou 	Niger   	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
27	 4   20- 8-08	Rabat   	Morocco 	1-3	
28	 4   12-10-08	Kampala 	Uganda  	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
29	 4   11- 2-09	Blida   	Algeria 	1-2	
30	 4   29- 3-09	Kumasi  	Ghana   	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
31	 4    7- 6-09	Cotonou 	Sudan   	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
32	 4   21- 6-09	Bamako  	Mali    	1-3	World Cup Qualifier
33	 4   11-10-09	Cotonou 	Ghana   	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
34	 4   14-11-09	Khartoum	Sudan   	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
35   1	 5    6- 1-10	Cotonou 	Libya   	1-0	
36	 5   12- 1-10	Benguela	Mozambique	2-2	African Nations Cup
37	 5   16- 1-10	Benguela	Nigeria 	0-1	African Nations Cup
38	 5    5- 9-10	Cotonou 	Burundi 	1-1	African Cup Qual.
39   1	 6    9-10-10	Kigali  	Rwanda  	3-0	African Cup Qual.
40	 6   27- 3-11	Accra      	Ivory Coast	1-2	African Cup Qual.
41   2	 8    5- 6-11	Cotonou 	Ivory Coast	1-6	African Cup Qual.
42	 8    4- 9-11	Bujumbura	Burundi 	1-1	African Cup Qual.
43	 8    9-10-11	Cotonou 	Rwanda  	0-1	African Cup Qual.
44	 8   29- 2-12	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	0-0	African Cup Qual.
45	 8   26- 5-12	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	2-2	
46	 8    3- 6-12	Cotonou 	Mali    	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
47	 8   10- 6-12	Kigali  	Rwanda  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
48	 8   17- 6-12	Cotonou 	Ethiopia	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
49	 8    9- 6-13	Porto Novo	Algeria 	1-3	World Cup Qualifier
50   1	 9   16- 6-13	Bamako  	Mali    	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
51   2	11   17- 5-14	São Tomé	S.Tomé/Príncipe	2-0	African Cup Qual.
52   1	12    1- 6-14	Cotonou 	S.Tomé/Príncipe	2-0	African Cup Qual.
53   1	13   20- 7-14	Cotonou 	Malawi  	1-0	African Cup Qual.
54	13    2- 8-14	Blantyre	Malawi  	0-1	African Cup Qual.
55	13   12-10-14	Dar-es-Salaam	Tanzania	1-4	
56	13   13-11-14	Agadir  	Morocco 	1-6	
57   1	14   14- 6-15	Bata    	Equat. Guinea  	1-1	African Cup Qual.
58   1	15    6- 9-15	Cotonou 	Mali    	1-1	African Cup Qual.
59	15   13-10-15	Brazzaville	Congo-Brazzav.	1-2	
60   1	16   12-11-15	Cotonou 	Burkina Faso	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
61	16   17-11-15	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
62	16   23- 3-16	Juba    	South Sudan   	2-1	African Cup Qual.
63   2	18   27- 3-16	Cotonou 	South Sudan   	4-1	African Cup Qual.
65	18   12- 6-16	Cotonou 	Equat. Guinea  	2-1	African Cup Qual.
65   1	19    4- 9-16	Bamako  	Mali    	2-5	African Cup Qual.
66	19   24- 3-17	Nouakchott	Mauritania	0-1	
67   1	20   11- 6-17	Cotonou 	Gambia  	1-0	African Cup Qual.
68	20   10-10-17	Mallemont	Gabon    	1-0	
69   1	21   11-11-17	Cotonou  	Tanzania	1-1	
70	21    9- 9-18	Lomé		Togo 		0-0	African Cup Qual.
71	21   12-10-18	Blida		Algeria		0-2	African Cup Qual.
72	21   16-10-18	Cotonou 	Algeria		1-0	African Cup Qual.
73  1	22   11- 6-19	Marrakech	Guinea  	1-0	
74	22   18- 6-19	Marrakech	Mauritania	3-1	
75	22   29- 6-19	Ismaïlia	Guinea-Bissau   0-0	African Nations Cup
76	22    2- 7-19	Ismaïlia	Cameroon	0-0	African Nations Cup
77	22    5- 7-19	Cairo		Morocco 	1-1 [1]	African Nations Cup
78	22   10- 7-19	Cairo		Senegal 	0-1	African Nations Cup
79  1	23    6- 9-19	Caen		Ivory Coast	2-1	
80	23   13-10-19	Porto-Novo	Zambia  	2-2	
81  1	24   13-11-19	Uyo		Nigeria		1-2	African Cup Qual.
82	24   17-11-19	Porto-Novo	Sierra Leone	1-0	African Cup Qual.
83	24   24- 9-22	Mohammédia	Mauritania	0-1
84	24   27- 9-22	Mohammédia	Madagascar	1-3
85	24   22- 3-23	Cotonou  	Rwanda   	1-1	African Cup Qual.
86	24   28- 3-23	Kigali  	Rwanda  	1-1	African Cup Qual.
87	24   17- 6-23	Cotonou 	Senegal 	1-1	African Cup Qual.
88	24    9- 9-23	Maputo  	Mozambique	2-3	African Cup Qual.

[1] Benin won 4-1 on penalty kicks.


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    88    28   25   35   103- 127      81       46.02


Types of             Matches  Goals

African Cup Qualifier	32	15
World Cup Qualifier	25	 4
Friendlies		20	 4
African Nations Cup	 9	 0
Other Tournaments        2	 1

Total caps / goals: 	88	24


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