 the benin national football team, nicknamed les Ãcureuils (the squirrels), is the national football team of benin and is controlled by the fÃ©dÃ©ration bÃ©ninoise de football. they were known as the dahomey national football team until 1975, when dahomey became benin. they have never made the world cup but have reached three recent african nations cups â 2004, 2008 and 2010. on 8 february 2010 after the preliminary competition from the 2010 africa cup of nations in angola, the fÃ©dÃ©ration bÃ©ninoise de football have dissolved the national team, coach henri dussuyer and his complete staff were fired.benin lÃ¶st nationalelf auf == competition records == === world cup record === *1930 to 1970 â did not enter *1974 â did not qualify *1978 to 1982 â did not enter *1986 â did not qualify *1990 â did not enter *1994 â did not qualify *1998 â did not enter *2002 to 2014
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