Kungiyar kwallon Kafa ta Kasa, Gambiya

**Ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasar Gambiya** tana wakiltar ƙasar Gambiya a wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ta duniya na maza kuma hukumar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Gambiya ce ke kula da ita . Har zuwa shekarar 1965, an san ƙungiyar da ƙasar da **British Gambia** . Tawagar bata taɓa shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ba . A shekarar 2021, Gambiya ta samu tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka a karon farko a tarihi. Tawagar tana wakiltar duka FIFA da kuma Hukumar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Afirka (CAF).

## Tarihi was an Kwallon kafa wasa
A ƙarƙashin sunan British Gambia, tawagar sun buga wasansu na farko a ranar 9 ga watan Fabrairun 1953 da ƙasar Saliyo, inda suka ci 2-1 a gida a wasan sada zumunci .  A watan Afrilu na shekarar 1963, ƙungiyar ta shiga gasar *L’Amitié* a Senegal, gasar da ta fi yawan ƙasashen da ke jin Faransanci. An zana su a rukuni tare da tawagar Faransa mai son, Upper Volta (yanzu Burkina Faso ) da Gabon . An yi rashin nasara a wasansu na farko da ci 5-1 a hannun 'yan wasan Faransa a ranar 11 ga watan Afrilu. Gambiya ta yi kunnen doki 2-2 da Upper Volta a ranar 13 ga watan Afrilu, kuma ta samu sakamako iri ɗaya a washegari da Gabon. Gambiya ba ta tsallake zuwa zagaye na gaba ba.

Bayan kammala gasar da aka yi a Senegal, Gambiya ba ta sake buga wani wasa ba sai a ranar 16 ga watan Nuwambar shekarar 1968, inda ta je Saliyo domin buga wasan sada zumunci da 2-1. Sun sake buga wasa a Saliyo a wasan Gambiya na gaba ranar 24 ga watan Afrilun 1971, kuma mai masaukin baƙi ta samu nasara da ci 3-1. A ranar 2 ga watan Mayun 1971, Gambiya ta yi tattaki zuwa Guinea domin buga wasan sada zumunta da ci 4-2. A ranar 14 ga watan Mayun 1972, Gambiya ta koma Guinea a wasan farko na neman tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin Afrika inda aka yi waje da su da ci 8-0.

A shekarar 1975, Gambiya ta shiga yakin neman cancantar shiga gasar Olympics ta lokacin bazara na shekarar 1976 a Kanada . An tashi canjaras a wasan share fage da Guinea, kuma sun sha kashi a wasan farko da ci 1-0 a gida ranar 27 ga watan Afrilun 1975. An yi rashin nasara a wasa na biyu da ci 6-0 a Guinea ranar 1 ga watan Yuni yayin da Guinea ta ci 7-0 jumulla.

A cikin watan Agusta na wannan shekarar ne Gambia ta shiga gasar neman cancantar shiga gasar cin kofin ƙasashen Afrika na farko da nufin kaiwa wasan ƙarshe na shekarar 1976 a Habasha . An tashi kunnen doki ne a wasan neman gurbin shiga gida biyu da Morocco, sannan kuma aka yi rashin nasara a wasan farko da ci 3-0 ranar 10 ga watan Agusta. Sun yi rashin nasara da ci daya ne a wasansu na gida ranar 24 ga watan Agusta sannan Morocco ta yi nasara da ci 6-0.

Bayan kamfen neman cancantar shiga gasar ta shekarar 1976, Gambiya ta buga wasanta na farko da cikakkiyar ƙungiyar Turai, inda ta yi rashin nasara a gida da ci 4–1 a Denmark a ranar 30 ga Janairun 1977. 

A ranar 12 ga Oktobar 2002, tawagar ta samu nasara mafi girma a gasar ƙasa da ƙasa, nasara da Lesotho da ci 6-0. 

A cikin watan Mayun shekara ta 2014, an dakatar da Gambiya shiga duk wata gasa ta CAF na tsawon shekaru biyu bayan da ta yi ƙaryar shekarun 'yan wasa da gangan. 

Arziƙin ƙasar ya inganta wajen samun tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin ƙasashen Afrika na shekarar 2019 . Ko da yake sun kasa samun tikitin shiga gasar, sun kai wasan zagayen ƙarshe na wasannin, ciki har da yin kunnen doki sau biyu da Gasar Aljeriya .

A ranar 13 ga watan Nuwamba a wasansu na farko a rukunin D na neman tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka na shekarar 2021, Gambiya ta doke Angola da ci 1-3 a Luanda . Wannan ita ce nasara ta farko da Scorpions suka yi a waje a gasar cin kofin duniya ta AFCON ko FIFA, a yunƙurinsu na 40. Kamfen mai ban sha'awa ya ga sun cancanci shiga babbar gasa ta farko a wannan shekarar. A matsayinta na mafi ƙarancin matsayi a gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka ta shekarar 2021, Gambiya ta bijirewa rashin nasara bayan da ta doke Tunisia a matakin rukuni, inda ta ƙare a matsayi na 2 a rukunin. Nasarar da ta ƙara da Guinea a zagayen ƙungiyoyi 16 ta sa sun kai wasan daf da na kusa da na ƙarshe a yunkurinsu na farko, inda daga ƙarshe suka je gasar Kamaru mai masaukin baƙi.

## Filin wasa na gida

Filin wasa na Independence filin wasa ne mai amfani da yawa a Bakau, Gambia . A halin yanzu ana amfani da shi galibi don wasannin ƙwallon ƙafa, ko da yake ana kuma amfani da shi wajen wasannin kaɗe-kade, na siyasa, baje kolin kasuwanci da bukukuwan ƙasa. Filin wasan yana ɗauke da mutane 30,000.

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## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

*  of the Gambian Football Federation