Togo

Group G
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Team – Founded: 1960 – Affiliated: 1962

Confederation: CAF - Africa

Squad's local nickname: Les Éperviers (The Sparrow Hawks;
the Team can alternatively be found referred to simply as 'The Hawks,'
when so done in English)

The Squad (by jersey number)	The Squad (by field position)


Nimini Tchagnirou Daré Nibombé Jean-Paul Abalo Emmanuel Shéyi Adébayor Massamesso Tchangai Yao 'Kaka' Aziawonou Moustapha Salifou Kuami Agboh Thomas Dossèvi Cherif-Touré Mamam Robert Malm Eric Akoto Richmond Forson Adékambi Olufadé Jacques Alaixys Romao Kossi Agassa Mohammed Kader Coubadja °° Yao Junior Sénaya Ludovic Assémoassa Afo Erassa Karim Guédé Kodjovi Obilalé Touré Assimiou	Kossi Agassa (Metz, France) Nimini Tchagnirou (Djoliba) Kodjovi Dodji Obilalé (Etoile Filante) Jean-Paul Abalo Yaovi Dosseh (Apoel Nicosia, Cyprus) Daré Nibombé (Mons, Belgium) Ludovic Assémoassa (Ciudad de Murcia, Spain) Karim Guédé (HSV, Hamburg, Germany) Touré Assimiou (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany) Richmond Forson (J.A. Poire sur Vie, France) Eric Akoto (Admira Walker, Austria) Massamesso Tchangai (Benevento, Italy) Afo Erassa (Clermont, France) Kuami Agboh (Beveren, Belgium) Yao 'Kaka' Aziawonou (BSC Young Boys, Switzerland) Cherif Touré Mamam (Metz, France) Thomas Dossèvi (Valencien, France) Jacques Alaixys Romao (CS Louhans Cuiseaux, France) Yao Junior Sènaya (YF Juventus, Switzerland) Adékambi Olufadé (Al Siliyah, Qatar) Emmanuel Shéyi Adébayor (Arsenal, England) Robert Malm (Brest, France) Mohammed Abdel-Kader Coubadja Touré (Guingamp, France) Moustapha Salifou (Brest, France)

(Italian newspaper) carries photos of each squad member – to see.

Coach⁄Manager: Otto Pfister – On June 12, Otto Pfister was announced to have reached
an agreement with Togo's Football Federation, so he would be returning
to the Squad's command, per request especially of the players, themselves. The long 'soap' that
this has turned into (see below) may not be totally over yet, as M. Assogbavi Komlan's
unfavorable remarks regarding Otto Pfister indicate (M. Assogbavi, General Secretary of the
Fédération Togolaise de Football reportedly declared that he neither likes Pfister, nor
thinks the German is the adequate coach for the Togolese Squad.)

A couple of days later, the soap was finally over, at list in principle,
and Otto Pfister confirmed till the squad's last World Cup match.

Kodjovi Mawuena was Togo's third coach for just a few days, as the World Cup was kicking off.
He filled the position which had suddenly become vacant on the eve of the World Cup (see below).
Kodjovi Mawuena originally arrived in Germany as one of Otto Pfister's assistants,
being lifted to the main post when it was left vacant, though there is no official word yet,
on whether this is a temporary or a permanent replacement, for the World Cup..

Otto Pfister (German-born) led the team up to Germany, having resigned just as the
World Cup was about to kick off. A bonus & allowances dispute reportedly caused Pfister's
resignation, as he and the Togolese Football Federation (FTF) were to have made an agreement
regarding the issue, which then seemed not to have been honored—thus the
above-mentioned dispute between the FTF and the players.
(See on the World Cup Write-up page a related episode in Otto Pfister's career.)

Stephen Keshi (Nigerian-born) had originally qualified the team for the World Cup,
sky-rising nation euphoria, then; but poor results in the African Nations Cup cost him his post.

° Goal scored in Germany-2006 (if bracketed, {}='own goal')

World Cup Squads:

2006 WC Players' Sources

World Cup Stadia & Matches


#	Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	#

1	Germany	England	Argentina	Mexico	1
2	Costa Rica	Paraguay	Côte d'Ivoire	Iran	2
3	Poland	Trinidad and Tobago	Serbia and Montenegro	Angola	3
4	Ecuador	Sweden	Netherlands	Portugal	4

#	Group E	Group F	Group G	Group H	#

1	Italy	Brazil	France	Spain	1
2	Ghana	Croatia	Switzerland	Ukraine	2
3	United States	Australia	Korea Republic	Tunisia	3
4	Czech Republic	Japan	Togo	Saudi Arabia	4

Squad Abbreviations used by FIFA, as well as in this eBook

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	South Africa (Nation)	South Africa (Squad)

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Group A:	Group B:	Group C:	Group D:

Germany	England	Argentina	Mexico
Costa Rica	Paraguay	Côte d'Ivoire	Iran
Poland	Trinidad and Tobago	Serbia and Montenegro	Angola
Ecuador	Sweden	Netherlands	Portugal

Group E:	Group F:	Group G:	Group H:

Italy	Brazil	France	Spain
Ghana	Croatia	Switzerland	Ukraine
United States	Australia	Korea Republic	Tunisia
Czech Republic	Japan	Togo	Saudi Arabia

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