Johannesburg - Five Africa Cup of Nations facts about Gambia, who are away to South Africa Saturday in the opening round of 2017 qualifiers:
-- The tiny west African country with a population of about two million have never qualified for the finals in 13 previous attempts
-- A 6-0 drubbing of visiting Lesotho was the best result and the worst were three-goal defeats by Morocco (twice), Liberia and Algeria
-- Gambia debuted in the 1976 Cup of Nations qualifiers and fared disastrously, losing 3-0 at home and 3-0 away to eventual champions Morocco
-- Many Gambian national squad footballers favour Nordic countries with players from Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish clubs chosen for the South Africa fixture
-- Gambia are ranked 160 in the world, behind Group M rivals Cameroon (49), South Africa (69) and Mauritania (149)
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