 Nekuenda pamudyandigere kwenhamba yakakura yenyeredzi dzenhabvu dzemuSudan panguva iyoyo, timu yenyika yeSudan yakashata. Sudan yakapinda mumakwikwi e1972 ne1976, asi Sudan haina kukwanisa kubuda muchikamu cheboka. Panguva iyoyo, Sudan yakanga ichitambudzwa nehondo yokutanga yenyikauye hondo dzevagari vemo dzechipiri dzakatungamirira kunhabvu munyika ichikundikana zvikuru kuchengeta chimiro chayo. Nenzira yakafanana, Sudan yakatamburawo nekusagadzikana kwezvematongerwo enyika kwakapedza mari yenhabvu yenyika. Saka, Sudan yakatambura kuti ikwanise kuenda kuAFCON, uye nyika iyi haisati yakwanisa kuenda kuFIFA World Cup. Libya chete ndiyo imwe nyika huru yeArabhu muAfrica isina kumbobvira yaita izvi. Kazhinji Sudan yakapinda mumakwikwi eAFCON uye vazhinji vakapedza vari pasi kana padyo nepasi pemakwikwi avo. Izvi zvaipesana zvachose nekubudirira kwavo mumakwikwi emakirabhu, sezvo makirabhu eSudan aivapo pese paCAF Champions League. 