Sudan's Falcons of Jedaine fear nothing as Coach Kwesi Appiah leads them in their 2025 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers.

"He brings a lot of experience and he’s changed our mentality into thinking we could beat anyone," Striker Abobaker Eisa said, speaking to BBC Sport Newsday.

"I think that’s the biggest difference that you’re seeing here with the Sudanese team. Everyone knows that he’s a legend in his country and what he’s done for his country. But he’s told us he believes that we could do something big together. We’re going step by step but it is coming to fruition now.”

Ghanaian national Kwesi Appiah began managing Sudan's national senior male football team in September 2023. Under his leadership, the team has recorded 9 wins, five draws and four defeats in 18 games.

On Tuesday, October 15, 2024, when he faced his former team the Black Stars of Ghana and beat them 2:0, he became the first Ghanaian to lead another team against the Black Stars and chalk success.

Appiah took Ghana to the 2014 World Cup, becoming the first Ghanaian coach to achieve the feat. He was sacked five years after, however.

Despite Sudan's current political turmoil, Kwesi Appiah is proving instrumental in giving Sudan nationals an alternative preoccupation.

According to Eisa, "With the things that are going on in Sudan right now, the civil war, we’re playing a much bigger game. People are in the streets to watch the games, and this is giving them a lot of joy amongst the chaos that’s been going on. It makes them feel proud." 

With one loss and two wins, the Falcons have earned seven points in the AFCON qualifiers.

They lead their World Cup 2026 qualifiers group consisting Senegal, DR Congo and Togo, also. If they successfully enter the worldwide games, Kwesi Appiah would have achieved legendary status in the African country of the North East.