Ramadan scored a hat-trick that led Sudan to a 3-1 away win over Chad in the African World Cup qualifiers on Thursday, but Somalia grabbed the limelight by beating Zimbabwe 1-0 to secure their first ever victory in qualifying.
Somalia are ranked 202nd in the FIFA rankings and succeeded in stopping a series of 19 consecutive defeats dating back eight years ago, to achieve their first victory in the qualifiers by winning the goal of Anwar Sayed Ali Chakunda (87), in Djibouti, which hosted the game. .
Zimbabwe, who played in the African Cup of Nations two months ago, had been expecting an easy victory in a game at a neutral stadium due to the precarious security situation in Somalia.
Somalia won their first major tournament victory since beating Kenya in the 1984 African Nations Cup qualifiers.
Seven first-team players from a new immigrant group in Europe and North America have made their debut for Somalia for the first time and will have to hold on Tuesday in Harare if they want to reach the group stage.
Sudan put the group stage ahead of the African qualifiers by beating Chad 3-1 at home.
Ramadan Al Ajab scored Sudan's trilogy (13, 67 and 74), while Ezekiel Ndouassel scored Chad's only goal (85 from the penalty spot).
Rwanda scored two goals in four minutes to easily win 3-0 away to Seychelles in the first leg in Victoria.