Faye, who was making his third Olympics appearance for The Gambia received two cautious before being penalized on non-combative.
He faced a Spaniard fighter in the 73 kg category in the round of 32.
The Commonwealth silver medalist secured his Olympics qualification after securing a continental quota spot after collected enough points.
Faye, who is the first Judoka to ever represent The Gambia at Olympics level faced a major injury that forced him to be off the competitions for more than 4 months during the qualification period. Fortunately, he made his comeback just a month before the decisive qualifying competition in Cairo.