Central African Republic national football team

The Central African Republic national football team, nicknamed Les Fauves, is the national team of the Central African Republic and is controlled by the Central African Football Federation. They are a member of CAF. Despite being traditionally one of the weakest teams in Africa and the world, they recently achieved success. They won the 2009 CEMAC Cup by beating Gabon in the semi-finals and Equatorial Guinea in the final 3–0. Their FIFA ranking rose from 202nd in August 2010 to 89th by July 2011. On 10 October 2010, they earned a shock 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier win at home against Algeria 2–0, which put them top of their qualification group. The team won its first FIFA World Cup qualifier on 2 June 2012 after beating Botswana 2–0 at home.[3][4]

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Central African Republic women's national football team.
Central African Republic
Nickname(s)Les Fauves
(The Wild Beasts)
AssociationCentral African Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationUNIFFAC
(Central Africa)
Head coachFrançois Zahoui
CaptainGeoffrey Kondogbia
Most capsFoxi Kéthévoama (42)
Top scorerHilaire Momi (9)
Home stadiumBarthélémy Boganda Stadium
FIFA codeCTA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 109 (16 July 2020)[1]
Highest49 (October 2012)
Lowest202 (July–September 2009, March–August 2010)
First international
Ubangi-Shari 5–1 French Cameroon
(Ubangi-Shari; unknown date 1956)[2]
Biggest win
Ubangi-Shari 5–1 French Cameroon
(Ubangi-Shari; unknown date 1956)
Biggest defeat
 Ivory Coast 11–0  Central African Republic
(Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; December 27, 1961)

Achievements
CEMAC Cup :
  • 1 Time Champion (2009)
  • 1 Time Runners-up (2003)
UNIFAC Cup (1999):
  • Runners-up

Competitive record

World Cup record
FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1930 to 1974 Did not enter Did not enter
1978 Withdrew Withdrew
1982 Disqualified during qualifying Disqualified during qualifying
1986 Did not enter Did not enter
1990
1994
1998
2002 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 1 4
2006 Withdrew Withdrew
2010
2014 Did not qualify 6 1 0 5 5 12
2018 2 0 1 1 2 5
2022 To be determined To be determined
2026
Total – 0/21 – – – – – – 10 2 2 6 11 19

Africa Cup of Nations record
Africa Cup of Nations record
Host nation(s) / Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
1957 to 1959Part of  France
1962 to 1968Not affiliated to CAF
1970 to 1972 Did not enter
1974 Disqualified during qualifying
1976 Withdrew
1978 to 1986 Did not enter
1988 Did not qualify
1990 to 1994Did not enter
1996 Withdrew
1998 Disqualified during qualifying
2000 Withdrew
2002 to 2004Did not qualify
2006 Withdrew
2008 Did not enter
2010 Withdrew
2012 to 2019Did not qualify
2021 To be determined
2023 To be determined
2025 To be determined
Total–0/32––––––

All-time record against other nations

As of 19 November 2019 after match against  Mauritania[5]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponent
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Algeria310225−3
 Angola210134−1
 Botswana210143+1
 Burkina Faso511349−5
 Burundi110020+2
 Cameroon92161426−12
 Chad83141211+1
 Congo1411121233−21
 DR Congo9117830−22
 Equatorial Guinea4022611−5
 Egypt211043+1
 Ethiopia200214−3
 Gabon133461320−7
 Gambia201123−1
 Guinea301224−2
 Guinea-Bissau201113−2
 Ivory Coast5113519−14
 Kenya110032+1
 Liberia1010110
 Libya1010000
 Madagascar522198+1
 Mali200247−3
 Malta100112−1
 Mauritania100102−2
 Morocco302104−4
 Mozambique201112−2
 Niger110020+2
 Rwanda211043+1
 São Tomé and Príncipe220051+4
 Senegal100103−3
 South Africa200205−5
 Tanzania2101330
 Togo100101−1
 Tunisia100103−3
 Zimbabwe200214−3
Total117252468129239−110

Recent results

  Win   Draw   Loss

2019
24 March 2019 2019 AFCONQCentral African Republic 0–0 GuineaBangui, Central African Republic
15:00 WAT Report Stadium: Barthélemy Boganda Stadium
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
13 October 2019 FriendlyNiger 0–2 Central African RepublicNiamey, Niger
19:00 Report Stadium: Stade Général Seyni Kountché
13 November 2019 2021 AFCONQCentral African Republic 2–0 BurundiBangui, Central African Republic
15:00 UTC+2
Stadium: Barthélemy Boganda Stadium
19 November 2019 2021 AFCONQMauritania 2–0 Central African RepublicNouakchott, Mauritania
16:00 UTC±0
Stadium: Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying against Burundi and Mauritania on 13 and 19 November 2019 respectively.[6]

Caps and goals as of 19 November 2019, after the match vs. Mauritania.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Geoffrey Lembet (1988-09-23) 23 September 1988 34 0 Sedan
5 2DF Manassé Yamissi (1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 17 0 Annecy
6 2DF Cédric Yambéré (1990-11-06) 6 November 1990 8 0 Ettifaq
4 2DF Dylan Mboumbouni (1996-02-20) 20 February 1996 5 0 Cholet
20 2DF Thibaut Ban (1996-08-13) 13 August 1996 5 0 Fatima
3 2DF Lionel Zouma (1993-09-10) 10 September 1993 1 0 Dhofar
15 2DF Régis Bongotouté (1995-02-15) 15 February 1995 1 0 Tempête Mocaf
8 3MF Vianney Mabidé (1988-08-31) 31 August 1988 26 6 Kawkab Marrakech
21 3MF Amos Youga (1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 15 0 CSKA Sofia
12 3MF Geoffrey Kondogbia (1993-02-15) 15 February 1993 4 1 Valencia
23 3MF Wilfried Zahibo (1993-08-21) 21 August 1993 2 0 Houston Dynamo
10 4FW Foxi Kéthévoama (Captain) (1986-05-30) 30 May 1986 43 8 Balıkesirspor
7 4FW Quentin Ngakoutou (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 6 0 Kapfenberg

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

FIFA ranking history

End of each year only

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References
  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  2. Barrie Courtney. "Central African Republic – List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
  3. "Éliminatoires CAN 2019: La liste des 23 fauves pour affronter la Guinée". Centrafrique Football (in French). Archived from the original on 2019-07-26. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  4. "CAR national football team 2018". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams.
  5. "World Football Elo Ratings: Central African Republic". Elo Ratings. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  6. "Élim CAN 2021: Les 23 centrafricains pour affronter le Burundi et la Mauritanie" (in French). centrafriquefoot.
  7. "2018 – Central African Republic-Madagascar". FIFA.com. 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
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