Burkina Faso national football team

The Burkina Faso national football team (French: Équipe nationale de football du Burkina Faso), represents Burkina Faso in men's international football and is controlled by the Burkinabé Football Federation. They were known as the Upper Volta national football team until 1984, when Upper Volta became Burkina Faso. They finished fourth in the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations, when they hosted the tournament. Their best ever finish in the tournament was the 2013 edition, reaching the final, The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Burkina Faso women's national football team.

Burkina Faso

Nickname(s)	Les Étalons (The Stallions)
Association	Burkinabé Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Kamou Malo
Captain	Charles Kaboré
Most caps	Charles Kaboré (99)
Top scorer	Moumouni Dagano (34)[1]
Home stadium	Stade du 4-Août
FIFA code	BFA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	59 (16 July 2020)[2]
Highest	35 (April–May 2017)
Lowest	127 (December 1993)
First international
Upper Volta 5–4 Gabon  (Tananarive, Madagascar; 14 April 1960)
Biggest win
Upper Volta 5–1 Liberia  (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; 27 December 1961)  Burkina Faso 4–0 Mozambique  (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 7 June 2003)  Burkina Faso 4–0 Namibia  (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 26 March 2011)  Burkina Faso 4–0 Ethiopia  (Nelspruit, South Africa; 25 January 2013)  Burkina Faso 4–0 Niger  (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 23 March 2013)  Burkina Faso 5–1 Swaziland  (Nelspruit, South Africa; 10 January 2015)  Burkina Faso 4-0 Cape Verde  (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 14 November 2017)
Biggest defeat
Algeria 7–0 Upper Volta  (Algeria; 30 August 1981)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	11 (first in 1978)
Best result	Runners-up, 2013

History

The country made their first appearance in the Africa Cup of Nations in 1978, but it was 1996 before they returned to the biennial tournament. They subsequently qualified for five consecutive tournaments between 1996 and 2004, reaching the semi-finals under coach Philippe Troussier when the tournament was held on home soil in 1998.[3]

Burkina Faso played in Group B of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations alongside Ghana and Ivory Coast in a three-team group due to Togo's withdrawal. Although they drew their first match against Ivory Coast and needed just a draw against Ghana to progress, the Burkinabe lost 1–0 and failed to qualify for the knock-out stage of the tournament.[4] Burkina Faso took part in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, losing all three of their matches and subsequently firing coach Paulo Duarte.[5] Belgian coach Paul Put was announced as new coach in March 2012.[6] Burkina Faso finished first of their group, but lost to Nigeria in the final of 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.[7]

Nickname

The team is nicknamed Les Etalons, which means "The Stallions". It is in reference to the legendary horse of Princess Yennenga.[8]

Competition records

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Appearances: 0
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Played as  Upper Volta
1930 to 1966	Did not enter
1970	Did not qualify
1974
1978
1982	Did not enter
Played as  Burkina Faso
1986	Did not enter
1990	Did not qualify
1994	Withdrew during qualifying
1998 to 2018	Did not qualify
2022	To be determined
2026	To be determined
Total		0/21

Africa Cup of Nations Africa Cup of Nations record Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1957 Part of  France 1959 Played as  Upper Volta 1962 Not affiliated to CAF 1963 1965 Did not enter 1968 Did not qualify 1970 Withdrew 1972 1974 Did not qualify 1976 Did not enter 1978 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 2 9 1980 Did not enter 1982 Did not qualify Played as  Burkina Faso 1984 Did not enter 1986 1988 1990 Did not qualify 1992 1994 Withdrew 1996 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 3 9 1998 Fourth place 4th 6 2 2 2 8 9 2000 Group stage 15th 3 0 1 2 4 8 2002 Group stage 13th 3 0 1 2 2 4 2004 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 1 6 2006 Did not qualify 2008 2010 Group stage 13th 2 0 1 1 0 1 2012 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 2 6 2013 Runners-up 2nd 6 2 3 1 7 3 2015 Group stage 16th 3 0 1 2 1 4 2017 Third place 3rd 6 3 3 0 8 3 2019 Did not qualify 2021 To be determined 2023 2025 Total Runners-up 11/32 41 7 13 21 38 62 Soulama Kéba Koné Panandétiguiri Rouamba Kaboré Traoré Djakaridja Bancé Pitroïpa Dagano (c) 2013 Africa Cup of Nations starting lineup African Games Football at the African Games has been an under-23 tournament since 1991. See also: Burkina Faso national under-23 football team African Games record Year Result Pld W D L GF GA 1965 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1973 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1978 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1987 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1991–present See Burkina Faso national under-23 football team Total 4/4 0 0 0 0 0 0 West African Nations Cup West African Nations Cup record Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA 1982 Did not enter 1983 1984 Fourth place 4th 5 1 3 1 6 7 1986 Fourth place 4th 6 1 1 4 2 7 1987 Group stage 5th 3 1 0 2 3 4 Total Fourth place 3/5 14 3 4 7 11 18 WAFU Nations Cup WAFU Nations Cup record Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA 2010 Fourth place 4th 5 2 0 3 9 8 2011 Did not enter 2013 Group stage 5th 3 0 1 2 3 5 Total Fourth place 2/3 8 2 1 5 12 13

Recent schedule and results

The following is a list of match results from the previous 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss

2019

DR Congo  v  Burkina Faso

9 June Friendly	DR Congo	0–0	Burkina Faso	Marbella, Spain
18:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)

Morocco  v  Burkina Faso

6 September Friendly	Morocco	1–1	Burkina Faso	Marrakesh, Morocco
20:00 (GMT)	Feddal  88'	Report	Bayala  71'	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Alioune Sow Sandigui (Senegal)

Burkina Faso  v  Gabon

10 October Friendly	Burkina Faso	0–1	Gabon	Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, France
20:00		Report	Aubameyang  84' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Municipal Saint-Leu-la-Forêt

Burkina Faso  v  Uganda

13 November 2021 AFCONQ	Burkina Faso	0–0	Uganda	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
19:00				Stadium: Stade du 4 Août

South Sudan  v  Burkina Faso

17 November 2021 AFCONQ	South Sudan	1–2	Burkina Faso	Khartoum, Sudan[note 1]
15:00	Pawaar  90'		Bancé  20', 40'	Stadium: Khartoum Stadium

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying against Uganda & South Sudan on 13 and 17 November 2019.[9]

Caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2019 after the game against South Sudan.[10]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Babayouré Sawadogo	(1989-08-10) 10 August 1989	12	0	Al-Nojoom FC
	1GK	Soufian Farid Ouédraogo	(1996-12-26) 26 December 1996	0	0	Majestic
	1GK	Ben Idriss Traoré		0	0	SONABEL
	2DF	Steeve Yago	(1992-12-16) 16 December 1992	49	0	Caen
	2DF	Issoufou Dayo	(1991-08-06) 6 August 1991	40	2	Berkane
	2DF	Yacouba Coulibaly	(1994-10-02) 2 October 1994	27	0	Le Havre
	2DF	Edmond Tapsoba	(1999-02-02) 2 February 1999	8	0	Bayer Leverkusen
	2DF	Issa Kaboré	(2001-05-12) 12 May 2001	2	0	KV Mechelen
	2DF	Dylan Ouédraogo	(1998-07-22) 22 July 1998	2	0	Oud-Heverlee Leuven
	2DF	Oula Abass Traoré	(1995-09-29) 29 September 1995	2	0	Salitas
	2DF	Soumaïla Ouattara	(1995-07-04) 4 July 1995	1	0	Rahimo
	3MF	Charles Kaboré (c)	(1988-02-09) 9 February 1988	98	4	Dynamo Moscow
	3MF	Bertrand Traoré	(1995-09-06) 6 September 1995	54	9	Lyon
	3MF	Cyrille Bayala	(1996-05-24) 24 May 1996	24	3	Sochaux
	3MF	Adama Guira	(1988-04-24) 24 April 1988	22	0	R&F
	3MF	Bryan Dabo	(1992-02-18) 18 February 1992	9	0	S.P.A.L.
	3MF	Zakaria Sanogo	(1996-12-11) 11 December 1996	7	0	Ararat-Armenia
	4FW	Jonathan Pitroipa ^RET	(1986-04-12) 12 April 1986	84	19	Paris
	4FW	Aristide Bancé	(1984-09-19) 19 September 1984	79	24	Horoya
	4FW	Sibiri Traoré	(1988-12-31) 31 December 1988	62	21	Berkane
	4FW	Lassina Traoré	(2001-01-12) 12 January 2001	8	3	AFC Ajax
	4FW	Eric Traoré	(1996-05-21) 21 May 1996	6	0	Pyramids
	4FW	Dramane Nikièma	(1988-10-17) 17 October 1988	3	0	Horoya

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Kouakou Koffi	(1996-10-16) 16 October 1996	26	0	Belenenses	v.  Gabon, 10 October 2019
GK	Zegue Traoré	(1999-12-31) 31 December 1999	0	0	USFA	v.  Gabon, 10 October 2019
GK	Kilian Nikiema	(2003-06-22) 22 June 2003	1	0	Den Haag	v.  Morocco, 6 September 2019
DF	Alassane Sango	(1993-01-07) 7 January 1993	5	0	Cholet	v.  Gabon, 10 October 2019
DF	Moumouni Compaoré	(1996-11-20) 20 November 1996	3	0	USFA	v.  Gabon, 10 October 2019
DF	Issouf Paro	(1994-10-16) 16 October 1994	8	0	Chamois Niortais	v.  Morocco, 6 September 2019
DF	Ismaël Zagrè	(1992-12-21) 21 December 1992	3	1	Salitas	v.  Morocco, 6 September 2019
MF	Blati Touré	(1994-08-04) 4 August 1994	19	0	Vitória S.C.	v.  Gabon, 10 October 2019
MF	Saïdou Simporé	(1992-08-31) 31 August 1992	4	1	Al Masry	v.  Morocco, 6 September 2019
MF	Ibrahim Bancé	(2001-01-15) 15 January 2001	2	0	ASEC Mimosas	v.  Morocco, 6 September 2019
FW	Abou Ouattara	(1999-12-25) 25 December 1999	9	0	Lille	v.  Gabon, 10 October 2019
FW	Ahmed Touré	(1987-07-17) 17 July 1987	3	0	Vita Club	v.  Gabon, 10 October 2019
^WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue. ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. ^PRE Preliminary squad. ^RET Player has retired from international football. ^SUS Suspended from the national team.

Records

As of 17 November 2019

Players in bold text are still active with Burkina Faso.

Most Caps[11] # Player Caps Goals Career 1 Charles Kaboré 98 4 2006– 2 Jonathan Pitroipa 84 19 2006–2019 3 Moumouni Dagano 83 34 1998–2013 = Bakary Koné 83 0 2006– 5 Aristide Bancé 79 24 2003– 6 Saïdou Panandétiguiri 66 2 2002–2013 7 Sibiri Traoré 62 21 2006– 8 Abdoulaye Soulama 61 0 1997–2015 9 Mohamed Koffi 59 4 2006–2016 10 Mahamoudou Kéré 56 2 2000–2012

Top Goalscorers[11] # Player Goals Caps Career 1 Moumouni Dagano 34 83 1998–2013 2 Aristide Bancé 24 79 2003– 3 Sibiri Traoré 21 62 2006– 4 Jonathan Pitroipa 19 84 2006–2019 5 Préjuce Nakoulma 13 53 2012– = Mamadou Zongo 13 30 1996–2013 7 Amadou Traoré 11 31 1998–2006 8 Oumar Barro 10 48 1996–2003 = Amadou Touré 10 30 1998–2006 10 Bertrand Traoré 9 54 2011–

Notes

1. South Sudan will play their home matches outside the country due to renovation of Juba Stadium.

References

1. Mamrud, Roberto; Stokkermans, Karel. "Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
3. "Burkina Faso fancy their chances". BBC Sport. 16 January 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
4. "Burkina Faso 0–1 Ghana". BBC Sport. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
5. "Burkina Faso coach gets the boot". BBC Sport. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
6. "Former Gambia coach Put handed reins at Burkina Faso". BBC Sport. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
7. "Mba's wondergoal wins African Cup of Nations for Nigeria". Eurosport. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
8. Marchais, Julien (2006). Burkina Faso (in French). Petit Futé. p. 102. ISBN 2-7469-1601-0.
9. "CAN 2021 : Voici le groupe de Kamou pour affronter l'Ouganda et le Soudan" (in French). Retrieved 11 November 2019.
10. "Burkina Faso".
11. Roberto Mamrud. "Burkina Faso – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

External links

• L'actualité du Burkina
• Burkina Faso at FIFA.com