Central African Republic national football team

Central African Republic
Nickname(s) Les Fauves
(The Wild Beasts)
Association Fédération Centrafricaine de Football
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation UNIFFAC
(Central Africa)
Head coach Raoul Savoy
Captain Geoffrey Kondogbia
Most caps Foxi Kéthévoama (38)
Top scorer Foxi Kéthévoama (11)
Home stadium Barthélémy Boganda Stadium
FIFA code CTA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 111 Decrease 3 (20 September 2018)
Highest 49 (October 2012)
Lowest 202 (July–September 2009, March–August 2010)
Elo ranking
Current 123 Increase 6 (30 August 2018)
Highest 126 (October 2012)
Lowest 164 (2007–2009)
First international
Ubangi-Shari 5–1 French Cameroon
(Ubangi-Shari; unknown date 1956)[1]
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)

The Central African Republic national football team, nicknamed Les Fauves, is the national team of the Central African Republic and is controlled by the Fédération Centrafricaine de Football. 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.

Achievements

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

Competition records

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
Uruguay 1930 to West Germany 1974 Did not enter Did not enter
Argentina 1978 Withdrew Withdrew
Spain 1982 Disqualified during qualifying Disqualified during qualifying
Mexico 1986 Did not enter Did not enter
Italy 1990
United States 1994
France 1998
South Korea Japan 2002 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 1 4
Germany 2006 Withdrew Withdrew
South Africa 2010
Brazil 2014 Did not qualify 6 2 1 3 8 10
Russia 2018 2 0 1 1 2 5
Qatar 2022 To be determined To be determined
Canada Mexico United States 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
Sudan 1957 to Cameroon 1972 Did not enter
Egypt 1974 Disqualified during qualifying
Ethiopia 1976 Withdrew
Ghana 1978 to Egypt 1986 Did not enter
Morocco 1988 Did not qualify
Algeria 1990 Did not enter
Senegal 1992
Tunisia 1994
South Africa 1996 Withdrew
Burkina Faso 1998 Disqualified during qualifying
Ghana Nigeria 2000 Withdrew
Mali 2002 Did not qualify
Tunisia 2004
Egypt 2006 Withdrew
Ghana 2008 Did not enter
Angola 2010 Withdrew
Gabon Equatorial Guinea 2012 Did not qualify
South Africa 2013
Equatorial Guinea 2015
Gabon 2017
Cameroon 2019 To be determined
Ivory Coast 2021 To be determined
Guinea 2023 To be determined
Total-0/31------

All-time record against other nations

As of 9 September 2018[2]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponent
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Algeria310225−3
 Angola210134−1
 Botswana210143+1
 Burkina Faso511349−5
 Cameroon92161426−12
 Chad83141211+1
 Congo1411121233−21
 DR Congo7115724−17
 Equatorial Guinea4022611−5
 Egypt211043+1
 Ethiopia200214−3
 Gabon133461320−7
 Gambia201123−1
 Guinea200224−2
 Guinea-Bissau201113−2
 Ivory Coast3102515−10
 Kenya110032+1
 Liberia1010110
 Libya1010000
 Madagascar522198+1
 Mali200247−3
 Malta100112−1
 Morocco302104−4
 Mozambique201112−2
 Rwanda110021+1
 São Tomé and Príncipe220051+4
 Senegal100103−3
 South Africa200205−5
 Tanzania2101330
 Togo100101−1
 Tunisia100103−3
 Zimbabwe200214−3
Total108232164122225−103

Recent results

  Win   Draw   Loss

2017

2018

2019

Players

Current squad

The following squad has been selected for 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Ivory Coast on 12 & 16 October 2018.[3]

Caps and goals as of 27 March 2018, after the match vs. Kenya.[4]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Elvis Samolah (1994-05-13) 13 May 1994 1 0 Central African Republic Fatima
16 1GK Geoffrey Lembet (1988-09-23) 23 September 1988 28 0 Free agent
4 2DF Salif Kéïta (1990-09-22) 22 September 1990 24 3 Iraq Erbil
5 2DF Eloge Yamissi (1983-01-23) 23 January 1983 28 1 Free agent
6 2DF Cédric Yambéré (1990-11-06) 6 November 1990 3 0 France Dijon
2DF Manassé Yamissi (1989-09-29) 29 September 1989 13 0 France Annecy
15 2DF Zimbori Auzingoni (1989-05-22) 22 May 1989 28 2 Cameroon Coton Sport
21 2DF Fernander Kassaï (1987-07-01) 1 July 1987 17 0 Kazakhstan Tobol
8 3MF Vianney Mabidé (1988-08-31) 31 August 1988 19 4 Morocco Tétouan
11 3MF Franklin Anzité (1985-11-02) 2 November 1985 31 0 Malaysia PKNP
19 3MF Geoffrey Kondogbia (Captain) (1993-02-15) 15 February 1993 1 0 Spain Valencia
20 3MF Ralph Kottoy (1992-02-09) 9 February 1992 6 1 Northern Ireland Carrick Rangers
3MF Amos Youga (1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 10 0 France Le Havre
7 4FW Quentin Ngakoutou (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 2 0 Free agent
9 4FW Louis Mafouta (1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 7 2 France Chambly
10 4FW Foxi Kéthévoama (1986-05-30) 30 May 1986 39 11 Turkey Balıkesirspor
12 3MF Trésor Toropité (1994-07-31) 31 July 1994 4 1 Central African Republic Olympic Real de Bangui
17 4FW Frédéric Nimani (1988-10-08) 8 October 1988 2 0 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax

Coaches

References

  1. ↑ Barrie Courtney. "Central African Republic – List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
  2. ↑ "World Football Elo Ratings: Central African Republic". Elo Ratings. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  3. ↑ . 30 September 2018 http://centrafriquefootball.cf/eliminatoires-can-2019-les-24-fauves-pour-affronter-la-cote-divoire/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "CAR national football team 2018". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams.
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