Central African Republic national football team

Central African Republic
Nickname(s)	Les Fauves ; (The Wild Beasts)
Association	Central African Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNIFFAC ; (Central Africa)
Head coach	François Zahoui
Captain	Geoffrey Kondogbia
Most caps	Foxi Kéthévoama (42)
Top scorer	Hilaire Momi (9)
Home stadium	Barthélémy Boganda Stadium
FIFA code	CTA
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	109 (11 June 2020)[1]
Highest	49 (October 2012)
Lowest	202 (July–September 2009, March–August 2010)
Elo ranking
Current	117 9 (2 April 2020)[2]
Highest	79 (1956)
Lowest	164 (2007–2009)
First international
	Ubangi-Shari 5–1 French Cameroon ; (Ubangi-Shari; unknown date 1956)[3]
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 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.[4][5]

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	Withdrew								Withdrew
2014	Did not qualify								6	1	0	5	5	12
2018	Did not qualify								2	0	1	1	2	5
2022	To be determined								To be determined
2026	To be determined								To be determined
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 1959	Part of France
1962 to 1968	Not 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 1994	Did not enter
1996	Withdrew
1998	Disqualified during qualifying
2000	Withdrew
2002 to 2004	Did not qualify
2006	Withdrew
2008	Did not enter
2010	Withdrew
2012 to 2019	Did 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[6]

Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Algeria	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3
Angola	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1
Botswana	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
Burkina Faso	5	1	1	3	4	9	−5
Burundi	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Cameroon	9	2	1	6	14	26	−12
Chad	8	3	1	4	12	11	+1
Congo	14	1	1	12	12	33	−21
DR Congo	9	1	1	7	8	30	−22
Equatorial Guinea	4	0	2	2	6	11	−5
Egypt	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
Ethiopia	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3
Gabon	13	3	4	6	13	20	−7
Gambia	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1
Guinea	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2
Guinea-Bissau	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2
Ivory Coast	5	1	1	3	5	19	−14
Kenya	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1
Liberia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Libya	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Madagascar	5	2	2	1	9	8	+1
Mali	2	0	0	2	4	7	−3
Malta	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Mauritania	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Morocco	3	0	2	1	0	4	−4
Mozambique	2	0	1	1	1	2	−2
Niger	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Rwanda	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
São Tomé and Príncipe	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Senegal	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
South Africa	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5
Tanzania	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
Togo	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Tunisia	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Zimbabwe	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3
Total	117	25	24	68	129	239	−110

Recent results

Win Draw Loss

2019

24 March 2019 2019 AFCONQ	Central African Republic	0–0	Guinea	Bangui, Central African Republic
15:00 WAT		Report		Stadium: Barthélemy Boganda Stadium Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

13 October 2019 Friendly	Niger	0–2	Central African Republic	Niamey, Niger
19:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Général Seyni Kountché

13 November 2019 2021 AFCONQ	Central African Republic	2–0	Burundi	Bangui, Central African Republic
15:00 UTC+2	Mabidé 5' Mafouta 90+2'			Stadium: Barthélemy Boganda Stadium

19 November 2019 2021 AFCONQ	Mauritania	2–0	Central African Republic	Nouakchott, Mauritania
16:00 UTC±0	Hacen 27' Guidileye 90+1'			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.[7]

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	New England Revolution

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
GK	Elvis Samolah	(1994-05-13) 13 May 1994	1	0	AS Tempête Mocaf	v. Guinea, 24 March 2019
GK	Prince Samolah	(1985-10-05) 5 October 1985	1	0	SCAF Tocages	v. Guinea, 24 March 2019

FIFA ranking history

End of each year only

Coaches

Jules Accorsi (2010–2012)
Herve Lougoundji (2012–2014, caretaker)
Raoul Savoy (2014–2015)
Blaise Kopogo (2015)[8]
Herve Lougoundji (2015–2017)
Raoul Savoy (2017–2019)
François Zahoui (2019–present)

References

"The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
Barrie Courtney. "Central African Republic – List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
"Éliminatoires CAN 2019: La liste des 23 fauves pour affronter la Guinée". Centrafrique Football (in French). Retrieved 2019-09-02.
"CAR national football team 2018". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams.
"World Football Elo Ratings: Central African Republic". Elo Ratings. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
"Élim CAN 2021: Les 23 centrafricains pour affronter le Burundi et la Mauritanie" (in French). centrafriquefoot.
"2018 – Central African Republic-Madagascar". FIFA.com. 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2019-09-02.

External links

centrafriquefootball
Central African Republic at FIFA.com

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[FIFA_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-2] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

[3] Barrie Courtney. "Central African Republic – List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2013-04-03.

[elim-4] "Éliminatoires CAN 2019: La liste des 23 fauves pour affronter la Guinée". Centrafrique Football (in French). Retrieved 2019-09-02.

[car-5] "CAR national football team 2018". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams.

[6] "World Football Elo Ratings: Central African Republic". Elo Ratings. Retrieved 16 July 2017.

[7] "Élim CAN 2021: Les 23 centrafricains pour affronter le Burundi et la Mauritanie" (in French). centrafriquefoot.

[8] "2018 – Central African Republic-Madagascar". FIFA.com. 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2019-09-02.

National football teams of Africa (CAF)
North Africa (UNAF)	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia
West Africa (WAFU)	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo
East Africa (CECAFA)	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar¹
Central Africa (UNIFFAC)	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe
Southern Africa (COSAFA)	Angola Botswana Comoros Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
Non-regional Members	Réunion¹
¹ Associate member of CAF but not member of FIFA

Central African Football Federations' Union
International competitions	CEMAC Cup UNIFFAC Cup UNIFAC Cup (defunct)
Club competitions	UNIFFAC Clubs Cup (defunct)
Members	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon Republic of the Congo São Tomé and Príncipe
National teams	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon Republic of the Congo São Tomé and Príncipe