List of first international of African national teams

The list below show the first international of the African national football teams of both FIFA and CAF associate members who are still not members of FIFA.

FIFA recognised first internationals
  • International matches stated below are according to the FIFA official records since January 1872.[1]
  • The matches listed below shouldn't always be the first international matches kept in the national football associations records, as FIFA keeps records for countries after being affiliated.
  • First international match is for those teams stated first.
Algeria 2 – 1 Bulgaria
Zitouni  72'
Meziani  80'		 (Report) N/A
Stade 20 Août 1955, Algiers
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Angola 0 – 0 Zambia
No Official Report Available
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Benin 1 – 1 Nigeria
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Botswana 2 – 5 Malawi
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) 0 – 4 Gabon
No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Burundi 2 – 0 Somalia
N/A No Official Report Available
Mogadiscio Stadium, Mogadiscio
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Cameroon 1 – 3 Nigeria
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Cape Verde 0 – 2 Senegal
No Official Report Available N/A
Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Central African Republic 4 – 2 Ivory Coast
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Barthelemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Chad 2 – 6 Benin
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Comoros 0 – 2 Yemen
No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Congo 0 – 2 Tunisia
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
DR Congo 2 – 5 Ghana
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Ivory Coast 1 – 3 Tunisia
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Djibouti 1 – 4 Kenya
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Egypt 1 – 2 Italy
Zaki OSMAN  30' (Report) Adolfo BALONCIERI  25'
Guglielmo BREZZI  57'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Paul Putz (Belgium)
Equatorial Guinea 0 – 2 Cameroon
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Eritrea 1 – 3 Mozambique
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Ethiopia 1 – 4 Egypt
N/A (Report) N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Gabon 4 – 0 Upper Volta
N/A No Official Reports Available
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Gambia 1 – 2 Sierra Leone
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Reckrie stadium, Freetown
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Ghana 5 – 2 Nigeria
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Kaneshie Complex, Accra
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Guinea 2 – 3 East Germany
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Guinea-Bissau 0 – 3 Gambia
No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Kenya 2 – 4 Sudan
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Lesotho 2 – 1 Malawi
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Liberia 3 – 1 Madagascar=
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Libya 2 – 1 Lebanon
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Madagascar 1 – 3 Liberia
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Malawi 0 – 1 Rhodesia
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Mali 1 – 2 East Germany
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Stade Modibo Keita, Bamako
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Mauritania 0 – 14 Guinea
No Official Reports Available N/A
Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Mauritius 0 – 1 Tanganyika
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Morocco 0 – 5 Yugoslavia
No Official Reports Available N/A
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Mozambique 0 – 6 Zimbabwe
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Namibia 0 – 2 Lesotho
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Niger 0 – 1 Nigeria
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Nigeria 2 – 5 Ghana
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Kaneshie Complex, Accra
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Rwanda 2 – 6 Burundi
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
São Tomé and Príncipe 1 – 1 Angola
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Senegal 0 – 4 Nigeria
No Official Reports Available N/A
Kaneshie Complex, Accra
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Seychelles 1 – 2 Mauritius
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
People's Stadium (Seychelles), Roche Caiman
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Sierra Leone 1 – 1 Nigeria
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Reckrie stadium, Freetown
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Somalia 0 – 7 Ethiopia
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
South Africa 2 – 1 Australia
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Sudan 1 – 2 Egypt
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Swaziland 1 – 6 Zambia
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Tanzania 1 – 5 Madagascar
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Togo 2 – 1 Nigeria
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Tunisia 0 – 0 Malta
No Official Reports Available
Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Uganda 1 – 2 United Arab Republic
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Zambia 3 – 0 Madagascar
N/A No Official Reports Available
Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Zimbabwe (as Rhodesia) 1 – 0 Malawi
N/A No Official Reports Available
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A

Local associations recognised first internationals
  • International matches stated below are not recognized by the FIFA as the national associations were not affiliated by the time of the match.[2]
  • Official records for these matches are kept and recognized by the local football associations.
  • First international match is for those teams stated first.
Tunisia 1 – 2 Algeria
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Angola 1 – 0 Cuba
N/A No Official Report Available
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Dahomey 1 – 0 Nigeria
N/A No Official Report Available
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Botswana 1 – 8 Malawi
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Upper Volta 5 – 4 Gabon
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Burundi 1 – 4 Tanzania
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Cameroon 9 – 2 Djibouti
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Cape Verde 0 – 3 Guinea-Bissau
No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Central African Republic 3 – 4 Mali
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Chad 12 – 6 Dahomey
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Comoros 0 – 3 Mauritius
No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Congo 4 – 1 Réunion
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
DR Congo 6 – 0 Mauritania
N/A No Official Report Available
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Ivory Coast 3 – 2 Dahomey
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Djibouti 0 – 6 Ethiopia
No Official Reports Available N/A
Stade du Ville, Djibouti
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Egypt 4 – 2 Belgium
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Equatorial Guinea 2 – 6 China PR
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Eritrea 1 – 1 Sudan
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Ethiopia 5 – 0 Djibouti
N/A No Official Reports Available
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Gabon 4 – 5 Upper Volta
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Gambia 3 – 2 Senegal
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Gold Coast 1 – 0 Nigeria
N/A No Official Reports Available
Kaneshie Complex, Accra
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Guinea 1 – 4 Nigeria
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Guinea-Bissau 2 – 2 Mali
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Kenya 1 – 1 Uganda
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Mombasa Sports Club Ground, Mombasa
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Lesotho 2 – 1 Malawi
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Liberia 13 – 1 Madagascar
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Libya 2 – 10 Egypt
Ali Zantouny  pen.'
N/A		 No Official Reports Available Mohammad Diab Al Attar
Sayed Al Dhizoui
Sherif El Far
Ahmad Mekawi
Awudh
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Madagascar 1 – 2 Mauritius
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Malawi 0 – 12 Ghana
No Official Reports Available N/A
Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Mali 4 – 3 Central African Republic
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Mauritania 0 – 1 DR Congo
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Mauritius 2 – 1 Réunion
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Morocco 1 – 2 France B
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Mozambique 1 – 2 Tanzania
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Namibia 0 – 1  Angola
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Niger 10 – 1 Nigeria
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Nigeria 0 – 1 Ghana
No Official Reports Available N/A
Kaneshie Complex, Accra
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Réunion †1 – 2 Mauritius
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Rwanda 12 – 6 Burundi
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
São Tomé and Príncipe 0 – 5 Chad
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Senegal 3 – 4 Dahomey
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Seychelles 0 – 2 Réunion
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Sierra Leone 0 – 2 Nigeria
No Official Reports Available N/A
Reckrie stadium, Freetown
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Somalia 0 – 14 North Korea
No Official Reports Available N/A
Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
 Netherlands2 – 1South Africa 
Wim Volkers  9'
Jan de Natris  19'		 No Official Reports Available  20' John Murray
Attendance: 26,000
Sudan 1 – 2 Ethiopia
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Swaziland 2 – 0 Malawi
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Tanganyika 0 – 7 Uganda
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
French Togoland 1 – 1 Gold Coast
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Tunisia 2 – 3 France B
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Uganda 1 – 1 Kenya
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Northern Rhodesia 4 – 0 Southern Rhodesia
N/A No Official Reports Available
Unknown Venue
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Zanzibar‡ 0 – 6 Kenya
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Southern Rhodesia 0 – 4 England XI
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
  • 1:Match approved by FIFA to be first international.
  • †:CAF associate member, Non-FIFA member.
  • ‡:CAF associate member, Non-FIFA member, Nouvelle Fédération Board member.

References
  1. "FIFA Statistics". FIFA. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
  2. "List of Full Internationals of National Teams". RSSSF. 2008-12-12. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
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