Burundian national soccer team

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Burundi
Republika y'u Burundi
Association logo
Nickname (s) Les Hirondelles
The Swallows
Association Fédération de Football du Burundi
confederacy CAF
Head coach BurundiBurundi Joslin Bipfubusa (since 2020)
Record scorer Abdul Razak Fiston (19)
Record player Abdul Karim Nizigiyimana (54)
Home stadium Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium
FIFA code BDI
FIFA rank 149. (1052 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
Third jersey
statistics
First international match Tanzania 4-1 Burundi ( Tanzania ; December 5, 1971)
TanzaniaTanzania BurundiBurundi
Biggest win Burundi 7-0 Djibouti ( Bujumbura , Burundi; March 11, 2017)
BurundiBurundi DjiboutiDjibouti
Biggest defeat Ivory Coast 6-1 Burundi ( Abidjan , Ivory Coast ; June 8, 2003)
Ivory CoastIvory Coast BurundiBurundi
Successes in tournaments
African Championship
Participation in the finals 1 ( First : 2019 )
Best results Preliminary round 2019
(As of January 25, 2020)

The Burundian national football team is subordinate to the national football association Fédération de Football du Burundi . The team has not yet qualified for a world championship. In 2019 the team took part in the Africa Cup for the first time.

Tournaments

World Championship

In their first home game in the history of World Cup qualification on October 25, 1992, the Burundian national team achieved a sensational 1-0 victory over Ghana , which had recently become the first African team to win a medal in football at the Olympic Games in Barcelona .

  • 1950 to 1990 : did not participate
  • 1994 : not qualified
  • 1998 : withdrawn during qualification
  • 2002 : withdrawn
  • 2010 to 2022 : not qualified

African Championship

African Nations Championship

  • 2009 : not qualified
  • 2011 : not qualified
  • 2014 : preliminary round
  • 2016 : not qualified

East / Central African Championship

  • 1973 to 1996 did not take part
  • 1999 - fourth
  • 2000 - preliminary round
  • 2001 - quarter-finals
  • 2002 - preliminary round
  • 2003 - withdrawn
  • 2004 - second
  • 2005 - preliminary round
  • 2006 - quarter-finals
  • 2007 - fourth
  • 2008 - fourth
  • 2009 - preliminary round
  • 2010 - preliminary round
  • 2011 - quarter-finals
  • 2012 - quarter-finals
  • 2013 - quarter finals
  • 2015 - preliminary round

Record player

As of January 25, 2020

Players marked in bold are still active.
# Surname Period Games Gates
1. Abdul Karim Nizigiyimana 2006-0000 54 00
2. Gaël Duhayindavyi 2011-0000 49 02
3. Cédric Amissi 2009-0000 48 10
4th Abdul Razak Fiston 2009-0000 47 19th
5. Hassan Hakizimana 2007-2014 45 01
6th Pierre Kwizera 2009-0000 44 03
7th Shasiri Nahimana 2013-0000 35 02
8th. Selemani Yamin Ndikumana 2003-0000 33 12
9. Frédéric Nsabiyumva 2013-0000 32 00
10. Christophe Nduwarugira 2012-0000 30th 04th
11. Rashid Léon Harerimana 2013-0000 29 00
Faty Papy † 2008-2019 29 03

Record goal scorers

As of January 25, 2020

Players marked in bold are still active.
# Surname Period Gates Games
1. Abdul Razak Fiston 2009-0000 19th 47
2. Selemani Yamin Ndikumana 2003-0000 12 33
3. Cédric Amissi 2009-0000 10 48
4th Jospin Nshimirimana 2020-0000 08th 05
5. Papa Claude Nahimana 2007-2013 07th 22nd

Trainer

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Report on the World Cup qualifier Burundi - Ghana 1992 ( Memento of the original from August 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / de.fifa.com
  3. ↑ rsssf.com: Burundi - Record International Players