Football World Cup 2014 / Cameroon

This article covers the Cameroon national football team at the 2014 World Cup . Cameroon took part in the finals for the seventh time and in a finals in South America for the first time . No African team took part more often.

qualification

Cameroon qualified through the CAF qualification . In the group stage of the 2nd round, the team met Libya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Togo. All home games were played in the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in the capital Yaoundé . Cameroon began qualifying under French coach Denis Lavagne , who was sacked after losing in the second game. In the third game, the team was coached by interim coach Jean-Paul Akono . Then Volker Finke took over the coaching position, under which the group victory and thus the entry into the playoff round was made perfect. The decision was made on the last day of the match in a direct encounter with Libya. Because of the victory against Libya, it was no longer relevant that FIFA converted the defeat against Togo on June 9 into a victory for Cameroon. Of all the qualified African teams, Cameroon scored the fewest goals in the group stage - not counting the 3 goals that were awarded to them at the green table.

Group stage

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Cameroon	6th	4th	1	1	008: 300	+5	13
2.	Libya	6th	2	3	1	005: 300	+2	09
3.	Democratic Republic of Congo	6th	1	3	2	003: 300	± 0	06th
4th	Togo	6th	1	1	4th	004:110	−7	04th

Game results

date	place	Home team	-	guest	Result	Goal scorers for Cameroon
06/02/2012	Yaoundé	Cameroon	-	DR Congo	1: 0 (0: 0)	Choupo-Moting (54./Elfm)
06/10/2012	Sfax ( TUN ) I1	Libya	-	Cameroon	2: 1 (1: 1)	Choupo-Moting (15th)
03/23/2013	Yaoundé	Cameroon	-	Togo	2: 1 (1: 1)	Eto'o (41st / Elfm., 82nd)
06/09/2013	Lomé ( TGO )	Togo	-	Cameroon	0: 3 I2
06/16/2013	Kinshasa ( COD )	DR Congo	-	Cameroon	0-0
09/08/2013	Yaoundé	Cameroon	-	Libya	1: 0 (1: 0)	Chedjou (41st)

^I1According to a decision by FIFA on March 28, 2012, the game had to take place outside Libya due to the unstable situation. The venue was Sfax in Tunisia.

^I2The original 2-0 win for Togo was converted into a 3-0 win for Cameroon by FIFA on June 9, 2013, as Togo had used an ineligible player in Alaixys Romao .

Playoff games

Game results

date	place	Home team	-	guest	Result	Goal scorers for Cameroon
13/10/2013	Radès ( DO )	Tunisia	-	Cameroon	0-0
11/17/2013	Yaoundé	Cameroon	-	Tunisia	4: 1 (2: 0)	Webo (3rd), Moukandjo (29th), Makoun (65th, 85th)

A total of 32 players were used in the 8 games. Only Alexandre Song was used in all games. The top scorers with two goals each were Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting , Jean Makoun and Samuel Eto'o .

preparation

Test matches:

• 0March 5 in Leiria against Portugal : 1: 5 (goalscorer for Cameroon: Aboubakar / 43.)
• during the training camp from May 20th to 31st in Kufstein :
  • May 26 against Macedonia : 2-0 (goal scorers: Webó / 52nd and Choupo-Moting / 85th)
  • May 29 for the first time against Paraguay : 1: 2 (goalscorer for Cameroon: Choupo-Moting / 74.)
• 0June 1st in Mönchengladbach against Germany : 2-2 (goalscorers for Cameroon: Eto'o / 62nd and Choupo-Moting / 78th)
• 07 June in Yaoundé against Moldova for the first time : 2-2 (goalscorer: Salli / 30.)

Finals

Squad

On May 12th, the preliminary roster with 28 players was named, which had to be reduced to 23 players and confirmed by FIFA. 17 players were already in the 2010 World Cup squad when Cameroon was eliminated in the preliminary round. For record scorer Samuel Eto'o it was the fourth participation in the finals. He was able to set the record of Rigobert Song , who made nine games in four appearances, but only made one game due to an injury.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	International matches *	Länderspiel- gates *	birthday	Games	Gates				World Cup participation	World Cup games (total)	World Cup goals (total)
goalkeeper
01	Loïc Feudjou	Cotonsport Garoua M *	002	00	April 14, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
16	Charles Itandje	Torku Konyaspor	009	00	2nd November 1982	3	0	0	0	0
23	Sammy N'Djock	Fethiyespor A2	003	00	February 25, 1990	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
02	Benoît Assou-Ekotto	Queens Park Rangers *	022nd	00	March 24, 1984	2	0	0	0	0	2010	3	0
12	Henri Bedimo	Olympique Lyon	031	00	4th June 1984	1	0	0	0	0
14th	Aurélien Chedjou	Galatasaray Istanbul P	030th	01	June 20, 1985	2	0	0	0	0	2010	1	0
04th	Cédric Djeugoué	Cotonsport Garoua M *	003	00	August 28, 1992	1	0	0	0	0
03	Nicolas N'Koulou	Olympique Marseille	048	00	March 27, 1990	2	0	0	0	0	2010	3	0
05	Dany Nounkeu	Beşiktaş Istanbul	015th	00	April 11, 1986	2	0	1	0	0
22nd	Allan Nyom	Granada CF.	010	00	May 10, 1988	1	0	0	0	0
midfield player
18th	Eyong Enoh	Medical Park Antalyaspor A	036	02	March 23, 1986	3	0	1	0	0	2010	2	0
11	Jean Makoun	Stade Rennes P.	067	05	May 29, 1983	1	0	0	0	0	2010	3	0
21st	Joel Matip	FC Schalke 04	023	00	August 8, 1991	2	1	0	0	0	2010	1	0
17th	Stéphane Mbia	Sevilla FC E.	049	03	May 20, 1986	3	0	1	0	0	2010	3	0
07th	Landry N'Guémo	Girondins Bordeaux	040	02	November 28, 1985	1	0	0	0	0	2010	1	0
20th	Edgar Salli	RC Lens *	009	01	17th August 1992	2	0	1	0	0	2010	3	0
06th	Alex Song	FC Barcelona P	047	00	September 9, 1987	2	0	0	0	1	2010	1	0
striker
10	Vincent Aboubakar	FC Lorient	025th	02	January 22, 1992	2	0	0	0	0	2010	2	0
13	Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting	1. FSV Mainz 05	026th	13	March 23, 1989	3	0	0	0	0	2010	2	0
09	Samuel Eto'o	Chelsea FC	114	55	March 10, 1981	1	0	0	0	0	1998, 2002, 2010	7th	3
08th	Benjamin Moukandjo	AS Nancy *	017th	02	November 12, 1988	3	0	0	0	0
19th	Fabrice Olinga	SV Zulte Waregem	008th	01	May 12, 1996	0	0	0	0	0
15th	Pierre Webó	Fenerbahçe Istanbul M	055	19th	January 20, 1982	3	0	0	0	0	2010	2	0

(*) only the games and goals that were played or scored before the start of the World Cup are indicated (source: FIFA as of May 16, 2014), updated after the games against Macedonia on May 26, 2014, Paraguay on May 29 2014, Germany on June 1, 2014 and Moldova on June 7, 2014.

1. ↑ Players without a number were only in the preliminary roster.
2. ↑ E = The club was the Europa League winner in the 2013/14 season , M = The club was the champion of its country in the 2013/14 season, M * = The club was the champion of its country in the 2013 season (the current season is still running), A = The club was relegated from the highest league in the country, A2 = The club was relegated from the second highest league in the country, P = The club won the cup in the 2013/14 season, * = The club plays in the second highest league in his country.

Group stage

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Venues (red) and quarters (blue)

When the final round was drawn on December 6, 2013, Cameroon was drawn from Group A with hosts and group leaders Brazil, as well as Croatia and Mexico. Cameroon also played against Brazil in the 1994 World Cup preliminary round and in the Confederations Cup preliminary rounds in 2001 and 2003. The record against Brazil before the World Cup was negative with one win and three defeats. Against Mexico there was only a friendly match that was lost on September 22, 1993 in Los Angeles with 0: 1. Cameroon had never played against Croatia before the World Cup.

The crew quarters were the Sheraton Vitória in Vitória .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	2	1	0	007: 200	+5	07th
2.	Mexico	3	2	1	0	004: 100	+3	07th
3.	Croatia	3	1	0	2	006: 600	± 0	03
4th	Cameroon	3	0	0	3	001: 900	−8	00
As of June 23, 2014

• Fri., June 13, 2014, 1:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Natal Mexico - Cameroon 1: 0 (0: 0)
  
• Wed., June 18, 2014, 6:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CEST) in Manaus Cameroon - Croatia 0: 4 (0: 1)
  
• Mon., June 23, 2014, 5:00 p.m. (10:00 p.m. CEST) in Brasília Cameroon - Brazil 1: 4 (1: 2)
  

Cameroon had never played in Brazil before the World Cup.

Already after the 0: 4 against the Croatian team, Cameroon no longer had a chance to reach the knockout round.

Sports impact

In the FIFA world rankings , Cameroon climbed three places from 56th to 53rd place despite the three defeats in the preliminary round and the associated loss of points (-38 points), which is mainly due to the fact that previously better-placed teams did not play and points from previous years lost.

Alex Song was suspended for three games due to being sent off in the second group game. Since Cameroon was eliminated, the remaining two game suspensions had to be served in the next official international matches. After he was not considered for the Africa Cup in 2015, he resigned from the national team.

Resignations

On August 27, Samuel Eto'o announced his resignation from the national team.

Individual evidence

1. ^ SID : Football World Cup: Libya plays home game on neutral ground. (No longer available online.) In: handelsblatt.com. Handelsblatt , April 20, 2012, archived from the original on December 15, 2013 ; Retrieved December 21, 2012 . 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.  
2. ↑ World Cup qualification: Fifa recognizes Togo's victory over Cameroon. In: spiegel.de. Spiegel Online , July 4, 2013, accessed July 4, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Cameroon is preparing in Kufstein
4. ↑ fifa.com: "Cameroon: Finke appoints three German legionaries" ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2014 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.  
5. ↑ Release List of Players ( English , PDF) FIFA. May 16, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
6. ↑ North Macedonia - Cameroon 0: 2 . weltfussball.de. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
7. ↑ Cameroon - Paraguay 1: 2 . weltfussball.de. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
8. ↑ Germany - Cameroon 2: 2 . weltfussball.de. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
9. ↑ Cameroon - Moldova 1-0 . weltfussball.de. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
10. ↑ fifa.com: team quarters
11. ↑ World champion fifa.com: "Germany takes over the top position"
12. ↑ fifa.com: "Decisions of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on World Cup cases"
13. ↑ fifa.com: "Eto'o resigns from Cameroon's national team" ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• All matches of the preliminary round at a glance
• All qualifying matches of Cameroon