National soccer team of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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DR Congo
République Democratique du Congo
Congolaise FA.svg
Nickname (s) Les Léopards
Association Fédération Congolaise
de Football Association
confederacy CAF
Technical sponsor O'Neills
Head coach Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo Christian Nsengi (since 2019)
captain Marcel Tisserand
Record scorer Dieumerci Mbokani (18)
Record player Issama Mpeko (71)
Home stadium Stade des Martyrs
FIFA code COD
FIFA rank 56th (1389 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
statistics
First international match DR Congo 6-0 Mauritania ( Senegal ; April 11, 1963)
Congo-LeopoldvilleDemocratic Republic of Congo MauritaniaMauritania
Biggest win DR Congo 10-1 Zambia ( DR Congo ; November 22, 1969)
Congo Democratic Republic 1966Democratic Republic of Congo ZambiaZambia
Biggest defeat Yugoslavia 9-0 Zaire ( Gelsenkirchen , Germany ; June 18, 1974)
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia ZaireZaire
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals 1 ( first : 1974 )
Best results Preliminary round 1974
African Championship
Participation in the finals 18 ( first : 1965 )
Best results Winner 1968 and 1974
(As of November 18, 2019)

The national soccer team of the DR Congo represents the Democratic Republic of the Congo in soccer . During the reign of Mobutu Sese Sekos , the country and with it the national team carried the name Zaire from 1971 to 1997 . It was during this time that the greatest sporting successes were achieved: in 1974 the team became African champions for the second time and qualified for the finals of a soccer World Cup for the only time so far . When they took part in this World Cup tournament in Germany, they also suffered their highest defeat to date (9-0 against Yugoslavia ).

Record player

As of November 18, 2019

Bold players are still active

Most missions

# Surname Period Games Gates
1. Issama Mpeko 2011– 71 1
2. Muteba Kidiaba 2002-2015 64 0
3. Chancel Mbemba 2013– 55 4th
4th Zola Matumona 2002-2014 53 9
5. Trésor Mputu 2004– 52 14th
6th Kimemba Mbayo 1996-2011 50 4th
7th Ndombe Mubele 2013– 45 9
Youssouf Mulumbu 2008– 45 1
9. Mbala Mbuta Biscotte 1996-2010 44 3
Tsholola Tshinyama 2001–2012 44 1

Record goal scorers

# Surname Period Gates Games
1. Dieumerci Mbokani 2005– 18th 41
2. Trésor Mputu Mabi 2004– 14th 52
Shabani Nonda 2000-2008 14th 22nd
4th Cédric Bakambu 2015– 13 29
Jean-Jacques Yemweni 2000-2007 12 16
6th Ngoy Kabongo 1981-1991 10 21st
Pierre Ndaye Mulamba † 1973-1976 10 20th
8th. Ndombe Mubele 2013– 09 45
Yannick Bolasie 2013– 09 42
10 Jonathan Bolingi 2014– 08th 29
Adelard Mayanga Maku 1967-1974 08th 23

Trainer

Tournaments

World Championship

year Host country Participation until ... Last opponent Result Trainer Comments and special features
1930 Uruguay not participated Not an independent state
1934 Italy not participated Not an independent state
1938 France not participated Not an independent state
1950 Brazil not participated Not an independent state
1954 Switzerland not participated Not an independent state
1958 Sweden not participated Not an independent state
1962 Chile not participated First international match only in 1963
1966 England not participated
1970 Mexico Registration refused by FIFA
1974 Germany Preliminary round (as Zaire) Scotland , Yugoslavia , Brazil 16. Blagoja Vidinić First "black African" country in a World Cup finals.
Eliminated after three defeats as bottom of the group. The 0: 9 against Yugoslavia is the biggest defeat to date.
1978 Argentina withdrawn (as Zaire)
1982 Spain not qualified (as Zaire) In the qualifying in the third round of Cameroon failed.
1986 Mexico not participated
1990 Italy not qualified (as Zaire) In the qualification in the second round, Tunisia failed, which also failed to qualify.
1994 United States not qualified (as Zaire) In the qualification in the first round, Cameroon failed again.
1998 France not qualified (as Zaire) In the qualification in the 2nd round to South Africa failed.
2002 South Korea / Japan not qualified In the qualification in the second round, Tunisia failed again.
2006 Germany not qualified In the qualification in the 2nd round to Ghana failed.
2010 South Africa not qualified In the qualification in the second round, Egypt failed, which could also not qualify.
2014 Brazil not qualified In qualifying , the Democratic Republic of the Congo first met Swaziland on a two-legged basis . After both games were won, they met Cameroon , Libya and Togo in the group stage , but could not prevail against these teams. After a 0-0 draw in the penultimate game against Cameroon, the team had no chance to qualify and ended the group stage in third place.
2018 Russia not qualified The team didn't have to intervene until the second round and prevailed against Burundi . In the third round, the team was eliminated as second in the group.
2022 Qatar

African Championship

  • 1957 to 1963 - no participation
  • 1965 - preliminary round
  • 1968 - African champions (final 1-0 against Ghana)
  • 1970 - preliminary round
  • 1972 - 4th place
  • 1974 - African champions (final 2-2 and 2-0 against Zambia)
  • 1976 - preliminary round
  • 1978 to 1986 - no participation
  • 1988 - preliminary round
  • 1990 - withdrawn
  • 1992 - quarter-finals
  • 1994 - quarter-finals
  • 1996 - quarter-finals
  • 1998 - 3rd place
  • 2000 - preliminary round
  • 2002 - quarter-finals
  • 2004 - preliminary round
  • 2006 - quarter-finals
  • 2008 to 2012 - not qualified
  • 2013 - preliminary round
  • 2015 - 3rd place
  • 2017 - quarter-finals
  • 2019 - round of 16

African Nations Championship

Known players

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
  2. ^ Congo-Kinshasa - Record International Players
  3. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930-2010 (PDF; 200 kB)
  4. ↑ fifa.com: History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year) (PDF; 325 kB), p. 19

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