National football team of the Republic of the Congo

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Republic of the Congo
Nickname (s) Diables rouges
Association Fédération Congolaise de Football
confederacy CAF
Head coach BrazilBrazil Valdo Filho (since 2018)
Record scorer Thievy Bifouma (15)
Record player Jonas Bahamboula (56)
Home stadium Alphonse Massemba-Débat stadium
FIFA code CGO
FIFA rank 89th (1269 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
statistics
First international match, Republic of Congo 4-1 Réunion ( Madagascar ; April 13, 1960)
Congo Republic 1959Republic of the Congo ReunionReunion
Biggest win Rep. Congo 11-0 São Tomé and Príncipe ( Gabon ; 7 July 1976)
Congo People's Republic People's Republic of the Congo Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome and Principe
Biggest defeat Madagascar 8: 1 Rep. Congo ( Madagascar ; April 19, 1960)
MadagascarMadagascar Congo Republic 1959Republic of the Congo
Successes in tournaments
African Championship
Participation in the finals 7 ( first : 1968 )
Best results African champions 1972
(As of November 17, 2019)

The national football team of the Republic of the Congo , nicknamed Diables Rouges , is the football team of the Republic of the Congo and is subordinate to the Fédération Congolaise de Football . The greatest success was winning the Africa Cup in 1972 as the People's Republic of the Congo. The team has not yet managed to qualify for a soccer world championship .

Tournaments

World championships

1930 to 1962 - no participation
1966 - Registration rejected by FIFA
1970 - no participation
1974 to 1978 - did not qualify
1982 to 1990 - no participation
1994 to 2018 - not qualified

In qualifying for the World Cup in Brazil , the Republic of the Congo met São Tomé and Príncipe in the first and second legs . The away game was won 5: 0, in the home game there was then a 1: 1, whereby the 2nd round was reached. In these games, Burkina Faso , Gabon and Niger were the opponents. With a 2-2 draw against Niger on the last day of the match, the Republic of the Congo missed the qualification for the two playoff games against another group winner and finished second behind Burkina Faso, one point behind.

African Championships

1957 to 1965 - no participation
1968 - round 1
1970 - no participation
1972 - African champion
1974 - fourth place
1976 - did not qualify
1978 - round 1
1980 to 1988 - not qualified
1990 - no participation
1992 - quarter-finals
1994 to 1998 - not qualified
2000 - round 1
2002 to 2013 - not qualified
2015 - quarter-finals
2017 - did not qualify
2019 - did not qualify

African Nations Championship

  • 2009 : not qualified
  • 2011 : not qualified
  • 2014 : preliminary round
  • 2016 : not qualified
  • 2018 : quarter-finals
  • 2020 : qualified

Participation in other tournaments

African Games

  • Winner 1965 (as Congo-Brazzaville)
  • Preliminary round 1973

The African Games have been a U23 tournament since 1991; Since then, the Congolese U23 have only participated in them in 1995, they were eliminated in the preliminary round.

Central African Games (held in 1976, 1981 and 1987)

  • 2nd place in 1976
  • 2nd place 1981
  • 4th place 1987

UNICAF Cup 1999

  • 4th Place

Coupe UDEAC

  • 1990 winner
  • 2nd place 1984, 1985
  • 3rd place 1986, 1988, 1990
  • Preliminary round 1989

Coupe de la CEMAC (successor to the Coupe UDEAC)

  • 3rd place 2003
  • 4th place in 2005
  • Preliminary round 2006

Record player

As of November 17, 2019

Bold players are still active.
Most missions
# player Games Gates Period
1 Jonas Bahamboula 56 13 1969-1982
2 Destin Makita 55 1 2001-2013
3 Delvin N'Dinga 54 1 2008-2019
4th Barel Mouko 51 1 2004–
5 Oscar Ewolo 44 2 2000-2013
6th Prince Oniangué 43 8th 2008–
7th Francis N'Ganga 41 3 2008–
8th Magnoléké Bissiki 39 0 2012–
9 Brice Samba 38 0 1990-2001
10 Férébory Doré 37 10 2010–
Fabrice Ondama 37 05 2006-
Record goal scorers
# player Gates Games Period
1 Thievy Bifouma 15th 31 2014–
2 Jonas Bahamboula 13 56 1969-1982
3 François M'Pelé 12 29 1971-1978
4th Paul Moukila † 11 31 1970-1988
5 Férébory Doré 10 37 2010–
Ang ngapy 10 33 1984-1993
7th Prince Oniangué 8th 44 2008–
Jean-Jacques N'Domba 8th 35 1974-1992
9 Fabrice Ondama 5 37 2006–
Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien 5 25th 1996-2008

Trainer

player

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
  2. ↑ fifa.com: History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year) (PDF; 325 kB), p. 17
  3. ^ Congo-Brazzaville - Record International Players
  4. ↑ According to the Greens, p. 107, he should not have played any more international matches after 1974.
  5. ↑ Christopher Samba - in Anji! (fc-anji.ru)