Gabonese national football team

Gabon
République Gabonaise

Nickname (s)	Azingo National
Association	Fédération Gabonaise de Football
confederacy	CAF
Technical sponsor	adidas
Head coach	Patrice Neveu (since 2019)
captain	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Record scorer	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (25)
Record player	Didier Ovono (114)
Home stadium	Stade Omar Bongo
FIFA code	GAVE
FIFA rank	83rd (1297 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
statistics
First international match Upper Volta 5-4 Gabon ( Madagascar ; April 13, 1960 )
Biggest win Gabon 7-0 Benin ( Libreville Gabon ; April 2, 1995 )
Biggest defeat Guinea 6: 1 Gabon ( Guinea ; July 9, 1967 )
Successes in tournaments
African Championship
Participation in the finals	7 ( first : 1994 )
Best results	Quarter-finals 1996 , 2012
(As of November 17, 2019)

The Gabonese national football team , which represents the African state of Gabon in football, is subordinate to the Fédération Gabonaise de Football .

The team has not yet managed to qualify for a soccer world championship . The team was able to qualify for the Africa Cup . The quarter-finals were reached twice, each time losing on penalties.

Most of the national players active in Europe play in the first and second French leagues .

Tournaments

World Championship

• 1962 : did not take part
• 1966 : withdrawn
• 1970 : did not participate
• 1974 : withdrawn
• 1978 to 1986 : did not participate
• 1990 to 2018 : not qualified

In qualifying for the World Cup in Brazil , Gabon initially met Burkina Faso , Niger and the Republic of the Congo . With a 0-1 defeat on the last day of the match in Burkina Faso, Gabon was only third in the group and missed qualification.

African Championship

• 1962 to 1970 : did not participate
• 1972 : not qualified
• 1974 : withdrawn
• 1976 : did not participate
• 1978 : not qualified
• 1980 : did not participate
• 1982 to 1992 : not qualified
• 1994 : preliminary round
• 1996 : quarter-finals
• 1998 : not qualified
• 2000 : preliminary round
• 2002 to 2008 : not qualified
• 2010 : preliminary round
• 2012 : quarter-finals (co-hosts with Equatorial Guinea)
• 2013 : not qualified
• 2015 : preliminary round
• 2017 : preliminary round
• 2019 : not qualified

African Nations Championship

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

UDEAC / CEMAC Cup

• 1985 - winner
• 1988 - winner
• 2003 - fourth
• 2005 - third
• 2006 - third
• 2007 - second
• 2008 - preliminary round
• 2009 - fourth

UNIFFAC Cup

• 1999 - winner

Record player

(As of November 17, 2019)

Record player
Games	player	position	Period	Gates
114	Didier Ovono	goal	2003–	00
110	François Amégasse	Defense	1984-2000	09
92	Etienne Douha Kassa Ngoma	?	1985-1997	07th
86	Carlos Cédric Moubamba Saib	midfield	1998-2012	03
82	Bruno Ecuélé Manga	Defense	2006–	08th
80	Valéry Olivier Ondo Ebe	?	1988–2001–	12
77	Théodore Nzué Nguéma	attack	1995-2005	23
72	Germain Rufin Mendomé	goal	1988-2000	00
70	Rodrigue Moundounga	Defense	2001-2016	01
68	Bruno Mbanangoyé Zita	midfield	1999-2012	11
63	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	attack	2009–	25th
61	Guy-Roger Nzeng	Defense	1991-2005	02

Record shooters
Gates	player	Period	Games
25th	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	2009–	63
23	Théodore Nzué Nguéma	1995-2005	77
21st	Guy-Roger Nzamba	1988-2000	52
14th	Michel Minko	1984-1990	41
13	Daniel cousin	2000-2014	60
13	Brice Mackaya	1992-1999	43
12	Malick Evouna	2012–	34
12	Valery Ondo	1988-2001	380
11	Bruno Mbanangoyé Zita	1999-2012	68

• Source: Gabon - Record International Players

Trainer

• Karl-Heinz Weigang (1989–1994)
• Jairzinho (2003-2005)
• Gernot Rohr (2010–2012)
•  José Antonio Camacho (2016-2018)
•  Daniel Cousin (2018-2019)
• Patrice Neveu (2019–)

Web links

• National team website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .