Cameroon national football team / World Championships

Republic of Cameroon
République du Cameroun

World Cup record goalscorer:	Roger Milla (5)
World Cup record players:	François Omam-Biyik (11)
Rank :	33
Balance sheet
23 World Cup games 4 wins 7 draws 12 defeats 18:43 goals
statistics
First World Cup game Cameroon 0-0 Peru A Coruña ( ESP ); June 15, 1982
Biggest World Cup victories Cameroon 1-0 Argentina Milan ( ITA ); June 8, 1990 Cameroon 2: 1 Romania Bari ( ITA ); June 14, 1990 Cameroon 2: 1 n.v. Colombia Naples ( ITA ); June 23, 1990 Cameroon 1-0 Saudi Arabia Saitama ( JPN ); June 6, 2002
Biggest World Cup defeat Cameroon 1: 6 Russia San Francisco ( USA ); June 28, 1994
successes
World Championship
Participation in the finals	7 ( first : 1982 )
Best results	Quarter-finals 1990
Best placements in the countries that host the FIFA World Cup
(As of July 2018 )

The article contains a detailed description of the Cameroonian national soccer team at soccer world championships . Of the African teams, Cameroon qualified most often (7 times) for the World Cup finals. When they first participated in 1982, the team was eliminated unbeaten after the preliminary round. In the second participation in 1990, a victory against world champions Argentina succeeded in the opening game and the first African team to reach the quarter-finals. After that, the preliminary round was no longer survived. Cameroon is 33rd in the all-time World Cup table .

Overview

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				Not a FIFA member
1966	England	withdrawn				All 15 African teams withdrew from the qualification as FIFA only allowed the teams from Africa, Asia and Oceania one place in the final round.
1970	Mexico	not qualified				In the qualification in the first round, Nigeria failed, but they could not qualify either.
1974	Germany	not qualified				In the qualification in the second round of Zaire failed.
1978	Argentina	not qualified				The Republic of the Congo failed to qualify in the first round , but they also failed to qualify.
1982	Spain	Preliminary round	Peru , Poland , Italy	17th	Jean Vincent	After 3 draws due to the fewer goals scored, eliminated as third in the group.
1986	Mexico	not qualified				In the qualification in the quarterfinals of Zambia failed, but that could not qualify well.
1990	Italy	Quarter finals	England	7th	Valery Kuzmich Nepomnyashchi	Victory in the opening game against the reigning world champion Argentina , Cameroon is the first African team to reach the quarter-finals of a World Cup, but loses there after 2-1 lead with 2: 3 nV against England.
1994	United States	Preliminary round	Sweden , Brazil , Russia	22nd	Henri Michel	After a draw against the eventual third Sweden, as well as defeats against the eventual world champions Brazil and Russia, eliminated as bottom group.
1998	France	Preliminary round	Austria , Italy , Chile	25th	Claude Le Roy	After 2 draws against Austria and Chile and one defeat against Italy, eliminated as bottom of the group.
2002	South Korea / Japan	Preliminary round	Ireland , Saudi Arabia , Germany	20th	Winfried Schaefer	After a draw against Ireland, victory against Saudi Arabia and defeat against eventual runner-up Germany, they were eliminated as third in the group.
2006	Germany	not qualified				In the qualification in the second round at the Ivory Coast failed.
2010	South Africa	Preliminary round	Japan , Denmark , Netherlands	31.	Paul Le Guen	Eliminated without points as bottom of the group.
2014	Brazil	Preliminary round	Mexico , Croatia , Brazil	32.	Volker Finke	In the group stage of the finals, Cameroon was eliminated after 3 defeats.
2018	Russia	not qualified				Failed in the third round of the CAF qualification by Nigeria.
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Statistics (data including 2018: 21 World Championships; percentages are rounded)

• Sports qualification: 7 times (33% or 54% of the attempts)
• Not participated (not an independent state, not a FIFA member): 7 × (33%; 1930 to 1962)
• Withdrawn: 1 × (5%; 1966)
• Not qualified: 6 × (24%; 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, 2006 and 2018)
• Preliminary round: 6 × (39%; 1982, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2014)
• Quarter-finals: 1 × (5%; 1990)

World Cup tournaments

1930 to 1962

Cameroon was a French-British mandate from 1919 to 1960/61. The Fédération Camerounaise de Football was founded in 1959, but was not accepted into FIFA until 1964. Therefore, Cameroon could not take part in the first seven world championships.

1966 in England

For the World Cup in the "motherland of football" , Cameroon should compete against Sudan in the qualifying round . But since the teams from Africa, Asia and Oceania were only allowed one place in the final round, all 15 African teams withdrew. South Korea also withdrew. Ultimately, only Australia and North Korea played the qualifiers. There were two games in Phnom Penh ; North Korea won both games and qualified for the World Cup finals in England.

1970 in Mexico

Cameroon had to play against Nigeria in the first round of qualifying for the World Cup in Mexico. On December 7, 1968, the team played their first World Cup qualifier in Lagos and reached a 1-1. The second leg in Douala was lost 3-2, so that Cameroon was eliminated. Nigeria then failed in the third round to Morocco, which was able to qualify for the first time.

1974 in Germany

In qualifying for the World Cup in the Federal Republic of Germany, Cameroon reached the second round without a fight, as Gabon waived the first round. In the second round, Zaire was the opponent. Both won the away games 1-0, so there was a third game in Kinshasa . Zaire won it 2-0 and then became the first sub-Saharan team to qualify for the World Cup, but this was the only participation for Zaire and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to date.

1978 in Argentina

In qualifying for the World Cup in Argentina , Cameroon failed to beat the Republic of the Congo in the first round . After a 2: 2 in the away game, the team lost their home game with 1: 2. The Republic of the Congo was then eliminated in the next round against the Ivory Coast, which could not qualify. Because the Ivory Coast failed in the third round against Nigeria. In the final round of the last three, Nigeria finished only third behind group winners and World Cup finalists Tunisia and Egypt.

1982 in Spain

For the World Cup in Spain in 1982, the Africans were awarded two starting places for the first time. In the qualification , the Cameroonians beat Malawi 3-0 and 1-1 in the first round . In the second round, Zimbabwe was eliminated 2-0 and 0-1 and in the third round Zaire was eliminated 0-1 and 6-1. In the last round, with two wins (2: 0 and 2: 1) against Morocco , they qualified for the World Cup finals for the first time and thus played for the first time outside of Africa.

In Spain , the team met Peru , Poland and eventual world champion Italy in the first final round . All games ended in a draw, twice 0-0 and 1-1 against Italy, with Grégoire Mbida equalizing a minute after the Italian opening goal and thus the first World Cup goal for Cameroon. Italy and Cameroon both had 3: 3 points, but Italy scored one more goal than Cameroon with 2: 2 goals, qualifying as second in the group for the second final round and Cameroon knocking out undefeated. The Italians, who played poorly in the first final round, improved in the second final round and ended up becoming world champions for the third time.

1986 in Mexico

In qualifying for the second World Cup in Mexico , the Cameroonians, who won the Africa Cup for the first time in 1984, received a bye in the first round, but lost their first game against Zambia 1: 4 in the second round . A 1-1 home game was not enough to reach the third round, in which Zambia failed to Algeria.

1990 in Italy

To qualify for the second World Cup in Italy , the Cameroonians did not have to compete until the second round, after winning the African Championship for the second time in 1988 , and prevailed against Nigeria , Angola and Gabon, with only the game in Nigeria being lost. In the third round, Cameroon beat Tunisia with two wins (2-0 and 1-0) and qualified for the World Cup for the second time.

Before the 1990 World Cup, 38-year-old Roger Milla was asked to represent his country at the World Cup in Italy. Milla had already taken part in the World Cup in 1982 and retired on Réunion .

In Italy, Cameroon met defending champions Argentina in the opening game and surprisingly won 1-0 with a goal from François Omam-Biyik , which also marked their first World Cup victory. Cameroon had to defend the lead with nine players after André Kana-Biyik and Emile Mbouh were sent off . The second group match against Romania was won, with Roger Milla scoring both goals in a 2-1 win. He celebrated every goal with a dance around the corner flag, which was copied by many goal scorers in the following years. Cameroon was thus qualified early for the round of 16, so that the first defeat in a World Cup game with 0: 4 against the Soviet Union was solid, but had no effect. Since Argentina and Romania separated 1: 1 in the parallel game, with which both reached the round of 16, Cameroon was group winners and the Soviet Union was eliminated as bottom of the group. With the win against Cameroon, the Soviet Union said goodbye to the World Cup.

In the round of 16, the Cameroonians met Colombia . Since the first 90 minutes were goalless, it was extended. In this Milla scored two goals again, so that the goal against the Colombians could be absorbed. This was the first time that an African team had made it to the World Cup quarter-finals, in which ex-world champions England were the opponents. Cameroon had to accept the 0-1 in the first half, but were able to turn the game around in the second half and take a 2-1 lead. Seven minutes before the end of regular time, Gary Lineker equalized with a penalty kick and he was also able to convert a penalty kick in extra time, whereby the English reached the semi-finals, in which they failed on penalties at eventual world champions Germany . With a total of four goals, Roger Milla was, along with three other players, the third top scorer in the World Cup.

1994 in the United States

To qualify for the World Cup in the USA , the Ghanaians were drawn into a group with Swaziland , Zaire and Liberia . Liberia withdrew after two games, so the 0-0 win against Liberia was not counted. With two wins and two goalless draws, Kamerung prevailed as group winner and reached the second round. In this Zimbabwe and Guinea were the opponents. With three wins and one defeat, Cameroon took first place and qualified for the World Cup.

In the first group game against the later fourth Sweden a 2-2 was achieved. Against the eventual world champions Brazil they lost 3-0 and in the last game against Russia , which succeeded them after the collapse of the Soviet Union , they lost 6-1. The 42-year-old Roger Milla scored the interim 1: 3. He was the oldest player to play in a World Cup until 2014 before he was replaced by the Colombian goalkeeper Faryd Mondragón (43) at the 2014 World Cup , and is still the oldest goalscorer at a World Cup. But as the bottom of the group, Cameroon had to say goodbye to the World Cup.

1998 in France

The qualification for the second World Cup in France was successful again. In the first round Cameroon initially had a bye and was able to prevail in the second round against Angola , Zimbabwe and Togo , with no game being lost, and to reach the World Cup finals for the fourth time.

In France, they beat Austria 1-1 in the first group game . Against runner-up world champions Italy they lost 3-0. With a 1-1 draw against Chile , it was only enough for last place in the group, which meant that Cameroon was eliminated.

2002 in Japan and South Korea

In qualifying for the first World Cup in Asia, the Cameroonians prevailed in the first round with two 3-0 wins against Somalia . In the second round, Angola and Zambia , again Togo and Libya were the opponents. With only one defeat and one draw with six wins, the Cameroonians prevailed as group winners and were able to go to the World Cup again.

Here the Africans, trained by the German Winfried Schäfer , who had won the African Championship for the fourth time in January and therefore had hopes of reaching the knockout round, met Ireland in the first group game and achieved a 1-1 draw. In the second game against Saudi Arabia they scored 1-0, which is the last win in a World Cup game to date. With a win against Germany in the last group game, the round of 16 could have been reached. In an extremely tough game with seven yellow cards and one yellow-red card each for both teams, the Cameroonians lost 2-0 and were eliminated as third in the group.

2006 in Germany

Cameroon then failed to qualify for the second World Cup in Germany . After a bye in the first round, the team had to give way in the second round of Ivory Coast , which qualified for the World Cup for the first time. Only Egypt , Libya, Sudan and Benin could be relegated to the places. The qualification was missed by a 1-1 draw in the last home game against Egypt, which meant that the Ivorians, who also won 3-1 in Sudan, had one point more to their credit.

2010 in South Africa

Scene from the game against the Netherlands (free kick for the Netherlands)

Scene from the game against the Netherlands (free kick for Cameroon)

The qualification for the first World Cup in Africa was then successfully completed again. In the second round, Cape Verde , Tanzania and Mauritius were the opponents. Cameroon prevailed with five wins and one draw. In the third round, Gabon, Togo and Morocco were the opponents. Cameroon lost their first game in Togo, but then four wins and a draw followed, making them the group winners of the World Cup.

In South Africa they were drawn into a group with Japan , Denmark and the Netherlands . Cameroon lost all three games, each with one goal difference and was eliminated from the bottom of the group again in the preliminary round, whereupon coach Paul Le Guen resigned after the World Cup.

2014 in Brazil

Scene from the game against Brazil

The qualification for the second World Cup in Brazil was successful again. In the group stage, Libya , the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Togo were the opponents. The play-offs were reached with four wins, one draw and only one defeat. Opponents were Tunisia and after a 0-0 away game, the 4-1 in the second leg was enough to reach the World Cup finals for the seventh time.

In Brazil, the Cameroonians, trained by Volker Finke since May 2013 , faced Mexico , Croatia and the hosts Brazil . In the first game against Mexico they lost 1-0, against Croatia they went down 4-0 and they also lost 4-1 to Brazil, so that Cameroon was again eliminated as the bottom of the group.

2018 in Russia

In the qualification , the team only had to intervene in the second round, which was held in November 2015. Shortly before the first games, national coach Volker Finke was dismissed, the post was temporarily taken over by Alexandre Belinga. Under him, Niger , winners of the first round match against Somalia , were defeated 3-0 in the away game, so that a goalless draw at home was enough to move into the third round. In February 2016 Hugo Broos took over the office of national coach. The third round started in October 2016 and ended in November 2017. After the Cameroonians had won the African Championship in February 2017 , they failed to meet expectations in the World Cup qualifying and after four out of six games against Algeria, Zambia and Nigeria they had none More chance of qualifying for the finals. Broos was fired as a consequence of the failure in early December 2017.

player

Ranking of the Cameroonian World Cup players with the most appearances

01. François Omam-Biyik - 11 appearances in 3 tournaments

02. Roger Milla - 10 appearances in 3 tournaments

03. Rigobert Song - 9 appearances in 4 tournaments

04. Samuel Eto'o , Raymond Kalla , Louis Mfede , Thomas N'Kono and Stephen Tataw - 8 appearances in 2, 3 (Kalla) and 4 (Eto'o) tournaments

09. Emmanuel Kunde , Jonathan Mensah - 7 appearances in 2 tournaments

Ranking of the Cameroonian World Cup players with the most goals

01. Roger Milla - 5 goals

02. Samuel Eto'o - 3 goals

03. Patrick Mboma and François Omam-Biyik - 2 goals each

World Cup captains

• 1982: Thomas N'Kono
• 1990, 1994: Stephen Tataw
• 1998: François Omam-Biyik (twice substituted)
• 2002: Rigobert Song
• 2010: Samuel Eto'o
• 2014: Samuel Eto'o (1st game), Nicolas N'Koulou (2nd and 3rd game)

Players banned from World Championships

• 1990: Benjamin Massing and André Kana-Biyik received the red card in the opening game against Argentina and were suspended for the second group game. In the second round, André Kana-Biyik, Emile Mbouh , Victor Ndip and Jules Onana received the second yellow card and were banned from the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals, Benjamin Massing, Roger Milla and Thomas N'Kono received the second yellow card , but this had no further effect as Cameroon was eliminated.
• 1994: Rigobert Song received the red card in the second group game and was suspended for the last group game.
• 1998: Raymond Kalla received the red card in the second group game and was suspended for the last group game. This was Rigobert Song initially shown a second yellow card and then just like Lauren a red card, but had no further effect because Cameroon was eliminated.
• 2002: Patrick Suffo received the yellow-red card in the last group game , but this had no further effect as Cameroon was eliminated.
• 2010: Stéphane Mbia and Nicolas N'Koulou received the second yellow card in their third group match against the Netherlands. Since Cameroon was eliminated, these had no effect.
• 2014: Alex Song received the red card in the second group game against Croatia and was suspended for the last game against Brazil.

Share of players playing abroad in the World Cup squad

The Cameroonians initially nominated less than half of players playing abroad, then half in 1990 and 1994 and the majority from 1998, with no more players playing in Cameroon in the squad in 2002 and 2010 and in 2014 with substitute goalkeeper Loïc Feudjou , who was not used , and Cédric Djeugoué , who only played one game, only two players playing in Cameroon were in the squad.

Year (games)	Number (countries)	Players (stakes)
1982 (3)	6 (1 in Ivory Coast, 4 in France, 1 in USA)	Joseph-Antoine Bell (0); Ibrahim Aoudou (3), Paul Bahoken (1), Michel Kaham (3), Roger Milla (3); Jean-Pierre Tokoto (3)
1990 (5)	11 (10 in France, 1 in Spain)	Joseph-Antoine Bell (0), Eugène Ekéké (1), André Kana-Biyik (3), Cyrille Makanaky (5), Benjamin Massing (2), Emile M'Bouh (4), Roger Milla (5), François Omam -Biyik (5), Jean-Claude Pagal (3), Jacques Songo'o (0); Thomas N'Kono (5)
1994 (3)	11 (1 in Denmark, 5 in France, 1 in Qatar, 2 in Portugal, 1 in Saudi Arabia, 1 in Spain)	Alphonse Tchami (1); Joseph-Antoine Bell (2), André Kana-Biyik (1), François Omam-Biyik (3), Georges Mouyémé (1), Jacques Songo'o (1); Emile M'Bouh (2); David Embé (3), Emmanuel Maboang (2); Thomas Libiih (3); Thomas N'Kono (0)
1998 (3)	18 (1 in Germany, 6 in France, 1 in Greece, 2 in Italy, 1 in Japan, 1 in Austria, 1 in Portugal, 3 in Spain, 1 in South Korea, 1 in Turkey)	Alphonse Tchami (3); Didier Angibeaud (3), Joseph-Désiré Job (3), Marcel Mahouvé (1), Salomon Olembé (3), Augustine Simo (1), Rigobert Song (3); Raymond Kalla (2); François Omam-Biyik (3), Pierre Womé (3); Patrick M'Boma (3); Samuel Ipoua (2); Bassey William Andem (0); Lauren Etame (1), Samuel Eto'o (1), Jacques Songo'o (3); Michel Pensée (1); Alioum Boukar (0)
2002 (3)	23 (1 in Germany, 3 in England, 9 in France, 1 in Greece, 1 in Italy, 1 in Saudi Arabia, 5 in Spain, 2 in Turkey)	Rigobert Song (3); Lauren (3), Patrick M'Boma (3), Lucien Mettomo (0); Éric Djemba-Djemba (0), Marc-Vivien Foé (3), Joseph-Désiré Job (1), Carlos Kameni (0), Pius N'Diefi (1), Pierre Njanka (1), Salomon Olembé (3), Jacques Songo'o (0), Bill Tchato (3); Joël Epalle (1); Pierre Womé (3); Joseph N'Do (0); Samuel Eto'o (3), Raymond Kalla (3), Daniel Ngom Kome (2), Geremi Njitap (3), Patrick Suffo (2); Nicolas Alnoudji (0), Alioum Boukar (3),
2010 (3)	23 (4 in Germany, 3 in England, 8 in France, 1 in Italy, 1 in the Netherlands, 3 in Spain, 3 in Turkey)	Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (2), Mohamadou Idrissou (3), Georges Mandjeck (0), Joel Matip (1); Benoît Assou-Ekotto (3), Sébastien Bassong (2), Alex Song (1); Vincent Aboubakar (2), Gaëtan Bong (1), Aurélien Chedjou (1), Stéphane Mbia (3), Guy N'Dy Assembé (0), Landry N'Guémo (1), Nicolas N'Koulou (3), Jean Makoun (3); Samuel Eto'o (3); Eyong Enoh (3); Achille Emana (2), Carlos Kameni (0), Pierre Webó (2); Souleymanou Hamidou (3), Geremi Njitap (3), Rigobert Song (1)
2014 (3)	21 (1 in Belgium, 2 in Germany, 2 in England, 7 in France, 3 in Spain, 6 in Turkey)	Fabrice Olinga (0); Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (3), Joel Matip (2); Benoît Assou-Ekotto (2), Samuel Eto'o (1); Vincent Aboubakar (2), Henri Bedimo (1), Jean Makoun (1), Benjamin Moukandjo (3), Landry N'Guémo (1), Nicolas N'Koulou (2), Edgar Salli (2); Stéphane Mbia (3), Allan Nyom (1), Alex Song (2); Aurélien Chedjou (2), Eyong Enoh (3), Charles Itandje (3), Sammy N'Djock (0), Dany Nounkeu (2), Pierre Webó (3)

Games

The Cameroonians have played 23 World Cup games so far, four of which have been won, 12 lost and seven have ended in a draw. Two games had to be extended, one of which was won and lost in overtime. The Cameroonians met once - in their last World Cup game - against the host, in 1990 against the defending champion and in 1982 and 1994 against the eventual world champion and once against a newcomer (Russia), who was the successor to another team (Soviet Union). The Cameroonians played the most frequently against Brazil and Italy: twice each. 16 games were the first games against the respective opponent.

All World Cup games
No.	date	Result	opponent	venue		occasion	comment
1	06/15/1982	0-0	Peru	A Coruña ( ESP )	*	Preliminary round	First game against Peru. First game against a South American team. First game outside of Africa
2	06/19/1982	0-0	Poland	A Coruña ( ESP )	*	Preliminary round	First game against Poland First game against a European team recognized by FIFA
3	06/23/1982	1: 1	Italy	Vigo ( ESP )	*	Preliminary round	First game against Italy
4th	06/08/1990	1-0	Argentina	Milan ( ITA )	*	Preliminary round (opening game)	First game against Argentina First World Cup victory as well as first game and first victory against a reigning world champion
5	06/14/1990	2: 1	Romania	Bari ( ITA )	*	Preliminary round	First game against Romania
6th	06/18/1990	0: 4	Soviet Union	Bari ( ITA )	*	Preliminary round	Only game against the Soviet Union
7th	06/23/1990	2: 1 a.d.	Colombia	Naples ( ITA )	*	Round of 16	First game against Colombia
8th	07/01/1990	2: 3 a.d.	England	Naples ( ITA )	*	Quarter finals	First game against England
9	06/19/1994	2: 2	Sweden	Los Angeles ( USA )	*	Preliminary round	First game against Sweden
10	06/24/1994	0: 3	Brazil	San Francisco ( USA )	*	Preliminary round	First game against Brazil
11	06/28/1994	1: 6	Russia	San Francisco ( USA )	*	Preliminary round	First game against Russia
12	06/11/1998	1: 1	Austria	Toulouse ( FRA )	*	Preliminary round	First game against Austria
13	06/17/1998	0: 3	Italy	Montpellier ( FRA )	*	Preliminary round
14th	06/23/1998	1: 1	Chile	Nantes ( FRA )	*	Preliminary round	First game against Chile
15th	06/01/2002	1: 1	Ireland	Niigata ( JPN )	*	Preliminary round	First game against Ireland
16	06/06/2002	1-0	Saudi Arabia	Saitama ( JPN )	*	Preliminary round
17th	06/11/2002	0: 2	Germany	Shizuoka ( JPN )	*	Preliminary round	First game against Germany
18th	06/14/2010	0: 1	Japan	Mangaung / Bloemfontein ( ZAF )	*	Preliminary round
19th	06/19/2010	1: 2	Denmark	Tshwane / Pretoria ( ZAF )	*	Preliminary round
20th	06/24/2010	1: 2	Netherlands	Cape Town ( ZAF )	*	Preliminary round	137th and last international game by Rigobert Song 118th and last international game by Geremi Njitap
21st	06/13/2014	0: 1	Mexico	Natal ( BRA )	*	Preliminary round
22nd	06/18/2014	0: 4	Croatia	Manaus ( BRA )	*	Preliminary round	First game against Croatia
23	06/23/2014	1: 4	Brazil	Brasília ( BRA )	A.	Preliminary round

Highest victories and defeats

Cameroon's first three World Cup victories were also the highest victories against these teams:

•  Argentina : Preliminary round 1990 - 1-0 (only win against Argentina)
•  Colombia : Round of 16 1990 - 2: 1 a.s. (also a 1: 0 in the Confed Cup semi-finals 2003)
•  Romania : Preliminary round 1990: 2-1 (only game against Romania)

Cameroon suffered its biggest defeats against the following teams at World Cup tournaments:

•  Brazil : Preliminary round 2014 - 1: 4 (also a 0: 3 in the 1994 World Cup game)
•  Denmark : Preliminary round 2010 - 1: 2 (also a 1: 2 in a friendly match)
•  Italy : Preliminary round 1998 - 3-0 (only defeat against Italy)
•  Croatia : Preliminary round 2014 - 0: 4 (only game against Croatia)
•  Mexico : Preliminary round 2014 - 0: 1 (also a 0: 1 in a friendly game)
•  Netherlands : Preliminary round 2010 - 1: 2 (also a 0: 1 in a friendly match)
•  Russia : preliminary round 1994 - 1: 6
•  Soviet Union : preliminary round 1990 - 0: 4 (only game against the Soviet Union)

Records and special features

• The oldest participant to score a goal at a World Cup: Roger Milla at the age of 42 years and 39 days at the 1994 World Cup

Negative records

• The youngest participant to be expelled from the field at a World Cup: Rigobert Song at the age of 17 years and 359 days at the 1994 World Cup
• Most of the red cards: Rigobert Song and Zinédine Zidane (France) - twice each in a total of 3 World Cup participations.
• The most yellow cards were in the games Cameroon against Germany - at the 2002 World Cup (14 yellow and 2 yellow-red) and the game Portugal - Netherlands at the 2006 World Cup (12 yellow and 4 yellow-red).
• Most goals conceded in a game by a player: Oleg Salenko (Russia) - 5 goals in the game against Cameroon, final result: 6: 1 (1994).
• Most goals conceded in a tournament: 1994 - Cameroon (11 in 3 games) and Bulgaria (11 in 7 games)
• The biggest defeat in a tournament: 1994 Cameroon against Russia 1: 6 in the preliminary round
• Worst team at the 2014 World Cup: ranked 32nd by FIFA.

See also

Cameroonian Women's National Football Team / World Championships

Web links

• fifa.com: Cameroon

References and footnotes

1. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930-2014 (PDF; 200 kB)
2. ↑ spox.com: "After missed World Cup qualification: Cameroon separates from national coach Broos"