Rwandan national soccer team
Nickname (s) | Amavubi (The Wasps) | ||
Association |
Fédération Rwandaise de Football Association |
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confederacy | CAF | ||
Head coach | Vincent Mashami (since 2018) | ||
captain | Haruna Niyonzima | ||
Record scorer | Olivier Karekezi (17) | ||
Record player | Haruna Niyonzima (101) | ||
Home stadium | Amahoro Stadium | ||
FIFA code | RWA | ||
FIFA rank | 131. (1089 points) (as of July 16, 2020) |
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First international Burundi 6-2 Rwanda ( Gabon ; June 29, 1976)
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Biggest win Djibouti 9-0 Rwanda ( Dar es Salaam , Tanzania ; December 13, 2007)
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Biggest defeat Zaire 6-1 Rwanda ( Gabon ; July 12, 1976)
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Successes in tournaments | |||
African Championship | |||
Participation in the finals | 1 ( first : 2004 ) | ||
Best results | 2004 preliminary round | ||
(As of November 17, 2019) |
The Rwandan national soccer team is the soccer selection of the Rwandan soccer association Fédération Rwandaise de Football Association . The team played its first international matches in the late 1970s. In 2004 you could qualify for the first time for an African Championship. The team has not yet managed to qualify for a world championship.
From 1986 to 1995 there were no internationals due to the civil war in Rwanda .
Tournaments
World Championship
1930 in Uruguay to 1986 in Mexico | not participated |
1990 in Italy | not qualified |
1994 in the USA | withdrawn |
1998 in France | not qualified |
2002 in Japan and South Korea | not qualified |
2006 in Germany | not qualified |
2010 in South Africa | not qualified |
2014 in Brazil | not qualified |
2018 in Russia | not qualified |
African Championship
- 1965 to 1980 - did not participate
- 1982 - did not qualify
- 1984 - did not qualify
- 1986 - did not qualify
- 1988 - withdrawn
- 1990 - did not participate
- 1992 - did not participate
- 1994 - did not participate
- 1996 - did not participate
- 1998 - did not participate
- 2000 - did not qualify
- 2002 - did not qualify
- 2004 - preliminary round
- 2006 - did not qualify
- 2008 - did not qualify
- 2008 - did not qualify
- 2010 - did not qualify
- 2012 - did not qualify
- 2013 - did not qualify
- 2015 - did not qualify
- 2017 - did not qualify
- 2019 - did not qualify
African Nations Championship
- 2009 : not qualified
- 2011 : preliminary round
- 2014 : not qualified
- 2016 : quarter-finals
- 2018 : preliminary round
- 2020 : qualified
East and Central African Championship
- 1973 to 1994 - did not participate
- 1995 - preliminary round
- 1996 - preliminary round
- 1999 - Team A: Third - Team B: East and Central African Champions
- 2000 - fourth
- 2001 - Team A: Third - Team B: Fourth
- 2002 - third
- 2003 - second
- 2004 - preliminary round
- 2005 - second
- 2006 - third
- 2007 - second
- 2008 - preliminary round
- 2009 - second
- 2010 - quarter-finals
- 2011 - second
- 2012 - quarter-finals
- 2013 - quarter finals
- 2015 - second
- 2017 - preliminary round
- 2019 - did not participate
Known players
- Fritz Emeran (* 1976)
- Claude Kalisa
- Desiré Mbonabucya
- Jimmy Mulisa (* 1984)
- Hamad Ndikumana (1978-2017)
- Julien Nsengiyumva (* 1978)
Trainer
- Otto Pfister (1972-1976)
- Rudi Gutendorf (1999)
- Josip Kuže (2007-2008)
- Branko Tucak (2008-2009)
- Sellas Tetteh (2010-2011)
- Milutin Sredojević (2011-2013)
- Eric Nshimiyimana (2013-2014)
- Stephen Constantine (2014)
- Johnny McKinstry (2015-2016)
- Jimmy Mulisa (2016)
- Antoine Hey (2017-2018)
- Vincent Mashami (2018-)
See also
Web links
Commons : Rwanda national soccer team - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
- ↑ xinhuanet.com: Big challenge for Kenya to retain CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup