Rwandan national soccer team

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Rwanda
Republic of Rwanda
FA Ruanda.svg
Nickname (s) Amavubi (The Wasps)
Association Fédération Rwandaise de
Football Association
confederacy CAF
Head coach RwandaRwanda 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)
First jersey
Second jersey
statistics
First international Burundi 6-2 Rwanda ( Gabon ; June 29, 1976)
BurundiBurundiRwanda 1962Rwanda
Biggest win Djibouti 9-0 Rwanda ( Dar es Salaam , Tanzania ; December 13, 2007)
DjiboutiDjibouti RwandaRwanda
Biggest defeat Zaire 6-1 Rwanda ( Gabon ; July 12, 1976)
ZaireZaire Rwanda 1962Rwanda
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1994 in the USA withdrawn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  • 1988 - withdrawn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

Trainer

See also

Web links

Commons : Rwanda national soccer team  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
  2. ↑ xinhuanet.com: Big challenge for Kenya to retain CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup