Central African national football team

Central Africa
République Centrafricaine

Nickname (s)	Low-Ubangui Fawns
Association	Fédération Centrafricaine de Football
confederacy	CAF
Head coach	Francois Zahoui (since 2019)
captain	Foxi Kéthévoama
Record scorer	Foxi Kéthévoama (8)
Record player	Foxi Kéthévoama (45)
Home stadium	Complexe Sportif Barthélemy Boganda
FIFA code	CTA
FIFA rank	109th (1184 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
65 games 12 wins 11 draws 42 losses
statistics
First international game Mali 4: 3 Central Afr. Rep. ( Madagascar ; June 1, 1960)
Highest victories in Central Africa Rep. 4: 1 Chad ( Libreville , Gabon ; November 8, 1999) Central Afr. Rep. 3: 0 São Tomé-P. ( Libreville , Gabon ; November 13, 1999) Central Afr. Rep. 3: 0 Equatorial Guinea ( Bangui , Central African Rep .; December 13, 2009)
Biggest defeat Ivory Coast 11-0 Central Afr. Rep. ( Abidjan , Ivory Coast ; December 27, 1961)
(As of March 24, 2019)

The Central African national football team , also known as Low-Ubangui Fawns , is the selection team of the Central African Republic and is administered and controlled by the Fédération Centrafricaine de Football .

She is a member of the CAF. In the CAF as well as at the soccer world championships, the Central African national soccer team was hardly successful. So far, the team has not yet managed to qualify for the World Cup or the Africa Cup . Despite a few professional players, the association decided not to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa .

On August 10, 2011, the Central African national football team played for the first time outside of Africa and for the first time with Malta against a non-African team. The game in Ta 'Qali was lost 2-1.

On June 2, 2012, the Central African national soccer team won a World Cup qualifier for the first time. Botswana was won 2-0 .

Tournaments

World Championship

• 1930 to 1974 - did not participate
• 1978 - withdrawn
• 1982 - disqualified
• 1986–1998 - did not take part
• 2002 - did not qualify
• 2006 - withdrawn
• 2010 - withdrawn
• 2014 - did not qualify
• 2018 - did not qualify

African Championship

• 1957 to 1972 - did not participate
• 1974 - disqualified
• 1976 - withdrawn
• 1978 to 1986 - did not participate
• 1988 - did not qualify
• 1990 to 1994 - did not participate
• 1996 - withdrawn
• 1998 - disqualified
• 2000 - withdrawn
• 2002 to 2004 - not qualified
• 2006 to 2010 - withdrawn
• 2012 to 2019 - not qualified

African Nations Championship

• 2009 : not qualified
• 2011 : did not participate
• 2014 to 2020  : not qualified

CEMAC Cup

• 2003 - second
• 2005 - preliminary round
• 2006 - preliminary round
• 2007 - fourth
• 2008 - third
• 2009 - winner
• 2010 - third
• 2013 - second
• 2014 - group stage

Record player

(As of March 24, 2019)

Record player
Games	player	position	Period	Gates
45	Foxi Kéthévoama	attack	2002-	8th
37	Franklin Clovis Anitzé	Defense	2010-	0
34	Geoffrey Lembet	goal	2010-	0
30th	Brice Nicaise Zimbori	midfield	2011-	2
28	Hilaire Momi	attack	2007-	8th
27	Éloge Enza-Yamissi	midfield	2010-	1
26th	Vianney Mabidé	midfield	2010-	5
24	Salif Kéita	Defense	2007-	3
21st	Romaric Lignanzi	midfield	2007-2013	0
19th	Junior Gourrier	midfield	2007-	4th
19th	Thérence Kéthévoama	Defense	2010-2017	0

Record shooters
Gates	player	Period	Games
8th	Foxi Kéthévoama	2002-	45
8th	Hilaire Momi	2007-	28
5	Vianney Mabidé	2010-	26th
4th	Junior Gourrier	2007-	19th

Trainer

• Jules Accorsi (2010-2012)
• Hervé Lougoundji (2012-2014) interim
• Raoul Savoy (2014-2015)
• Blaise Kopogo (2015) interim
• Hervé Lougoundji (2015-2017)
• Raoul Savoy (2017-2019)
• François Zahoui (since 2019)

Web links

• Current squad

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} rsssf.com: Central African Republic - Record International Players (last updated December 20, 2019)