Congo national football team

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Not to be confused with DR Congo national football team.
Congo
Nickname(s) Diables Rouges
(Red Devils)
Association Fédération Congolaise de Football
Sub-confederation UNIFFAC (Central Africa)
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Head coach Claude Le Roy
Captain Prince Oniangué
Home stadium Stade Municipal de Kintélé
FIFA code CGO
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 52 Decrease 3 (5 November 2015)
Highest 42 (September 2015)
Lowest 139 (April 1996)
First international
 Ivory Coast 4–2 Congo Republic of the Congo
(February 1960)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances 6 (First in 1968)
Best result Winners: 1972

The Congo national football team, nicknamed the Diables Rouges (Red Devils), is the national team of the Republic of the Congo and is controlled by the Fédération Congolaise de Football. They have never qualified for the World Cup, but did win the Africa Cup of Nations in 1972. They also won the All-Africa Games football tournament in 1965.

History

The Congo national football team made its first ever appearance in February 1960 in a friendly against the Ivory Coast which they lost 4–2.[1] On 13 April they defeated Reunion 4-1 in their first game to advance to the quarter-finals. In their quarter-final on 15 April they defeated the Ivory Coast 3-2. On 17 April they lost 5-4 to Cameroon and were beaten 8-1 by the host Madagascar in the third-place play-off on 19 April.

In April 1963 they entered another L'Amitié competition, this time in Senegal, and were drawn in a group with Tunisia, the Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of Congo and Mauritania. They lost their opener 2-0 to Tunisia on 13 April but beat the Ivory Coast 3-2 the next day. On 15 April they beat their neighbour Congo Kinshasa 2-1, and then Mauritania 11-0 two days later, but did not advance to the next round.

In July 1965 the Congo held the 1965 All-Africa Games and were drawn in a group with Mali, Uganda and Togo. They drew 1-1 with Mali on 18 July and beat Uganda 2-1 the next day. On 21 July they drew 1-1 against Togo but advanced through to the semi-finals, where they beat the Ivory Coast 1-0 on 23 July. On 25 July the Congo drew 0-0 versus Mali in the final, but won the tournament by having won ten corners in the final compared to Mali's one.

On 11 January 1967 the Congo played their first non-African opposition, defeating Romania 1-0 in a home friendly. On 19 February 1967 the Congo travelled to Tunisia for their first ever African Cup of Nations qualifier, drawing 1-1. On 2 August 1967 they hosted a qualifier against Cameroon, and defeated them 2-1 to top their qualifying group and advance to their first finals.

The finals were held in Ethiopia in January 1968 and the Congo were drawn in a group with their neighbour Zaire, Senegal and Ghana. They lost the opener to Zaire 3-0 on 12 January and two days later lost 2-1 to Senegal. On 16 January the Congo were defeated 3-1 by Ghana and were knocked out.

The Congo hosted a friendly against Romania for the second successive year on 16 June 1968 and won 4-2. On 30 July 1968 they played their first ever South American opposition, losing a home friendly 2-0 to Brazil.

In 1972, the Congo won their only African Cup of Nations title. Congo defeated host Cameroon in the semi-final 1-0 before beating Mali 3-2 to claim the championship. On that squad was arguably Congo's most famous player, François M'Pelé, who starred for PSG in the 1970s.

In qualification for the 1998 World Cup, the Congo came within a win of qualifying for the final tournament. However, after home wins over Zambia, DR Congo and South Africa, Congo lost their final match 1-0 away to South Africa and was eliminated.

Achievements

CEMAC Cup :
  • 1 Time Champion (2007)
UDEAC Championship :
  • 1 Time Champion (1990)
  • 2 Times Runners-up
Central African Games :
  • 2 Times Runners-up

Competition records

World Cup record

Africa Cup of Nations record

Africa Cup of Nations Record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Ethiopia 1968 Group Stage 7th 3 0 0 3 2 8
Sudan 1970 Did Not Enter
Cameroon 1972 Winners 1st 5 3 1 1 9 5
Egypt 1974 Semi-Finals 4th 5 2 1 2 7 10
Ethiopia 1976 Did Not Qualify
Ghana 1978 Group Stage 7th 3 0 1 2 1 4
Nigeria 1980 Did Not Qualify
Libya 1982
Ivory Coast 1984
Egypt 1986
Morocco 1988
Algeria 1990 Did Not Enter
Senegal 1992 Quarter-Finals 5th 3 0 2 1 2 3
Tunisia 1994 Did Not Qualify
South Africa 1996
Burkina Faso 1998
Ghana Nigeria 2000 Group Stage 11th 3 0 2 1 0 1
Mali 2002 Did Not Qualify
Tunisia 2004
Egypt 2006
Ghana 2008
Angola 2010
Gabon Equatorial Guinea 2012
South Africa 2013
Equatorial Guinea 2015 Quarter-Finals 5th 4 2 1 1 6 6
2017 TBD
Cameroon 2019
Ivory Coast 2021
Guinea 2023

Results and fixtures

The following matches were played or are scheduled to be played by the national team in the current or upcoming seasons.

2015

Current squad

The final squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations was announced on 7 January 2015.[2]

Caps and goals, updated on 31 January 2015 after the game against Congo DR.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Christoffer Mafoumbi (1994-03-03) 3 March 1994 (age 30) 14 0 Bulgaria Vereya Stara Zagora
16 1GK Chancel Massa (1985-08-28) 28 August 1985 (age 38) 12 0 Republic of the Congo Léopards
22 1GK Pavelh Ndzila (1995-01-12) 12 January 1995 (age 29) 0 0 Republic of the Congo Étoile du Congo
2 2DF Francis N'Ganga (1985-06-16) 16 June 1985 (age 38) 25 3 Belgium Charleroi
3 2DF Igor N'Ganga (1987-04-14) 14 April 1987 (age 37) 13 0 Switzerland Aarau
4 2DF Boris Moubhibo (1988-10-25) 25 October 1988 (age 35) 25 1 Republic of the Congo Léopards
5 2DF Arnold Bouka Moutou (1988-11-28) 28 November 1988 (age 35) 14 0 France Angers
6 2DF Dimitri Bissiki (1991-03-17) 17 March 1991 (age 33) 21 0 Republic of the Congo Léopards
18 2DF Marvin Baudry (1990-01-26) 26 January 1990 (age 34) 17 1 Belgium Zulte Waregem
23 2DF Atoni Mavoungou (1996-12-22) 22 December 1996 (age 27) 1 0 Republic of the Congo ACNFF
7 3MF Prince Oniangué (1988-11-04) 4 November 1988 (age 35) 30 6 France Reims
8 3MF Delvin N'Dinga (1988-03-14) 14 March 1988 (age 36) 42 1 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
14 3MF Césaire Gandzé (1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 (age 35) 24 1 Republic of the Congo Léopards
17 3MF Chris Malonga (1987-07-11) 11 July 1987 (age 36) 21 2 France Stade Lavallois
20 3MF Hardy Binguila (1996-07-17) 17 July 1996 (age 27) 11 3 France Auxerre
21 3MF Sagesse Babélé (1993-02-13) 13 February 1993 (age 31) 16 0 Republic of the Congo Léopards
9 4FW Silvère Ganvoula M'boussy (1996-06-22) 22 June 1996 (age 27) 4 1 Republic of the Congo Patronage Sainte-Anne
10 4FW Férébory Doré (1989-01-21) 21 January 1989 (age 35) 26 8 France Angers
11 4FW Fabrice N'Guessi (1988-02-27) 27 February 1988 (age 36) 26 5 Morocco Wydad Casablanca
12 4FW Francis Litsingi (1986-09-10) 10 September 1986 (age 37) 9 0 Czech Republic Sparta Praha
13 4FW Thievy Bifouma (1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 31) 16 10 Spain Granada
15 4FW Ladislas Douniama (1986-05-24) 24 May 1986 (age 37) 28 4 France Guingamp
19 4FW Dominique Malonga (1989-01-08) 8 January 1989 (age 35) 4 0 Scotland Hibernian

Recent call-ups

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Bernard Itoua (1988-09-07) 7 September 1988 (age 35) 0 0 Greece Platanias v.  Sudan, 19 November 2014
DF Grâce Itoua (1995-04-12) 12 April 1995 (age 29) 0 0 Republic of the Congo Kondzo v.  Sudan, 19 November 2014
MF Scott Bitsindou (1996-05-11) 11 May 1996 (age 27) 0 0 Belgium Anderlecht 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, preliminary squad
MF Christopher Maboulou (1990-03-19) 19 March 1990 (age 34) 0 0 France Bastia 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, preliminary squad
MF Jordan Massengo (1990-01-31) 31 January 1990 (age 34) 0 0 Belgium Mons 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, preliminary squad
MF Jusly Gitel Boukama-Kaya (1993-02-05) 5 February 1993 (age 31) 9 0 Angola Recreativo do Libolo v.  Sudan, 19 November 2014
FW Dzon Delarge (1990-06-24) 24 June 1990 (age 33) 8 1 Czech Republic Slovan Liberec v.  Sudan, 19 November 2014
FW Kevin Koubemba (1993-03-23) 23 March 1993 (age 31) 4 0 France Lille v.  Sudan, 19 November 2014
FW Kader Bidimbou (1996-02-20) 20 February 1996 (age 28) 0 0 Republic of the Congo Léopards v.  Sudan, 19 November 2014

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Coaches

References

  1. ↑ http://rsssf.com/tablesk/kong-intres.html
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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