National team for in-DR Congo players
The DR Congo A' national team is the local national football team of the DR Congo (formerly Zaire, alternatively known as Congo-Kinshasa) and is open only to domestic league players. The team represents DR Congo at the African Nations Championship and is governed by the Congolese Association Football Federation. They are nicknamed The Leopards.
DR Congo won the maiden African Nations Championship hosted by Ivory Coast in 2009[1] and repeated the feat at the 2016 tournament.[2] Since 2014, all DR Congo A' team matches have been recognized by FIFA as first team matches.[3]
African Nations Championship record
African Nations Championship |
Appearances: 5 |
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
2009 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
2011 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
2014 | 7th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
2016 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 |
2018 | Did not qualify |
2020 | Quarter- finals | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
2022 | Group stage | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
2024 | To be Determined |
Total | Champions | 5/7 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 24 |
Results and fixtures
Results
Fixtures
Squad
The following players were called up for the 2020 African Nations Championship matches against Central African Republic.
Caps and goals as of 20 October 2019 after the match against Central African Republic.
Previous squads
- African Nations Championship squads
Honours
African Nations Championship:
References
- ^ "DR Congo wins maiden CHAN tournament". BBC Africa. 8 March 2009.
- ^ "DR Congo humiliate Mali to win CHAN 2016". Legit.ng. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ "CHAN matches to count as first team matches". w.cybereagles.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
External links
- Congolese Association Football Federation
Portals:- Football in Africa
- Association football
North Africa (UNAF) | |
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West Africa (WAFU) | - Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cape Verde
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast
- Liberia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Togo
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East Africa (CECAFA) | - Burundi
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Rwanda
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zanzibar1
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Central Africa (UNIFFAC) | - Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- DR Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- São Tomé and Príncipe
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Southern Africa (COSAFA) | - Angola
- Botswana
- Comoros
- Eswatini
- Lesotho
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Seychelles
- South Africa
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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Non-regional Members | |
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1 Associate member of CAF but not member of FIFA |