Central African Republic national football team

Central African Republic

Nickname(s)

Les Fauves
(The Wild Beasts)

Association

Fédération Centrafricaine de Football

Sub-confederation

UNIFFAC
(Central Africa)

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Head coach

Blaise Kopogo^[1]

Captain

Foxi Kéthévoama

Home stadium

Barthélémy Boganda Stadium

FIFA code

CTA

First colours

Second colours

FIFA ranking

Current

(5 May 2016)

Highest

49 (October 2012)

Lowest

202 (July 2009, March-August 2010)

Elo ranking

Current

121

Highest

109 (8 September 2012)

Lowest

164 (2007-2009)

First international

Ubangi-Shari 5–1 French Cameroon

(Ubangi-Shari; unknown date 1956)^[2]

Biggest win

Ubangi-Shari 5–1 French Cameroon

(Ubangi-Shari; unknown date 1956)

Biggest defeat

Ivory Coast 11–0 Central African Rep.

(Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; December 27, 1961)

The Central African Republic national football team, nicknamed Les Fauves, is the national team of the Central African Republic and is controlled by the Fédération Centrafricaine de Football. They are a member of CAF. Despite being traditionally one of the weakest teams in Africa and the world, they recently achieved success. They won the 2009 CEMAC Cup by beating Gabon in the semi-finals and Equatorial Guinea in the final 3–0. Their ranking rose from 202 in August 2010 to 89 by July 2011. On 10 October 2010 they earned a shock 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win at home against Algeria 2–0, which put them top of their qualification group. The team won its first FIFA World Cup qualifier on 2 June 2012 after beating Botswana 2-0 at home.

Achievements

CEMAC Cup :

1 Time Champion (2009)
1 Time Runners-up (2003)

UNIFAC Cup (1999):

Runners-up

World Cup record

1930 to 1974 – Did not enter
1978 – Withdrew
1982 – Disqualified during qualifying
1986 to 1998 – Did not enter
2002 – Did not qualify
2006 to 2010 – Withdrew
2014 – Did not qualify
2018 – Did not qualify

Africa Cup of Nations record

1957 to 1972 – Did not enter
1974 – Disqualified during qualifying
1976 – Withdrew
1978 to 1986 – Did not enter
1988 – Did not qualify
1990 to 1994 – Did not enter
1996 – Withdrew
1998 – Disqualified during qualifying
2000 – Withdrew
2002 to 2004 – Did not qualify
2006 – Withdrew
2008 – Did not enter
2010 – Withdrew
2012 to 2015 – Did not qualify

Recent results

13 June 2015 2017 ACON qualification	Angola	4–0	Central African Republic	Lubango, Angola
15:30 WAT	Gelson 35', 63' Menga 57' (pen.) Gilberto 90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio da Tundavala Referee: Duncan Lengani (Malawi)

6 September 2015 2017 ACON qualification	Central African Republic	2–0	DR Congo	Bangui, Central African Republic
17:00 WAT	Mabidé 23' Gourrier 33' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Barthelemy Boganda Stadium Referee: Antoine Effa Essouma (Cameroon)

10 October 2015 2018 FIFA WC qualification	Central African Republic	0–3	Madagascar	Antananarivo, Madagascar
14:30 UTC+3		Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Rabeson 27' Rakotoharimalala 39' Paul 65'	Stadium: Mahamasina Municipal Stadium Referee: Ndala Ngambo (Congo DR)

13 October 2015 2018 FIFA WC qualification	Madagascar	2–2	Central African Republic	Antananarivo, Madagascar
14:30 EAT	Ramanamahefa 15' Andrianantenaina 34'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Gourrier 7' Dagoulou 44'	Stadium: Mahamasina Municipal Stadium Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

16 October 2015 2016 ANC qualification	DR Congo	Cancelled ^[3]	Central African Republic	DR Congo
				Stadium: TBD

23 October 2015 2016 ANC qualification	Central African Republic	Cancelled ^[4]	DR Congo	Central African Republic
				Stadium: TBD

23 March 2016 2017 ACON qualification	Madagascar	1-1	Central African Republic	Madagascar
				Stadium: TBD

27 March 2016 2017 ACON qualification	Central African Republic	2-1	Madagascar	Central African Republic
				Stadium: TBD

3 June 2016 2017 ACON qualification	Central African Republic	v	Angola	Central African Republic
				Stadium: TBD

2 September 2016 2017 ACON qualification	DR Congo	v	Central African Republic	DR Congo
				Stadium: TBD

Current squad

The following squad has been selected for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Madagascar in March 2016.

Caps & goals as of 28 March 2016.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Geoffrey Lembet	(1988-09-23) September 23, 1988	19	0	Auxerre
1GK	Prince Samolah	(1985-09-05) September 5, 1985	6	0	Espérance
1GK	Yannick Chembou	(1994-08-07) August 7, 1994	0	0	Vegetarianos

2DF	Franklin Anzité	(1985-11-02) November 2, 1985	25	0	Long An
2DF	Brice Zimbori-Auzingoni	(1989-05-22) May 22, 1989	20	2	Léopards
2DF	Salif Kéïta	(1990-04-10) April 10, 1990	18	2	Motema Pembe
2DF	Thérence Kéthévoama	(1989-09-07) September 7, 1989	18	0	Tempête
2DF	Kelly Youga	(1985-09-22) September 22, 1985	13	0	Free Agent
2DF	Fernander Kassaï	(1987-07-01) July 1, 1987	12	0	Tobol
2DF	Parfait Tamboulas	(1995-04-29) April 29, 1995	1	0	Olympic Real

3MF	Èloge Enza-Yamissi (captain)	(1983-01-23) January 23, 1983	16	0	Valenciennes
3MF	Vianney Mabidé	(1988-08-31) August 31, 1988	14	3	Moghreb Tétouan
3MF	Gervais Kago	(1987-12-19) December 19, 1987	13	0	Les Astres
3MF	Amores Dertin	(1991-01-22) January 22, 1991	10	0	Sapins
3MF	Junior Gourrier	(1992-04-12) April 12, 1992	6	2	DFC8

4FW	Foxi Kéthévoama	(1986-05-30) May 30, 1986	27	3	Gaziantep B.B.
4FW	Hilaire Momi	(1990-03-16) March 16, 1990	20	6	Seraing United
4FW	Eudes Dagoulou	(1990-02-09) February 9, 1990	15	0	Sétif
4FW	Moussa Limane	(1992-05-07) May 7, 1992	6	2	Caspiy
4FW	Demba Malick	(1995-04-20) April 20, 1995	2	1	El-Kanemi Warriors
4FW	Jesus Konnsimbal	(1992-03-03) March 3, 1992	1	0	Košice

Recent call-ups

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
16	1GK	Emmanuel Yezzoat	(1986-06-21) 21 June 1986	3	0	Mounana
22	1GK	Ulrich Gondje	(1990-07-13) 13 July 1990	0	0	DFC8

12	2DF	Manassé Enza-Yamissi	(1989-09-28) 28 September 1989	11	0	Gil Vicente
19	2DF	Ali Calvin Tolmbaye	(1986-05-10) 10 May 1986	5	0	Békéscsaba
17	2DF	Amos Youga	(1992-12-08) 8 December 1992	1	0	Vannes

13	3MF	David Manga	(1989-03-02) 2 March 1989	9	2	Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
8	3MF	Audin Boutou	(1989-12-23) 23 December 1989	8	0	DFC8
17	3MF	Ferdinand Kémo	(1990-07-15) 15 July 1990	6	0	Simba
21	3MF	Mamadi Saoudi	(1988-12-19) 19 December 1988	3	0	SCAF Bangui
23	3MF	Ralph Kottoy	(1992-02-09) 9 February 1992	0	0	Sainte-Geneviève

23	4FW	Habib Habibou	(1987-04-16) 16 April 1987	0	0	Rennes

Coaches

Jules Accorsi (2010–2012)
Herve Lougoundji (2012–2014, caretaker)
Raoul Savoy (2014-15)

References

↑ http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=cta/about.html
↑ Barrie Courtney. "Central African Republic - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
↑ "CHAN 2016 : les Léopards se qualifient sans jouer". digitalcongo.net. 14 October 2015.
↑ "CHAN 2016 : les Léopards se qualifient sans jouer". digitalcongo.net. 14 October 2015.

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Football in the Central African Republic

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National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17

Women	National team U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Central African Republic League

Domestic cups

Men	Central African Republic Coupe Nationale

Awards

Footballer of the Year
Top scorers

Lists

All-time Table
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Venues

Men's clubs
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National football teams of Africa (CAF)

North Africa (UNAF)	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia

West Africa (WAFU)	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo

East Africa (CECAFA)	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar¹

Central Africa (UNIFFAC)	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe

Southern Africa (COSAFA)	Angola Botswana Comoros Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe

Non-regional Members	Réunion¹

¹ Associate member of CAF but not member of FIFA

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

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