Nickname(s) |
Les Fauves (The Wild Beasts) |
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Association | Fédération Centrafricaine de Football |
Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
Sub-confederation |
UNIFFAC (Central Africa) |
Head coach | Blaise Kopogo |
Captain | Foxi Kéthévoama |
Home stadium | Barthélémy Boganda Stadium |
FIFA code | CTA |
FIFA ranking | |
Current | 108 4 (9 February 2017) |
Highest | 49 (October 2012) |
Lowest | 202 (July–September 2009, March–August 2010) |
Elo ranking | |
Current | 133 (21 December 2016) |
Highest | 109 (8 September 2012) |
Lowest | 164 (2007-2009) |
First international | |
Ubangi-Shari 5–1 French Cameroon (Ubangi-Shari; unknown date 1956) |
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Biggest win | |
Ubangi-Shari 5–1 French Cameroon (Ubangi-Shari; unknown date 1956) |
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Biggest defeat | |
Ivory Coast 11–0 Central African Republic (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.
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.