Cameroon national football team

Cameroon
Nickname(s)	Les Lions Indomptables ; (The Indomitable Lions)
Association	Fédération Camerounaise de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNIFFAC ; (Central Africa)
Head coach	Toni Conceição
Captain	Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
Most caps	Rigobert Song (137)
Top scorer	Samuel Eto'o (56)
Home stadium	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo
FIFA code	CMR
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	33 10 (22 December 2022)
Highest	11 (November 2006 – January 2007, November – December 2009)
Lowest	79 (February – March 2013)
First international
	Belgian Congo 3–2 French Cameroon ; (Belgian Congo; September 1956)
Biggest win
	Cameroon 9–0 Chad ; (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; 7 April 1965)
Biggest defeat
	South Korea 5–0 Cameroon ; (Seoul, South Korea; 4 October 1984) ; Norway 6–1 Cameroon ; (Oslo, Norway; 31 October 1990) ; Russia 6–1 Cameroon ; (Palo Alto, California, USA; 28 June 1994) ; Costa Rica 5–0 Cameroon ; (San José, Costa Rica; 9 March 1997)
World Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1982)
Best result	Quarter-finals, 1990
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	19 (first in 1970)
Best result	Champions, 1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017
African Nations Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2016)
Best result	Quarter-finals, 2016
Confederations Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 2001)
Best result	Second place, 2003

The Cameroon national football team (French: Équipe nationale du camerounaise de football) is the national football team of Cameroon.

Competitive record[change | change source]

FIFA World Cup									FIFA World Cup Qualifying
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter								Did not enter
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966	Withdrew								Withdrew
1970	Did not qualify								2	0	1	1	3	4
1974									3	1	1	1	1	3
1978									2	0	1	1	2	4
1982	Group Stage	17th	3	0	3	0	1	1	8	5	1	2	16	5
1986	Did not qualify								2	0	1	1	2	5
1990	Quarter-finals	7th	5	3	0	2	7	9	8	6	1	1	12	6
1994	Group stage	22nd	3	0	1	2	3	11	8	5	2	1	14	4
1998		25th	3	0	2	1	2	5	6	4	2	0	10	4
2002		20th	3	1	1	1	2	3	10	8	1	1	20	4
2006	Did not qualify								10	6	3	1	18	10
2010	Group stage	31st	3	0	0	3	2	5	12	9	2	1	23	4
2014	Group stage	32nd	3	0	0	3	1	9	8	5	2	1	12	4
2018	Did not qualify								8	2	5	1	10	9
2022	To be determined
2026	To be determined
Total	Quarter-finals	7/21	23	4	7	12	18	43	87	51	23	13	143	65

FIFA Confederations Cup[change | change source]

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992	Did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	2	4	Squad
2003	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	3	1	Squad
2005	Did not qualify
2009
2013
2017	Group stage	7th	3	0	1	2	2	6	Squad
Total	Runners-up	3/10	11	4	2	5	7	11	-

Africa Cup of Nations[change | change source]

Africa Cup of Nations record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1957	Part of France
1959	Part of France
1962	Not affiliated to CAF
1963	Not affiliated to CAF
1965	Did not enter
1968	Did not qualify
1970	Group stage	5th	3	2	0	1	7	5
1972	Third place	3rd	5	3	1	1	10	5
1974	Did not qualify
1976
1978
1980
1982	Group stage	5th	3	0	3	0	1	1
1984	Champions	1st	5	3	1	1	9	3
1986	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	2	0	8	5
1988	Champions	1st	5	3	2	0	4	1
1990	Group stage	5th	3	1	0	2	2	3
1992	Fourth place	4th	5	2	2	1	4	3
1994	Did not qualify
1996	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	5	7
1998	Quarter-finals	8th	4	2	1	1	5	4
2000	Champions	1st	6	3	2	1	11	5
2002	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	9	0
2004	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	7	6
2006	Quarter-finals	5th	4	3	1	0	8	2
2008	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	14	8
2010	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	1	2	6	8
2012	Did not qualify
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Group stage	13th	3	0	2	1	2	3
2017	Champions	1st	6	3	3	0	7	3
2019	Round of 16	13th	4	1	2	1	4	3
2021	Qualified as hosts
2023	To be determined
2025	To be determined
Total	5 Titles	19/33	84	41	27	16	123	75

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalties.

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

African Nations Championship[change | change source]

African Nations Championship record
Appearances: 4
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Quarter-finals	5th	4	3	1	0	5	0
2014	Did not qualify
2016	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	4	4
2018	Group stage	12th	3	0	1	2	1	3
2020	Fourth place	4th	6	2	2	2	4	8
2022	To be determined
Total	Fourth place	4/6	17	7	5	5	14	15

Summer Olympics[change | change source]

Olympic Games Record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1900 to 1960	Did not enter
1964 to 1972	Did not qualify
1976	Did not enter
1980	Did not qualify
1984	Round 1	11th	3	1	0	2	3	5
1988	Did not qualify
1992–present	See Cameroon national under-23 football team
Total	Round 1	1/19	3	1	0	2	3	5

Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since 1992.

African Games[change | change source]

Football at the African Games has been an under-23 tournament since 1991.

African Games Record
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1965	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991–present	See Cameroon national under-23 football team
Total	4/4	0	0	0	0	0	0

Results and fixtures[change | change source]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Lose

2020[change | change source]

9 October Friendly	Japan	0–0	Cameroon	Utrecht, Netherlands
				Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard

13 October Friendly	Cameroon	0–0	South Sudan	Yaoundé, Cameroon
17:00 UTC+1				Stadium: Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo

12 November 2021 AFCON Q	Cameroon	4–1	Mozambique	Douala, Cameroon
17:00 UTC+1	Aboubakar 38', 47' Zambo Anguissa 56' N'Jie 80'	Report	Kamo-Kamo 74'	Stadium: Stade de la Réunification Referee: Kalilou Traore Ibrahim (Ivory Coast)

16 November 2021 AFCON Q	Mozambique	0–2	Cameroon	Maputo, Mozambique
18:00 UTC+2		Report	Aboubakar 26' Tabekou 73'	Stadium: Estádio do Zimpeto Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

2021[change | change source]

16 January 2020 CHAN	Cameroon	1–0	Zimbabwe	Yaoundé, Cameroon
17:00 UTC+1	Banga 72'	Report		Stadium: Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo Attendance: 0

20 January 2020 CHAN	Cameroon	1–1	Mali	Yaoundé, Cameroon
17:00 UTC+1	Banga 6'	Report	Samaké 12'	Stadium: Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo Referee: Pacifque Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

24 January 2020 CHAN	Burkina Faso	0–0	Cameroon	Yaoundé, Cameroon
20:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo

30 January 2020 CHAN QF	DR Congo	1–2	Cameroon	Douala, Cameroon
20:00 UTC+1	Lilepo 22'	Report	Ndjeng 29' Tcheoude 42'	Stadium: Japoma Stadium

3 February 2020 CHAN SF	Morocco	4–0	Cameroon	Limbe, Cameroon
20:00 UTC+1	Bouftini 29' Rahimi 40', 74' Ali Bemammer 82'			Stadium: Limbe Stadium

6 February 2020 CHAN 3rd	Guinea	2–0	Cameroon	Douala, Cameroon
20:00 UTC+1	Sylla 9' Bangoura 45+1'			Stadium: Stade de la Réunification

26 March 2021 AFCON Q	Cape Verde	3–1	Cameroon	Praia, Cape Verde
15:00 UTC−1	Kuca 25' Bagnack 59' (o.g.) Mendes 69'	Report	Kunde 14'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

30 March 2021 AFCON Q	Cameroon	0–0	Rwanda	Douala, Cameroon
20:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Japoma Stadium Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)

Players[change | change source]

Current squad[change | change source]

The following 25 players were called up for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Cape Verde and Rwanda on 26 and 30 March 2021.^[4]
Caps and goals are correct as of: 16 November 2020, after the match against Mozambique.^[5]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Fabrice Ondoa	(1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 28)	42	0	Istra 1961
1GK	Haschou Kerrido	(1994-06-02) 2 June 1994 (age 29)	6	0	PWD Bamenda
1GK	Jean Efala	(1992-08-11) 11 August 1992 (age 31)	1	0	Akwa United
1GK	Simon Omossola	(1998-05-05) 5 May 1998 (age 25)	1	0	Vita Club

2DF	Jonathan Ngwem	(1991-07-20) 20 July 1991 (age 32)	9	0	Ceramica Cleopatra
2DF	Serge Leuko	(1993-08-04) 4 August 1993 (age 30)	7	0	Waasland-Beveren
2DF	Jérôme Onguéné	(1997-12-22) 22 December 1997 (age 26)	6	0	Genoa
2DF	Harold Moukoudi	(1997-11-27) 27 November 1997 (age 26)	4	0	Saint-Étienne
2DF	Jean-Charles Castelletto	(1995-01-26) 26 January 1995 (age 29)	3	0	Nantes
2DF	Olivier Mbaizo	(1997-08-15) 15 August 1997 (age 26)	3	0	Philadelphia Union
2DF	Macky Bagnack	(1995-06-07) 7 June 1995 (age 28)	2	0	Partizan
2DF	Fabrice Ngah	(1997-10-16) 16 October 1997 (age 26)	2	0	Ceramica Cleopatra
2DF	Blondon Meyapya Fongain	(2001-02-10) 10 February 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Fauve Azur

3MF	André-Frank Zambo Anguissa	(1995-11-16) 16 November 1995 (age 28)	26	3	Fulham
3MF	Arnaud Djoum	(1989-05-02) 2 May 1989 (age 34)	25	0	Al-Raed
3MF	Samuel Gouet	(1997-12-14) 14 December 1997 (age 26)	7	0	Rheindorf Altach
3MF	Martin Hongla	(1998-03-16) 16 March 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Antwerp
3MF	Jean Onana	(2000-01-08) 8 January 2000 (age 24)	1	0	Mouscron
3MF	Yvan Neyou	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Saint-Étienne

4FW	Vincent Aboubakar	(1992-01-22) 22 January 1992 (age 32)	67	22	Beşiktaş
4FW	Karl Toko Ekambi	(1992-09-14) 14 September 1992 (age 31)	33	3	Lyon
4FW	Moumi Ngamaleu	(1994-07-09) 9 July 1994 (age 29)	21	3	Young Boys
4FW	Stéphane Bahoken	(1992-05-28) 28 May 1992 (age 31)	12	3	Angers
4FW	Martin Ako Assomo	(1999-12-21) 21 December 1999 (age 24)	6	0	APEJES Academy
4FW	Serge Tabekou	(1996-10-15) 15 October 1996 (age 27)	3	1	Mouscron

Coaching staff[change | change source]

Position	Name
Head coach	Toni Conceição
Assistant coach	Filipe Batista
Goalkeeping coach	Vasco Ferraz
Fitness coach	António Correia
Physiotherapist	Nuno Pontes

Records[change | change source]

As of 20 November 2020^[6]

Players in bold text are still active with Cameroon.

Most Caps
#	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Rigobert Song	137	5	1993–2010
2	Samuel Eto'o	118	56	1997–2014
2	Geremi Njitap	118	13	1996–2010
4	Emmanuel Kundé	102	17	1979–1992
5	Jacques Songo'o	80	0	1983–2002
6	Roger Milla	77	43	1973–1994
7	Nicolas N'Koulou	75	2	2008–
8	François Omam-Biyik	73	26	1985–1998
9	Carlos Kameni	72	0	2001–
10	Vincent Aboubakar	69	23	2010–
10	Pierre Womé	69	1	1995–2012

Top Goalscorers
#	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Samuel Eto'o (list)	56	118	0.47	1997–2014
2	Roger Milla	43	77	0.56	1973–1994
3	Patrick M'Boma	33	55	0.6	1995–2004
4	François Omam-Biyik	26	73	0.36	1985–1998
5	Vincent Aboubakar	23	69	0.33	2010–
6	Alphonse Marie Tchami	21	57	0.37	1988–1998
7	Pierre Webó	19	59	0.32	2003–2014
8	Emmanuel Kundé	17	102	0.17	1979–1992
9	Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting	16	55	0.29	2010–
10	André Kana-Biyik	15	59	0.25	1985–1994

Managers[change | change source]

Dates	Name
1960–1965	technical committee
1965–1970	Dominique Colonna
1970	Raymond Fobete
1970–1973	Peter Schnittger
1973–1975	Vladimir Beara
1976–1979	Ivan Ridanović
1980–1982	Branko Žutić
1982	Jean Vincent
1982–1984	Radivoje Ognjanović
1985–1988	Claude Le Roy
1988–1990	Valery Nepomnyashchy
1990–1993	Philippe Redon
1993–1994	Jean Manga-Onguéné

Dates	Name
1994	Léonard Nseké
1994	Henri Michel
1994–1996	Jules Nyongha
1996–1997	Henri Depireux
1997–1998	Jean Manga-Onguéné
1998	Claude Le Roy
1998–2001	Pierre Lechantre
2001	Robert Corfou
2001	Jean-Paul Akono
2001–2004	Winfried Schäfer
2004–2006	Artur Jorge
2006–2007	Arie Haan
2007	Jules Nyongha

Dates	Name
2007–2009	Otto Pfister
2009	Thomas N'Kono
2009–2010	Paul Le Guen
2010–2011	Javier Clemente
2011–2012	Denis Lavagne
2012–2013	Jean-Paul Akono
2013–2015	Volker Finke
2015–2016	Alexandre Belinga
2016–2017	Hugo Broos
2017–2018	Rigobert Song
2018–2019	Clarence Seedorf^[7]
2019–present	Toni Conceição^[8]

References[change | change source]

↑ "9 Samuel ETOO". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
↑ "CAN 2021 (Q) : la liste finale du Cameroun avec Neyou et Toko Ekambi, sans Choupo ni Bassogog !". afrik-foot.com. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
↑ http://www.national-football-teams.com/country/35/2019/Cameroon.html Cameroon
↑ Mamrud, Roberto. "Cameroon – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
↑ "Cameroon appoint Seedorf & Kluivert as deal for Eriksson falls through". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
↑ "Cameroon appoint Toni Conceicao as new head coach". kingfut.com. 21 September 2019.

[9_Samuel_ETOO-1] "9 Samuel ETOO". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

[FIFA_World_Rankings-2] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-3] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

[4] "CAN 2021 (Q) : la liste finale du Cameroun avec Neyou et Toko Ekambi, sans Choupo ni Bassogog !". afrik-foot.com. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

[5] ttp://www.national-football-teams.com/country/35/2019/Cameroon.html Cameroon

[rsssf_senegal_players-6] Mamrud, Roberto. "Cameroon – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[7] "Cameroon appoint Seedorf & Kluivert as deal for Eriksson falls through". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.

[8] "Cameroon appoint Toni Conceicao as new head coach". kingfut.com. 21 September 2019.

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