Cameroon national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Cameroon women's 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)[1]
Home stadium	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo
FIFA code	CMR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	33 10 (22 December 2022)[2]
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

See the main article: Cameroon at the FIFA World Cup

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		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
Total	Quarter-finals	7/21	23	4	7	12	18	43		87	51	23	13	143	65

FIFA Confederations Cup

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

Africa Cup of Nations record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1957	Part of  France
1959
1962	Not affiliated to CAF
1963
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		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
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
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

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

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

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

See also: Cameroon national under-23 football team

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

See the main article: Cameroon national football team results (2020–present)

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

Japan  v  Cameroon

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

Cameroon  v  South Sudan

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

Cameroon  v  Mozambique

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)

Mozambique  v  Cameroon

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

Cameroon  v  Zimbabwe

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

Cameroon  v  Mali

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)

Burkina Faso  v  Cameroon

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

DR Congo  v  Cameroon

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

Morocco  v  Cameroon

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

Guinea  v  Cameroon

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

Cape Verde  v  Cameroon

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)

Cameroon  v  Rwanda

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

Current squad

• 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]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Fabrice Ondoa	(1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 29)	42	0	Istra 1961
	1GK	Haschou Kerrido	(1994-06-02) 2 June 1994 (age 30)	6	0	PWD Bamenda
	1GK	Jean Efala	(1992-08-11) 11 August 1992 (age 32)	1	0	Akwa United
	1GK	Simon Omossola	(1998-05-05) 5 May 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Vita Club
	2DF	Jonathan Ngwem	(1991-07-20) 20 July 1991 (age 33)	9	0	Ceramica Cleopatra
	2DF	Serge Leuko	(1993-08-04) 4 August 1993 (age 31)	7	0	Waasland-Beveren
	2DF	Jérôme Onguéné	(1997-12-22) 22 December 1997 (age 27)	6	0	Genoa
	2DF	Harold Moukoudi	(1997-11-27) 27 November 1997 (age 27)	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 27)	3	0	Philadelphia Union
	2DF	Macky Bagnack	(1995-06-07) 7 June 1995 (age 29)	2	0	Partizan
	2DF	Fabrice Ngah	(1997-10-16) 16 October 1997 (age 27)	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 29)	26	3	Fulham
	3MF	Arnaud Djoum	(1989-05-02) 2 May 1989 (age 35)	25	0	Al-Raed
	3MF	Samuel Gouet	(1997-12-14) 14 December 1997 (age 27)	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 25)	1	0	Mouscron
	3MF	Yvan Neyou	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 28)	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 32)	33	3	Lyon
	4FW	Moumi Ngamaleu	(1994-07-09) 9 July 1994 (age 30)	21	3	Young Boys
	4FW	Stéphane Bahoken	(1992-05-28) 28 May 1992 (age 32)	12	3	Angers
	4FW	Martin Ako Assomo	(1999-12-21) 21 December 1999 (age 25)	6	0	APEJES Academy
	4FW	Serge Tabekou	(1996-10-15) 15 October 1996 (age 28)	3	1	Mouscron

Coaching staff

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

Records

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 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– 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

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

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2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
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. http://www.national-football-teams.com/country/35/2019/Cameroon.html Cameroon
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.