The national football team of the Republic of the Congo represents the Republic of the Congo in international matches and football tournaments . The governing organization is the Congo Football Federation .
| Republic of the Congo | |||
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| Nickname | Diables Rouges (Red Devils) - Red Devils | ||
| Federation | Congo Football Federation | ||
| Main trainer |  Valdo Filho | ||
| The greatest number of games | Destin Makita Papa (60) | ||
| Best bombardier | Makshambe Jung-Muani (16) | ||
| House. stadium | Municipal de Pointe Noire | ||
| FIFA rating | 90 ▲ 2 (June 14, 2019) [1] | ||
| Highest | 42 (September 2015) | ||
| Lower | 144 (September 2011) | ||
| FIFA code | CGO | ||
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| The first game | |||
 Autonomous Republic of Congo 4: 1 Reunion ( Madagascar ; April 13, 1960) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Autonomous Republic of Congo 11: 0 Chad  (AR Congo; March 28, 1964)  NR Congo 11: 0 Sao Tome and Principe  ( Gabon ; July 7, 1976) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Malagasy Republic 8: 1 Autonomous Republic of Congo ( Madagascar ; April 19, 1960) | |||
| African Nations Cup | |||
| Participation | 7 ( first time in 1968 ) | ||
| Progress |  1972 champion | ||
Content
History
The Congo national team has never taken part in the World Championships and has participated in the final stages of the African Nations Cup six times. The Congolese have achieved the best results in their history in the 1970s. In 1972, the Congo team was the best in Africa, winning the African Cup of Nations , held in Cameroon. In the group, the Red Devils played a draw with the Moroccan national team 1: 1, lost to their neighbors from Zaire 0: 2 and beat the Sudan national team 4: 2 in the decisive match for themselves. In the semifinal, with a score of 1: 0, the hosts of the tournament, Cameroonians , were replayed, and in the final, with a score of 3: 2, the Mali team . Two years later, at the African Cup of Nations in Egypt, the Congo national team confirmed its high status by reaching the semifinals, where, however, it lost to the national team of Zambia - 2: 4. In the match for 3rd place, the Congolese suffered another defeat against the Egyptian national team - 0: 4.
The last more or less significant success of the Congo national team dates back to 1992 - reaching the quarter finals of the African Nations Cup .
World Championships
- 1930 - 1962 - did not participate
- 1966 - application rejected by FIFA
- 1970 - did not participate
- 1974 - 1978 - did not qualify
- 1982 - 1990 - did not participate
- 1994 - 2018 - did not qualify
African Nations Cup
- 1957 - 1965 - did not participate
- 1968 - group stage
- 1970 - did not participate
- 1972 - Champion
- 1974 - 4th place
- 1976 - did not qualify
- 1978 - group stage
- 1980 - 1988 - did not qualify
- 1990 - did not participate
- 1992 - quarter finals
- 1994 - did not qualify
- 1996 - did not qualify
- 1998 - did not qualify
- 2000 - group stage
- 2002 - 2013 - did not qualify
- 2015 - 1/4 finals
- 2017 - did not qualify
- 2019 - did not qualify
Famous Players
- Francois M'Pele
- Tevi Bifuma
- Delvin N'Dinga
- Destin Makita Papa
Achievements
- CEMAC Cup - Champion (2007)
- Championship UDEAC (UDEAC Championship) - Champion (1990)
Notes
- ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking . FIFA (June 14, 2019). The appeal date is June 14, 2019.