Burkina Faso national football team

Burkina Faso
Nickname(s)	Les Étalons ; (The Stallions)
Association	Burkinabé Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Brahima Traoré
Captain	Bertrand Traoré
Most caps	Charles Kaboré (102)
Top scorer	Moumouni Dagano (34)
Home stadium	Stade du 4-Août
FIFA code	BFA
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	62 1 (4 April 2024)
Highest	35 (April–May 2017)
Lowest	127 (December 1993)
First international
	Upper Volta 5–4 Gabon ; (Tananarive, Madagascar; 14 April 1960)
Biggest win
	Upper Volta 5–1 Liberia ; (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; 27 December 1961); Burkina Faso 4–0 Mozambique ; (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 7 June 2003); Burkina Faso 4–0 Namibia ; (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 26 March 2011); Burkina Faso 4–0 Ethiopia ; (Nelspruit, South Africa; 25 January 2013); Burkina Faso 4–0 Niger ; (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 23 March 2013); Burkina Faso 5–1 Swaziland ; (Nelspruit, South Africa; 10 January 2015); Burkina Faso 4–0 Cape Verde ; (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 14 November 2017); Djibouti 0–4 Burkina Faso ; (Marrakesh, Morocco; 8 October 2021)
Biggest defeat
	Algeria 7–0 Upper Volta ; (Oran, Algeria; 30 August 1981)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	13 (first in 1978)
Best result	Runners-up (2013)

The Burkina Faso national football team (French: Équipe de football du Burkina Faso) represents Burkina Faso in men's international football and is controlled by the Burkinabé Football Federation. They were known as the Upper Volta national football team until 1984, when Upper Volta became Burkina Faso. They finished fourth in the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations, when they hosted the tournament. Their best ever finish in the tournament was the 2013 edition, reaching the final.

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