Burundi national football team
The Burundi national football team, nicknamed The Swallows (French: Les Hirondelles; Kirundi: Intamba m'Urugamba), represents Burundi in international football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Burundi. The team has never qualified for the World Cup. Burundi previously did come very close to qualifying for the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations, losing only on penalties to Guinea in a playoff. However, in 2019, it qualified for the first time, and took part in the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Group B, but lost all its matches and left from the group stage without scoring a single goal.
| Nickname(s) | Intamba Les Hirondelles The Chayfs (The Swallows) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Football Federation of Burundi | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | CECAFA (East & Central Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Etienne Ndayiragije | ||
| Captain | Saido Berahino | ||
| Most caps | Karim Nizigiyimana (64) | ||
| Top scorer | Fiston Abdul Razak (19) | ||
| Home stadium | Intwari Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | BDI | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 140 (4 April 2024) | ||
| Highest | 96 (August 1993) | ||
| Lowest | 160 (July 1998) | ||
| First international | |||
| Uganda 7–0 Burundi (Kampala, Uganda; 9 October 1964) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Burundi 7–0 Djibouti (Bujumbura, Burundi; 11 March 2017) Burundi 8–1 Seychelles (Moroni, Comoros; 4 September 2021) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Congo 8–0 Burundi (Cameroon; 24 December 1977) | |||
| Africa Cup of Nations | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2019) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2019) | ||
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