Central African Republic national football team
The Central African Republic national football team (French: Équipe de République centrafricaine de football), nicknamed Les Fauves, is the national team of the Central African Republic and is controlled by the Central African Football Federation. They are a member of CAF. Despite being traditionally one of the weakest teams in Africa and the world, they recently achieved success. They won the 2009 CEMAC Cup by beating Gabon in the semi-finals and Equatorial Guinea in the final 3–0. Their FIFA ranking rose from 202nd in August 2010 to 89th by July 2011. On 10 October 2010, they earned a shock 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier win at home against Algeria 2–0, which put them top of their qualification group. The team won its first FIFA World Cup qualifier on 2 June 2012 after beating Botswana 2–0 at home.
| Nickname(s) | Les Fauves (The Wild Beasts) | ||
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| Association | Central African Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | UNIFFAC (Central Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Raoul Savoy | ||
| Captain | Geoffrey Kondogbia | ||
| Most caps | Foxi Kéthévoama (48) | ||
| Top scorer | Louis Mafouta (11) | ||
| Home stadium | Barthélemy Boganda Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | CTA | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 128 1 (4 April 2024) | ||
| Highest | 49 (October 2012) | ||
| Lowest | 202 (July–September 2009, March–August 2010) | ||
| First international | |||
| Ubangi-Shari 5–1 French Cameroon (Ubangi-Shari; unknown date 1956) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Central African Republic 6–0 Bhutan (Colombo, Sri Lanka; 22 March 2024) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Ivory Coast 11–0 Central African Republic (Abidjan, Ivory Coast; 27 December 1961) | |||