Central African Republic national football team information
Men's national association football team representing the Central African Republic
This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Central African Republic women's national football team.
Central African Republic
Nickname(s)
Les Fauves (The Wild Beasts)
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
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current
128 1 (4 April 2024)[1]
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)[2]
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)
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.[4][5]
^"The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^Barrie Courtney. "Central African Republic – List of International Matches". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
^"Éliminatoires CAN 2019: La liste des 23 fauves pour affronter la Guinée". Centrafrique Football (in French). Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
^"CAR national football team 2018". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
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Global Information
1 (4 April 2024)[1]
Ubangi-Shari 5–1 French Cameroon 
Central African Republic 6–0 Bhutan 
Ivory Coast 11–0 Central African Republic 
