Men's national association football team representing Rwanda
This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Rwanda women's national football team.
Rwanda
Nickname(s)
Amavubi (The Wasps)
Association
Rwanda Football Federation
Confederation
CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation
CECAFA (East Africa)
Head coach
Torsten Spittler
Captain
Haruna Niyonzima
Most caps
Haruna Niyonzima (110)
Top scorer
Olivier Karekezi (24)
Home stadium
Stade Amahoro, Nyamirambo Regional Stadium
FIFA code
RWA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current
131 2 (4 April 2024)[1]
Highest
64 (March 2015)
Lowest
178 (July 1999)
First international
Burundi 6–2 Rwanda (Libreville, Gabon; 29 June 1976)
Biggest win
Rwanda 9–0 Djibouti (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 13 December 2007)
Biggest defeat
Cameroon 5–0 Rwanda (Libreville, Gabon; 7 July 1976) Zaire 6–1 Rwanda (Gabon; 12 July 1976) Tunisia 5–0 Rwanda (Tunis, Tunisia; 10 April 1983) Uganda 5–0 Rwanda (Kampala, Uganda; 1 August 1998)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances
1 (first in 2004)
Best result
Group stage (2004)
The Rwanda national football team represents Rwanda in international football and is controlled by the Rwandese Association Football Federation, the governing body of football in Rwanda, and competes as a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), as well as the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA), a CAF sub-confederation that governs football in East and Central Africa. The team bears the nickname Amavubi (Kinyarwanda for The Wasps), and primarily plays its home games at the Stade Amahoro in Kigali, the nation's capital. They have never qualified for a World Cup finals, and reached their only Africa Cup of Nations in 2004.
^"The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
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Global Information
2 (4 April 2024)[1]
Burundi 6–2 Rwanda 
Rwanda 9–0 Djibouti 
Cameroon 5–0 Rwanda 
Zaire 6–1 Rwanda 
Tunisia 5–0 Rwanda 
Uganda 5–0 Rwanda 
