DR Congo A' national football team

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DR Congo A'
UNIFFAC (Central Africa)
Head coachChristian Nsengi-Biembe
Home stadiumStade des Martyrs
FIFA codeCOD
First colours
Second colours
African Nations Championship
Appearances5 (first in 2009)
Best resultChampions, 2009 and 2016

The DR Congo A' national team is the local national football team of the

DR Congo (formerly Zaire, alternatively known as Congo-Kinshasa) and is open only to domestic league players. The team represents DR Congo at the African Nations Championship and is governed by the Congolese Association Football Federation
. They are nicknamed The Leopards.

DR Congo won the maiden African Nations Championship hosted by Ivory Coast in 2009[1] and repeated the feat at the 2016 tournament.[2] Since 2014, all DR Congo A' team matches have been recognized by FIFA as first team matches.[3]

African Nations Championship record

African Nations Championship
Appearances: 5
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Ivory Coast 2009 Champions 1st 5 3 1 1 7 5
Sudan 2011 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 3 5
South Africa 2014 7th 4 2 0 2 3 3
Rwanda 2016 Champions 1st 6 4 1 1 14 7
Morocco 2018 Did not qualify
Cameroon 2020 Quarter- finals 5th 4 2 1 1 5 4
Algeria 2022 Group stage 15 3 0 2 1 0 3
Kenya 2024 To be Determined
Total Champions 5/7 23 12 4 7 32 24

Results and fixtures

Results

Main article: 2020 African Nations Championship qualification
22 September 2019 2020 African Nations Championship  Central African Republic 0–2  DR Congo Barthélemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui
16:00 (UTC+1) Report
  • Beya 26'
  • Muleka 85'
 Referee: Diosdado Nzibi Nze Angono (Equatorial Guinea)
20 October 2019 2020 African Nations Championship  DR Congo 4–1  Central African Republic Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
15:30 (UTC+1)
Report Dimokoyen 70' Referee: Antoine Effa Essouma (Cameroon)

Fixtures

Main article: 2020 African Nations Championship
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Libya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  DR Congo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Congo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Niger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: January 2021. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
 DR CongoTBD Congo
Libya TBD DR Congo
Niger TBD DR Congo
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

Squad

The following players were called up for the 2020 African Nations Championship matches against Central African Republic.
Caps and goals as of 20 October 2019 after the match against Central African Republic.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Jackson Lunanga Sankiaro (1997-05-05) 5 May 1997 (age 26) 2 0
AS Vita
1GK Nathan Mabruki (1989-04-27) 27 April 1989 (age 34) 3 0
DC Motema Pembe
2DF Mukoko Amale (1998-10-17) 17 October 1998 (age 25) 5 0 Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe
2DF Issama Mpeko (1989-05-30) 30 May 1989 (age 34) 71 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
2DF Ernest Luzolo Sita (1997-01-24) 24 January 1997 (age 27) 3 0
AS Vita
2DF Kévin Mondeko (1995-09-10) 10 September 1995 (age 28) 2 0 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
2DF Luete Ava Dongo (1996-01-27) 27 January 1996 (age 28) 5 1
AS Vita
2DF Atibu Radjabu 0 0 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Maniema Union
3MF Teji Lutonadio 2 0 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Maniema Union
3MF Rachidi Assumani (1994-02-25) 25 February 1994 (age 30) 0 0
DC Motema Pembe
3MF Steve Ebuela 0 0 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Dauphins Noirs
3MF Glody Likonza (1998-05-10) 10 May 1998 (age 25) 2 0 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
3MF Zemanga Soze 0 0
AS Vita
3MF Mukoko Tonombe (1996-01-16) 16 January 1996 (age 28) 2 0
AS Vita
3MF Beverly Makangila (2000-04-11) 11 April 2000 (age 24) 1 0 Democratic Republic of the Congo FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo
3MF Jérémie Mumbere (1991-06-10) 10 June 1991 (age 32) 2 0
AS Vita
3MF Ikoyo Iyembe 1 0
DC Motema Pembe
4FW Vinny Kmobe Bongonga (1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 28) 0 0
DC Motema Pembe
4FW Ducapel Moloko (1997-12-25) 25 December 1997 (age 26) 0 0
AS Vita
4FW Jackson Muleka (1999-10-04) 4 October 1999 (age 24) 7 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
4FW Isaac Tshibangu (2003-05-17) 17 May 2003 (age 20) 2 0 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
4FW Merveille Wamba Kikasa (1999-02-14) 14 February 1999 (age 25) 3 1
AS Vita
4FW Chico Ushindi Was Kubanza (1996-01-07) 7 January 1996 (age 28) 2 0 Democratic Republic of the Congo Unknown
4FW Joël Beya (1999-12-08) 8 December 1999 (age 24) 3 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe

Previous squads

African Nations Championship squads

Honours

African Nations Championship:

References

  1. ^ "DR Congo wins maiden CHAN tournament". BBC Africa. 8 March 2009.
  2. ^ "DR Congo humiliate Mali to win CHAN 2016". Legit.ng. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  3. ^ "CHAN matches to count as first team matches". w.cybereagles.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

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