Burkina Faso national football team - Definition and Overview

Burkina Faso

Burkina_Faso_FA.gif Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname	Les Etalons (The Stallions)
Association	Fédération Burkinabé de Foot-Ball
Coach	Vacant
Most caps	?
Top scorer	?
Home colours 　 Away colours
First International Upper Volta 5 - 4 Gabon (Madagascar; 13 April, 1960) Burkina Faso 0 - 0 China (Burkina Faso; 28 July, 1984)
Largest win Burkina Faso 4 - 0 Mozambique (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 7 June, 2003)
Worst defeat Algeria 7 - 0 Upper Volta (Algeria; 30 August, 1981)
World Cup
Appearances	none (First in -)
Best result	-
African Nations Cup
Appearances	6 (First in 1978)
Best result	Fourth place, 1998

The Burkina Faso national football team, nicknamed Les Etalons (The Stallions), is the national team of Burkina Faso and is controlled by the Fédération Burkinabé de Foot-Ball. They were known as the Upper Volta national football team until 1984, when Upper Volta became Burkina Faso. Their best finish in the African Nations Cup was fourth in 1998, when they hosted the tournament.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1974 - Did not enter
• 1978 - Did not qualify
• 1982 - Did not enter
• 1986 - Did not enter
• 1990 - Did not qualify
• 1994 - Withdrew
• 1998 - Did not qualify
• 2002 - Did not qualify

African Nations Cup record

• 1957 to 1965 - Did not enter
• 1968 - Did not qualify
• 1970 - Withdrew
• 1972 - Withdrew
• 1974 - Did not qualify
• 1976 - Did not enter
• 1978 - Round 1 (as Upper Volta)
• 1980 - Did not enter
• 1982 - Did not qualify
• 1984 to 1988 - Did not enter
• 1990 - Did not qualify
• 1992 - Did not qualify
• 1994 - Withdrew during qualifying
• 1996 - Round 1
• 1998 - Fourth place
• 2000 - Round 1
• 2002 - Round 1
• 2004 - Round 1