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Cameroon national football team - Definition and Overview

Cameroon

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NicknameLions Indomptables
(
Indomitable Lions)
AssociationFédération Camerounaise
de Football
CoachArthur George, 2005-
Most capsRoger Milla (88?)
Top scorerPatrick Mboma (33)
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Home colours
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Away colours
First International
Cameroon 9 - 2 Somalia
(Madagascar; 13 April, 1960)
Largest win
Cameroon 9 - 2 Somalia
(Madagascar; 13 April, 1960)
Worst defeat
South Korea 5 - 0 Cameroon
(Seoul, South Korea; 4 October, 1984)
Norway 6 - 1 Cameroon
(Oslo, Norway; 31 October, 1990)
Russia 6 - 1 Cameroon
(Palo Alto, California, USA; 28 June, 1994)
Costa Rica 5 - 0 Cameroon
(San Jose, Costa Rica; 9 March, 1997)
World Cup
Appearances 5 (First in 1982)
Best resultQuarterfinals, 1990
African Nations Cup
Appearances 13 (First in 1970)
Best resultWinners, 1984, 1988,
2000, 2002

The Cameroon national football team, nicknamed Lions Indomptables (Indomitable Lions), is the national team of Cameroon and is controlled by the Fédération Camerounaise de Football. It was the first African team to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup, which it did in 1990, losing to England in extra time. In the opener of that tournament, Cameroon pulled one of the biggest upsets in world soccer history, beating champions Argentina 1-0.

Cameroon won the African Nations Cup four times, and also won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Cameroon's uniforms have been a source of controversy recently. They tried to wear one-piece bodysuits designed by Puma for the 2004 African Nations Cup, and were fined by FIFA.

Contents

World Cup record

African Nations Cup record

Famous players

External links


National football teams of Africa (CAF)

Algeria | Angola | Benin | Botswana | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cameroon | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | Congo | Congo DR | Côte d'Ivoire | Djibouti | Egypt | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Gabon | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Kenya | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mauritania | Mauritius | Morocco | Mozambique | Namibia | Niger | Nigeria | Rwanda | São Tomé and Príncipe | Senegal | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Somalia | South Africa | Sudan | Swaziland | Tanzania | Togo | Tunisia | Uganda | Zambia | Zimbabwe


International Football

FIFA - World Cup - Women's World Cup - World Rankings - Player of the Year
Asia: AFC - Asian Cup | Africa: CAF - African Nations Cup
South America: CONMEBOL - Copa América | North America: CONCACAF - Gold Cup
Oceania: OFC - OFC Nations Cup | Europe: UEFA - European Championship

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