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Congo DR national football team - Definition and Overview

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Democratic Republic of Congo

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Shirt badge/Association crest

NicknameThe Simbas
AssociationFédération Congolaise
de Football-Association
CoachClaude Le Roy
Most caps?
Top scorer?
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Home colours
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Away colours
First International
Congo DR 6 - 0 Mauritania
(Senegal; 11 April, 1963)
Largest win
Congo DR 10 - 1 Zambia
(Congo-Kinshasa; 22 November, 1969)
Worst defeat
Yugoslavia 9 - 0 Zaire
(Gelsenkirchen, Germany; 18 June, 1974)
World Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 1974)
Best resultRound 1, 1974
African Nations Cup
Appearances 14 (First in 1965)
Best resultWinners, 1968 and 1974

The Congo DR national football team, nicknamed The Simbas, is the national team of the Democratic Republic of Congo and is controlled by the Fédération Congolaise de Football-Association. It was known as the Zaire national football team when Congo DR was known as Zaire (1971-1997). The team qualified for one World Cups in 1974, but went scoreless in three games. It lost to Yugoslavia 9-0 for the worst margin in World Cup history.

The team won two African Nations Cups: one as Congo DR (or Congo-Kinshasa) in 1968 and one as Zaire in 1974.

World Cup record

  • 1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
  • 1974 - Round 1 (as Zaire)
  • 1978 - Withdrew (as Zaire)
  • 1982 to 1998 - Did not qualify (as Zaire)
  • 2002 - Did not qualify

African Nations Cup record

  • 1957 to 1963 - Did not enter
  • 1965 - Round 1
  • 1968 - Champions
  • 1970 - Round 1
  • 1972 - Fourth place (as Zaire)
  • 1974 - Champions (as Zaire)
  • 1976 - Round 1 (as Zaire)
  • 1978 - Did not enter
  • 1980 - Did not qualify
  • 1982 - Did not qualify
  • 1984 - Withdrew
  • 1986 - Did not qualify
  • 1988 - Round 1 (as Zaire)
  • 1990 - Did not qualify
  • 1992 - Quarterfinals (as Zaire)
  • 1994 - Quarterfinals (as Zaire)
  • 1996 - Quarterfinals (as Zaire)
  • 1998 - Third place (started qualification as Zaire)
  • 2000 - Round 1
  • 2002 - Quarterfinals
  • 2004 - Round 1

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International Football

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Asia: AFC - Asian Cup | Africa: CAF - African Nations Cup
South America: CONMEBOL - Copa América | North America: CONCACAF - Gold Cup
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