Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
São Tomé and Príncipe's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 12.5% |
| Without them | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 0% |
| Aïssa Laïdouni | Tunisia | 2 |
| Ali Abdi | Tunisia | 2 |
| Aprocius Petrus | Namibia | 2 |
| Bethuel Muzeu | Namibia | 2 |
| Deon Hotto | Namibia | 2 |
| Ellyes Skhiri | Tunisia | 2 |
| Ivan Kamberipa | Namibia | 2 |
| Montassar Talbi | Tunisia | 2 |
| Naïm Sliti | Tunisia | 2 |
| Riaan Hanamub | Namibia | 2 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 27 Mar 2022 | v Mauritius | 3–3 | 59′ | — | Go-ahead goal | 3–2 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2022 |
| 27 Mar 2022 | v Mauritius | 3–3 | 27′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | African Cup of Nations qualification 2022 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 13 Oct 2025 | v Malawi | 1–0 | started, off 57′ | 57 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 10 Oct 2025 | v Tunisia | 0–6 | came on 58′ | 32 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 9 Sep 2025 | v Namibia | 0–3 | came on 12′ | 78 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 4 Sep 2025 | v Equatorial Guinea | 2–3 | came on 71′ | 19 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 21 Nov 2023 | v Namibia | 0–2 | came on 72′ | 18 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 17 Nov 2023 | v Tunisia | 0–4 | started, off 65′ | 65 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 10 Sep 2023 | v Nigeria | 0–6 | started, off 77′ | 77 | — | — | African Cup of Nations qualification 2023 |
| 27 Mar 2022 | v Mauritius | 3–3 | started, off 78′ | 78 | 2 | Yellow | African Cup of Nations qualification 2022 |
Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.