Team · CAF
25 Dec 1961 – 8 Jun 2026 · Elo 1442 (126th now), peak 1527 in 2023
52 won · 71 drawn · 149 lost
World Football Elo at the end of each year. A rating counts every match, so only the years filter applies.
Tallest: 15 · Year
| Home | 84 | 31 | 28 | 25 | 81 | 73 | +8 | 36.9% |
| Away | 94 | 7 | 25 | 62 | 46 | 173 | -127 | 7.4% |
| Neutral | 94 | 14 | 18 | 62 | 70 | 185 | -115 | 14.9% |
| Tournament finals | 64 | 7 | 13 | 44 | 48 | 120 | -72 | 10.9% |
| Qualifiers | 111 | 26 | 28 | 57 | 88 | 163 | -75 | 23.4% |
| Friendlies | 97 | 19 | 30 | 48 | 61 | 148 | -87 | 19.6% |
Longest run of each kind in these matches; “now” is the run still going at the last of them.
| Wins | 3 | 12 Apr 2014 | 17 May 2014 | 1 |
| Unbeaten | 7 | 8 Sep 2013 | 17 May 2014 | 2 |
| Scored in | 10 | 5 Jun 1977 | 2 Jul 1980 | 3 |
| Clean sheets | 5 | 29 Mar 2022 | 27 Sep 2022 | 1 |
| Without a win | 31 | 28 Nov 1995 | 12 Oct 2003 | 0 |
| Defeats | 10 | 7 Apr 2001 | 31 May 2003 | 0 |
| Without scoring | 5 | 26 Dec 1961 | 16 Apr 1963 | 0 |
Appearances at finals tournaments, and the best finish at each competition.
| Amílcar Cabral Cup | 16 | 0 | — |
| African Cup of Nations | 3 | 0 | Round of 16 (2024) |
| Arab Cup | 2 | 0 | — |
| African Cup of Nations 2024 | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | D · 3rd |
| African Cup of Nations 2022 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -7 | F · 4th |
| Arab Cup 2021 | — | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | — |
| African Cup of Nations 2019 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | E · 4th |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup 2001 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | — |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup 2000 | — | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | — |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup 1997 | — | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | — |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup 1995 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | — |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup 1993 | — | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | — |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup 1989 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | — |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup 1988 | — | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | — |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup 1987 | — | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | — |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup 1986 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | — |
| Arab Cup 1985 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | — |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup 1985 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -6 | — |
| Mali | CAF | 25 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 47 | -31 | 12% | 1979 | 2024 |
| Gambia | CAF | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 26 | -5 | 23.8% | 1979 | 2022 |
| Tunisia | CAF | 18 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 32 | -25 | 0% | 1963 | 2025 |
| Senegal | CAF | 17 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 37 | -32 | 0% | 1976 | 2025 |
| Guinea | CAF | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -12 | 8.3% | 1976 | 2018 |
| Cape Verde | CAF | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 27.3% | 1982 | 2024 |
| Burkina Faso | CAF | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 10% | 1976 | 2024 |
| Guinea-Bissau | CAF | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 10% | 1981 | 2001 |
| Benin | CAF | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 33.3% | 1961 | 2022 |
| Morocco | CAF | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | -15 | 0% | 1979 | 2024 |
| Algeria | CAF | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 26 | -22 | 11.1% | 1985 | 2024 |
| Niger | CAF | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 25% | 1983 | 2026 |
| Togo | CAF | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 28.6% | 1983 | 2025 |
| DR Congo | CAF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 | -12 | 0% | 1963 | 2025 |
| Sierra Leone | CAF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 20% | 1984 | 2020 |
| Liberia | CAF | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 40% | 1984 | 2021 |
| Burundi | CAF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 20% | 2006 | 2025 |
| Sudan | CAF | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 40% | 2006 | 2025 |
| Libya | CAF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 20% | 2007 | 2025 |
| Egypt | CAF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -9 | 0% | 2007 | 2024 |
| Friendly | 90 | 19 | 30 | 41 | 21.1% |
| African Cup of Nations qualification | 72 | 21 | 18 | 33 | 29.2% |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup | 49 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 10.2% |
| FIFA World Cup qualification | 32 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 9.4% |
| African Cup of Nations | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10% |
| Arab Cup qualification | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 28.6% |
| African Friendship Games | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0% |
| Arab Cup | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20% |
| Palestine International Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
Goals with a named scorer in these matches — older friendlies mostly have none.
| Aboubakar Kamara | 7 | 1 | 2021–2023 |
| Hacen | 5 | 1 | 2017–2019 |
| Ismaël Diakité | 5 | 0 | 2015–2018 |
| Hemeya Tanjy | 4 | 0 | 2020–2023 |
| Aboubakary Koita | 3 | 0 | 2024–2025 |
| Amadou Niass | 3 | 0 | 2020–2021 |
| Mouhamed Soueid | 3 | 0 | 2022–2024 |
| Abdallahi Mahmoud | 2 | 0 | 2022–2025 |
| Aly Abeid | 2 | 0 | 2023–2025 |
| Boubacar Bagili | 2 | 0 | 2015 |
| Khassa Camara | 2 | 1 | 2017–2018 |
| Mohamed Soudani | 2 | 0 | 2017 |
Recorded caps: line-ups are known for 29% of these matches.
| Aly Abeid | 50 | 48 | 2016–2026 |
| Mohamed Dellahi Yaly | 41 | 36 | 2015–2024 |
| Abdallahi Mahmoud | 36 | 19 | 2018–2026 |
| Ismaël Diakité | 33 | 29 | 2008–2022 |
| Bodda Mouhsine | 32 | 28 | 2021–2025 |
| Idrissa Thiam | 31 | 20 | 2020–2025 |
| Bakary N'Diaye | 30 | 27 | 2016–2024 |
| Hemeya Tanjy | 30 | 16 | 2018–2025 |
| Abdoul Ba | 29 | 25 | 2015–2021 |
| Hacen | 27 | 22 | 2016–2026 |
| Ibrahima Keita | 27 | 25 | 2022–2026 |
| El Moustapha Diaw | 26 | 23 | 2015–2021 |