Team · CAF
25 Dec 1961 – 8 Jun 2026 · Elo 1499 (106th now), peak 1526 in 2025
60 won · 62 drawn · 137 lost
World Football Elo at the end of each year. A rating counts every match, so only the years filter applies.
Tallest: 13 · Year
| Home | 86 | 37 | 23 | 26 | 120 | 106 | +14 | 43% |
| Away | 106 | 8 | 22 | 76 | 56 | 221 | -165 | 7.5% |
| Neutral | 67 | 15 | 17 | 35 | 74 | 96 | -22 | 22.4% |
| Tournament finals | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 29 | -19 | 11.8% |
| Qualifiers | 124 | 35 | 18 | 71 | 114 | 211 | -97 | 28.2% |
| Friendlies | 118 | 23 | 40 | 55 | 126 | 183 | -57 | 19.5% |
Longest run of each kind in these matches; “now” is the run still going at the last of them.
| Wins | 3 | 10 Oct 2020 | 13 Nov 2020 | 0 |
| Unbeaten | 5 | 21 Mar 1976 | 27 Jul 1980 | 0 |
| Scored in | 8 | 15 Jun 2013 | 10 Sep 2014 | 0 |
| Clean sheets | 3 | 10 Oct 2020 | 13 Nov 2020 | 0 |
| Without a win | 15 | 29 Jan 1967 | 7 Mar 1976 | 6 |
| Defeats | 7 | 12 Dec 1970 | 7 Mar 1976 | 1 |
| Without scoring | 5 | 20 Jan 2013 | 9 Jun 2013 | 1 |
Appearances at finals tournaments, and the best finish at each competition.
| West African Cup | 3 | 0 | — |
| African Cup of Nations | 2 | 0 | Group stage (2013, 2012) |
| African Cup of Nations 2013 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | B · 4th |
| African Cup of Nations 2012 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | C · 4th |
| West African Cup 1987 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | — |
| West African Cup 1986 | — | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | — |
| West African Cup 1982 | — | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | — |
| Burkina Faso | CAF | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 33 | -14 | 9.5% | 1967 | 2025 |
| Benin | CAF | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 33.3% | 1969 | 2026 |
| Ivory Coast | CAF | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 32 | -22 | 6.7% | 1982 | 2021 |
| Togo | CAF | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 23 | -3 | 28.6% | 1967 | 2026 |
| Ghana | CAF | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 34 | -25 | 16.7% | 1969 | 2024 |
| Mali | CAF | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 9.1% | 1970 | 2013 |
| Senegal | CAF | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 10% | 1963 | 2024 |
| Libya | CAF | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 0% | 1971 | 2026 |
| Guinea | CAF | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 33.3% | 1975 | 2025 |
| Algeria | CAF | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 27 | -24 | 11.1% | 1981 | 2023 |
| Morocco | CAF | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 23 | -20 | 11.1% | 1990 | 2025 |
| Gabon | CAF | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 33.3% | 1992 | 2025 |
| Mauritania | CAF | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 50% | 1983 | 2026 |
| Uganda | CAF | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 37.5% | 2006 | 2023 |
| Liberia | CAF | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 28.6% | 1986 | 2022 |
| Cameroon | CAF | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 0% | 1963 | 2015 |
| Egypt | CAF | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 | -12 | 16.7% | 2010 | 2022 |
| Nigeria | CAF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 0% | 1963 | 2015 |
| Congo | CAF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 20% | 1967 | 2025 |
| Sierra Leone | CAF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 60% | 1976 | 2020 |
| Friendly | 106 | 21 | 37 | 48 | 19.8% |
| African Cup of Nations qualification | 81 | 20 | 12 | 49 | 24.7% |
| FIFA World Cup qualification | 43 | 15 | 6 | 22 | 34.9% |
| West African Cup | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18.2% |
| African Cup of Nations | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0% |
| Tournament Burkina Faso | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 40% |
| African Friendship Games | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0% |
| Morocco, Capital of African Football | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% |
| TIFOCO Tournament | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Goals with a named scorer in these matches — older friendlies mostly have none.
| Victorien Adebayor | 14 | 2 | 2018–2025 |
| Daniel Sosah | 9 | 1 | 2021–2025 |
| Youssouf Alio Oumarou | 6 | 2 | 2018–2025 |
| Moussa Maâzou | 4 | 1 | 2015 |
| Amadou Moutari | 3 | 0 | 2019–2023 |
| Mahamane Cissé | 3 | 0 | 2013–2015 |
| Alhassane Issoufou | 2 | 0 | 2008 |
| Amadou Sabo | 2 | 0 | 2021–2022 |
| Ibrahim Issa | 2 | 0 | 2020 |
| Issa Ibrahim Djibrilla | 2 | 0 | 2021 |
| Kamilou Daouda | 2 | 0 | 2008–2013 |
| Mohamed Djibo Wonkoye | 2 | 0 | 2019–2021 |
Recorded caps: line-ups are known for 27% of these matches.
| Youssouf Alio Oumarou | 41 | 40 | 2015–2025 |
| Kassaly Daouda | 39 | 38 | 2008–2022 |
| Ousmane Diabate | 39 | 38 | 2018–2024 |
| Victorien Adebayor | 36 | 23 | 2015–2025 |
| Amadou Moutari | 32 | 16 | 2012–2025 |
| Abdoulaye Boureima Katakoré | 29 | 26 | 2014–2025 |
| Daniel Sosah | 26 | 25 | 2021–2025 |
| Abdoul Nasser Garba | 23 | 20 | 2019–2024 |
| Ali Mohamed | 21 | 19 | 2013–2025 |
| Issa Ibrahim Djibrilla | 20 | 6 | 2020–2025 |
| Mohamed Djibo Wonkoye | 20 | 16 | 2018–2023 |
| Rahim Alhassane | 20 | 18 | 2022–2025 |