Team · CAF
6 Oct 1956 – 9 Jun 2026 · Elo 1486 (109th now), peak 1711 in 2005
141 won · 114 drawn · 189 lost
World Football Elo at the end of each year. A rating counts every match, so only the years filter applies.
Tallest: 18 · Year
| Home | 160 | 79 | 40 | 41 | 228 | 149 | +79 | 49.4% |
| Away | 180 | 27 | 45 | 108 | 130 | 327 | -197 | 15% |
| Neutral | 104 | 35 | 29 | 40 | 132 | 139 | -7 | 33.7% |
| Tournament finals | 52 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 53 | 85 | -32 | 23.1% |
| Qualifiers | 211 | 70 | 53 | 88 | 224 | 262 | -38 | 33.2% |
| Friendlies | 181 | 59 | 45 | 77 | 213 | 268 | -55 | 32.6% |
Longest run of each kind in these matches; “now” is the run still going at the last of them.
| Wins | 5 | 5 Sep 2004 | 5 Jun 2005 | 1 |
| Unbeaten | 12 | 14 Jun 2004 | 8 Oct 2005 | 5 |
| Scored in | 12 | 19 Jul 1965 | 21 Aug 1966 | 4 |
| Clean sheets | 3 | 13 Oct 1971 | 30 Nov 1971 | 0 |
| Without a win | 13 | 3 Jan 1999 | 7 Jan 2000 | 0 |
| Defeats | 8 | 14 Jun 1992 | 4 Sep 1994 | 0 |
| Without scoring | 5 | 21 Jan 2002 | 7 Sep 2002 | 0 |
Appearances at finals tournaments, and the best finish at each competition.
| African Cup of Nations | 8 | 0 | Quarter-finals (2013) |
| West African Cup | 4 | 0 | — |
| FIFA World Cup | 1 | 0 | Group stage (2006) |
| All-African Games | 1 | 0 | — |
| African Cup of Nations 2017 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | C · 4th |
| African Cup of Nations 2013 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | D · 2nd |
| FIFA World Cup 2006 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | G · 4th |
| African Cup of Nations 2006 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | B · 4th |
| African Cup of Nations 2002 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | C · 3rd |
| African Cup of Nations 2000 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | A · 4th |
| African Cup of Nations 1998 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | B · 4th |
| West African Cup 1986 | — | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | — |
| West African Cup 1984 | — | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | — |
| African Cup of Nations 1984 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | A · 4th |
| West African Cup 1983 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | — |
| West African Cup 1982 | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | — |
| African Cup of Nations 1972 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | A · 4th |
| All-African Games 1965 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | -7 | — |
| Ghana | CAF | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 61 | -27 | 17.6% | 1956 | 2015 |
| Benin | CAF | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 43 | 21 | +22 | 53.8% | 1966 | 2026 |
| Cameroon | CAF | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 49 | -31 | 13% | 1963 | 2013 |
| Ivory Coast | CAF | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 34 | -18 | 17.4% | 1966 | 2022 |
| Burkina Faso | CAF | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 45.5% | 1971 | 2023 |
| Senegal | CAF | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 38.1% | 1970 | 2025 |
| Guinea | CAF | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 29 | -10 | 26.3% | 1962 | 2026 |
| Liberia | CAF | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 47.4% | 1971 | 2024 |
| DR Congo | CAF | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 36 | -26 | 5.9% | 1965 | 2025 |
| Nigeria | CAF | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 25 | -7 | 13.3% | 1956 | 2017 |
| Mali | CAF | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 42.9% | 1965 | 2007 |
| Niger | CAF | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 50% | 1967 | 2026 |
| Morocco | CAF | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 27.3% | 1979 | 2017 |
| Gabon | CAF | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 18.2% | 1984 | 2012 |
| Congo | CAF | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 50% | 1965 | 2021 |
| Egypt | CAF | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 26 | -20 | 10% | 1984 | 2020 |
| Tunisia | CAF | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -15 | 0% | 1994 | 2016 |
| Uganda | CAF | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 62.5% | 1965 | 2016 |
| Libya | CAF | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 12.5% | 1999 | 2017 |
| Zambia | CAF | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 62.5% | 2000 | 2016 |
| Friendly | 178 | 58 | 44 | 76 | 32.6% |
| African Cup of Nations qualification | 130 | 45 | 31 | 54 | 34.6% |
| FIFA World Cup qualification | 81 | 25 | 22 | 34 | 30.9% |
| African Cup of Nations | 25 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 12% |
| West African Cup | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 36.8% |
| All-African Games | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 40% |
| FIFA World Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| Morocco, Capital of African Football | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
| Corsica Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
Goals with a named scorer in these matches — older friendlies mostly have none.
| Emmanuel Adebayor | 21 | 1 | 2003–2019 |
| Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba | 18 | 1 | 2016–2024 |
| Kévin Denkey | 9 | 1 | 2018–2025 |
| Floyd Ayité | 7 | 0 | 2009–2018 |
| Kader Mohamed | 7 | 0 | 1998–2006 |
| Meme Placca Fessou | 6 | 0 | 2021–2022 |
| Moustapha Salifou | 6 | 0 | 2000–2009 |
| Mamam Cherif-Toure | 4 | 0 | 2005–2006 |
| Adekanmi Olufade | 3 | 0 | 2008 |
| Edmond Apéti Kaolo | 3 | 1 | 1972 |
| Lalawélé Atakora | 3 | 0 | 2013–2016 |
| Mathieu Dossevi | 3 | 0 | 2016–2017 |
Recorded caps: line-ups are known for 21% of these matches.
| Alaixys Romao | 59 | 55 | 2006–2025 |
| Djené | 56 | 55 | 2013–2025 |
| Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba | 47 | 36 | 2016–2025 |
| Kévin Denkey | 39 | 23 | 2018–2025 |
| Ihlas Bebou | 35 | 35 | 2016–2024 |
| Emmanuel Adebayor | 33 | 30 | 2006–2019 |
| Lalawélé Atakora | 30 | 25 | 2012–2019 |
| Floyd Ayité | 26 | 22 | 2009–2022 |
| Franco Atchou | 25 | 14 | 2016–2022 |
| Mathieu Dossevi | 24 | 22 | 2015–2020 |
| Moustapha Salifou | 24 | 15 | 2006–2013 |
| Serge Arnaud Aka | 23 | 21 | 2008–2017 |