Team · CAF
1 May 1926 – 30 Dec 2025 · Elo 1513 (101st now), peak 1681 in 2011
262 won · 176 drawn · 214 lost
World Football Elo at the end of each year. A rating counts every match, so only the years filter applies.
Tallest: 17 · Year
| Home | 219 | 129 | 54 | 36 | 437 | 200 | +237 | 58.9% |
| Away | 231 | 48 | 68 | 115 | 212 | 347 | -135 | 20.8% |
| Neutral | 202 | 85 | 54 | 63 | 306 | 240 | +66 | 42.1% |
| Tournament finals | 189 | 88 | 48 | 53 | 319 | 200 | +119 | 46.6% |
| Qualifiers | 188 | 78 | 44 | 66 | 203 | 199 | +4 | 41.5% |
| Friendlies | 275 | 96 | 84 | 95 | 433 | 388 | +45 | 34.9% |
Longest run of each kind in these matches; “now” is the run still going at the last of them.
| Wins | 8 | 12 Oct 2008 | 21 Mar 2009 | 0 |
| Unbeaten | 17 | 29 Nov 2009 | 5 Jan 2011 | 0 |
| Scored in | 36 | 1 May 1930 | 7 Oct 1958 | 3 |
| Clean sheets | 6 | 13 Oct 2012 | 6 Dec 2012 | 0 |
| Without a win | 10 | 30 Jul 1995 | 25 Aug 1996 | 4 |
| Defeats | 5 | 21 Feb 1965 | 20 Jul 1965 | 1 |
| Without scoring | 4 | 16 Aug 1998 | 22 May 1999 | 0 |
Appearances at finals tournaments, and the best finish at each competition.
| CECAFA Cup | 37 | 0 | — |
| African Cup of Nations | 8 | 0 | Fourth place (1978, 1962) |
| COSAFA Cup | 1 | 0 | — |
| All-African Games | 1 | 0 | — |
| African Cup of Nations 2025 | — | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | — |
| African Cup of Nations 2019 | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | A · 2nd |
| COSAFA Cup 2019 | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| CECAFA Cup 2017 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | — |
| African Cup of Nations 2017 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | D · 4th |
| CECAFA Cup 2015 | — | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | — |
| CECAFA Cup 2013 | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | — |
| CECAFA Cup 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | — |
| CECAFA Cup 2011 | — | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | — |
| CECAFA Cup 2010 | — | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | — |
| CECAFA Cup 2009 | — | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | +22 | — |
| CECAFA Cup 2007 | — | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | +9 | — |
| CECAFA Cup 2006 | — | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | — |
| CECAFA Cup 2005 | — | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | +14 | — |
| CECAFA Cup 2004 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | — |
| Kenya | CAF | 110 | 42 | 37 | 31 | 194 | 159 | +35 | 38.2% | 1926 | 2021 |
| Tanzania | CAF | 71 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 142 | 71 | +71 | 53.5% | 1945 | 2025 |
| Zambia | CAF | 43 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 52 | 58 | -6 | 30.2% | 1964 | 2023 |
| Ethiopia | CAF | 39 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 53 | 54 | -1 | 38.5% | 1963 | 2021 |
| Rwanda | CAF | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 44.1% | 1986 | 2021 |
| Malawi | CAF | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 45.5% | 1971 | 2021 |
| Sudan | CAF | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 39.3% | 1965 | 2013 |
| Egypt | CAF | 19 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 36 | -30 | 5.3% | 1962 | 2019 |
| Somalia | CAF | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 5 | +50 | 82.4% | 1969 | 2025 |
| Burundi | CAF | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 14 | +24 | 68.8% | 1953 | 2017 |
| DR Congo | CAF | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -14 | 35.7% | 1965 | 2023 |
| Zimbabwe | CAF | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 14.3% | 1982 | 2019 |
| Ghana | CAF | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 23.1% | 1962 | 2017 |
| Congo | CAF | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 50% | 1965 | 2024 |
| Algeria | CAF | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 8.3% | 1968 | 2025 |
| Nigeria | CAF | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 40% | 1978 | 2025 |
| Togo | CAF | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 25% | 1965 | 2016 |
| Mauritius | CAF | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 62.5% | 1972 | 2003 |
| Angola | CAF | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 37.5% | 1996 | 2013 |
| Niger | CAF | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 37.5% | 2006 | 2023 |
| Friendly | 266 | 92 | 82 | 92 | 34.6% |
| CECAFA Cup | 156 | 83 | 41 | 32 | 53.2% |
| African Cup of Nations qualification | 130 | 55 | 32 | 43 | 42.3% |
| FIFA World Cup qualification | 58 | 23 | 12 | 23 | 39.7% |
| African Cup of Nations | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15.4% |
| All-African Games | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20% |
| Nile Basin Tournament | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 40% |
| Zambian Independence Tournament | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| COSAFA Cup | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Navruz Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% |
Goals with a named scorer in these matches — older friendlies mostly have none.
| Emmanuel Okwi | 12 | 0 | 2012–2022 |
| Farouk Miya | 8 | 1 | 2016–2022 |
| Rogers Mato | 7 | 0 | 2023–2025 |
| Fahad Bayo | 6 | 0 | 2019–2023 |
| David Obua | 5 | 1 | 2003–2008 |
| Patrick Kaddu | 5 | 3 | 2018–2022 |
| Geoffrey Massa | 4 | 0 | 2008–2015 |
| Milton Karisa | 4 | 0 | 2017–2022 |
| Allan Okello | 3 | 1 | 2025 |
| Denis Obua | 3 | 0 | 1968–1977 |
| Denis Omedi | 3 | 0 | 2024–2025 |
| Farouq Miya | 3 | 0 | 2015 |
Recorded caps: line-ups are known for 15% of these matches.
| Khalid Aucho | 58 | 57 | 2015–2025 |
| Emmanuel Okwi | 44 | 43 | 2012–2023 |
| Denis Onyango | 43 | 42 | 2008–2025 |
| Farouk Miya | 41 | 36 | 2016–2023 |
| Godfrey Walusimbi | 36 | 32 | 2012–2019 |
| Hassan Wasswa | 36 | 34 | 2012–2019 |
| Joseph Ochaya | 32 | 28 | 2015–2024 |
| Rogers Mato | 32 | 24 | 2022–2025 |
| Allan Okello | 30 | 17 | 2019–2025 |
| Aziz Kayondo | 30 | 28 | 2021–2025 |
| Denis Iguma | 30 | 29 | 2012–2021 |
| Nicholas Wadada | 30 | 25 | 2016–2021 |