Team · CAF
5 Dec 1947 – 9 Jun 2026 · Elo 1389 (143rd now), peak 1617 in 1968
137 won · 90 drawn · 171 lost
World Football Elo at the end of each year. A rating counts every match, so only the years filter applies.
Tallest: 20 · Year
| Home | 179 | 89 | 51 | 39 | 291 | 156 | +135 | 49.7% |
| Away | 135 | 24 | 18 | 93 | 126 | 294 | -168 | 17.8% |
| Neutral | 84 | 24 | 21 | 39 | 106 | 140 | -34 | 28.6% |
| Tournament finals | 98 | 32 | 23 | 43 | 123 | 141 | -18 | 32.7% |
| Qualifiers | 170 | 48 | 36 | 86 | 175 | 276 | -101 | 28.2% |
| Friendlies | 130 | 57 | 31 | 42 | 225 | 173 | +52 | 43.8% |
Longest run of each kind in these matches; “now” is the run still going at the last of them.
| Wins | 9 | 1 Dec 2005 | 4 Oct 2006 | 0 |
| Unbeaten | 11 | 28 Oct 1984 | 11 Nov 1988 | 2 |
| Scored in | 10 | 12 Dec 1983 | 5 Oct 1986 | 4 |
| Clean sheets | 6 | 10 Dec 2005 | 4 Oct 2006 | 0 |
| Without a win | 11 | 9 Oct 1969 | 3 Dec 1972 | 1 |
| Defeats | 9 | 9 Oct 1969 | 7 May 1972 | 0 |
| Without scoring | 5 | 7 Apr 1995 | 30 Jul 1995 | 0 |
Appearances at finals tournaments, and the best finish at each competition.
| CECAFA Cup | 20 | 0 | — |
| African Cup of Nations | 11 | 1 | Winner (1962) |
| African Cup of Nations 2022 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | A · 4th |
| CECAFA Cup 2017 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — |
| CECAFA Cup 2015 | — | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | — |
| CECAFA Cup 2013 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| African Cup of Nations 2013 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | C · 4th |
| CECAFA Cup 2012 | — | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | — |
| CECAFA Cup 2011 | — | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | — |
| CECAFA Cup 2010 | — | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | — |
| CECAFA Cup 2009 | — | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | — |
| CECAFA Cup 2007 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| CECAFA Cup 2006 | — | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | — |
| CECAFA Cup 2005 | — | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | — |
| CECAFA Cup 2004 | — | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | — |
| CECAFA Cup 2002 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | — |
| CECAFA Cup 2001 | — | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | — |
African Cup of Nations 1
| Sudan | CAF | 41 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 59 | 57 | +2 | 34.1% | 1956 | 2022 |
| Uganda | CAF | 39 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 33.3% | 1963 | 2021 |
| Kenya | CAF | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 46 | -6 | 31.3% | 1961 | 2018 |
| Tanzania | CAF | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 37.5% | 1963 | 2024 |
| Djibouti | CAF | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 13 | +64 | 89.5% | 1947 | 2025 |
| Egypt | CAF | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 52 | -39 | 15.8% | 1957 | 2025 |
| Zambia | CAF | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 29 | -17 | 10.5% | 1971 | 2017 |
| Malawi | CAF | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 26.7% | 1989 | 2026 |
| Guinea | CAF | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 25 | -16 | 9.1% | 1976 | 2024 |
| Rwanda | CAF | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 40% | 1981 | 2023 |
| Nigeria | CAF | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 24 | -19 | 10% | 1982 | 2014 |
| Tunisia | CAF | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 25% | 1962 | 2013 |
| Algeria | CAF | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 12.5% | 1968 | 2016 |
| Somalia | CAF | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 3 | +21 | 75% | 1969 | 2015 |
| Libya | CAF | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 37.5% | 1969 | 2007 |
| Lesotho | CAF | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 37.5% | 2015 | 2024 |
| DR Congo | CAF | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 28.6% | 1967 | 2024 |
| Ghana | CAF | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 16.7% | 1963 | 2021 |
| Mauritius | CAF | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 83.3% | 1967 | 1983 |
| Burkina Faso | CAF | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 16.7% | 2000 | 2025 |
| Friendly | 128 | 57 | 31 | 40 | 44.5% |
| African Cup of Nations qualification | 111 | 35 | 19 | 57 | 31.5% |
| CECAFA Cup | 68 | 25 | 19 | 24 | 36.8% |
| FIFA World Cup qualification | 59 | 13 | 17 | 29 | 22% |
| African Cup of Nations | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 23.3% |
| Jordan International Tournament | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
Goals with a named scorer in these matches — older friendlies mostly have none.
| Getaneh Kebede | 20 | 1 | 2011–2022 |
| Mengistu Worku | 11 | 0 | 1962–1970 |
| Luciano Vassallo | 7 | 4 | 1961–1968 |
| Amanuel Gebremichael | 5 | 0 | 2020–2021 |
| Saladine Said | 5 | 1 | 2012–2016 |
| Abubeker Nasser | 4 | 2 | 2022–2025 |
| Bereket Desta | 4 | 1 | 2024–2025 |
| Girma Tekle | 4 | 0 | 1962–1968 |
| Shemelis Bekele | 4 | 0 | 2019–2022 |
| Abubeker Nasir | 3 | 0 | 2021 |
| Dawa Hotessa | 3 | 0 | 2022 |
| Kenean Markneh | 3 | 0 | 2023–2024 |
Recorded caps: line-ups are known for 16% of these matches.
| Yared Bayeh | 34 | 33 | 2019–2025 |
| Aschalew Tamene | 33 | 32 | 2018–2025 |
| Shemelis Bekele | 30 | 26 | 2017–2023 |
| Amanuel Gebremichael | 27 | 22 | 2018–2023 |
| Gatoch Panom | 26 | 23 | 2015–2024 |
| Amanuel Yohannes | 24 | 21 | 2019–2025 |
| Chernet Gugsa | 23 | 14 | 2021–2025 |
| Getaneh Kebede | 23 | 20 | 2013–2022 |
| Surafel Dagnachew | 23 | 20 | 2019–2024 |
| Suleman Hamid | 22 | 14 | 2020–2025 |
| Kenean Markneh | 20 | 15 | 2018–2025 |
| Remedan Yesuf | 17 | 17 | 2021–2025 |