Team · CAF
2 Jun 1953 – 31 Mar 2026 · Elo 1358 (150th now), peak 1532 in 1960
52 won · 44 drawn · 94 lost
World Football Elo at the end of each year. A rating counts every match, so only the years filter applies.
Tallest: 12 · Year
| Home | 56 | 26 | 14 | 16 | 72 | 60 | +12 | 46.4% |
| Away | 58 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 37 | 104 | -67 | 15.5% |
| Neutral | 76 | 17 | 20 | 39 | 80 | 116 | -36 | 22.4% |
| Tournament finals | 72 | 16 | 19 | 37 | 69 | 110 | -41 | 22.2% |
| Qualifiers | 81 | 23 | 20 | 38 | 75 | 107 | -32 | 28.4% |
| Friendlies | 37 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 45 | 63 | -18 | 35.1% |
Longest run of each kind in these matches; “now” is the run still going at the last of them.
| Wins | 3 | 2 Jun 1953 | 27 Jan 1960 | 0 |
| Unbeaten | 10 | 22 Feb 1987 | 27 May 1989 | 1 |
| Scored in | 10 | 2 Jun 1953 | 7 Jan 1979 | 1 |
| Clean sheets | 4 | 26 Feb 1987 | 28 Apr 1988 | 0 |
| Without a win | 10 | 10 Sep 2024 | 4 Sep 2025 | 4 |
| Defeats | 5 | 9 Feb 1980 | 7 Feb 1981 | 0 |
| Without scoring | 7 | 6 Oct 2021 | 19 Jan 2022 | 0 |
Appearances at finals tournaments, and the best finish at each competition.
| Amílcar Cabral Cup | 19 | 0 | — |
| African Cup of Nations | 4 | 0 | Group stage (2024, 2022, 2019, 2017) |
| African Cup of Nations 2024 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | A · 4th |
| African Cup of Nations 2022 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | D · 4th |
| African Cup of Nations 2019 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | F · 4th |
| African Cup of Nations 2017 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | A · 4th |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup 2007 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | — |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup 2005 | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup 2001 | — | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | — |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup 2000 | — | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | — |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup 1997 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -8 | — |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup 1995 | — | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | — |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup 1993 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | — |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup 1991 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | — |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup 1989 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup 1988 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | — |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup 1987 | — | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Sierra Leone | CAF | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -11 | 11.8% | 1960 | 2025 |
| Mali | CAF | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 38 | -24 | 5.9% | 1976 | 2024 |
| Gambia | CAF | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 50% | 1953 | 2022 |
| Guinea | CAF | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -6 | 25% | 1979 | 2023 |
| Senegal | CAF | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 26 | -20 | 6.7% | 1979 | 2020 |
| Cape Verde | CAF | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 36.4% | 1979 | 2010 |
| Mauritania | CAF | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 80% | 1981 | 2001 |
| Togo | CAF | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 16.7% | 1983 | 2011 |
| Angola | CAF | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 0% | 1985 | 2022 |
| Burkina Faso | CAF | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -10 | 0% | 2017 | 2026 |
| Nigeria | CAF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 20% | 1960 | 2024 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | CAF | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 100% | 1987 | 2023 |
| Kenya | CAF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 75% | 2010 | 2016 |
| Cameroon | CAF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0% | 2012 | 2019 |
| Zambia | CAF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 50% | 2015 | 2018 |
| Congo | CAF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 25% | 2015 | 2021 |
| Mozambique | CAF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 0% | 2018 | 2024 |
| Eswatini | CAF | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 75% | 2019 | 2024 |
| Equatorial Guinea | CAF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 66.7% | 2011 | 2024 |
| Gabon | CAF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0% | 2017 | 2025 |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup | 60 | 16 | 16 | 28 | 26.7% |
| African Cup of Nations qualification | 51 | 17 | 9 | 25 | 33.3% |
| Friendly | 37 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 35.1% |
| FIFA World Cup qualification | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 20% |
| African Cup of Nations | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0% |
Goals with a named scorer in these matches — older friendlies mostly have none.
| Frédéric Mendy | 5 | 0 | 2018–2021 |
| Mama Baldé | 5 | 0 | 2021–2025 |
| Piqueti | 5 | 0 | 2017–2021 |
| Jorginho | 4 | 0 | 2021–2022 |
| Joseph Mendes | 4 | 1 | 2019–2021 |
| Zinho Gano | 3 | 0 | 2022–2023 |
| Alfa Semedo | 2 | 0 | 2021–2022 |
| Pereira Tavares | 2 | 0 | 1996 |
| Zidane Banjaqui | 2 | 0 | 2022–2025 |
| Aldair | 1 | 0 | 2017 |
| Amido Baldé | 1 | 0 | 2015 |
| Arnaud Mendy | 1 | 0 | 2016 |
Recorded caps: line-ups are known for 29% of these matches.
| Sori Mané | 38 | 30 | 2017–2025 |
| Jonas Mendes | 31 | 31 | 2017–2024 |
| Piqueti | 30 | 24 | 2017–2023 |
| Alfa Semedo | 29 | 24 | 2021–2025 |
| Mama Baldé | 29 | 27 | 2019–2025 |
| Opa Sanganté | 29 | 28 | 2020–2025 |
| Fali Candé | 28 | 25 | 2021–2025 |
| Nanu | 28 | 25 | 2019–2025 |
| Jorginho | 27 | 14 | 2018–2025 |
| Jefferson Encada | 26 | 20 | 2021–2025 |
| Burá | 24 | 22 | 2019–2025 |
| Moreto Cassamá | 23 | 16 | 2019–2024 |