List of first international of African national teams
Appearance
The list below show the first international of the African national football teams of both FIFA and CAF associate members who are still not members of FIFA.
- International matches stated below are according to the FIFA official records since January 1872.[1]
- The matches listed below shouldn't always be the first international matches kept in the national football associations records, as FIFA keeps records for countries after being affiliated.
- First international match is for those teams stated first.
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) | 0 – 4 | Gabon |
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No Official Report Available | N/A |
Cape Verde | 0 – 2 | Senegal |
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No Official Report Available | N/A |
Central African Republic | 4 – 2 | Ivory Coast |
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N/A | No Official Report Available | N/A |
Ivory Coast | 1 – 3 | Tunisia |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Egypt | 1 – 2 | Italy |
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Zaki OSMAN 30' | (Report) | Adolfo BALONCIERI 25' Guglielmo BREZZI 57' |
Equatorial Guinea | 0 – 2 | Cameroon |
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No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Eritrea | 1 – 3 | Mozambique |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Gabon | 4 – 0 | Upper Volta |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available |
Gambia | 1 – 2 | Sierra Leone |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Guinea | 2 – 3 | East Germany |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Guinea-Bissau | 0 – 3 | Gambia |
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No Official Report Available | N/A |
Liberia | 3 – 1 | Madagascar= |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Madagascar | 1 – 3 | Liberia |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Mali | 1 – 2 | East Germany |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Mauritania | 0 – 14 | Guinea |
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No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Mauritius | 0 – 1 | Tanganyika |
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No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Morocco | 0 – 5 | Yugoslavia |
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No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Mozambique | 0 – 6 | Zimbabwe |
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No Official Reports Available | N/A |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 – 1 | Angola |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Seychelles | 1 – 2 | Mauritius |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Sierra Leone | 1 – 1 | Nigeria |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available | N/A |
South Africa | 2 – 1 | Australia |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Tanzania | 1 – 5 | Madagascar |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Uganda | 1 – 2 | United Arab Republic |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Zambia | 3 – 0 | Madagascar |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available |
Zimbabwe (as Rhodesia) | 1 – 0 | Malawi |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available |
Local associations recognised first internationals
[edit]- International matches stated below are not recognized by the FIFA as the national associations were not affiliated by the time of the match.[2]
- Official records for these matches are kept and recognized by the local football associations.
- First international match is for those teams stated first.
Upper Volta | 5 – 4 | Gabon |
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N/A | No Official Report Available | N/A |
Cape Verde | 0 – 3 | Guinea-Bissau |
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No Official Report Available | N/A |
Central African Republic | 3 – 4 | Mali |
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N/A | No Official Report Available | N/A |
DR Congo | 6 – 0 | Mauritania |
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N/A | No Official Report Available |
Ivory Coast | 3 – 2 | Dahomey |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Equatorial Guinea | 2 – 6 | China |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Gabon | 4 – 5 | Upper Volta |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Gold Coast | 1 – 0 | Nigeria |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available |
Guinea-Bissau | 2 – 2 | Mali |
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N/A | No Official Report Available | N/A |
Liberia 1 | 3 – 1 | Madagascar |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Libya | 2 – 10 | Egypt |
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Ali Zantouny pen.' N/A |
No Official Reports Available | Mohammad Diab Al Attar Sayed Al Dhizoui Sherif El Far Ahmad Mekawi Awudh |
Madagascar | 1 – 2 | Mauritius |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Mali | 4 – 3 | Central African Republic |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Mauritania | 0 – 1 | DR Congo |
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No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Mozambique | 1 – 2 | Tanzania |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available | N/A |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 0 – 5 | Chad |
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No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Seychelles | 0 – 2 | Réunion |
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No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Sierra Leone | 0 – 2 | Nigeria |
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No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Somalia | 0 – 14 | North Korea |
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No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Netherlands | 2 – 1 | South Africa |
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Wim Volkers 9' Jan de Natris 19' |
No Official Reports Available | 20' John Murray |
Tanganyika | 0 – 7 | Uganda |
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No Official Reports Available | N/A |
French Togoland | 1 – 1 | Gold Coast |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available | N/A |
Northern Rhodesia | 4 – 0 | Southern Rhodesia |
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N/A | No Official Reports Available |
Unknown Venue
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Southern Rhodesia | 0 – 4 | England XI |
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No Official Reports Available | N/A |
- 1:Match approved by FIFA to be first international.
- †:CAF associate member, Non-FIFA member.
- ‡:CAF associate member, Non-FIFA member, Nouvelle Fédération Board member.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA Statistics". FIFA. Archived from the original on June 3, 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
- ^ "List of Full Internationals of National Teams". RSSSF. 2008-12-12. Retrieved 2008-12-20.