The Rwanda national football team represents
Rwanda in international
football and is controlled by the
Rwandese Association Football Federation
The Rwanda Football Federation ( French: ''Fédération Rwandaise de Football Association'', FERWAFA; "Rwandan Association Football Federation"), is the official governing body of association football
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, the
governing body
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of
football in Rwanda, and competes as a member of the
Confederation of African Football (CAF), as well as the
Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations
The Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations ( sw, Baraza la Mashirikisho ya Mpira wa Miguu Afrika Mashariki na Kati, french: Conseil des Associations de Football d'Afrique de l'Est et Centrale, ar, مؤتمر جمعيات شر� ...
(CECAFA), a CAF sub-confederation that governs football in East and Central Africa. The team bears the nickname ''Amavubi'' (
Kinyarwanda
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for ''The Wasps''), and primarily plays its home games at the
Stade Amahoro in
Kigali, the nation's capital. They have never qualified for a
World Cup
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finals, and reached their only
Africa Cup of Nations in
2004.
History
Rwanda
qualified for its first
Africa Cup of Nations in the
2004 edition. At the tournament, they lost their opening match 2–1 to
Tunisia
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before winning their first ever point in the competition after a 1–1 draw against
Guinea. Rwanda went on to beat
DR Congo in their final group match by a 1–0 scoreline, but it wasn't enough, as elsewhere in the group, Guinea and Tunisia drew, meaning both teams progressed to the quarter-finals, and
Rwanda were eliminated.
Team image
Kit
In 2001, after adopting the new
flag of Rwanda, The Federation ''(FERWAFA)'' changed the color of the team kit. The new team kit consists of a yellow jersey, blue shorts and green socks for home matches, while their away kit is either all white or all blue.
Adidas has generally been the manufacturer for the Rwandan team since 2001. However, between 2004 and 2009, Rwanda used L-sport as their outfitter, and in 2015 the side started wearing kit provided by AMS, an emerging Australian supplier.
Names
Under the official
FIFA Trigramme the team's name is abbreviated as RWA; this acronym is used by
FIFA, the
CAF and the
CECAFA
The Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations ( sw, Baraza la Mashirikisho ya Mpira wa Miguu Afrika Mashariki na Kati, french: Conseil des Associations de Football d'Afrique de l'Est et Centrale, ar, مؤتمر جمعيات شر� ...
to identify the team in official competitions. However the team was more commonly known as the RR, the acronym for the country's official name, ''Repubulika y'u Rwanda'' or ''République du Rwanda'', which the local press used when they referred to the team as the RR XI. The national team is often referred to as ''Amavubi'' (The
Wasp
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s).
Recent results
2022
2023
Coaching history
:Caretaker managers are listed in ''italics''.
*
Otto Pfister
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The name is recorded ...
(1972–76)
*
Metin Türel
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(1991)
*
Longin Rudasingwa (1998-1999)
*
Rudi Gutendorf
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(1999–00)
* ''
Longin Rudasingwa'' (2000–01)
*
Ratomir Dujković (2001–04)
*
Roger Palmgren
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He has that has been active as club manager in nine different countries: Italy, Sweden, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, South Africa, Namibia and China.
He h ...
(2004–05)
*
Michael Nees (2006–07)
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Josip Kuže (2007–08)
* ''
Raoul Shungu'' (2008)
*
Branko Tucak (2008–09)
* ''
Eric Nshimiyimana'' (2009–10)
*
Sellas Tetteh
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Early and personal life
Sellas Tetteh Teivi was born on 12 December 1956 in Adabraka. His father was Mensah Teivi, a mechanic, and his mothe ...
(2010–11)
*
Milutin Sredojević (2011–13)
*
Eric Nshimiyimana (2013–14)
*
Stephen Constantine (2014–2015)
* ''
Lee Johnson'' (2015)
*
Johnny McKinstry (2015–16)
* ''
Gilbert Kanyankore'' (2016)
* ''
Jimmy Mulisa'' (2016)
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Antoine Hey (2017–2018)
*
François Karekezi
*
Vincent Mashami (2018–2022)
*
Carlos Alós (2022–present)
Players
Current squad
* The following players were called up for the
friendly matches.
* Match dates: 17 and 19 November 2022
* Opposition:
* Caps and goals correct as of: 7 June 2022, after the match against .
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for Rwanda in the last 12 months.
DEC Player refused to join the team after the call-up.
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
RET Player has retired from international football.
SUS Serving suspension.
Player records
:''Players in bold are still active with Rwanda.''
Most capped players
Top goalscorers
Competition records
FIFA World Cup record
Africa Cup of Nations record
African Nations Championship record
CECAFA Cup record
Honours
*
CECAFA Cup
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:
**Winners (1):
1999
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**Runners-up (6):
2003,
2005,
2007,
2009,
2011,
2015.
See also
*
Rwanda national under-17 football team
References
External links
Official Websiteat the FIFA website
Rwandaat CAF Online
Official FacebookOfficial TwitterRwanda national football team picture
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African national association football teams