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The DR Congo national football team, recognised by FIFA as Congo DR (formerly known as
Zaire Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ), was a Congolese state from 1971 to 1997 in Central Africa that was previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, ...
, alternatively known as Congo-Kinshasa), represents the
Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
in men's international football and it is controlled by the
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. They are nicknamed ''the Leopards''. The team is a member of FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Congo DR have been ranked as high as 28th in the
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. As Zaire they were the first Sub-Saharan African team to qualify for the
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and twice won the Africa Cup of Nations.


History


Early history

The
Congolese Association Football Federation The Congolese Association Football Federation (french: Fédération Congolaise de Football-Association, FECOFA) is the governing body of football in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was founded in 1919 and affiliated to the FIFA in 1964 ...
was founded in 1919 when the country was not independent. The team played their first game in 1948 as
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against Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia. The team recorded a 3–2 victory at home. DR Congo has been FIFA affiliated since 1962 and has been a member of CAF since 1963. The team's first official match was on 11 April 1963, against Mauritania in the L'Amitié Tournament played in
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, Senegal. DR Congo won the match 6–0. The national team appeared in the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in 1965.


Glory period

The Democratic Republic of the Congo had its first international success at the
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held in
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, beating
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1–0 in the final. The team's biggest ever win came on 22 November 1969 when they recorded a 10–1 home victory against
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. Although a handful of Congolese players were playing in Europe (particularly Belgium) during these years, foreign-based players were seldom recalled for international duty; a rare exception was
Julien Kialunda Julien Kialunda (24 April 1940 – 14 September 1987) was a Congolese footballer. He was one of the first Congolese footballers to play professionally in Europe. He represented Zaire at the 1972 African Cup of Nations. Club career Kialunda pl ...
who represented Zaire (as the country was by then known) at the
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while playing for Anderlecht. The second continental title came at the
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in Egypt. The Leopards recorded a 2–1 victory against Guinea, another 2–1 victory against rivals Congo and a 4–1 victory against
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. These results carried Zaire through to the semi-finals where they beat hosts
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3–2. In the final, Zaire drew with
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2–2. Therefore, the match was replayed two days later, where Zaire won the game 2–0. Zaire player
Ndaye Mulamba Pierre Ndaye Mulamba (4 November 1948 – 26 January 2019) was a football midfielder from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire. He was nicknamed "Mutumbula" ("assassin") and "Volvo". Football career Mulamba was born in Luluabou ...
was top scorer with nine goals, which remains a record for the tournament. After this, the team returned to Zaire on the Presidential plane, lent to them by Mobutu Sese Seko. Zaire were the first Sub-Saharan African team to participate in a
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, qualifying for the 1974 tournament in place of the 1970 participant
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, whom they defeated in the decisive qualifier 3–0 in
Kinshasa Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one o ...
. Such was the desire to foster an identity of Zaire as a global player that Mobutu paid for advertising hoardings at the World Cup to display messages such as ‘Zaire-Peace’ and ‘Go to Zaire’. At the tournament itself, Zaire did not manage to score any goals and lost all of its games, but gave credible performances against
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and
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. However, their 9–0 loss against
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remains one of the worst World Cup defeats. A bizarre moment came in the match versus Brazil; facing a free-kick 25 yards out, defender Mwepu Ilunga, upon hearing the referee blow his whistle, ran out of the Zaire wall and kicked the ball upfield, for which he received a yellow card. This was voted the 17th greatest World Cup moment in a Channel 4 poll. Ilunga has stated that he was quite aware of the rules and was hoping to convince the referee to send him off. The intended red card would have been a protest against his country's authorities, who were alleged to be depriving the players of their earnings. Many contemporary commentators instead held it to be an example of African football's "naïvety and indiscipline".


Crisis period

After winning the
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and participating in the 1974 World Cup, the team was eliminated in the first round of the 1976 African Cup of Nations after recording a draw and two losses in the group stage.
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went on to win the tournament. From 1978 to 1986, the country did not qualify for the
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, while not participating in qualification for the
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and 1986 World Cup. In the 1988 African Cup of Nations, Zaire finished last in their group despite having two draws.


Return to success

From 1992 to 1996, Zaire, reached three consecutive
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quarter-finals. In 1992 and 1994, they were beaten by
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, and in 1996 they were beaten by
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. In 1997, the country returned to its former name of Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the national team was re-branded as the Simbas, a nickname that stuck for the next nine years. DR Congo played their first game on 8 June 1997 in
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which ended in a 1–0 loss to the Republic of the Congo. At the
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, DR Congo, led by Louis Watunda, surprisingly took third place, beating
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in the quarter-finals and hosts
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...
4–1 on penalties in their last match after scoring three late goals to tie the encounter 4–4. At the
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, the team finished third in their group, and in
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were eliminated in the quarter-finals by
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. Then, in
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, DR Congo were eliminated after three straight defeats in the group stages. In
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, led by
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, having finished second in the group behind
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, the Congolese were eliminated in the quarter-finals by
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4–1.


Struggles

DR Congo were drawn in group 10 for qualifications for the 2008 African Cup of Nations, along with
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,
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and
Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
. Before the last match day, the Congolese led the group, but they drew 1–1 with Libya in their final match while Namibia beat Ethiopia 3–2. This sent Namibia through to the Finals, while the Leopards were eliminated. DR Congo also failed to qualify for the
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. In 2009, DR Congo won the
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, a competition reserved to players in domestic leagues, a tournament they would again win in
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. DR Congo reached the
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finals in South Africa but were knocked out in the group stages after drawing all three matches.


The Ibengé era: rise and near World Cup miss

In the
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, DR Congo again drew all three group matches but this time finished second in the group behind Tunisia, and therefore advanced to the quarter-finals to play their rivals
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, a match in which the Leopards came from two goals down to win 4–2. However, they were knocked out by the Ivory Coast 3–1 in the semi-finals. They ended up finishing third, beating Equatorial Guinea on penalties, after the third place match finished 0–0 in regulation time. DR Congo under Ibengé improved radically and had an outstanding performance for many decades in a World Cup qualification. During the
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, DR Congo was grouped with
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,
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and Guinea. DR Congo managed an outstanding performance, beating Libya and Guinea home and away, but missed the chance after losing 1–2 to eventual World Cup qualifier Tunisia in
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and drew 2–2 at home to the same opponent.


Recent schedule and results

The following is a list of match results from the previous 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.


2022


2023


Coaches

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Ferenc Csanádi Ferenc Csanádi (26 March 1925 – 7 September 1985) was a Hungarian football manager who managed Ferencváros. Besides Hungary, he managed in Guinea and DR Congo. Career In 1967, Csanádi was appointed as manager of DR Congo. He helped them ...
(1967–1968) * Léon Mokuna (1968–1970) * André Mori (1970) *
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(1970–1974) * Ştefan Stănculescu (1974–1976) *
Julien Kialunda Julien Kialunda (24 April 1940 – 14 September 1987) was a Congolese footballer. He was one of the first Congolese footballers to play professionally in Europe. He represented Zaire at the 1972 African Cup of Nations. Club career Kialunda pl ...
(?–?) *
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(1985–1989) * Paul Bonga Bonga (1989–?) * Pierre Kalala Mukendi (1992–1993, 1994) * Jean-Santos Muntubila (1995, 1996–1997, 2001, 2013–2014) *
Muhsin Ertuğral Muhsin Ertuğral (born 15 September 1959) is a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish football manager. He works as Turkish National Team Technical Advisor for the Turkish Football Association (TFF). Playing career Ertuğral played for Antalyaspor befor ...
(1995–1996) * Mohamed Magassouba (1997) *
Celio Barros Celio Barros (born in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world' ...
(1997) * Saio Ernest Mokili (1997) *
Georges Leekens Georges Leekens (born 18 May 1949) is a Belgian football manager and former player. During his managerial career, he was in charge of four national teams: the Belgian, Tunisian, Algerian and Hungarian national football teams. He also managed ...
(1997) * Louis Watunda Iyolo (1998–1999) * Médard Lusadusu Basilwa (1999–2000) *
Roger Palmgren Roger Lennart Palmgren is a Swedish football manager. 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 ...
(1999–2000) *
Yuri Gavrilov Yuri Vasilyevich Gavrilov (russian: Юрий Васильевич Гаврилов; born May 3, 1953 in Setun, Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast) is a Russian football manager and a former midfielder who played for Dynamo Moscow and ...
(2001) * Eugène Kabongo (2002) * Andy Magloire Mfutila (2002–2003) *
Mick Wadsworth Michael Wadsworth (born 3 November 1950) is an English football coach and former player. Born in Barnsley his playing career spanned only one season in The Football League with Scunthorpe United, along with spells playing for Gainsborough Tr ...
(2003–2004) *
Claude Le Roy Claude Le Roy (born 6 February 1948) is a French football manager and former player, who gained prominence at international level as coach to the Senegal and Ghana national teams. He was most recently the manager of the Togo national team. Ma ...
(2004–2006, 2011–2013) * Henri Depireux (2006–2007) *
Patrice Neveu Patrice Neveu (born 29 March 1954) is a French football coach and former player who manages the national team of Gabon. Career Playing career Neveu enjoyed a short playing career in France with Angoulême CFC and ES La Rochelle. Coaching car ...
(2008–2010) *
Robert Nouzaret Robert Nouzaret (born 29 September 1943) is a French football manager and former player. Managerial career On 31 August 2011, Nouzaret resigned as DR Congo coach following a difference in opinion with the football federation over the Frenchman ...
(2010–2011) *
Florent Ibengé Jean-Florent Ikwange Ibengé (born 4 December 1961) is a Congolese football coach and former player who manages Sudanese club Al-Hilal Club. Early and personal life He was born in Léopoldville on 4 December 1961. Playing career Ibengé playe ...
(2014–2019) *
Christian Nsengi-Biembe Christian Nsengi-Biembe (born 26 February 1963) is a Congolese association football, football manager. Managerial career During the 2007 Linafoot season, Nsengi-Biembe managed AS Vita Club, without success. Nsengi-Biembe subsequently managed the ...
(2019–2021) *
Héctor Cúper Héctor Raúl Cúper (; born 16 November 1955) is an Argentine football manager and former player. As a player, he was a defender who spent most of his career at Club Ferro Carril Oeste, where played 463 games. His nickname was "Cabezón" ("Big ...
(2021–2022) * Sébastien Desabre (2022–)


Players


Current squad

The following players were selected for the friendlies against
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...
and
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on 23 and 27 September 2022 respectively. ''Caps and goals as of 27 September 2022, after the match against
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.''


Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up for DR Congo in the last twelve months and are still eligible to represent. INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
RET Player has retired from international football.
SUS Suspended from the national team.


Records

:''Players in bold are still active with DR Congo.''


Competitive record


FIFA World Cup


Africa Cup of Nations


African Nations Championship record


African Games


Head-to-head record

''Including the record of . Updated as for 1 February 2022.''


References


External links


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