National association football team
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The Gabon national football team ( french : Équipe de football du Gabon ) represents Gabon in men ‘s international football. The team ‘s nickname is The Brazilians and it is governed by the Gabonese Football Federation. They have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, but have qualified eight times ( as of 2021 ) for the Africa Cup of Nations. The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football ( CAF ) .

history [edit ]

1960s [edit ]

Gabon made their debut on 13 April 1960 by entering the first base Friendship Games ( Jeux de L’Amitié ) tournament, created for french-speaking african countries ( a precursor to the modern African Games ), held in Antananarivo, Madagascar. In the First Round they were drawn against Upper Volta ( now Burkina Faso ), who were besides making their introduction, and lost 5–4, despite leading 3–2 at half-time. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] They did not play another match for over a class and a one-half, until the future meter the tournament was staged, in December 1961 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. [ 3 ] They were drawn in Pool 3 aboard Cameroon and Senegal. Gabon began the tournament with a 3–2 defeat to Senegal on Christmas Day, before being thrashed 6–0 by Cameroon on Boxing Day, finishing bottom of their group. [ 6 ] A few months after the tournament, the Gabonese Football Federation ( Federation Gabonaise de Football ) was formed to officially oversee the development of the national team and the domestic game. [ 7 ] The new association would not have to wait long for their first gain, as in their identical future match on 14 July 1962 they defeated the Congo 3–1 in their beginning catch on home dirty. They played 2 more matches in 1962, a 1–1 family draw with Cameroon on 20 August, a huge improvement over their former meeting, and a 3–1 away frustration to the Congo on 16 September, before entering the third and final examination Friendship Games held in April 1963 in Dakar, Senegal. [ 3 ] They were drawn in Group C, along with British Gambia, the France amateurish team, and Upper Volta. They opened on 12 April with a impregnable 4–0 succeed over Upper Volta, but were comfortably beaten 3–0 by the french amateurs 2 days by and by. They drew their final examination game 2–2 with british Gambia on 16 April and finished 2nd in the group, a stigmatize improvement over their previous 2 appearances at the tournament ; however only the group winners progressed and consequently Gabon were eliminated. [ 8 ] A few months late, Gabon entered reservation for the 1966 FIFA World Cup held in England. however, on 8 October 1964 they withdrew from the rival, along with all the early african entrants, in protest at FIFA ‘s decision to entirely award 1 finals seat to all of Africa, Asia and Oceania. [ 9 ] [ 10 ]

As a resultant role of this boycott, Gabon did not play another match for over two years until August 1965, when they hosted a friendly double-header against Nigeria, drawing 2–2 on 28 August and losing 4–1 the future day. At the 35th FIFA Congress held in London, England on 6 July 1966, Gabon were officially admitted as full members of FIFA. [ 7 ] They played their following match on 2 December 1966 when they suffered a 4–3 kill against the democratic Republic of the Congo, before playing them again on 4 January 1967 at home, this time winning 1–0. They played one more friendly, a 3–0 home get the better of to the Ivory Coast on 28 March, before entering qualification for the 1968 Olympic football tournament, held in Mexico. [ 11 ] In the First Round, they were drawn against Guinea with whom they drew the first peg 0–0 at home on 18 June, before being routed in the second peg 6–1, on 9 July. [ 12 ] In 1967, they besides became full members of CAF. [ 13 ] Following on from the Olympic qualifiers, Gabon did not play another match for over two years until they travelled to Dahomey ( immediately Benin ) on 24 August 1969 to play a friendly, which they lost 1–0. [ 11 ]

1970s [edit ]

Gabon then did not play for over a class, before entering reservation for the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time. Their attempt to qualify for the 1972 tournament held in Cameroon fell at the foremost vault however, as they were drawn against Ivory Coast in the First Round. They lost the first leg at home plate 2–1 on 8 November 1970, and were defeated 1–0 away two weeks later. [ 11 ] Gabon then entered qualification for the 1972 Olympic football tournament held in West Germany. In the First Round they were drawn against Cameroon. Having lost the first leg 3–2 in Libreville on 30 May 1971, Gabon forfeited the tie as they did not travel to Yaoundé to contest the return peg. [ 14 ] Following this black passing, Gabon entered qualification for the 1974 FIFA World Cup held in West Germany, and were due to play Cameroon in the First Round the Summer of 1972, however they withdrew before the matches could be played. [ 15 ] As a result of this withdrawal, they did not play another match for over a year until they entered the football tournament at the 1972 central african Cup ( a precursor to the cardinal African Games ) held in Brazzaville, Congo. The 5-team round robin tournament included, alongside Gabon ; Cameroon, the central African Republic, the Congo, and Chad. They played their first catch on 16 July against the Congo, losing 3–0. Two days subsequently they were defeated 3–1 by the central African Republic and on 20 July they were soundly beaten by Cameroon, 4–0. however they salvaged some pride by beating Chad 1–0 in their final match on 22 July to avoid the penetrate spot. furthermore, this tournament doubled up as a reservation group for the 1973 All-Africa Games football tournament, and as Gabon did not win the group, they failed to qualify. [ 16 ] A class former they entered reservation for the 1974 African Cup of Nations held in Egypt, and were due to play the Central African Republic in the summer of 1973, however they once again withdrew before a ball was kicked. [ 17 ] As a result, Gabon did not play a single match for about 4 years until they thrashed São Tomé and Príncipe 6–1 at home in a friendly in May 1976, which was São Tomé and Príncipe ‘s inaugural external match. [ 18 ] A few weeks late Gabon hosted the inaugural central african Games. In the football tournament, they were drawn into Group B aboard Burundi, Cameroon and Rwanda. They played their opening match on 28 June, registering a convert 4–1 winnings over Burundi. then, on 1 July they played out a 1–1 draw against Zaire who had travelled to Gabon to play each team in Group B in a friendly capacity, and had not entered the contest proper. On 5 July Gabon gained another impressive victory, beating Rwanda 3–0. In their final examination group game on 7 July they held neighbor Cameroon to creditable 0–0 pull, thus securing 2nd position ( having only missed out on the top spot via finish difference ) and reservation for the Semi-Finals. On 9 July they faced Group A winners the Congo, and were narrowly beat 1–0. however, two days subsequently they managed to clinch 3rd place with a 3–1 victory of the Central African Republic, to put the seal on an impressive performance in their own tournament. [ 19 ] A year late, Gabon entered reservation for the 1978 African Cup of Nations held in Ghana. After being given a adieu in the First Round, they were drawn against the Congo in the Second. They lost the first leg away 3–2 on 17 July 1977, and drew the second at home 3–3 on 31 July, losing 6–5 on aggregate. [ 20 ] Later that year, they entered a qualification tournament for the football competition at the 1978 All-Africa Games held in Algiers, Algeria. The reservation tournament for their zone, which was held in Cameroon, consisted of 2 groups, with the acme two teams in each group progressing to the Semi-Finals. In Gabon ‘s group ( B ) were Burundi, the Congo and Equatorial Guinea. They beat equatorial Guinea 2–0 in their possibility match on Christmas Eve, defeated the Congo 1–0 on Boxing Day and beat Burundi 2-0 two days late. With 3 wins out of 3, they topped their group and faced Group A runner-up Chad in the Semi-Finals to whom they lost 3–1 on New Year ‘s Eve, and therefore failed to qualify, as entirely the tournament winner went to the finals. [ 21 ] A few months late in February 1978, they hosted a friendly against Nigeria, which they lost 1–0. In January 1979 they registered a 2–2 away draw against Rwanda, before defeating Ivory Coast 2–1 at home in April .

2010s [edit ]

In the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, Gabon upset Cameroon 1–0 and had a dependable gamble of progressing to the quarter-finals after a scoreless draw against Tunisia. however, Gabon lost 2–1 to Zambia as it finished in its group with a tripartite connect with Zambia and Cameroon. Gabon only scored doubly in the group stage and were eliminated on the goals scored tiebreaker. In 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, Gabon co-hosted the tournament as it won their group matches : 2–0 against Niger, 3–2 against Morocco, and 1–0 against Tunisia. The second base match saw Gabon qualify for its first quarter-final since 1996 in the most dramatic circumstances. Gabon had come back to lead 2–1 entirely for Morocco to tie the match in early stop time. however, on the final play of the game, Gabon scored in the one-eighth minute of blockage meter, from a direct exempt recoil. finally, Gabon lost 5–4 in penalties ( 1–1 a.e.t ) in the quarterfinal against Mali, after a penalty missed by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who had scored three goals in the tournament. Gabon began its 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign in the second round in Group E as it was drawn with Niger, Burkina Faso, and Congo. Despite opening its campaign with a scoreless draw against Niger, Gabon lost 3–0 due to having fielded ineligible player Charly Moussono. After four qualifiers, Gabon scored only one goal, but thanks to an Aubameyang hat-trick on June 15, 2013, Gabon stayed in contention for a play-off moor with a 4–1 victory over Niger. however, Burkina Faso eliminated Gabon in the final modifier with the 1–0 result as Gabon finished one-third in its group. For the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Gabon has been drawn to qualify against Togo. flush though Daniel Cousin scored in each peg against Togo, Gabon missed out on the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations as it lost 3–2 on aggregate. A year late, Gabon played six qualifiers for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations as it was drawn with Burkina Faso, Angola and Lesotho. Despite a sandbag 1–1 resultant role in Lesotho in qualifying, Gabon finished ahead of Burkina Faso to top the group as it qualified for the tournament with a game to spare in Angola. In January 2015, Gabon was drawn along with Burkina Faso, Congo and Equatorial Guinea. however, its 2–0 victory on the orifice day of the tournament were all the points Gabon achieved during the tournament as it suffered a shock exit in the group stage .

Results and fixtures [edit ]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, equally well as any future matches that have been scheduled. Win Draw Loss

2021 [edit ]

2022 [edit ]

Players [edit ]

stream team [edit ]

The succeed players were selected for the World Cup Qatar 2022 Qualifiers matches against Libya and Egypt on 12 and 16 November 2021 respectively. [ 22 ] Caps and goals updated as of 16 November 2021, after the match against Egypt.

late call-ups [edit ]

The following players have been called up for Gabon in the last 12 months .

Records [edit ]

As of 11 October 2021[23]
Players in bold are still active with Gabon.

Most appearances [edit ]

Didier Ovono is Gabon ‘s most capped player with 112 appearances.

acme goalscorers [edit ]

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is Gabon ‘s top scorer with 28 goals .

competition records [edit ]

FIFA World Cup record [edit ]

Africa Cup of Nations record [edit ]

african Nations Championship record [edit ]

  • 2009 – Did not qualify
  • 2011 – Group stage
  • 2014 – Quarter-finals
  • 2016 – Group stage
  • 2018 – Withdrew
  • 2020 – Banned[24]

Honours [edit ]

UNIFAC Cup :

  • Champions: 1999

UDEAC Championship :

  • Champions: 1985, 1988
  • Runner-up: 1989

minor [edit ]

Champions: 2013
Runner-up: 2007

References [edit ]