Gabon national football team
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The Gabon national football team, nicknamed Azingo Nationale, is the national team of Gabon
Gabon
Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...

 and is controlled by the Fédération Gabonaise de Football
Fédération Gabonaise de Football
The Fédération Gabonaise de Football is the governing body of football in Gabon. It was founded in 1962, affiliated to FIFA in 1963 and to CAF in 1967. It organizes the national football league and the national team.-External links:...

. They have never qualified for the World Cup
FIFA World Cup
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 finals, but have qualified four times for the Africa Cup of Nations.

Gabon Football Achievements

UNIFAC Cup
UNIFAC Cup
The UNIFAC Cup was a football tournament played in Gabon in 1999, between the nations of Central Africa. The prize for this tournament was the Oumar Bongo trophy.All matches at Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon...

 :
  • 1 Time Champion (1999)
UDEAC Championship
UDEAC Championship
The Central African Customs and Economic Union Championship was a association football tournament contested between countries in Central Africa...

 :
  • 2 Times Champion (1985, 1988)
  • 1 Time Runners-up

World Cup record

  • 1930
    1930 FIFA World Cup
    The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July 1930...

     to 1962
    1962 FIFA World Cup
    The 1962 FIFA World Cup, the seventh staging of the World Cup, was held in Chile from 30 May to 17 June. It was won by Brazil, who retained the championship by beating Czechoslovakia 3–1 in the final...

     - Did not enter
  • 1966
    1966 FIFA World Cup
    The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup, was held in England from 11 July to 30 July. England beat West Germany 4–2 in the final, winning the World Cup for the first time, so becoming the first host to win the tournament since Italy in 1934.-Host selection:England was chosen as...

     - Withdrew
  • 1970
    1970 FIFA World Cup
    The 1970 FIFA World Cup, the ninth staging of the World Cup, was held in Mexico, from 31 May to 21 June. The 1970 tournament was the first World Cup hosted in North America, and the first held outside South America and Europe. In a match-up of two-time World Cup champions, the final was won by...

     - Did not enter
  • 1974
    1974 FIFA World Cup
    The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from 13 June to 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup Trophy, created by the Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, was awarded...

     - Withdrew
  • 1978
    1978 FIFA World Cup
    The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Argentina between 1 June and 25 June. The 1978 World Cup was won by Argentina who beat the Netherlands 3–1 after extra time in the final. This win was the first World Cup title for Argentina, who became the fifth...

     to 1986
    1986 FIFA World Cup
    The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially...

     - Did not enter
  • 1990
    1990 FIFA World Cup
    The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...

     to 2010
    2010 FIFA World Cup
    The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...

     - Did not qualify

Africa Cup of Nations record

  • 1957 to 1970 - Did not enter
  • 1972 - Did not qualify
  • 1974 - Withdrew
  • 1976 - Did not enter
  • 1978 - Did not qualify
  • 1980 - Did not enter
  • 1982 - Withdrew
  • 1984 to 1992 - Did not qualify
  • 1994 - Round 1
  • 1996 - Quarter-finals
  • 1998 - Did not qualify
  • 2000 - Round 1
  • 2002 to 2008 - Did not qualify
  • 2010 - Round 1
  • 2012 - Will qualify as co-hosts with Equatorial Guinea

Current squad

The following squad was called for the friendly match
Exhibition game
An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...

 against Brazil
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in international men's football and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation , the governing body for football in Brazil. They are a member of the International Federation of Association Football since 1923 and also a member of the...

 on 10 November 2011.

Caps and goals updated as 9 November 2011.

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