The DR Congo A' national team is the local national football team of the DR Congo (formerly Zaire, alternatively known as Congo-Kinshasa) and is open only to domestic league players. The team represents DR Congo at the African Nations Championship and is governed by the Congolese Association Football Federation. They are nicknamed The Leopards.
| Nickname(s) | The Leopards | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Congolese Association Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | UNIFFAC (Central Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Christian Nsengi-Biembe | ||
| Home stadium | Stade des Martyrs | ||
| FIFA code | COD | ||
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| African Nations Championship | |||
| Appearances | 5 (first in 2009) | ||
| Best result | Champions, 2009 and 2016 | ||
DR Congo won the maiden African Nations Championship hosted by Ivory Coast in 2009[1] and repeated the feat at the 2016 tournament.[2] Since 2014, all DR Congo A' team matches have been recognized by FIFA as first team matches.[3]
African Nations Championship record edit
| African Nations Championship | ||||||||
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| Appearances: 5 | ||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
 2009 |
Champions | 1st | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
 2011 |
Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
 2014 |
7th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
 2016 |
Champions | 1st | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 |
 2018 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 2020 |
Quarter- finals | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
 2022 |
Group stage | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 2024 |
To be Determined | |||||||
| Total | Champions | 5/7 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 24 |
Results and fixtures edit
Results edit
| 22 September 2019 2020 African Nations Championship |  Central African Republic | 0–2 |  DR Congo | Barthélemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui |
| 16:00 (UTC+1) | Report | Referee: Diosdado Nzibi Nze Angono (Equatorial Guinea) |
| 20 October 2019 2020 African Nations Championship | DR Congo | 4–1 | Central African Republic | Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa |
| 15:30 (UTC+1) | Report | Dimokoyen  70' |
Referee: Antoine Effa Essouma (Cameroon) |
Fixtures edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Libya
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | DR Congo
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 |  Congo
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 |  Niger
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Squad edit
The following players were called up for the 2020 African Nations Championship matches against Central African Republic.
Caps and goals as of 20 October 2019 after the match against Central African Republic.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| GK | Jackson Lunanga Sankiaro | 5 May 1997 | 2 | 0 | AS Vita
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| GK | Nathan Mabruki | 27 April 1989 | 3 | 0 | DC Motema Pembe
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| DF | Mukoko Amale | 17 October 1998 | 5 | 0 | DC Motema Pembe
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| DF | Issama Mpeko | 30 May 1989 | 71 | 1 | TP Mazembe
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| DF | Ernest Luzolo Sita | 24 January 1997 | 3 | 0 | AS Vita
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| DF | Kévin Mondeko | 10 September 1995 | 2 | 0 | TP Mazembe
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| DF | Luete Ava Dongo | 27 January 1996 | 5 | 1 | AS Vita
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| DF | Atibu Radjabu | 0 | 0 | AS Maniema Union
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| MF | Teji Lutonadio | 2 | 0 | AS Maniema Union
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| MF | Rachidi Assumani | 25 February 1994 | 0 | 0 | DC Motema Pembe
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| MF | Steve Ebuela | 0 | 0 | AS Dauphins Noirs
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| MF | Glody Likonza | 10 May 1998 | 2 | 0 | TP Mazembe
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| MF | Zemanga Soze | 0 | 0 | AS Vita
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| MF | Mukoko Tonombe | 16 January 1996 | 2 | 0 | AS Vita
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| MF | Beverly Makangila | 11 April 2000 | 1 | 0 | FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo
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| MF | Jérémie Mumbere | 10 June 1991 | 2 | 0 | AS Vita
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| MF | Ikoyo Iyembe | 1 | 0 | DC Motema Pembe
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| FW | Vinny Kmobe Bongonga | 24 March 1996 | 0 | 0 | DC Motema Pembe
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| FW | Ducapel Moloko | 25 December 1997 | 0 | 0 | AS Vita
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| FW | Jackson Muleka | 4 October 1999 | 7 | 3 | TP Mazembe
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| FW | Isaac Tshibangu | 17 May 2003 | 2 | 0 | TP Mazembe
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| FW | Merveille Wamba Kikasa | 14 February 1999 | 3 | 1 | AS Vita
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| FW | Chico Ushindi Was Kubanza | 7 January 1996 | 2 | 0 | Unknown
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| FW | Joël Beya | 8 December 1999 | 3 | 4 | TP Mazembe
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Previous squads edit
- African Nations Championship squads
Honours edit
References edit
- ^ "DR Congo wins maiden CHAN tournament". BBC Africa. 8 March 2009.
- ^ "DR Congo humiliate Mali to win CHAN 2016". Legit.ng. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ "CHAN matches to count as first team matches". w.cybereagles.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
