Congo-Brazzaville national football team
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| Nickname(s) |
Diables Rouges (Red Devils) |
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| Association | Fédération Congolaise de Football |
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation | UNIFFAC (Central Africa) |
| Captain | Prince Oniangué |
| Home stadium | Stade Municipal de Kintélé |
| FIFA code | CGO |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 91  4 (12 April 2018)
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| Highest | 42 (September 2015) |
| Lowest | 144 (September 2011) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 110  (6 May 2018)
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| Highest | 37 (July 1972) |
| Lowest | 133 (4 September 2011) |
| First international | |
 Ivory Coast 4–2 Congo  (February, 1960) |
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| Biggest win | |
Congo 11–0 Chad  (Congo; 28 March 1964)  Congo 11–0 São Tomé and Príncipe  (Gabon; 7 July 1976) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Malagasy Republic 8–1 Congo (Madagascar; 18 April 1960) |
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| Africa Cup of Nations | |
| Appearances | 7 (first in 1968) |
| Best result | Champions, 1972 |
The Congo national football team, nicknamed the Diables Rouges (Red Devils), is the national team of the Republic of the Congo and is run by the Fédération Congolaise de Football. They have never qualified for the World Cup, but did win the Africa Cup of Nations in 1972. They also won the All-Africa Games football tournament in 1965.
The Congo national football team made its first ever appearance in February 1960 in a friendly against the Ivory Coast which they lost 4–2. On 13 April, they defeated Reunion 4–1 in their first game to advance to the quarter-finals. In their quarter-final on 15 April, they defeated the Ivory Coast 3–2. On 17 April, they lost 5–4 to Cameroon and were beaten 8–1 by the host Madagascar in the third-place play-off on 19 April.
In April 1963 they entered another L'Amitié competition, this time in Senegal, and were drawn in a group with Tunisia, the Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of Congo and Mauritania. They lost their opener 2–0 to Tunisia on 13 April but beat the Ivory Coast 3–2 the next day. On 15 April they beat their neighbour Congo Kinshasa 2–1, and then Mauritania 11–0 two days later, but did not advance to the next round.
In July 1965 the Congo held the 1965 All-Africa Games and were drawn in a group with Mali, Uganda and Togo. They drew 1–1 with Mali on 18 July and beat Uganda 2–1 the next day. On 21 July they drew 1–1 against Togo but advanced through to the semi-finals, where they beat the Ivory Coast 1–0 on 23 July. On 25 July the Congo drew 0–0 versus Mali in the final, but won the tournament by having won ten corners in the final compared to Mali's one.
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