Rwanda national football team
| Nickname(s) | Amavubi (The Wasps) |
|---|---|
| Association | FERWAFA |
| Confederation | CAF |
| Sub-confederation | CECAFA |
| Head coach | Jimmy Mulisa |
| Captain | Haruna Niyonzima |
| Most caps | Haruna Niyonzima (75) |
| Top scorer | Olivier Karekezi (25) |
| Home stadium | Stade Amahoro |
| FIFA code | RWA |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 100  7 (9 February 2017)
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| Highest | 64 (March 2015) |
| Lowest | 178 (July 1999) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 129 (21 December 2016) |
| Highest | 95 (October 2008) |
| Lowest | 150 (July 1996) |
| First international | |
 Burundi 6–2 Rwanda  (Libreville, Gabon; 29 June 1976) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Rwanda 9–0 Djibouti  (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 13 December 2007) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Cameroon 5–0 Rwanda (Libreville, Gabon; 7 July 1976)  Zaire 6–1 Rwanda (Gabon; 12 July 1976)  Tunisia 5–0 Rwanda (Tunis, Tunisia; 10 April 1983)  Uganda 5–0 Rwanda (Kampala, Uganda; 1 August 1998) |
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| Africa Cup of Nations | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2004) |
| Best result | Group stage, 2004 |
The Rwanda national football team represents Rwanda in international football. It is controlled by the Rwandese Federation of Association Football (French: Fédération Rwandaise de Football Association), the governing body of football in Rwanda, and competes as a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), as well as the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA), a CAF sub-confederation that governs football in East and Central Africa. The team bears the nickname Amavubi (Kinyarwanda for The Wasps), and primarily plays its home games at the Stade Amahoro in Kigali, the nation's capital. They have never qualified for a World Cup finals, and reached their first Africa Cup of Nations in 2004.
Rwanda qualified for its first Africa Cup of Nations in 2004. At the tournament they lost their opening match 2–1 to Tunisia before winning their first ever point in the competition after a 1–1 draw against Guinea. Rwanda went on to beat DR Congo in their final match by a 1–0 scoreline, but it wasn't enough as elsewhere in the group Guinea and Tunisia drew, meaning both teams progressed to the quarter finals and Rwanda were eliminated.
In 2001, after adopting the new flag of Rwanda, The Federation (FERWAFA) changed the color of the team kit. The new team kit consists of a yellow jersey, blue shorts and green socks for home matches, while their away kit is either all white or all blue. Adidas has generally been the manufacturer for the Rwandan team since 2001. However, between 2004 and 2009, Rwanda used L-sport as their outfitter, and in 2015 the side started wearing kit provided by AMS, an emerging Australian supplier.
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