DR Congo A' national football team

DR Congo A'

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
First colours Second colours
African Nations Championship
Appearances	5 (first in 2009 )
Best result	Champions, 2009 and 2016

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.

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

African Nations Championship
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

Results

Main article: 2020 African Nations Championship qualification

  Central African Republic v   DR Congo

22 September 2019 2020 African Nations Championship	Central African Republic	0–2	DR Congo	Barthélemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui
16:00 (UTC+1)		Report	Beya 26' Muleka 85'	Referee: Diosdado Nzibi Nze Angono (Equatorial Guinea)

  DR Congo v   Central African Republic

20 October 2019 2020 African Nations Championship	DR Congo	4–1	Central African Republic	Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
15:30 (UTC+1)	Beya 13', 42' Kikasa 28' Muleka 60'	Report	Dimokoyen 70'	Referee: Antoine Effa Essouma (Cameroon)

Fixtures

Main article: 2020 African Nations Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Libya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	DR Congo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Congo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Niger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: January 2021. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

January 2021 (2021-01)

DR Congo	TBD	Congo

Japoma Stadium, Douala

January 2021 (2021-01)

Libya	TBD	DR Congo

Japoma Stadium, Douala

January 2021 (2021-01)

Niger	TBD	DR Congo

Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

Squad

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
	1 GK	Jackson Lunanga Sankiaro	(1997-05-05) 5 May 1997 (age 28)	2	0	AS Vita
	1 GK	Nathan Mabruki	(1989-04-27) 27 April 1989 (age 36)	3	0	DC Motema Pembe
	2 DF	Mukoko Amale	(1998-10-17) 17 October 1998 (age 26)	5	0	DC Motema Pembe
	2 DF	Issama Mpeko	(1989-05-30) 30 May 1989 (age 36)	71	1	TP Mazembe
	2 DF	Ernest Luzolo Sita	(1997-01-24) 24 January 1997 (age 28)	3	0	AS Vita
	2 DF	Kévin Mondeko	(1995-09-10) 10 September 1995 (age 29)	2	0	TP Mazembe
	2 DF	Luete Ava Dongo	(1996-01-27) 27 January 1996 (age 29)	5	1	AS Vita
	2 DF	Atibu Radjabu		0	0	AS Maniema Union
	3 MF	Teji Lutonadio		2	0	AS Maniema Union
	3 MF	Rachidi Assumani	(1994-02-25) 25 February 1994 (age 31)	0	0	DC Motema Pembe
	3 MF	Steve Ebuela		0	0	AS Dauphins Noirs
	3 MF	Glody Likonza	(1998-05-10) 10 May 1998 (age 27)	2	0	TP Mazembe
	3 MF	Zemanga Soze		0	0	AS Vita
	3 MF	Mukoko Tonombe	(1996-01-16) 16 January 1996 (age 29)	2	0	AS Vita
	3 MF	Beverly Makangila	(2000-04-11) 11 April 2000 (age 25)	1	0	FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo
	3 MF	Jérémie Mumbere	(1991-06-10) 10 June 1991 (age 34)	2	0	AS Vita
	3 MF	Ikoyo Iyembe		1	0	DC Motema Pembe
	4 FW	Vinny Kmobe Bongonga	(1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 29)	0	0	DC Motema Pembe
	4 FW	Ducapel Moloko	(1997-12-25) 25 December 1997 (age 27)	0	0	AS Vita
	4 FW	Jackson Muleka	(1999-10-04) 4 October 1999 (age 25)	7	3	TP Mazembe
	4 FW	Isaac Tshibangu	(2003-05-17) 17 May 2003 (age 22)	2	0	TP Mazembe
	4 FW	Merveille Wamba Kikasa	(1999-02-14) 14 February 1999 (age 26)	3	1	AS Vita
	4 FW	Chico Ushindi Was Kubanza	(1996-01-07) 7 January 1996 (age 29)	2	0	Unknown
	4 FW	Joël Beya	(1999-12-08) 8 December 1999 (age 25)	3	4	TP Mazembe

Previous squads

African Nations Championship squads

• CHAN 2011 squad
• CHAN 2016 squad

Honours

African Nations Championship :

• Champions: 2009, 2016

References

1. "DR Congo wins maiden CHAN tournament". BBC Africa. 8 March 2009.
2. "DR Congo humiliate Mali to win CHAN 2016". Legit.ng. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2020.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. "CHAN matches to count as first team matches". w.cybereagles.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

External links

• Congolese Association Football Federation