DR Congo at the Africa Cup of Nations

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DR Congo is one of the major participants at the Africa Cup of Nations, having appeared at twenty editions of all AFCON tournaments. They are also one of the most successful teams in Africa, having won the title twice, once in 1968 as Congo-Kinshasa, and again in 1974 as Zaire. However, since then, successes have been elusively fading for the national side of DR Congo, in spite of their frequent participation in the tournament aftermath. Their best result since 1974 was third place in 1998 and 2015. [1]

Contents

Overall record

Africa Cup of Nations record
Titles: 2
Appearances: 20
YearPositionYearPositionYearPositionYearPosition
Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg 1957 Did not enter Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg 1976 Round 1 Flag of Tunisia.svg 1994 Quarter-finals Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Flag of Gabon.svg 2012 Did not qualify
Flag of Egypt.svg 1959 Did not enter Flag of Ghana.svg 1978 Did not enter Flag of South Africa.svg 1996 Quarter-finals Flag of South Africa.svg 2013 Round 1
Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg 1962 Did not enter Flag of Nigeria.svg 1980 Did not qualify Flag of Burkina Faso.svg 1998 Third place Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg 2015 Third place
Flag of Ghana.svg 1963 Did not enter Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg 1982 Did not qualify Flag of Ghana.svg Flag of Nigeria.svg 2000 Round 1 Flag of Gabon.svg 2017 Quarter-finals
Flag of Tunisia.svg 1965 Round 1 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 1984 Withdrew Flag of Mali.svg 2002 Quarter-finals Flag of Egypt.svg 2019 Round of 16
Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg 1968 Champions Flag of Egypt.svg 1986 Did not qualify Flag of Tunisia.svg 2004 Round 1 Flag of Cameroon.svg 2021 Did not qualify
Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg 1970 Round 1 Flag of Morocco.svg 1988 Round 1 Flag of Egypt.svg 2006 Quarter-finals Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 2023 Fourth place
Flag of Cameroon.svg 1972 Fourth place Flag of Algeria.svg 1990 Did not qualify Flag of Ghana.svg 2008 Did not qualify Flag of Morocco.svg 2025 To be determined
Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg 1974 Champions Flag of Senegal.svg 1992 Quarter-finals Flag of Angola.svg 2010 Did not qualify Flag of Kenya.svg Flag of Tanzania.svg Flag of Uganda.svg 2027

Matches

By match
TournamentOpponentScoreResultDR Congo scorers
Flag of Tunisia.svg 1965 Ghana flag 1964.svg  Ghana 2–5L Pierre Kalala Soccerball shade.svg43', 45' (pen.)
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 0–3L
Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg 1968 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo-Brazzaville 3–0W Ignace Muwawa Soccerball shade.svg19'
Nicodème Kabamba Soccerball shade.svg27' (pen.)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1–2L Saio Ernest Mokili Soccerball shade.svg42'
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 2–1W Kidumu Mantantu Soccerball shade.svg-'
Elias Tshimanga Soccerball shade.svg-'
Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg  Ethiopia 3–2 ( a.e.t. )W Kidumu Mantantu Soccerball shade.svg3'
Léon Mungamuni Soccerball shade.svg16', 100'
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1–0W Pierre Kalala Soccerball shade.svg66'
Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg 1970 Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 0–2L
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 2–2D André Kalonzo Soccerball shade.svg70'
Léon Mungamuni Soccerball shade.svg72'
Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 0–1L
Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg 1972 Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 1–1D Mayanga Maku Soccerball shade.svg53'
Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 2–0W Jean Kalala N'Tumba Soccerball shade.svg16', 59'
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1–1D Mayanga Maku Soccerball shade.svg3'
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 3–4 ( a.e.t. )L Jean Kalala N'Tumba Soccerball shade.svg6'
Kakoko Etepé Soccerball shade.svg61'
Gary Ngassebe Soccerball shade.svg78'
Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg  Cameroon 2–5L Kakoko Etepé Soccerball shade.svg13'
Mayanga Maku Soccerball shade.svg17'
Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg 1974 Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 2–1W Ndaye Mulamba Soccerball shade.svg18', 65'
Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 1–2L Mayanga Maku Soccerball shade.svg25'
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 4–1W Ndaye Mulamba Soccerball shade.svg15'
Mayanga Maku Soccerball shade.svg19', 76'
Kakoko Etepé Soccerball shade.svg38'
Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 3–2W Ndaye Mulamba Soccerball shade.svg55', 72'
Kidumu Mantantu Soccerball shade.svg61'
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia 2–2 ( a.e.t. )D Ndaye Mulamba Soccerball shade.svg65', 117'
2–0W Ndaye Mulamba Soccerball shade.svg30', 76'
Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg 1976 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 2–4L Kabasu Babo Soccerball shade.svg51'
Mbungu Ekofa Soccerball shade.svg58'
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 0–1L
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 1–1D Ndaye Mulamba Soccerball shade.svg41'
Flag of Morocco.svg 1988 Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1–1D Vita Lutonadio Soccerball shade.svg88'
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 1–1D Eugène Kabongo Soccerball shade.svg37'
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 0–1L
Flag of Senegal.svg 1992 Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1–1D Andre Kona N'Gole Soccerball shade.svg89'
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1–1D Tueba Menayame Soccerball shade.svg1'
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 0–1L
Flag of Tunisia.svg 1994 Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 1–0W Basaula Lemba Soccerball shade.svg48'
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1–1D Nsumba Ngoy Soccerball shade.svg55'
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 0–2L
Flag of South Africa.svg 1996 Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 0–2L
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 2–0W Roger Lukaku Soccerball shade.svg5' (pen.)
Liombi Essende Soccerball shade.svg72'
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 0–1L
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg 1998 Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 2–1W Jerry Tondelua Soccerball shade.svg57' (pen.), 73' (pen.)
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1–2L Papi Kimoto Soccerball shade.svg36'
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1–0W Mundaba Kisombe Soccerball shade.svg77'
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1–0W Jerry Tondelua Soccerball shade.svg30'
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1–2 ( a.e.t. )L Eddy Bembuana-Keve Soccerball shade.svg48'
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 4–4
(4–1 p)
D Lokenge Mungongo Soccerball shade.svg76', 90'
Jean-Kasongo Banza Soccerball shade.svg88'
Jerry Tondelua Soccerball shade.svg89'
Flag of Ghana.svg Flag of Nigeria.svg 2000 Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 0–0D
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0–1L
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 0–0D
Flag of Mali.svg 2002 Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 0–1L
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 0–0D
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 3–1W Yves Yuvuladio Soccerball shade.svg28'
Shabani Nonda Soccerball shade.svg66'
Papi Kimoto Soccerball shade.svg81' (pen.)
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 0–2L
Flag of Tunisia.svg 2004 Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 1–2L Alain Masudi Soccerball shade.svg35'
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 0–3L
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 0–1L
Flag of Egypt.svg 2006 Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 2–0W Trésor Mputu Soccerball shade.svg45'
Lomana LuaLua Soccerball shade.svg64'
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 0–0D
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 0–2L
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1–4L Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa Soccerball shade.svg45+2' (o.g.)
Flag of South Africa.svg 2013 Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 2–2D Trésor Mputu Soccerball shade.svg53'
Dieumerci Mbokani Soccerball shade.svg69' (pen.)
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 0–0D
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 1–1D Dieumerci Mbokani Soccerball shade.svg3' (pen.)
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg 2015 Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1–1D Yannick Bolasie Soccerball shade.svg66'
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 0–0D
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1–1D Jeremy Bokila Soccerball shade.svg66'
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 4–2W Dieumerci Mbokani Soccerball shade.svg65', 90+1'
Jeremy Bokila Soccerball shade.svg75'
Joël Kimwaki Soccerball shade.svg81'
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 1–3L Dieumerci Mbokani Soccerball shade.svg24' (pen.)
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 0–0
(4–2 p)
D
Flag of Gabon.svg 2017 Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1–0W Junior Kabananga Soccerball shade.svg55'
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 2–2D Neeskens Kebano Soccerball shade.svg10'
Junior Kabananga Soccerball shade.svg28'
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 3–1W Junior Kabananga Soccerball shade.svg29'
Ndombe Mubele Soccerball shade.svg54'
Paul-José M'Poku Soccerball shade.svg80'
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1–2L Paul-José M'Poku Soccerball shade.svg68'
Flag of Egypt.svg 2019 Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 0–2L
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 0–2L
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 4–0W Jonathan Bolingi Soccerball shade.svg4'
Cédric Bakambu Soccerball shade.svg34', 65'
Britt Assombalonga Soccerball shade.svg78'
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 2–2
(2–4 p)
D Cédric Bakambu Soccerball shade.svg21'
Chancel Mbemba Soccerball shade.svg90'
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 2023 Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1–1D Yoane Wissa Soccerball shade.svg27'
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1–1D Silas Katompa Mvumpa Soccerball shade.svg76'
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 0–0D
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1–1
(8–7 p)
D Meschak Elia Soccerball shade.svg37'
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 3–1W Chancel Mbemba Soccerball shade.svg27'
Yoane Wissa Soccerball shade.svg65' (pen.)
Arthur Masuaku Soccerball shade.svg82'
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 0–1L
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0–0
(5–6 p)
D

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