List of first international of African national teams

Last updated February 10, 2024

The list below show the first international of the African national football teams of both FIFA and CAF associate members who are still not members of FIFA.

FIFA recognised first internationals

International matches stated below are according to the FIFA official records since January 1872.^[1]
The matches listed below shouldn't always be the first international matches kept in the national football associations records, as FIFA keeps records for countries after being affiliated.
First international match is for those teams stated first.

1963-01-06

Algeria	2 – 1	Bulgaria
Zitouni 72' Meziani 80'	(Report)	N/A

Stade 20 Août 1955, Algiers

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1980-11-01

Angola	0 – 0	Zambia
	No Official Report Available

Independence Stadium, Lusaka

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1963-01-27

Benin	1 – 1	Nigeria
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1981-04-18

Botswana	2 – 5	Malawi
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Rufaro Stadium, Salisbury

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1963-11-04

Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)	0 – 4	Gabon
	No Official Report Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1975-10-08

Burundi	2 – 0	Somalia
N/A	No Official Report Available

Mogadiscio Stadium, Mogadiscio

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1962-08-12

Cameroon	1 – 3	Nigeria
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Onikan Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1987-02-25

Cape Verde	0 – 2	Senegal
	No Official Report Available	N/A

Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1973-09-16

Central African Republic	4 – 2	Ivory Coast
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Barthelemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1963-04-11

Chad	2 – 6	Benin
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

2006-12-14

Comoros	0 – 2	Yemen
	No Official Report Available	N/A

Althawra Sports City Stadium, San'a'

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1963-04-13

Congo	0 – 2	Tunisia
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1965-11-12

DR Congo	2 – 5	Ghana
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Stade Ahmed Bsiri, Bizerte

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1963-04-11

Ivory Coast	1 – 3	Tunisia
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1994-11-28

Djibouti	1 – 4	Kenya
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1920-08-28

12:00

Egypt	1 – 2	Italy
Zaki OSMAN 30'	(Report)	Adolfo BALONCIERI 25' Guglielmo BREZZI 57'

Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Paul Putz (Belgium)

1986-12-09

Equatorial Guinea	0 – 2	Cameroon
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Estadio Internacional, Malabo

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1998-10-04

Eritrea	1 – 3	Mozambique
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Estádio da Machava, Maputo

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1956-07-11

Ethiopia	1 – 4	Egypt
N/A	(Report)	N/A

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1963-04-11

Gabon	4 – 0	Upper Volta
N/A	No Official Reports Available

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1963-04-11

Gambia	1 – 2	Sierra Leone
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Reckrie stadium, Freetown

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1963-04-11

Ghana	5 – 2	Nigeria
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Kaneshie Complex, Accra

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1962-12-16

Guinea	2 – 3	East Germany
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1986-02-02

Guinea-Bissau	0 – 3	Gambia
	No Official Report Available	N/A

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1965-04-07

Kenya	2 – 4	Sudan
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1970-08-08

Lesotho	2 – 1	Malawi
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1963-04-11

Liberia	3 – 1	Madagascar =
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1964-11-15

Libya	2 – 1	Lebanon
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1963-04-11

Madagascar	1 – 3	Liberia
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1967-11-12

Malawi	0 – 1	Rhodesia
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Rufaro Stadium, Salisbury

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1962-12-09

Mali	1 – 2	East Germany
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Modibo Keita, Bamako

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1972-01-01

Mauritania	0 – 14	Guinea
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1967-08-02

Mauritius	0 – 1	Tanganyika
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

National Stadium, Dar-es-Salaam

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1960-01-01

Morocco	0 – 5	Yugoslavia
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1980-04-20

Mozambique	0 – 6	Zimbabwe
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Rufaro Stadium, Salisbury

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1992-08-01

Namibia	0 – 2	Lesotho
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1963-04-11

Niger	0 – 1	Nigeria
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1959-11-21

Nigeria	2 – 5	Ghana
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Kaneshie Complex, Accra

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1976-06-29

Rwanda	2 – 6	Burundi
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Augustin Monédan de Sibang, Libreville

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1978-07-27

São Tomé and Príncipe	1 – 1	Angola
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1963-02-27

Senegal	0 – 4	Nigeria
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Kaneshie Complex, Accra

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1986-08-31

Seychelles	1 – 2	Mauritius
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

People's Stadium (Seychelles), Roche Caiman

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1967-10-14

Sierra Leone	1 – 1	Nigeria
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Reckrie stadium, Freetown

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1969-01-05

Somalia	0 – 7	Ethiopia
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1947-05-10

South Africa	2 – 1	Australia
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Drummoyne Oval, Sydney

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1957-02-10

Sudan	1 – 2	Egypt
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1981-04-18

Swaziland	1 – 6	Zambia
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1964-12-01

Tanzania	1 – 5	Madagascar
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1964-12-27

Togo	2 – 1	Nigeria
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Onikan Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1959-03-08

Tunisia	0 – 0	Malta
	No Official Reports Available

Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1962-01-18

Uganda	1 – 2	United Arab Republic
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1966-07-05

Zambia	3 – 0	Madagascar
N/A	No Official Reports Available

Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1967-11-12

Zimbabwe (as Rhodesia)	1 – 0	Malawi
N/A	No Official Reports Available

Rufaro Stadium, Salisbury

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

Local associations recognised first internationals

International matches stated below are not recognized by the FIFA as the national associations were not affiliated by the time of the match.^[2]
Official records for these matches are kept and recognized by the local football associations.
First international match is for those teams stated first.

1957-06-25

Tunisia	1 – 2	Algeria
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1977-06-01

Angola	1 – 0	Cuba
N/A	No Official Report Available

Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1963-01-27

Dahomey	1 – 0	Nigeria
N/A	No Official Report Available

Stade Municipale, Porto Novo

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1968-07-13

Botswana	1 – 8	Malawi
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1960-04-13

Upper Volta	5 – 4	Gabon
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1971-12-05

Burundi	1 – 4	Tanzania
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

National Stadium (Tanzania), Dar es Salaam

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1960-04-13

Cameroon	9 – 2	Djibouti
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1979-01-07

Cape Verde	0 – 3	Guinea-Bissau
	No Official Report Available	N/A

Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1960-04-13

Central African Republic	3 – 4	Mali
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1963-04-11

Chad ¹	2 – 6	Dahomey
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1979-08-26

Comoros	0 – 3	Mauritius
	No Official Report Available	N/A

Stade Jean Ivoula, Saint Denis

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1960-04-13

Congo	4 – 1	Réunion
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1963-04-11

DR Congo	6 – 0	Mauritania
N/A	No Official Report Available

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1960-04-13

Ivory Coast	3 – 2	Dahomey
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1947-12-05

Djibouti	0 – 6	Ethiopia
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade du Ville, Djibouti

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1920-08-28

12:00

Egypt	4 – 2	Belgium
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1975-05-23

Equatorial Guinea	2 – 6	China
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Workers Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1992-06-26

Eritrea	1 – 1	Sudan
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1947-05-15

Ethiopia	5 – 0	Djibouti
N/A	No Official Reports Available

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1960-04-10

Gabon	4 – 5	Upper Volta
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1962-12-05

Gambia	3 – 2	Senegal
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Box Bar Stadium, Banjul

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1950-05-28

Gold Coast	1 – 0	Nigeria
N/A	No Official Reports Available

Kaneshie Complex, Accra

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1960-10-02

Guinea	1 – 4	Nigeria
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Onikan Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1976-01-15

Guinea-Bissau	2 – 2	Mali
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Box Bar Stadium, Banjul

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1926-05-01

Kenya	1 – 1	Uganda
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Mombasa Sports Club Ground, Mombasa

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1970-08-08

Lesotho	2 – 1	Malawi
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1963-04-11

Liberia ¹	3 – 1	Madagascar
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1953-07-29

Libya	2 – 10	Egypt
Ali Zantouny pen.' N/A	No Official Reports Available	Mohammad Diab Al Attar Sayed Al Dhizoui Sherif El Far Ahmad Mekawi Awudh

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1947

Madagascar	1 – 2	Mauritius
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1962-10-15

Malawi	0 – 12	Ghana
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1960-04-13

Mali	4 – 3	Central African Republic
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1972-01-01

Mauritania	0 – 1	DR Congo
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1947

Mauritius	2 – 1	Réunion
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1928-12-22

Morocco	1 – 2	France B
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Municipal, Kenitra

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1977-12-20

Mozambique	1 – 2	Tanzania
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Estádio da Machava, Maputo

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1989-05-16

Namibia	0 – 1	Angola
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Oscar Norich Stadium, Tsumeb

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1963-04-11

Niger ¹	0 – 1	Nigeria
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1950-05-28

Nigeria	0 – 1	Ghana
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Kaneshie Complex, Accra

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1947

Réunion ^†	1 – 2	Mauritius
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1976-06-29

Rwanda ¹	2 – 6	Burundi
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Augustin Monédan de Sibang, Libreville

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1976-06-29

São Tomé and Príncipe	0 – 5	Chad
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Augustin Monédan de Sibang, Libreville

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1961-12-31

Senegal	3 – 4	Dahomey
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Municipal d'Abidjan, Abidjan

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1974-03-13

Seychelles	0 – 2	Réunion
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Théophile Hoarau, Saint Louis

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1949-08-10

Sierra Leone	0 – 2	Nigeria
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Reckrie stadium, Freetown

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1963-11-12

Somalia	0 – 14	North Korea
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1924-11-02

Netherlands	2 – 1	South Africa
Wim Volkers 9' Jan de Natris 19'	No Official Reports Available	20' John Murray

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany)

1956-11-16

Sudan	1 – 2	Ethiopia
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1968-05-01

Swaziland	2 – 0	Malawi
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1945

Tanganyika	0 – 7	Uganda
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1956-10-13

French Togoland	1 – 1	Gold Coast
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Agoè Nyivé, Lomé

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1928

Tunisia	2 – 3	France B
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Municipal de Gabès, Gabès

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1926-05-01

Uganda	1 – 1	Kenya
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Thika Municipal Stadium, Thika

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1946

Northern Rhodesia	4 – 0	Southern Rhodesia
N/A	No Official Reports Available

Unknown Venue

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1952

Zanzibar ^‡	0 – 6	Kenya
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1939-06-26

Southern Rhodesia	0 – 4	England XI
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Ascot Stadium, Gwelo

Attendance: N/A

Referee: N/A

1:Match approved by FIFA to be first international.
†: CAF associate member, Non-FIFA member.
‡: CAF associate member, Non-FIFA member, Nouvelle Fédération Board member.

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List of first international of African national teams

Contents

FIFA recognised first internationals

Local associations recognised first internationals

See also

Related Research Articles

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