The Burkina Faso national football team represents Burkina Faso in men's international football and is controlled by the Burkinabé Football Federation. They were known as the Upper Volta national football team until 1984, when Upper Volta became Burkina Faso. They finished fourth in the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations, when they hosted the tournament. Their best ever finish in the tournament was the 2013 edition, reaching the final.
Sibiri Alain Traoré is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a striker for Arta/Solar7, and the Burkina Faso national team. He started his career with local side Planète Champion, before moving to France as a 17-year-old.
Paulo Jorge Rebelo Duarte is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender, currently manager of the Togo national team.
Keba Paul Koulibaly is a Burkinabé footballer who plays as a defender for EFO and the Burkina Faso national team. He plays as a centre-back or a left-back.
Football is the most popular sport in Burkina Faso. And the national association can look back on recent developments with a great deal of pride. Reaching the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations on home soil in 1998, reaching the knockout stage for their first FIFA World Youth Championship in 2003, and appearances at two final competitions of the CAF U-17 Cup, as well as third place at the FIFA U-17 World Championship in Trinidad and Tobago in 2001 are the country's outstanding achievements at international level. The nations most famous players include Kassoum Ouegraogo, nicknamed Zico, who had his most successful seasons with Espérance de Tunis before ending his career in Germany, Siaka Ouattara, who spent his entire career with Mulhouse in France, and Moumouni Dagano, who was voted best African player in Belgium in 2001, when he played for the Belgian side Genk. He later went on to play for the French side Guingamp before transferring to another French team, FC Sochaux in 2005. Burkina Faso received an unexpected free pass into the group stage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification process, when their opening round contestant, the Central African Republic, withdrew from the competition. This gave the West Africans, who were at that stage ranked 14th on the continent, the certainty that their name would be in the hat when the Preliminary Draw for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany was made. They got off to a flying start, beating Ghana 1-0 in their opening match and laying down a marker for their Group 2 adversaries South Africa, Cape Verde Islands, Congo DR and Uganda. The victory train began to come off the rails with two defeats to Cape Verde, and with a record of two wins and three losses, Burkina Faso were up against it at the half-way stage. Frenchman Bernard Simondi took over the coaching reins from Ivica Todorov and made the team harder to beat at home, even recording wins over South Africa and Congo DR, but in the end it was not quite enough, and the likes of Abdoulaye Cisse, Moumouni Dagano, and Wilfred Sanou went no further in the competition.
Bakary Bouba Saré is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Moussa Germain Sanou is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championnat National 2 club Paris 13 Atletico.
Adama Guira is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chinese club Qingdao Hainiu and the Burkina Faso national team.
The Burkina Faso women's national football team represents Burkina Faso in international women's football. It is governed by the Burkinabé Football Federation. It played its first match on 2 September 2007 in Ouagadougou against Niger and won 10–0, the best result till today. Its next matches were against Niger (5–0) and Mali (2–4).
Steeve Farid Yago is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Cypriot First Division club Aris Limassol. Born in France, he plays for the Burkina Faso national team.
Issoufou Sellsavon Dayo is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for RS Berkane and the Burkina Faso national team. Issoufou Dayo featured in the AFCON 2021 third place game against Cameroon.
Saïdou Simporé is a Burkinabé professional footballer who use to play as a right back for Egyptian Premier League side Al Ittihad.
Cyrille Bayala is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 2 club Ajaccio and the Burkina Faso national team.
Kouakou Hervé Koffi is a Burkinabe professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian club Charleroi and the Burkina Faso national team.
Yacouba Coulibaly is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a left-back for French club Wasquehal and the Burkina Faso national team.
Nathanio Kompaoré is a Burkinabé footballer who plays as a forward in the Anderlecht youth system and the Burkina Faso national team.
Issa Kaboré is a Burkinabè professional footballer who plays as a right-back or right wing-back for Premier League club Luton Town, on loan from Manchester City, and the Burkina Faso national team.
Kamou Malo is a Burkinabé former footballer who is currently manager of Burkina Faso.
Idrissa "Saboteur" Malo Traoré was a Burkinabé football manager and player. He managed the Burkina Faso national team.
The 2022–23 Burkinabé Premier League was a season of the Burkinabé Premier League, the top-tier football league in Burkina Faso.
