List of first international of African national teams

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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.

[edit] 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 Stade 20 Août 1955, Algiers
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
1980-11-01
 Angola  0 – 0  Zambia Independence Stadium, Lusaka
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Report Available
1963-01-27
 Benin  1 – 1  Nigeria Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
1981-04-18
 Botswana  2 – 5  Malawi Rufaro Stadium, Salisbury
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
1963-11-04
 Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)  0 – 4  Gabon Stade Demba Diop, Dakar
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Report Available N/A
1975-10-08
 Burundi  2 – 0  Somalia Mogadiscio Stadium, Mogadiscio
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available
1962-08-12
 Cameroon  1 – 3  Nigeria Onikan Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
1987-02-25
 Cape Verde  0 – 2  Senegal Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Report Available N/A
1973-09-16
 Central African Republic  4 – 2  Côte d'Ivoire Barthelemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
1963-04-11
 Chad  2 – 6  Benin Stade Demba Diop, Dakar
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
2006-12-14
 Comoros  0 – 2  Yemen Althawra Sports City Stadium, San'a'
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Report Available N/A
1963-04-13
 Congo  0 – 2  Tunisia Stade Demba Diop, Dakar
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1965-11-12
 Congo DR  2 – 5  Ghana Stade Ahmed Bsiri, Bizerte
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
1963-04-11
 Côte d'Ivoire  1 – 3  Tunisia Stade Demba Diop, Dakar
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1994-11-28
 Djibouti  1 – 4  Kenya Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1920-08-28
12:00
 Egypt  1 – 2  Italy Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Paul Putz (Belgium)
Zaki OSMAN Goal 30' (Report) Adolfo BALONCIERI Goal 25'
Guglielmo BREZZI Goal 57'
1986-12-09
 Equatorial Guinea  0 – 2  Cameroon Estadio Internacional, Malabo
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1998-10-04
 Eritrea  1 – 3  Mozambique Estádio da Machava, Maputo
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1956-07-11
 Ethiopia  1 – 4  Egypt Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A (Report) N/A
1963-04-11
 Gabon  4 – 0  Upper Volta Stade Demba Diop, Dakar
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available
1963-04-11
 Gambia  1 – 2  Sierra Leone Reckrie stadium, Freetown
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1963-04-11
 Ghana  5 – 2  Nigeria Kaneshie Complex, Accra
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1962-12-16
 Guinea  2 – 3  East Germany Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1986-02-02
 Guinea-Bissau  0 – 3  Gambia Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Report Available N/A
1965-04-07
 Kenya  2 – 4  Sudan Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
1970-08-08
 Lesotho  2 – 1  Malawi Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
1963-04-11
 Liberia  3 – 1  Madagascar= Stade Demba Diop, Dakar
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1964-11-15
 Libya  2 – 1  Lebanon Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1963-04-11
 Madagascar  1 – 3  Liberia Stade Demba Diop, Dakar
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1967-11-12
 Malawi  0 – 1  Rhodesia Rufaro Stadium, Salisbury
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1962-12-09
 Mali  1 – 2  East Germany Stade Modibo Keita, Bamako
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1972-01-01
 Mauritania  0 – 14  Guinea Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1967-08-02
 Mauritius  0 – 1  Tanganyika National Stadium, Dar-es-Salaam
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1960-01-01
 Morocco  0 – 5  Yugoslavia Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1980-04-20
 Mozambique  0 – 6  Zimbabwe Rufaro Stadium, Salisbury
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1992-08-01
 Namibia  0 – 2  Lesotho Setsoto Stadium, Maseru
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1963-04-11
 Niger  0 – 1  Nigeria Stade Demba Diop, Dakar
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1959-11-21
 Nigeria  2 – 5  Ghana Kaneshie Complex, Accra
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1976-06-29
 Rwanda  2 – 6  Burundi Stade Augustin Monédan de Sibang, Libreville
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1978-07-27
 São Tomé and Príncipe  1 – 1  Angola Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1963-02-27
 Senegal  0 – 4  Nigeria Kaneshie Complex, Accra
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1986-08-31
 Seychelles  1 – 2  Mauritius People's Stadium (Seychelles), Roche Caiman
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1967-10-14
 Sierra Leone  1 – 1  Nigeria Reckrie stadium, Freetown
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1969-01-05
 Somalia  0 – 7  Ethiopia Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1947-05-10
 South Africa  2 – 1  Australia Drummoyne Oval, Sydney
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1957-02-10
 Sudan  1 – 2  Egypt Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1981-04-18
 Swaziland  1 – 6  Zambia Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1964-12-01
 Tanzania  1 – 5  Madagascar Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1964-12-27
 Togo  2 – 1  Nigeria Onikan Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1959-03-08
 Tunisia  0 – 0  Malta Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available
1962-01-18
 Uganda  1 – 2  United Arab Republic Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1966-07-05
 Zambia  3 – 0  Madagascar Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available
1967-11-12
 Zimbabwe (as Rhodesia)  1 – 0  Malawi Rufaro Stadium, Salisbury
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available

[edit] 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 theses matches are kept and recognized by the local football associations.
  • First international match is for those teams stated first.
1963-01-06
 Algeria  2 – 1  Tunisia Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
1977-06-01
 Angola  1 – 0  Cuba Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available
1963-01-27
 Dahomey  1 – 0  Nigeria Stade Municipale, Porto Novo
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available
1968-07-13
 Botswana  1 – 8  Malawi Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
1960-04-13
 Upper Volta  5 – 4  Gabon Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
1971-12-05
 Burundi  1 – 4  Tanzania National Stadium (Tanzania), Dar es Salaam
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
1960-04-13
 Cameroon  9 – 2 France Djibouti Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
1979-01-07
 Cape Verde  0 – 3  Guinea-Bissau Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Report Available N/A
1960-04-13
 Central African Republic  3 – 4  Mali Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
1963-04-11
 Chad 1 2 – 6  Dahomey Stade Demba Diop, Dakar
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
1979-08-26
 Comoros  0 – 3  Mauritius Stade Jean Ivoula, Saint Denis
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Report Available N/A
1960-04-13
 Congo  4 – 1  Réunion Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1963-04-11
 Congo DR  6 – 0  Mauritania Stade Demba Diop, Dakar
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available
1960-04-13
 Côte d'Ivoire  3 – 2  Dahomey Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1947-12-05
 Djibouti  0 – 6  Ethiopia Stade du Ville, Djibouti
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1920-08-28
12:00
 Egypt  4 – 2  Belgium Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1975-05-23
 Equatorial Guinea  2 – 6  China PR Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1992-06-26
 Eritrea  1 – 1  Sudan Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1947-05-15
 Ethiopia  5 – 0 France Djibouti Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available
1960-04-10
 Gabon  4 – 5  Upper Volta Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1962-12-05
 Gambia 3 – 2  Senegal Box Bar Stadium, Banjul
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1950-05-28
 Gold Coast  1 – 0  Nigeria Kaneshie Complex, Accra
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available
1960-10-02
 Guinea  1 – 4  Nigeria Onikan Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1976-01-15
 Guinea-Bissau  2 – 2  Mali Box Bar Stadium, Banjul
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
1926-05-01
 Kenya  1 – 1  Uganda Mombasa Sports Club Ground, Mombasa
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
1970-08-08
 Lesotho  2 – 1  Malawi Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
1963-04-11
 Liberia 1 3 – 1  Madagascar Stade Demba Diop, Dakar
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1953-07-29
 Libya  2 – 10  Egypt Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Ali Zantouny Goal pen.'
N/AGoal		 No Official Reports Available Mohammad Diab Al Attar Goal Goal Goal
Sayed Al Dhizoui Goal Goal Goal
Sherif El Far Goal Goal
Ahmad Mekawi Goal
Awudh Goal
1947
 Madagascar France 1 – 2  Mauritius Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1962-10-15
 Malawi Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 0 – 12  Ghana Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1960-04-13
 Mali  4 – 3  Central African Republic Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1972-01-01
 Mauritania  0 – 1  Congo DR Stade Demba Diop, Dakar
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1947
 Mauritius  2 – 1  Réunion Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1928-12-22
 Morocco  1 – 2  France B Stade Municipal, Kenitra
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1977-12-20
 Mozambique  1 – 2  Tanzania Estádio da Machava, Maputo
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1989-05-16
 Namibia South Africa 0 – 1 [1]  Angola Oscar Norich Stadium, Tsumeb
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1963-04-11
 Niger 1 0 – 1  Nigeria Stade Demba Diop, Dakar
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1950-05-28
 Nigeria  0 – 1  Ghana Kaneshie Complex, Accra
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1947
 Réunion † 1 – 2  Mauritius Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1976-06-29
 Rwanda 1 2 – 6  Burundi Stade Augustin Monédan de Sibang, Libreville
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1976-06-29
 São Tomé and Príncipe  0 – 5  Chad Stade Augustin Monédan de Sibang, Libreville
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1961-12-31
 Senegal  3 – 4  Dahomey Stade Municipal d'Abidjan, Abidjan
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1974-03-13
 Seychelles  0 – 2  Réunion Stade Théophile Hoarau, Saint Louis
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1949-08-10
 Sierra Leone 0 – 2  Nigeria Reckrie stadium, Freetown
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1963-11-12
 Somalia  0 – 14  North Korea Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1924-11-02
 South Africa  2 – 1  Netherlands Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1956-11-16
 Sudan  1 – 2  Ethiopia Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1968-05-01
 Swaziland United Kingdom 2 – 0  Malawi Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1945
 Tanganyika  0 – 7  Uganda Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1956-10-13
 French Togoland Togo 1 – 1  Gold Coast Stade Agoè Nyivé, Lomé
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1928
 Tunisia  2 – 3  France B Stade Municipal de Gabès, Gabès
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1926-05-01
 Uganda  1 – 1  Kenya Thika Municipal Stadium, Thika
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
1946
 Northern Rhodesia  4 – 0  Southern Rhodesia Unknown Venue
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
N/A No Official Reports Available
1952
 Zanzibar‡ United Kingdom 0 – 6  Kenya Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A
1939-06-26
 Southern Rhodesia  0 – 4  England XI Ascot Stadium, Gwelo
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
No Official Reports Available N/A

[edit] References

  1. ^ "FIFA Statistics". FIFA. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/index.html. Retrieved 2008-11-13. 
  2. ^ "List of Full Internationals of National Teams". RSSSF. 2008-12-12. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/landen-intres.html#afr. Retrieved 2008-12-20. 
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