Burkina Faso national football team

Burkina Faso
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Les Étalons ; (The Stallions)
Association	Burkinabé Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Kamou Malo
Captain	Charles Kaboré
Most caps	Charles Kaboré (99)
Top scorer	Moumouni Dagano (34)
Home stadium	Stade du 4-Août
FIFA code	BFA
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	62 1 (24 October 2024)
Highest	35 (April–May 2017)
Lowest	127 (December 1993)
First international
	Upper Volta 5–4 Gabon ; (Tananarive, Madagascar; 14 April 1960)
Biggest win
	Upper Volta 5–1 Liberia ; (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; 27 December 1961) ; Burkina Faso 4–0 Mozambique ; (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 7 June 2003) ; Burkina Faso 4–0 Namibia ; (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 26 March 2011) ; Burkina Faso 4–0 Ethiopia ; (Nelspruit, South Africa; 25 January 2013) ; Burkina Faso 4–0 Niger ; (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 23 March 2013) ; Burkina Faso 5–1 Swaziland ; (Nelspruit, South Africa; 10 January 2015) Burkina Faso 4-0 Cape Verde (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 14 November 2017)
Biggest defeat
	Algeria 7–0 Upper Volta ; (Algeria; 30 August 1981)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	11 (first in 1978)
Best result	Runners-up, 2013

The Burkina Faso national football team (French: Équipe nationale de football du Burkina Faso), 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, The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).

History

The country made their first appearance in the Africa Cup of Nations in 1978, but it was 1996 before they returned to the biennial tournament. They subsequently qualified for five consecutive tournaments between 1996 and 2004, reaching the semi-finals under coach Philippe Troussier when the tournament was held on home soil in 1998.^[4]

Burkina Faso played in Group B of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations alongside Ghana and Ivory Coast in a three-team group due to Togo's withdrawal. Although they drew their first match against Ivory Coast and needed just a draw against Ghana to progress, the Burkinabe lost 1–0 and failed to qualify for the knock-out stage of the tournament.^[5] Burkina Faso took part in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, losing all three of their matches and subsequently firing coach Paulo Duarte.^[6] Belgian coach Paul Put was announced as new coach in March 2012.^[7] Burkina Faso finished first of their group, but lost to Nigeria in the final of 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.^[8]

Nickname

The team is nicknamed Les Etalons, which means "The Stallions". It is in reference to the legendary horse of Princess Yennenga.^[9]

Competition records

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Appearances: 0
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Played as Upper Volta
1930 to 1966	Did not enter
1970	Did not qualify
1974
1978
1982	Did not enter
Played as Burkina Faso
1986	Did not enter
1990	Did not qualify
1994	Withdrew during qualifying
1998 to 2018	Did not qualify
2022	To be determined
2026	To be determined
Total		0/21

Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1957	Part of France
1959	Part of France
Played as Upper Volta
1962	Not affiliated to CAF
1963	Not affiliated to CAF
1965	Did not enter
1968	Did not qualify
1970	Withdrew
1972	Withdrew
1974	Did not qualify
1976	Did not enter
1978	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	2	9
1980	Did not enter
1982	Did not qualify
Played as Burkina Faso
1984	Did not enter
1986
1988
1990	Did not qualify
1992	Did not qualify
1994	Withdrew
1996	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	3	9
1998	Fourth place	4th	6	2	2	2	8	9
2000	Group stage	15th	3	0	1	2	4	8
2002	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	2	4
2004	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	1	6
2006	Did not qualify
2008	Did not qualify
2010	Group stage	13th	2	0	1	1	0	1
2012	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	2	6
2013	Runners-up	2nd	6	2	3	1	7	3
2015	Group stage	16th	3	0	1	2	1	4
2017	Third place	3rd	6	3	3	0	8	3
2019	Did not qualify
2021	To be determined
2023
2025
Total	Runners-up	11/32	41	7	13	21	38	62

Soulama

Kéba

Koné

Panandétiguiri

Rouamba

Kaboré

Traoré

Djakaridja

Bancé

Pitroïpa

Dagano (c)

2013 Africa Cup of Nations starting lineup

African Games

Football at the African Games has been an under-23 tournament since 1991.

African Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1965	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991–present	See Burkina Faso national under-23 football team
Total	4/4	0	0	0	0	0	0

West African Nations Cup

West African Nations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1982	Did not enter
1983	Did not enter
1984	Fourth place	4th	5	1	3	1	6	7
1986	Fourth place	4th	6	1	1	4	2	7
1987	Group stage	5th	3	1	0	2	3	4
Total	Fourth place	3/5	14	3	4	7	11	18

WAFU Nations Cup

WAFU Nations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2010	Fourth place	4th	5	2	0	3	9	8
2011	Did not enter
2013	Group stage	5th	3	0	1	2	3	5
Total	Fourth place	2/3	8	2	1	5	12	13

Recent schedule and results

The following is a list of match results from the previous 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Loss

2019

9 June Friendly	DR Congo	0–0	Burkina Faso	Marbella, Spain
18:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)

6 September Friendly	Morocco	1–1	Burkina Faso	Marrakesh, Morocco
20:00 (GMT)	Feddal 88'	Report	Bayala 71'	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Alioune Sow Sandigui (Senegal)

10 October Friendly	Burkina Faso	0–1	Gabon	Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, France
20:00		Report	Aubameyang 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Municipal Saint-Leu-la-Forêt

13 November 2021 AFCONQ	Burkina Faso	0–0	Uganda	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
19:00				Stadium: Stade du 4 Août

17 November 2021 AFCONQ	South Sudan	1–2	Burkina Faso	Khartoum, Sudan^{[note 1]}
15:00	Pawaar 90'		Bancé 20', 40'	Stadium: Khartoum Stadium

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying against Uganda & South Sudan on 13 and 17 November 2019.^[10]

Caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2019 after the game against South Sudan.^[11]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Babayouré Sawadogo	(1989-08-10) 10 August 1989 (age 35)	12	0	Al-Nojoom FC
1GK	Soufian Farid Ouédraogo	(1996-12-26) 26 December 1996 (age 27)	0	0	Majestic
1GK	Ben Idriss Traoré		0	0	SONABEL

2DF	Steeve Yago	(1992-12-16) 16 December 1992 (age 31)	49	0	Caen
2DF	Issoufou Dayo	(1991-08-06) 6 August 1991 (age 33)	40	2	Berkane
2DF	Yacouba Coulibaly	(1994-10-02) 2 October 1994 (age 30)	27	0	Le Havre
2DF	Edmond Tapsoba	(1999-02-02) 2 February 1999 (age 25)	8	0	Bayer Leverkusen
2DF	Issa Kaboré	(2001-05-12) 12 May 2001 (age 23)	2	0	KV Mechelen
2DF	Dylan Ouédraogo	(1998-07-22) 22 July 1998 (age 26)	2	0	Oud-Heverlee Leuven
2DF	Oula Abass Traoré	(1995-09-29) 29 September 1995 (age 29)	2	0	Salitas
2DF	Soumaïla Ouattara	(1995-07-04) 4 July 1995 (age 29)	1	0	Rahimo

3MF	Charles Kaboré (c)	(1988-02-09) 9 February 1988 (age 36)	98	4	Dynamo Moscow
3MF	Bertrand Traoré	(1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 29)	54	9	Lyon
3MF	Cyrille Bayala	(1996-05-24) 24 May 1996 (age 28)	24	3	Sochaux
3MF	Adama Guira	(1988-04-24) 24 April 1988 (age 36)	22	0	R&F
3MF	Bryan Dabo	(1992-02-18) 18 February 1992 (age 32)	9	0	S.P.A.L.
3MF	Zakaria Sanogo	(1996-12-11) 11 December 1996 (age 27)	7	0	Ararat-Armenia

4FW	Jonathan Pitroipa ^RET	(1986-04-12) 12 April 1986 (age 38)	84	19	Paris
4FW	Aristide Bancé	(1984-09-19) 19 September 1984 (age 40)	79	24	Horoya
4FW	Sibiri Traoré	(1988-12-31) 31 December 1988 (age 35)	62	21	Berkane
4FW	Lassina Traoré	(2001-01-12) 12 January 2001 (age 23)	8	3	AFC Ajax
4FW	Eric Traoré	(1996-05-21) 21 May 1996 (age 28)	6	0	Pyramids
4FW	Dramane Nikièma	(1988-10-17) 17 October 1988 (age 36)	3	0	Horoya

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for Burkina Faso in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Kouakou Koffi	(1996-10-16) 16 October 1996 (age 28)	26	0	Belenenses	v. Gabon, 10 October 2019
GK	Zegue Traoré	(1999-12-31) 31 December 1999 (age 24)	0	0	USFA	v. Gabon, 10 October 2019
GK	Kilian Nikiema	(2003-06-22) 22 June 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Den Haag	v. Morocco, 6 September 2019

DF	Alassane Sango	(1993-01-07) 7 January 1993 (age 31)	5	0	Cholet	v. Gabon, 10 October 2019
DF	Moumouni Compaoré	(1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 27)	3	0	USFA	v. Gabon, 10 October 2019
DF	Issouf Paro	(1994-10-16) 16 October 1994 (age 30)	8	0	Chamois Niortais	v. Morocco, 6 September 2019
DF	Ismaël Zagrè	(1992-12-21) 21 December 1992 (age 31)	3	1	Salitas	v. Morocco, 6 September 2019

MF	Blati Touré	(1994-08-04) 4 August 1994 (age 30)	19	0	Vitória S.C.	v. Gabon, 10 October 2019
MF	Saïdou Simporé	(1992-08-31) 31 August 1992 (age 32)	4	1	Al Masry	v. Morocco, 6 September 2019
MF	Ibrahim Bancé	(2001-01-15) 15 January 2001 (age 23)	2	0	ASEC Mimosas	v. Morocco, 6 September 2019
MF	Abdou Traoré	(1988-12-28) 28 December 1988 (age 35)	44	4	Bursaspor	v. DR Congo, 9 June 2019

FW	Abou Ouattara	(1999-12-25) 25 December 1999 (age 24)	9	0	Lille	v. Gabon, 10 October 2019
FW	Ahmed Touré	(1987-07-17) 17 July 1987 (age 37)	3	0	Vita Club	v. Gabon, 10 October 2019
FW	Bassirou Compaoré	(1998-04-23) 23 April 1998 (age 26)	3	0	Club Africain	v. DR Congo, 9 June 2019
FW	Yaya Banhoro	(1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 28)	1	0	Free Agent	v. DR Congo, 9 June 2019
FW	Fessal Tapsoba	(2001-08-23) 23 August 2001 (age 23)	0	0	ASEC Mimosas	v. DR Congo, 9 June 2019
^WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue. ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. ^PRE Preliminary squad. ^RET Player has retired from international football. ^SUS Suspended from the national team.

Records

As of 17 November 2019

Players in bold text are still active with Burkina Faso.

Most Caps^[12]
#	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Charles Kaboré	98	4	2006–
2	Jonathan Pitroipa	84	19	2006–2019
3	Moumouni Dagano	83	34	1998–2013
=	Bakary Koné	83	0	2006–
5	Aristide Bancé	79	24	2003–
6	Saïdou Panandétiguiri	66	2	2002–2013
7	Sibiri Traoré	62	21	2006–
8	Abdoulaye Soulama	61	0	1997–2015
9	Mohamed Koffi	59	4	2006–2016
10	Mahamoudou Kéré	56	2	2000–2012

Top Goalscorers^[12]
#	Player	Goals	Caps	Career
1	Moumouni Dagano	34	83	1998–2013
2	Aristide Bancé	24	79	2003–
3	Sibiri Traoré	21	62	2006–
4	Jonathan Pitroipa	19	84	2006–2019
5	Préjuce Nakoulma	13	53	2012–
=	Mamadou Zongo	13	30	1996–2013
7	Amadou Traoré	11	31	1998–2006
8	Oumar Barro	10	48	1996–2003
=	Amadou Touré	10	30	1998–2006
10	Bertrand Traoré	9	54	2011–

Notes

^ South Sudan will play their home matches outside the country due to renovation of Juba Stadium.

References

^ Mamrud, Roberto; Stokkermans, Karel. "Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
^ "Burkina Faso fancy their chances". BBC Sport. 16 January 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
^ "Burkina Faso 0–1 Ghana". BBC Sport. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
^ "Burkina Faso coach gets the boot". BBC Sport. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
^ "Former Gambia coach Put handed reins at Burkina Faso". BBC Sport. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
^ "Mba's wondergoal wins African Cup of Nations for Nigeria". Eurosport. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
^ Marchais, Julien (2006). Burkina Faso (in French). Petit Futé. p. 102. ISBN 2-7469-1601-0.
^ "CAN 2021 : Voici le groupe de Kamou pour affronter l'Ouganda et le Soudan" (in French). Retrieved 11 November 2019.
^ "Burkina Faso".
^ ^a ^b Roberto Mamrud. "Burkina Faso – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

External links

L'actualité du Burkina
Burkina Faso at FIFA.com

[SSD-10] South Sudan will play their home matches outside the country due to renovation of Juba Stadium.

[1] Mamrud, Roberto; Stokkermans, Karel. "Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2011-03-27.

[FIFA_World_Rankings-2] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-3] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.

[4] "Burkina Faso fancy their chances". BBC Sport. 16 January 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2013.

[5] "Burkina Faso 0–1 Ghana". BBC Sport. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2013.

[6] "Burkina Faso coach gets the boot". BBC Sport. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.

[7] "Former Gambia coach Put handed reins at Burkina Faso". BBC Sport. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.

[8] "Mba's wondergoal wins African Cup of Nations for Nigeria". Eurosport. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.

[9] Marchais, Julien (2006). Burkina Faso (in French). Petit Futé. p. 102. ISBN 2-7469-1601-0.

[11] "CAN 2021 : Voici le groupe de Kamou pour affronter l'Ouganda et le Soudan" (in French). Retrieved 11 November 2019.

[12] "Burkina Faso".

[rsssf_burkinabe_players-13] Roberto Mamrud. "Burkina Faso – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

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