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Burundi national football team

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Burundi
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Les Hirondelles
(The Sparrows)
AssociationFédération de Football
du Burundi
Head coachBaudouin Ribakare
Most caps?
Top scorer?
First colours
Second colours
First international
Tanzania 4 - 1 Burundi
(Tanzania; December 5, 1971)
Biggest win
Burundi 6 - 2 Rwanda
(Mbabane, Burundi; June 29, 1976)
Biggest defeat
Cameroon 5 - 0 Burundi
(Gabon; July 10, 1976)
Côte d'Ivoire 6 - 1 Burundi
(Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; June 8, 2003)
World Cup
Appearancesnone (first in -)
Best result-
African Nations Cup
Appearancesnone (first in -)
Best result-

The Burundi national football team, nicknamed Les Hirondelles (The Sparrows), is the national team of Burundi and is controlled by the National Football Association of Burundi. It has never made the World Cup or the African Nations Cup.


World Cup record

  • 1930 to 1990 - Did not enter
  • 1994 - Did not qualify
  • 1998 - Withdrew during qualifying
  • 2002 - Did not enter
  • 2006 - Did not qualify

African Nations Cup record