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Football national side

Burkina Faso

National team · Burkina Faso

«The Stallions»

86 Matches
39 wins
23 draws
24 losses
126–91 Goals
+35 Difference
1.5 Scored per game
Form W 28 Mar · Home Guinea-Bissau · 5:0 D 31 Mar · Home Guinea-Bissau · 1:1 L 5 Jun · Away Russia · 0:3 D 9 Jun · Away Belarus · 2:2 D 25 Sep · Home Benin · 1:1 W 28 Sep · Away Central African Republic · 1:0

Nigeria beat Burkina Faso 1–0 in the final of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. Four years later they went one better in the group stages of the tournament and stopped at the semi-finals, finishing third in 2017; in 1998, on home soil at the Stade du 4 Août, they had already reached fourth place. The name under which they play, Les Étalons, comes from the horse of Princess Yennenga, a figure in the founding legend of the Mossi kingdoms; a rarer nickname, Les Faucons Pèlerins, refers to the peregrine falcon.

Charles Kaboré carried the team through both the 2013 final run and the 2017 campaign, and his 102 caps stand above anyone else who has worn the shirt. The scoring record belongs to Moumouni Dagano, with 34 goals, while more recently Bertrand Traoré has carried the attacking weight in a squad still built on the reputation those earlier campaigns established. Games against Mali carry their own name, the Derby of West Africa, and the table goes out of the window whenever the two meet.

The federation behind the national team, the Fédération burkinabè de football, was set up in 1960 and joined FIFA and CAF four years later. The first match under its banner came on 13 April 1960, against Gabon, before Burkina Faso had even played its way into the continental reckoning it would reach decades afterward.

Latest results

Fixtures and results
4 Oct Friendlies Argentina A
28 Sep Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification Central African Republic A 1:0 W
25 Sep Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification Benin H 1:1 D
9 Jun Friendlies Belarus A 2:2 D
5 Jun Friendlies Russia A 0:3 L
31 Mar Friendlies Guinea-Bissau H 1:1 D

Standing

Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification

Group stage · Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification - Group F

# Team M W D L Goals Pts
1 Benin 2 1 1 0 3:2 4
2 Burkina Faso 2 1 1 0 2:1 4
3 Mauritania 2 1 0 1 4:3 3
4 Central African Republic 2 0 0 2 1:4 0
Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 86
86 Matches
39 wins
23 draws
24 losses
126–91 Goals
+35 Difference
1.5 Scored per game
Match outcomes matches counted in total: 86
39wins: 39 · 45% 23draws: 23 · 26% 24losses: 24 · 27%
wins draws losses
Scored and conceded last matches
28 Mar · Home Guinea-Bissau · 5:0
31 Mar · Home Guinea-Bissau · 1:1
5 Jun · Away Russia · 0:3
9 Jun · Away Belarus · 2:2
25 Sep · Home Benin · 1:1
28 Sep · Away Central African Republic · 1:0
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 86 39 47
Scored 126 71 55
Conceded 91 35 56
Scored per game 1.5 1.8 1.2
Conceded per game 1.1 0.9 1.2
Difference +35 +36 −1

Key players

by appearances over the last year
Abdoul Fessal Tapsoba Midfielder 3 Matches Edmond Fayçal Tapsoba Defender 3 Matches Wandepanga Ismahila Ouédraogo Midfielder 3 Matches Moise Kaboré Forward 3 Matches Pierre Landry Kaboré Forward 3 Matches Lohann Doucet Midfielder 3 Matches Ousseni Bouda Midfielder 3 Matches A. Kouassi Defender 3 Matches

Squad of Burkina Faso

by appearances over the last year
Number Player Position Age Matches
15 BF Abdoul Fessal Tapsoba Midfielder 25 3
12 Edmond Fayçal Tapsoba Defender 3
18 BF Wandepanga Ismahila Ouédraogo Midfielder 26 3
17 Moise Kaboré Forward 3
27 BF Pierre Landry Kaboré Forward 25 3
8 BF Lohann Doucet Midfielder 24 3
11 Ousseni Bouda Midfielder 3
26 A. Kouassi Defender 3
25 M. Ouédraogo Defender 2
19 G. Minunov Forward 2
20 R. Kudda Midfielder 2
13 Chec Bebel Doumbia Midfielder 2
3 BF Abubakar Kamara Midfielder 20 2
22 Arthur Zagré Midfielder 25 2
2 BF Lassina Chamste Soudine Franck Traoré Forward 25 2
23 BF Kilian Basba Geeke Nikiéma Goalkeeper 23 2
16 BF Hervé Kouakou Koffi Goalkeeper 29 2
5 Yacouba Nasser Djiga Defender 2
6 J. Batianno Midfielder 2
9 Issa Kaboré Defender 2
14 Rashid Gnano Defender 2
21 CI Taonsa Axel Midfielder 22 2
16 Hillel Konaté Goalkeeper 1
4 Adamo Nagalo Defender 1
1 Soufian Farid Ouédraogo Goalkeeper 1
25 Hanabi San Defender 1
5 Dao Sirel Defender 1
24 Saidou Simporé Midfielder 1
2 Abubakar Bassinga Midfielder 1
6 Mohamed Zoungrana Midfielder 1
14 Rashed Gnanou Goalkeeper 1
7 BF Dango Aboubacar Faissal Ouattara Midfielder 24 1
21 K. Irie Midfielder 1

Fixtures of Burkina Faso

Honours of Burkina Faso

  • Africa Cup of Nations 1998 1
  • Africa Cup of Nations 2013 1
  • Africa Cup of Nations 2017 1
  • African Nations Championship 2014 1

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