Tonali: Italy deserved to lose to Belgium, needs time
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Football national side
Cameroon
National team · Cameroon
«The Indomitable Lions»
81
Matches
37
wins
25
draws
19
losses
105–69
Goals
+36
Difference
1.3
Scored per game
Form
L
9 Jan · Home Morocco · 0:2
L
27 Mar · Away Australia · 0:1
W
31 Mar · Away China · 2:0
W
24 Sep · Home Comoros · 3:1
D
29 Sep · Away Congo · 1:1
W
3 Oct · Away Ivory Coast · 1:0
The Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo in Yaoundé holds just over 42,000.
The federation behind the national team, FECAFOOT, was founded in 1959, three years after Cameroon had already played its first international, a 3–2 defeat to what was then Belgian Congo.
Five Africa Cup of Nations titles, taken in 1984, 1988, 2000, 2002 and 2017, sit alongside an Olympic gold from Sydney in 2000, won on penalties against Spain after the match had finished 2–2. Neither, though, matches what happened at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, where Cameroon became the first African side to reach the quarter-finals, beating Argentina in the opening match and then Colombia before England found a way through.
No one since has carried the shirt quite the way Samuel Eto'o did: 56 goals for the national team, top scorer of the tournament when Cameroon won the 2000 Nations Cup, and a name still invoked whenever a young forward is asked to fill the same role.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 3 Oct | Friendlies |
Ivory Coast
A
|
1:0 | W |
| 29 Sep | Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification |
Congo
A
|
1:1 | D |
| 24 Sep | Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification |
Comoros
H
|
3:1 | W |
| 31 Mar | FIFA Series |
China
A
|
2:0 | W |
| 27 Mar | FIFA Series |
Australia
A
|
0:1 | L |
| 9 Jan | Africa Cup of Nations |
Morocco
H
|
0:2 | L |
Standing
Africa Cup of Nations - QualificationGroup stage · Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification - Group G
| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Cameroon
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4:2 | 4 |
| 2 |
 Namibia
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1:1 | 3 |
| 3 |
Comoros
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2:3 | 3 |
| 4 |
Congo
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1:2 | 1 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 81
81
Matches
37
wins
25
draws
19
losses
105–69
Goals
+36
Difference
1.3
Scored per game
wins
draws
losses
scored — above the line
conceded — below the line
| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 81 | 37 | 44 |
| Scored | 105 | 60 | 45 |
| Conceded | 69 | 26 | 43 |
| Scored per game | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.0 |
| Conceded per game | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| Difference | +36 | +34 | +2 |
Key players
by appearances over the last yearSquad of Cameroon
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Age | Matches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | |
 Saidou Alioum Moubarak |
Forward | 23 | 2 |
| 17 | |
 Samuel Junior Kotto |
Defender | 23 | 2 |
| 1 | |
 Blondy Rudolph Nna Noukeu |
Goalkeeper | 25 | 2 |
| 20 | |
 B. Nsongo |
Forward | 22 | 2 |
| 23 | |
 Simon Ngapandouetnbu |
Goalkeeper | 23 | 2 |
| 25 |  |
 Lilian Njoh |
Midfielder | 24 | 2 |
| 19 | |
 Ryan Fosso |
Midfielder | 24 | 2 |
| 18 | |
 M. Nagida |
Defender | 21 | 2 |
| 10 | |
 Bryan Tetsadong Marceau Mbeumo |
Forward | 27 | 2 |
| 4 | |
 Kévin Keben Biakolo |
Defender | 22 | 2 |
| 2 |  Jackson Tchatchoua |
Defender | 2 | ||
| 6 |  David Roy Nyengue |
Midfielder | 2 | ||
| 16 |  Emile Lako |
Goalkeeper | 2 | ||
| 14 |  Daniel Namaso Edi-Mesumbe Loader |
Midfielder | 2 | ||
| 24 |  Stephane Paul Keller |
Defender | 2 | ||
| 13 |  Darlin Zidane Yongwa Ngameni |
Defender | 2 | ||
| 15 |  Arthur Avom Ebong |
Midfielder | 2 | ||
| 12 |  Duplexe Tchamba Bangou |
Defender | 2 | ||
| 22 |  Junior Baptiste Tchamadeu |
Midfielder | 2 | ||
| 9 |  Iván Cédric Bikoue Embolo |
Forward | 2 | ||
| 3 |  Che Fondoh Malone Junior |
Defender | 1 | ||
| 26 |  K. Kofane |
Forward | 1 |
Fixtures of Cameroon
Honours of Cameroon
- Africa Cup of Nations 1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017 5
- Olympic Gold Medal 2000 1
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