| Federation
founded: 1962 |
| FIFA
member since: 1962 |
|
WORLD
CUP HISTORY
|
| 1930 - Did not participate |
| 1934 - Did not participate |
| 1938 - Did not participate |
| 1950 - Did not participate |
| 1954 - Did not participate |
| 1958 - Did not participate |
| 1962 - Did not participate |
| 1966 - Did not participate |
| 1970 - Did not qualify |
| 1974 - Did not qualify |
| 1978 - Did not qualify |
| 1982 - First
round exit |
| 1986 - Did not qualify |
| 1990 - Quarterfinal
exit |
| 1994 - First
round exit |
| 1998 - First
round exit |
| 2002 - First
round exit |
| 2006 - Did not qualify |
|
|
STATISTICS
|
| Played |
17
|
| Won |
4
|
| Drawn |
7
|
| Lost |
6
|
| Goals for |
15
|
| Goals against |
29
|
| Points |
19
|
|
Cameroon
are 27th on the all-time table.
|
|
TEAM
RECORDS
|
Biggest
victory:
2-1 vs Romania
in 1990 and 2-1 against Colombia 1990.
|
Biggest
defeat:
1-6 vs Russia
in 1994.
|
Overall
topscorer:
Roger Milla,
5 goals.
|
Most
appearances:
Francois Omam-Biyick,
11 matches.
|
Hosted
the World Cup:
Never
|
|
1930 to 1966
CAMEROON did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1970
(CAF First round)
07.Dec 68 Nigeria 1-1 CAMEROON
22.Dec 68 CAMEROON 2-3 Nigeria
CAMEROON failed to qualify for Mexico 1970.
1974
Gabon withdrew so CAMEROON had walkover
to the second round.
(CAF Second round)
04.Feb 73 CAMEROON 0-1 Zaire
25.Feb 73 Zaire 0-1 CAMEROON
Play-off [in Kinshasa (ZAI)]
27.Feb 73 Zaire 2-0 CAMEROON
CAMEROON failed to qualify for West Germany 1974.
1978
(CAF First round)
17.Oct 76 Congo 2-2 CAMEROON
31.Oct 76 CAMEROON 1-2 Congo
(Game abandoned at 1-2. Result stayed.)
CAMEROON failed to qualify for Argentina 1978.
1982
(CAF First round)
29.Jun 80 CAMEROON 3-0 Malawi
20.Jul 80 Malawi 1-1 CAMEROON
(CAF Second round)
12.Oct 80 CAMEROON 2-0 Zimbabwe
16.Nov 80 Zimbabwe 1-0 CAMEROON
(CAF Third round)
12.Apr 81 Zaire 1-0 CAMEROON
26.Apr 81 CAMEROON 6-1 Zaire
(CAF Final round)
15.Nov 81 Morocco 0-2 CAMEROON
29.Nov 81 CAMEROON 2-1 Morocco
CAMEROON qualified for Spain 1982.
1986
CAMEROON had walkover to the
second round.
(CAF Second round)
07.Apr 85 Zambia 4-1 CAMEROON
21.Apr 85 CAMEROON 1-1 Zambia
CAMEROON failed to qualify for Mexico 1986.
1990
CAMEROON had walkover to the
second round.
(CAF Second round - Group C)
08.Jan 89 CAMEROON 1-1 Angola
22.Jan 89 Gabon 1-3 CAMEROON
10.Jun 89 Nigeria 2-0 CAMEROON
25.Jun 89 Angola 1-2 CAMEROON
13.Aug 89 CAMEROON 2-1 Gabon
27.Aug 88 CAMEROON 1-0 Nigeria
P W D L Gls Pts
1.CAMEROON 6 4 1 1 9- 6 9
2.Nigeria 6 3 1 2 7- 5 7
3.Angola 6 1 2 3 6- 7 4
4.Gabon 6 2 0 4 5- 9 4
(CAF Final round)
08.Oct 89 CAMEROON 2-0 Tunisia
19.Nov 89 Tunisia 0-1 CAMEROON
CAMEROON qualified for Italy 1990.
1994
(CAF First round - Group B)
18.Oct 92 CAMEROON 5-0 Swaziland
25.Oct 92 Liberia 0-0 CAMEROON
Liberia withdrew. Their matches cancelled.
10.Jan 93 Zaire 1-2 CAMEROON
17.Jan 93 Swaziland 0-0 CAMEROON
01.Mar 93 CAMEROON 0-0 Zaire
P W D L Gls Pts
1.CAMEROON 4 2 2 0 7- 1 6
2.Swaziland 3 1 1 1 1- 5 3
3.Zaire 3 0 1 2 1- 3 1
(CAF Final round - Group C)
18.Apr 93 CAMEROON 3-1 Guinea
04.Jul 93 Zimbabwe 1-0 CAMEROON
18.Jul 93 Guinea 0-1 CAMEROON
10.Oct 93 CAMEROON 3-1 Zimbabwe
P W D L Gls Pts
1.CAMEROON 4 3 0 1 7- 3 6
2.Zimbabwe 4 2 0 2 3- 6 4
3.Guinea 4 1 0 3 4- 5 2
CAMEROON qualified for USA 1994.
1998
CAMEROON had walkover to the
final round.
(CAF Final round - Group 4)
10.Nov 96 Togo 2-4 CAMEROON
12.Jan 97 CAMEROON 0-0 Angola
06.Apr 97 CAMEROON 1-0 Zimbabwe
27.Apr 97 CAMEROON 2-0 Togo
08.Jun 97 Angola 1-1 CAMEROON
17.Aug 97 Zimbabwe 1-2 CAMEROON
P W D L Gls Pts
1.CAMEROON 6 4 2 0 10- 4 14
2.Angola 6 2 4 0 7- 4 10
3.Zimbabwe 6 1 1 4 6- 7 4
4.Togo 6 1 1 4 6-14 4
CAMEROON qualified for France 1998.
2002
(CAF First round)
19.Apr 00 CAMEROON 3-0 Somalia
23.Apr 00 CAMEROON 3-0 Somalia
(Both matches played in CAMEROON.)
(CAF Final round - Group 1)
18.Jun 00 Libya 0-3 CAMEROON
09.Jul 00 CAMEROON 3-0 Angola
28.Jan 01 Togo 0-2 CAMEROON
25.Feb 01 CAMEROON 1-0 Zambia
22.Apr 01 CAMEROON 1-0 Libya
06.May 01 Angola 2-0 CAMEROON
01.Jul 01 CAMEROON 2-0 Togo
14.Jul 01 Zambia 2-2 CAMEROON
P W D L Gls Pts
1.CAMEROON 8 6 1 1 14- 4 19
2.Angola 8 3 4 1 11- 9 13
3.Zambia 8 3 2 3 14-11 11
4.Togo 8 2 3 3 10-13 9
5.Libya 8 0 2 6 7-19 2
CAMEROON qualified for Korea/Japan 2002.
2006
(CAF - Group 3)
06.Jun 04 CAMEROON 2-1 Benin
18.Jun 04 Libya 0-0 CAMEROON
04.Jul 04 CAMEROON 2-0 Ivory Coast
05.Sep 04 Egypt 3-2 CAMEROON
09.Oct 04 Sudan 1-1 CAMEROON
27.Mar 05 CAMEROON 2-1 Sudan
04.Jun 05 Benin 1-4 CAMEROON
19.Jun 05 CAMEROON 1-0 Libya
04.Sep 05 Ivory Coast 2-3 CAMEROON
08.Oct 05 CAMEROON 1-1 Egypt
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Ivory Coast 10 7 1 2 20- 7 22
2.CAMEROON 10 6 3 1 18-10 21
3.Egypt 10 5 2 3 26-15 17
4.Libya 10 3 3 4 8-10 12
5.Sudan 10 1 3 6 6-22 6
6.Benin 10 1 2 7 9-23 5
CAMEROON failed to qualify for Germany 2006.
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