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Cameroon


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

 
GREATEST PLAYERS
Roger Milla
Thomas N'Kono

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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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