Burkina Faso national football team

Burkina Faso

Nickname(s)	Les Étalons (The Stallions)
Association	Fédération Burkinabé de Foot-Ball
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Paulo Duarte
Captain	Charles Kaboré
Most caps	Charles Kaboré (70)
Top scorer	Moumouni Dagano (31)[1]
Home stadium	Stade du 4-Août
FIFA code	BFA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	50 17 (24 November 2016)
Highest	37 (October 2010, June 2011)
Lowest	127 (December 1993)
Elo ranking
Current	91 (31 March 2015)
Highest	59 (September 2014)
Lowest	133 (February 1987)
First international
Upper Volta 5–4 Gabon  (Tananarive, Madagascar; 14 April 1960)
Biggest win
Upper Volta 5–1 Liberia  (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; 27 December 1961)  Burkina Faso 4–0 Mozambique  (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 7 June 2003)  Burkina Faso 4–0 Namibia  (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 26 March 2011)  Burkina Faso 4–0 Ethiopia  (Nelspruit, South Africa; 25 January 2013)  Burkina Faso 4–0 Niger  (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 23 March 2013)  Burkina Faso 5–1 Swaziland  (Nelspruit, South Africa; 10 January 2015)
Biggest defeat
Algeria 7–0 Upper Volta  (Algeria; 30 August 1981)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	9 (first in 1978)
Best result	Runners-up, 2013

The Burkina Faso national football team, is the national team of Burkina Faso and is controlled by the Fédération Burkinabé de Foot-Ball. They were known as the Upper Volta national football team until 1984, when Upper Volta became Burkina Faso. They finished fourth in the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations, when they hosted the tournament. Their best ever finish in the tournament was the 2013 edition, reaching the final.

History

The country made their first appearance in the Africa Cup of Nations in 1978, but it was 1996 before they returned to the biennial tournament. They subsequently qualified for five consecutive tournaments between 1996 and 2004, reaching the semi-finals under coach Philippe Troussier when the tournament was held on home soil in 1998.^[2]

Burkina Faso played in Group B of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations alongside Ghana and Ivory Coast in a three-team group due to Togo's withdrawal. Although they drew their first match against Ivory Coast and needed just a draw against Ghana to progress, the Burkinabe lost 1–0 and failed to qualify for the knock-out stage of the tournament.^[3] Burkina Faso took part in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, losing all three of their matches and subsequently firing coach Paulo Duarte.^[4] Belgian coach Paul Put was announced as new coach in March 2012.^[5] Burkina Faso lost to Nigeria in the final of 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.^[6]

Nickname

The team is nicknamed Les Etalons, which means "The Stallions". It is in reference to the legendary horse of Princess Yennenga.^[7]

Competition record

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup
Appearances: 0
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Played as  Upper Volta
1930 to 1974	Did not enter
1978	Did not qualify
1982	Did not enter
Played as  Burkina Faso
1986	Did not enter
1990	Did not qualify
1994	Withdrew during qualifying
1998 to 2014	Did not qualify
2018	To be determined
2022
Total		0/20

Africa Cup of Nations Africa Cup of Nations Record Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Played as  Upper Volta 1962 Did Not Enter 1963 1965 1968 Did Not Qualify 1970 Withdrew 1972 1974 Did Not Qualify 1976 Did Not Enter 1978 Group Stage 8th 3 0 0 3 2 9 1980 Did Not Enter 1982 Did Not Qualify Played as  Burkina Faso 1984 Did Not Enter 1986 1988 1990 Did Not Qualify 1992 1994 Withdrew 1996 Group Stage 15th 3 0 0 3 3 9 1998 Fourth Place 4th 6 2 2 2 8 9 2000 Group Stage 15th 3 0 1 2 4 8 2002 Group Stage 13th 3 0 1 2 2 4 2004 Group Stage 14th 3 0 1 2 1 6 2006 Did Not Qualify 2008 2010 Group Stage 15th 2 0 1 1 0 1 2012 Group Stage 15th 3 0 0 3 2 6 2013 Runners-Up 2nd 6 2 3 1 7 3 2015 Group Stage 16th 3 0 1 2 1 4 2017 To Be Determined Total 10/28 0 Titles 35 4 10 21 30 59 Soulama Kéba Koné Panandétiguiri Rouamba Kaboré Traoré Djakaridja Bancé Pitroïpa Dagano (c) 2013 Africa Cup of Nations starting lineup West African Nations Cup West African Nations Cup Record Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA 1982 Did Not Enter 1983 1984 Fourth Place 4th 5 1 3 1 6 7 1986 Fourth Place 4th 6 1 1 4 2 7 1987 Group Stage 5th 3 1 0 2 3 4 Total 3/5 0 Titles 14 3 4 7 11 18 WAFU Nations Cup WAFU Nations Cup Record Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA 2010 Fourth Place 4th 5 2 0 3 9 8 2011 Did Not Enter 2013 Group Stage 5th 3 0 1 2 3 5 Total 2/3 0 Titles 8 2 1 5 12 13

Results and fixtures

2016

Burkina Faso  v South Africa 

8 Oct 2016 2018 FIFA WCQ	Burkina Faso	v	South Africa	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso,
18:00 UTC±0	Diawara  90+1'		Furman  80'	Stadium: Stade du 4 Août Attendance: 32,800 Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Cape Verde  v  Burkina Faso

12 Nov 2016 2018 FIFA WCQ	Cape Verde	v	Burkina Faso	Praia, Cape Verde
14:00 UTC-1				Stadium: Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde

Players

Current squad

The following 24 players were called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Cape Verde on 12 November 2016.^[8]
Caps and goals updated as of 12 November 2016 after the game against South Africa.^[9]

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
23	GK	Germain Sanou	26 May 1992	21	0	Beauvais
16	GK	Koffi Kouakou	16 October 1996	2	0	ASEC Mimosas
1	GK	Aboubacar Sawadogo	10 August 1989	0	0	Kadiogo
4	DF	Bakary Koné	27 April 1988	62	0	Málaga
2	DF	Steeve Yago	16 December 1992	27	0	Toulouse
14	DF	Issoufou Dayo	6 August 1991	17	0	Nahdat Berkane
5	DF	Patrick Malo	18 February 1992	5	0	Smouha SC
22	DF	Yacouba Coulibaly	2 October 1994	2	0	RC Bobo Dioulasso
3	DF	Issouf Paro	16 October 1994	1	0	Santos
8	DF	Aboubacar Congo	13 December 1992	0	0	Khemisset
18	MF	Charles Kaboré (c)	9 February 1988	70	4	Krasnodar
20	MF	Abdou Traoré	28 December 1988	30	3	Konyaspor
12	MF	Adama Guira	24 April 1988	12	0	SønderjyskE
6	MF	Djibril Zidnaba	20 February 1994	0	0	Braga B
24	MF	Issoumaila Lingane	13 September 1990	0	0	Hapoel Ashkelon
19	MF	Moussa Dao	26 August 1992	0	0	Al-Masry
11	FW	Jonathan Pitroïpa	12 April 1986	68	18	Al-Nasr
15	FW	Aristide Bancé	19 September 1984	60	16	Riga FC
10	FW	Alain Traoré	1 January 1988	41	18	Kayserispor
7	FW	Préjuce Nakoulma	21 April 1987	34	7	Mersin İdmanyurdu
13	FW	Bertrand Traoré	6 September 1995	30	3	Ajax
17	FW	Jonathan Zongo	6 April 1989	19	2	Almería
9	FW	Banou Diawara	13 February 1992	5	2	Smouha SC
21	FW	Cyrille Bayala	24 May 1996	5	1	Sheriff Tiraspol

Recent call-ups

The following players were called up in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Daouda Diakité	30 March 1983	42	0	Free State Stars	v.  South Africa, 8 October 2016
GK	Adama Sawadogo	20 January 1990	2	0	ASFA Yennenga	v.  Egypt, 27 February 2016 ^LOC
DF	Moumouni Compaoré	20 November 1996	3	0	Rail Club du Kadiogo	v.  Egypt, 27 February 2016 ^LOC
DF	Ismaël Bandé	16 January 1996	1	0	FABAO Espoir	v.  Egypt, 27 February 2016 ^LOC
MF	Abdoul Kaboré	1 January 1994	3	0	Valenciennes	v.  Botswana, 4 September 2016
MF	Bakary Saré	5 April 1990	2	0	Moreirense	v.  Botswana, 4 September 2016
MF	Serge Ouédraogo	7 October 1988	1	0	KOZAF	v.  Egypt, 27 February 2016 ^LOC
MF	Ousmane Sylla	30 December 1990	1	0	AS SONABEL	v.  Egypt, 27 February 2016 ^LOC
MF	Yacouba Mando	1 May 1993	1	0	KOZAF	v.  Egypt, 27 February 2016 ^LOC
FW	Ismaël Karambiri	27 May 1996	1	0	AJEB	v.  Egypt, 27 February 2016 ^LOC

Notes

• ^SUS Suspended from the national team.
• ^DEC Player refused to join the team after the call-up.
• ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
• ^RET Player has retired from international football.
• ^PRE Preliminary Squad.

References

1. Mamrud, Roberto; Stokkermans, Karel. "Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
2. "Burkina Faso fancy their chances". BBC Sport. 16 January 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
3. "Burkina Faso 0–1 Ghana". BBC Sport. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
4. "Burkina Faso coach gets the boot". BBC Sport. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
5. "Former Gambia coach Put handed reins at Burkina Faso". BBC Sport. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
6. "Mba's wondergoal wins African Cup of Nations for Nigeria". Eurosport. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
7. Marchais, Julien (2006). Burkina Faso (in French). Petit Futé. p. 102. ISBN 2-7469-1601-0.
8. "Burkina Faso : la liste contre le Cap Vert" (in French). afrik-foot.com.
9. "Burkina Faso".

External links

• Burkina Faso at FIFA.com