DR Congo at the Africa Cup of Nations

DR Congo is one of major participant in Africa Cup of Nations, having participated in nineteen editions of all AFCON tournaments. They are also one of the most successful teams in Africa, having won the titles twice in 1968 as Congo-Kinshasa and 1974 as Zaire. However, since then, successes have been elusively fading for the national side of DR Congo, in spite of their frequent participation in the tournament aftermath. Their best result since 1974 was third place in 1998 and 2015.[1]

Competitive records
African Cup of Nations
Titles: 2
Appearances: 19
Year Position Year Position Year Position Year Position
Sudan 1957Did not enterEthiopia 1976Round 1Tunisia 1994Quarter-finalsEquatorial GuineaGabon 2012Did not qualify
Egypt 1959Did not enterGhana 1978Did not enterSouth Africa 1996Quarter-finalsSouth Africa 2013Round 1
Ethiopia 1962Did not enterNigeria 1980Did not qualifyBurkina Faso 1998Third placeEquatorial Guinea 2015Third place
Ghana 1963Did not enterLibya 1982Did not qualifyGhanaNigeria 2000Round 1Gabon 2017Quarter-finals
Tunisia 1965Round 1Ivory Coast 1984WithdrewMali 2002Quarter-finalsEgypt 2019Round of 16
Ethiopia 1968ChampionsEgypt 1986Did not qualifyTunisia 2004Round 1Cameroon 2021Did not qualify
Sudan 1970Round 1Morocco 1988Round 1Egypt 2006Quarter-finalsIvory Coast 2023To be determined
Cameroon 1972Fourth placeAlgeria 1990Did not qualifyGhana 2008Did not qualify 2025To be determined
Egypt 1974ChampionsSenegal 1992Quarter-finalsAngola 2010Did not qualify

Matches
By match
TournamentOpponentScoreResultDR Congo scorers
Tunisia 1965 Ghana2–5LPierre Kalala Mukendi 43', 45' (pen.)
 Ivory Coast0–3L
Ethiopia 1968 Congo-Brazzaville3–0WIgnace Muwawa 19'
Nicodème Kabamba 27' (pen.)
 Ghana1–2LSaio Ernest Mokili 42'
 Senegal2–1WKidumu Mantantu -'
Elias Tshimanga -'
 Ethiopia3–2 (a.e.t.)WKidumu Mantantu 3'
Léon Mungamuni 16', 100'
 Ghana1–0WPierre Kalala Mukendi 66'
Sudan 1970 Ghana0–2L
 Guinea2–2DAndré Kalonzo 70'
Léon Mungamuni 72'
 United Arab Republic0–1L
Cameroon 1972 Sudan1–1DMayanga Maku 53'
 Congo2–0WJean Kalala N'Tumba 16', 59'
 Morocco1–1DMayanga Maku 3'
 Mali3–4 (a.e.t.)LJean Kalala N'Tumba 6'
Kakoko Etepé 61'
Gary Ngassebe 78'
 Cameroon2–5LKakoko Etepé 13'
Mayanga Maku 17'
Egypt 1974 Guinea2–1WNdaye Mulamba 18', 65'
 Congo1–2LMayanga Maku 25'
 Mauritius4–1WNdaye Mulamba 15'
Mayanga Maku 19', 76'
Kakoko Etepé 38'
 Egypt3–2WNdaye Mulamba 55', 72'
Kidumu Mantantu 61'
 Zambia2–2 (a.e.t.)DNdaye Mulamba 65', 117'
2–0WNdaye Mulamba 30', 76'
Ethiopia 1976 Nigeria2–4LKabasu Babo 51'
Mbungu Ekofa 58'
 Morocco0–1L
 Sudan1–1DNdaye Mulamba 41'
Morocco 1988 Morocco1–1DVita Lutonadio 88'
 Ivory Coast1–1DEugène Kabongo 37'
 Algeria0–1L
Senegal 1992 Morocco1–1DAndre Kona N'Gole 89'
 Cameroon1–1DTueba Menayame 1'
 Nigeria0–1L
Tunisia 1994 Mali1–0WBasaula Lemba 48'
 Tunisia1–1DNsumba Ngoy 55'
 Nigeria0–2L
South Africa 1996 Gabon0–2L
 Liberia2–0WRoger Lukaku 5' (pen.)
Liombi Essende 72'
 Ghana0–1L
Burkina Faso 1998 Togo2–1WJerry Tondelua 57' (pen.), 73' (pen.)
 Tunisia1–2LPapi Kimoto 36'
 Ghana1–0WMundaba Kisombe 77'
 Cameroon1–0WJerry Tondelua 30'
 South Africa1–2 (a.e.t.)LEddy Bembuana-Keve 48'
 Burkina Faso4–4
(4–1 p)		DLokenge Mungongo 76', 90'
Jean-Kasongo Banza 88'
Jerry Tondelua 89'
GhanaNigeria 2000 Algeria0–0D
 South Africa0–1L
 Gabon0–0D
Mali 2002 Cameroon0–1L
 Togo0–0D
 Ivory Coast3–1WYves Yuvuladio 28'
Shabani Nonda 66'
Papi Kimoto 81' (pen.)
 Senegal0–2L
Tunisia 2004 Guinea1–2LAlain Masudi 35'
 Tunisia0–3L
 Rwanda0–1L
Egypt 2006 Togo2–0WTrésor Mputu 45'
Lomana LuaLua 64'
 Angola0–0D
 Cameroon0–2L
 Egypt1–4LAbdel-Zaher El-Saqqa 45+2' (o.g.)
South Africa 2013 Ghana2–2DTrésor Mputu 53'
Dieumerci Mbokani 69' (pen.)
 Niger0–0D
 Mali1–1DDieumerci Mbokani 3' (pen.)
Equatorial Guinea 2015 Zambia1–1DYannick Bolasie 66'
 Cape Verde0–0D
 Tunisia1–1DJeremy Bokila 66'
 Congo4–2WDieumerci Mbokani 65', 90+1'
Jeremy Bokila 75'
Joël Kimwaki 81'
 Ivory Coast1–3LDieumerci Mbokani 24' (pen.)
 Equatorial Guinea0–0
(4–2 p)		D
Gabon 2017 Morocco1–0WJunior Kabananga 55'
 Ivory Coast2–2DNeeskens Kebano 10'
Junior Kabananga 28'
 Togo3–1WJunior Kabananga 29'
Ndombe Mubele 54'
Paul-José M'Poku 80'
 Ghana1–2LPaul-José M'Poku 68'
Egypt 2019 Uganda0–2L
 Egypt0–2L
 Zimbabwe4–0WJonathan Bolingi 4'
Cédric Bakambu 34', 65'
Britt Assombalonga 78'
 Madagascar2–2
(4–2 p)		DCédric Bakambu 21'
Chancel Mbemba 90'

Squads

See also

References
  1. "Story of Africa Cup of Nations". Al Bawaba.
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