DR Congo A' national football team

The DR Congo A' national team is the local national football team of the DR Congo (formerly Zaire, alternatively known as Congo-Kinshasa) and is open only to domestic league players. The team represents DR Congo at the African Nations Championship and is governed by the Congolese Association Football Federation. They are nicknamed The Leopards.

DR Congo A'
Nickname(s)The Leopards
AssociationCongolese Association Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationUNIFFAC (Central Africa)
Head coachChristian Nsengi-Biembe
Home stadiumStade des Martyrs
FIFA codeCOD
First colours
Second colours
African Nations Championship
Appearances5 (first in 2009)
Best resultChampions, 2009 and 2016

DR Congo won the maiden African Nations Championship hosted by Ivory Coast in 2009[1] and repeated the feat at the 2016 tournament.[2] Since 2014, all DR Congo A' team matches have been recognized by FIFA as first team matches.[3]

African Nations Championship record
African Nations Championship
Appearances: 5
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
2009Champions1st531175
2011Quarter-finals8th411235
20147th420233
2016Champions1st6411147
2018Did not qualify
2020Quarter- finals5th421154
2022To be Determined
Total Champions 5/6 23 12 4 7 32 24

Results and Fixtures

Results
Main article: 2020 African Nations Championship qualification
22 September 2019 2020 African Nations Championship  Central African Republic 0–2  DR Congo Barthélemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui
16:00 (UTC+1) Report
Referee: Diosdado Nzibi Nze Angono (Equatorial Guinea)
20 October 2019 2020 African Nations Championship  DR Congo 4–1  Central African Republic Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
15:30 (UTC+1)
Report Dimokoyen  70' Referee: Antoine Effa Essouma (Cameroon)

Fixtures
Main article: 2020 African Nations Championship
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Libya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  DR Congo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Congo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Niger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on January 2021. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
 DR CongoTBD Congo
Libya TBD DR Congo
Niger TBD DR Congo

Squad

The following players were called up for the 2020 African Nations Championship matches against Central African Republic.
Caps and goals as of 20 October 2019 after the match against Central African Republic.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Jackson Lunanga Sankiaro (1997-05-05) 5 May 1997 2 0 AS Vita
1GK Nathan Mabruki (1989-04-27) 27 April 1989 3 0 DC Motema Pembe
2DF Mukoko Amale (1998-10-17) 17 October 1998 5 0 DC Motema Pembe
2DF Issama Mpeko (1989-05-30) 30 May 1989 71 1 TP Mazembe
2DF Ernest Luzolo Sita (1997-01-24) 24 January 1997 3 0 AS Vita
2DF Kévin Mondeko (1995-09-10) 10 September 1995 2 0 TP Mazembe
2DF Luete Ava Dongo (1996-01-27) 27 January 1996 5 1 AS Vita
2DF Atibu Radjabu 0 0 AS Maniema Union
3MF Teji Lutonadio 2 0 AS Maniema Union
3MF Rachidi Assumani (1994-02-25) 25 February 1994 0 0 DC Motema Pembe
3MF Steve Ebuela 0 0 AS Dauphins Noirs
3MF Glody Likonza (1998-05-10) 10 May 1998 2 0 TP Mazembe
3MF Zemanga Soze 0 0 AS Vita
3MF Mukoko Tonombe (1996-01-16) 16 January 1996 2 0 AS Vita
3MF Beverly Makangila (2000-04-11) 11 April 2000 1 0 FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo
3MF Jérémie Mumbere (1991-06-10) 10 June 1991 2 0 AS Vita
3MF Ikoyo Iyembe 1 0 DC Motema Pembe
4FW Vinny Kmobe Bongonga (1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 0 0 DC Motema Pembe
4FW Ducapel Moloko (1997-12-25) 25 December 1997 0 0 AS Vita
4FW Jackson Muleka (1999-10-04) 4 October 1999 7 3 TP Mazembe
4FW Isaac Tshibangu (2003-05-17) 17 May 2003 2 0 TP Mazembe
4FW Merveille Wamba Kikasa (1999-02-14) 14 February 1999 3 1 AS Vita
4FW Chico Ushindi Was Kubanza (1996-01-07) 7 January 1996 2 0 Unknown
4FW Joël Beya (1999-12-08) 8 December 1999 3 4 TP Mazembe

Previous squads
African Nations Championship squads

Honours

African Nations Championship:

References
  1. "DR Congo wins maiden CHAN tournament". BBC Africa. 8 March 2009.
  2. "DR Congo humiliate Mali to win CHAN 2016". Legit.ng. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  3. "CHAN matches to count as first team matches". w.cybereagles.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
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