Rwanda national football team

Rwanda
Nickname(s)	ivubi (The Wasps)
Association	Rwandese Association Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	CECAFA (East Africa)
Head coach	Vincent Mashami[1]
Captain	Jacques Tuyisenge
Most caps	Haruna Niyonzima (103)
Top scorer	Olivier Karekezi (24)
Home stadium	Stade Amahoro
FIFA code	RWA
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	133 (10 December 2020)[2]
Highest	64 (March 2015)
Lowest	178 (July 1999)
First international
	Burundi 6–2 Rwanda ; (Libreville, Gabon; 29 June 1976)
Biggest win
	Rwanda 9–0 Djibouti ; (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 13 December 2007)
Biggest defeat
	Cameroon 5–0 Rwanda ; (Libreville, Gabon; 7 July 1976) ; Zaire 6–1 Rwanda ; (Gabon; 12 July 1976) ; Tunisia 5–0 Rwanda ; (Tunis, Tunisia; 10 April 1983) ; Uganda 5–0 Rwanda ; (Kampala, Uganda; 1 August 1998)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	1 (first in 2004)
Best result	Group stage, 2004

The Rwanda national football team represents Rwanda in international football and is controlled by the Rwandese Association Football Federation, the governing body of football in Rwanda, and competes as a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), as well as the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA), a CAF sub-confederation that governs football in East and Central Africa. The team bears the nickname Amavubi (Kinyarwanda for The Wasps), and primarily plays its home games at the Stade Amahoro in Kigali, the nation's capital. They have never qualified for a World Cup finals, and reached their first Africa Cup of Nations in 2004.

History

Rwanda qualified for its first Africa Cup of Nations in the 2004 edition.[3] At the tournament, they lost their opening match 2–1 to Tunisia before winning their first ever point in the competition after a 1–1 draw against Guinea.[4] Rwanda went on to beat DR Congo in their final group match by a 1–0 scoreline, but it wasn't enough, as elsewhere in the group, Guinea and Tunisia drew, meaning both teams progressed to the quarter-finals, and Rwanda were eliminated.[5]

Team image

Kit

In 2001, after adopting the new flag of Rwanda, The Federation (FERWAFA) changed the color of the team kit. The new team kit consists of a yellow jersey, blue shorts and green socks for home matches, while their away kit is either all white or all blue. Adidas has generally been the manufacturer for the Rwandan team since 2001.[6] However, between 2004 and 2009, Rwanda used L-sport as their outfitter, and in 2015 the side started wearing kit provided by AMS, an emerging Australian supplier.

Names

Under the official FIFA Trigramme the team's name is abbreviated as RWA; this acronym is used by FIFA, the CAF and the CECAFA to identify the team in official competitions.[7] However the team was more commonly known as the RR, the acronym for the country's official name, Repubulika y'u Rwanda or République du Rwanda, which the local press used when they referred to the team as the RR XI. The national team is often referred to as Amavubi (The Wasps).[8][9]

Honours

CECAFA Cup:
- Winners (1): 1999
- Runners-up (6): 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015.

Competition records

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record									FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter								Declined participation
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990	Withdrew								Withdrew
1994	Did not enter								Declined participation
1998	Did not qualify								2	0	0	2	1	5
2002									2	0	1	1	2	4
2006									12	2	3	7	10	17
2010									10	3	2	5	8	11
2014									8	1	3	4	7	13
2018									2	0	0	2	1	4
2022	To be determined								To be determined
2026	To be determined								To be determined
Total		0/21							36	6	9	21	29	54

Africa Cup of Nations record

Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances: 1
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1957 to 1962	Part of Belgium
1963 to 1976	Not affiliated to CAF
1978 to 1980	Did not enter
1982 to 1984	Did not qualify
1986	Did not enter
1988	Withdrew
1990 to 1998	Did not enter
2000 to 2002	Did not qualify
2004	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	3	3
2006 to 2013	Did not qualify
2015	Disqualified
2017 to 2019	Did not qualify
2021	To be determined
2023
2025
Total	Group stage	1/32	3	1	1	1	3	3

African Nations Championship record

African Nations Championship
Appearances: 4
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	2	7
2014	Did not qualify
2016	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	0	2	5	7
2018	Group stage	13th	3	1	1	1	1	1
2020	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	3	3
2022	TBD
Total	Quarter-finals	4/5	14	5	3	7	11	18

CECAFA Cup record

CECAFA Cup
Appearances: 21
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1973	Did not enter
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979	Group stage	6th	2	0	1	1	1	5
1980	Champions	1st	4	3	0	1	5	2
1981	Group stage	7th	3	0	2	1	2	4
1982		6th	2	0	0	2	0	3
1983		5th	4	2	1	1	4	3
1984	Did not enter
1985
1987
1988
1989
1990	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	1	1	5	3
1991	Fourth place	4th	4	0	1	3	3	9
1992	Did not enter
1994
1995
1996	Third place	3rd	4	1	2	1	6	6
1999	Quarter-finals	8th	3	0	2	1	1	4
2000	Did not enter
2001	Did not enter
2002	Group stage	6th	4	1	1	2	4	5
2003	Fourth place	4th	4	2	1	1	8	2
2004	Third place	3rd	5	3	1	1	11	6
2005	Group stage	6th	4	2	0	2	7	12
2006	Champions	1st	6	2	3	1	7	4
2007	Champions	1st	5	2	3	0	8	6
2008	Group stage	6th	4	1	2	1	3	2
2009	Did not enter
2010	Group stage	10th	3	0	1	2	0	5
2011	Third place	3rd	6	3	3	0	6	3
2012	Group stage	9th	3	1	0	2	1	3
2013	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	8	4
2015	Fourth place	4th	6	2	1	3	7	4
2017	Did not enter
Total	3 Titles	21/39	86	31	27	33	87	61

Head coaches

Otto Pfister (1972–76)
Metin Türel (1991)
Longin Rudasingwa (1998-1999)
Rudi Gutendorf (1999–00)
Longin Rudasingwa interim
Ratomir Dujković (2001–04)
Roger Palmgren (2004–05)
Michael Nees (2006–07)
Josip Kuže (2007–08)
Raoul Shungu (2008, interim)
Branko Tucak (2008–09)
Eric Nshimiyimana (2009–10, interim)
Sellas Tetteh (2010–11)
Milutin Sredojević (2011–13)
Eric Nshimiyimana (2013–14)
Stephen Constantine (2014–2015)
Lee Johnson (2015, interim)
Johnny McKinstry (2015–16)
Gilbert Kanyankore (2016, interim)
Jimmy Mulisa (2016, interim)
Antoine Hey (2017–2018)
François Karekezi
Vincent Mashami (2018–present)

Recent results

2019

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 2021 AFCONQ	Mozambique	2–0	Rwanda	Maputo, Mozambique
18:00 UTC+2	Telinho 28' (pen.) Mexer 31'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Zimpeto Referee: Raphiou Ligali (Benin)

17 November 2019 (2019-11-17) 2021 AFCONQ	Rwanda	0–1	Cameroon	Kigali, Rwanda
18:00 UTC+2		Report	Ngamaleu 71'	Stadium: Stade Régional Nyamirambo Referee: Daniel Laryea (Ghana)

2020

12 November 2020 (2020-11-12) 2021 AFCONQ	Cape Verde	0–0	Rwanda	Praia, Cape Verde
15:00 UTC−1		Report		Stadium: Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde Referee: Daniel Laryea (Ghana)

17 November 2020 (2020-11-17) 2021 AFCONQ	Rwanda	0–0	Cape Verde	Kigali, Rwanda
19:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Stade Régional Nyamirambo Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

2021

22 March 2021 2021 AFCONQ

Rwanda

v

Mozambique

Rwanda

30 March 2021 2021 AFCONQ

Cameroon

v

Rwanda

Cameroon

Players

Current squad

The following players have been selected for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Seychelles on 5 & 10 September 2019.[10]

Caps and goals updated as of 5 September 2019 after the game against Seychelles.[11]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Jean-Luc Ndayishimiye	(1991-05-25) 25 May 1991	61	0	AS Kigali
18	1GK	Yves Kimenyi	(1992-10-13) 13 October 1992	6	0	Rayon Sports
23	1GK	Omar Rwabugiri	(1995-09-28) 28 September 1995	0	0	APR

2	2DF	Emmanuel Imanishimwe	(1995-02-02) 2 February 1995	12	0	APR
3	2DF	Eric Rutanga	(1992-11-03) 3 November 1992	11	1	Rayon Sports
13	2DF	Fitina Omborenga	(1996-05-20) 20 May 1996	33	1	APR
15	2DF	Emery Bayisenge	(1994-03-28) 28 March 1994	44	1	Saif Dhaka
17	2DF	Thierry Manzi	(1996-07-12) 12 July 1996	18	2	Rayon Sports
22	2DF	Abdul Rwatubyaye	(1996-10-23) 23 October 1996	21	1	unattached
	2DF	Salomon Nirisarike	(1993-11-23) 23 November 1993	21	0	FC Pyunik
	2DF	Eric Iradukunda	(1990-03-17) 17 March 1990	12	0	Rayon Sports

4	3MF	Djihad Bizimana	(1996-12-12) 12 December 1996	34	0	Waasland-Beveren
11	3MF	Kévin Muhire	(1998-10-17) 17 October 1998	10	0	El Makkasa
12	3MF	Jean-Claude Iranzi	(1990-10-05) 5 October 1990	71	3	Rayon Sports
19	3MF	Yannick Mukunzi	(1995-10-02) 2 October 1995	34	4	Sandviken
21	3MF	Olivier Niyonzima	(1993-01-01) 1 January 1993	5	0	Rayon Sports
	3MF	Haruna Niyonzima	(1990-02-05) 5 February 1990	96	6	Kigali
	3MF	Andrew Buteera	(1994-10-03) 3 October 1994	21	0	APR

5	4FW	Meddie Kagere	(1986-10-10) 10 October 1986	40	14	Simba
7	4FW	Patrick Sibomana	(1996-10-15) 15 October 1996	15	2	Young Africans
9	4FW	Jacques Tuyisenge (C)	(1991-09-22) 22 September 1991	40	12	Petro de Luanda
10	4FW	Muhadjiri Hakizimana	(1994-08-13) 13 August 1994	15	5	Emirates
16	4FW	Ernest Sugira	(1991-03-27) 27 March 1991	20	8	APR
	4FW	Justin Mico	(1994-12-21) 21 December 1994	9	0	Police
	4FW	Djabel Manishimwe	(1998-05-10) 10 May 1998	7	0	Rayon Sports

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for Rwanda in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up



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

References

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"Rwanda snatch dramatic point". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 January 2004. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
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"Rwanda football shirt 1994 – 1996". oldfootballshirts.com. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
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External links

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[1] ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45234187

[FIFA_World_Rankings-2] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.

[3] "Rwanda's football mercenaries". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 January 2004. Retrieved 18 January 2013.

[4] "Rwanda snatch dramatic point". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 January 2004. Retrieved 18 January 2013.

[5] "Rwanda dumped out". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 January 2004. Retrieved 18 January 2013.

[6] "Rwanda football shirt 1994 – 1996". oldfootballshirts.com. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

[7] "Member Association – Rwanda". FIFA.com. FIFA. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

[8] "Rwanda football Boss Rallies The Wasps Ahead Of Benin Clash - Goal.com". goal.com. Goal. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

[9] "Rwanda's Amavumbi Stars invite Uganda Cranes on Feb 6th". starafrica.com. 2 February 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

[10] ttps://regionweek.com/2022-fifa-world-cup-rwanda-head-coach-mashami-reveals-25-man-squad-for-seychelles/

[11] "Rwanda".