Rwanda national football team

men's national association football team representing Rwanda

Rwanda national football team is the national football team of Rwanda.

Rwanda
Nickname(s)Amavubi (The Wasps)
AssociationRwandese Association Football Federation
ConfederationCAF
Sub-confederationCECAFA
Head coachVincent Mashami[1]
CaptainHaruna Niyonzima
Most capsHaruna Niyonzima (75)
Top scorerOlivier Karekezi (25)
Home stadiumStade Amahoro
FIFA codeRWA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 137 Steady (22 December 2022)[2]
Highest64 (March 2015)
Lowest178 (July 1999)
First international
 Burundi 6–2 Rwanda 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 Rwanda
(Libreville, Gabon; 7 July 1976)
 Zaire 6–1 Rwanda Rwanda
(Gabon; 12 July 1976)
 Tunisia 5–0 Rwanda Rwanda
(Tunis, Tunisia; 10 April 1983)
 Uganda 5–0 Rwanda Rwanda
(Kampala, Uganda; 1 August 1998)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances1 (first in 2004)
Best resultGroup stage, 2004

References change

  1. "Mashami is named as Rwanda's new coach". BBC Sport.
  2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  3. Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.