Gabon national football team

Infobox National football team
Name = Gabon
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Nickname = Azingo Nationale, Black Panthers
Association = Fédération Gabonaise
de Football
Confederation = CAF (Africa)
Coach = Alain Giresse
Most caps = François Amégasse
Top scorer = Daniel Cousin (17)
Home Stadium = Stade Omar Bongo
FIFA Trigramme = GAB
FIFA Rank = 67
FIFA max = 45
FIFA max date = January 1996
FIFA min = 125
FIFA min date = April 2005

Elo Rank = 86

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First game =flagicon|Republic of Upper Volta Upper Volta 5 - 4 Gabon )
Largest win =flagicon|Gabon Gabon 7 - 0 Benin flagicon|Benin (Libreville, Gabon; 2 April, 1995)
Largest loss =flagicon|Guinea Guinea 6 - 1 Gabon flagicon|Gabon (Guinea; 9 July, 1967)
flagicon|Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire 5 - 0 Gabon flagicon|Gabon (Abidjan; 8 October, 2006)
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Regional name = African Nations Cup
Regional cup apps = 3
Regional cup first = 1994
Regional cup best = Quarterfinals, 1996

The Gabon national football team, nicknamed "Azingo Nationale", is the national team of Gabon and is controlled by the Fédération Gabonaise de Football. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals.

Gabon Football Achievements

:UNIFAC Cup :::*1 Time Champion (1999):UDEAC Championship :::*2 Times Champion (1985, 1988)::*1 Time Runners-up

World Cup record

*1930 to 1962 - "Did not enter"
*1966 - "Withdrew"
*1970 - "Did not enter"
*1974 - "Withdrew"
*1978 to 1986 - "Did not enter"
*1990 to 2006 - "Did not qualify"

African Nations Cup record

*1957 to 1970 - "Did not enter"
*1972 - "Did not qualify"
*1974 - "Withdrew"
*1976 - "Did not enter"
*1978 - "Did not qualify"
*1980 - "Did not enter"
*1982 - "Withdrew"
*1984 to 1992 - "Did not qualify"
*1994 - Round 1
*1996 - Quarterfinals
*1998 - "Did not qualify"
*2000 - Round 1
*2002 to 2008 - "Did not qualify"
*2010 -
*2012 - Will qualify as co-hosts with Equatorial Guinea

Current squad

The following players were called up for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Lesotho on 7 September 2008.

Recent call-ups

External links

* [http://www.les-pantheres.com/ Homepage of the national team]