Gabon

Nickname(s)	Azingo Nationale, Black Panthers
Association	Fédération Gabonaise de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Alain Giresse
Most caps	François Amégasse
Top scorer	François Amégasse (31)
Home stadium	Stade Omar Bongo
FIFA code	GAB
FIFA ranking	45
Highest FIFA ranking	30 (July 2009)
Lowest FIFA ranking	125 (April 2005)
Elo ranking	83
Home colours Away colours
First international
Upper Volta 5 - 4 Gabon (Madagascar; 13 April 1960)
Biggest win
Gabon 7 - 0 Benin (Libreville, Gabon; 2 April 1995)
Biggest defeat
Morocco 5 - 0 Gabon (Guinea; 15 November 2006) Côte d'Ivoire 5 - 0 Gabon (Abidjan; 8 October 2006)
African Nations Cup
Appearances	3 (First in 1994)
Best result	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, although a fast start in the 2010 qualifiers make it seem like they could debut in South Africa.

[edit] Gabon Football Achievements

UNIFAC Cup :

• 1 Time Champion (1999)

UDEAC Championship :

• 2 Times Champion (1985, 1988)
• 1 Time Runners-up

Gabon's Paul Kessany (right) battles Morocco's Youssef Hadji (left) for a loose ball during a World Cup qualifying game in March, 2009.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 - Qualified
• 2012 - Will qualify as co-hosts with Equatorial Guinea

[edit] 2010 World Cup Qualifying - Third Round

[edit] Group 1

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Cameroon 5 3 1 1 7 2 +5 10  Gabon 5 3 0 2 9 6 +3 9  Togo 5 1 2 2 2 7 −5 5  Morocco 5 0 3 2 3 6 −3 3

Cameroon  — 2 – 1 0 – 0 3 – 0 Gabon  0 – 2 — 3 – 1 3 – 0 Morocco  14-Nov 1 – 2 — 0 – 0 Togo  1 – 0 14-Nov 1 – 1 —

[edit] Current Squad

As of January 2009.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Didier Ovono Ebang March 17, 1983 (1983-03-17) (age 26) 31 0 Le Mans 16 GK Boris Nguéma Békalé December 7, 1984 (1984-12-07) (age 24) 4 0 Téléstars 23 GK William Loussouéké March 3, 1986 (1986-03-03) (age 23) 1 0 105 Libreville 3 DF Georges Ambourouet May 1, 1986 (1986-05-01) (age 23) 21 0 Makedonija 6 DF Ernest Akouassaga September 16, 1985 (1985-09-16) (age 24) 13 0 FC Nantes 4 DF Moïse Brou Apanga February 4, 1982 (1982-02-04) (age 27) 10 1 Brest 5 DF Bruno Ecuélé Manga July 16, 1988 (1988-07-16) (age 21) 14 2 Angers 22 DF Rodrigue Moundounga August 28, 1982 (1982-08-28) (age 27) 37 1 Mangasport 19 DF Catilina Aubameyang September 1, 1983 (1983-09-01) (age 26) 4 1 Ajaccio 2 DF Aymard Fabrice Moro-Mvé June 1, 1987 (1987-06-01) (age 22) 2 0 Mechelen 25 DF Erwin Nguéma Obame March 7, 1989 (1989-03-07) (age 20) 3 0 Bitam 13 MF Bruno Zita Mbanangoyé July 17, 1980 (1980-07-17) (age 29) 23 3 Dinamo Minsk 14 MF Paul Ulrich Kessany April 16, 1985 (1985-04-16) (age 24) 31 0 Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 18 MF Cédric Moubamba October 14, 1979 (1979-10-14) (age 30) 43 2 Mazembe 10 MF Alain Djissikadié January 5, 1977 (1977-01-05) (age 32) 27 2 Mazembe 7 MF Stéphane Nguéma November 20, 1984 (1984-11-20) (age 24) 16 5 Paris FC 11 MF Eric Mouloungui January 4, 1984 (1984-01-04) (age 25) 14 4 Nice 8 MF Arsène Copa June 7, 1988 (1988-06-07) (age 21) 6 0 Győri ETO 12 MF Thierry Issiémou March 31, 1983 (1983-03-31) (age 26) 25 2 Karpaty Lviv 9 FW Daniel Cousin February 7, 1977 (1977-02-07) (age 32) 19 7 Hull City 21 FW Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang January 28, 1989 (1989-01-28) (age 20) 2 1 Lille 15 FW Fabrice Do Marcolino March 14, 1983 (1983-03-14) (age 26) 53 14 Stade Laval 20 FW Roguy Méyé October 7, 1986 (1986-10-07) (age 23) 14 6 Ankaraspor 17 FW Willy Aubameyang February 16, 1987 (1987-02-16) (age 22) 1 0 K.A.S. Eupen 21 FW Gilles Mbang Ondo October 10, 1985 (1985-10-10) (age 24) 3 0 UMF Grindavik

[edit] External links

• Homepage of the national team

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