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The Burkina Faso national football team (French: Équipe de football du Burkina Faso), represents Burkina Faso in men's international football and is controlled by the Burkinabé Football Federation. They were known as the Upper Volta national football team until 1984, when Upper Volta became Burkina Faso. They finished fourth in the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations, when they hosted the tournament. Their best ever finish in the tournament was the 2013 edition, reaching the final.

Burkina Faso

Nickname(s)	Les Étalons (The Stallions)
Association	Burkinabé Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Hubert Velud
Captain	Bertrand Traoré
Most caps	Charles Kaboré (102)
Top scorer	Moumouni Dagano (34)[1]
Home stadium	Stade du 4-Août
FIFA code	BFA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	54 1 (6 October 2022)[2]
Highest	35 (April–May 2017)
Lowest	127 (December 1993)
First international
Upper Volta 5–4 Gabon  (Tananarive, Madagascar; 14 April 1960)
Biggest win
Upper Volta 5–1 Liberia  (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; 27 December 1961)  Burkina Faso 4–0 Mozambique  (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 7 June 2003)  Burkina Faso 4–0 Namibia  (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 26 March 2011)  Burkina Faso 4–0 Ethiopia  (Nelspruit, South Africa; 25 January 2013)  Burkina Faso 4–0 Niger  (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 23 March 2013)  Burkina Faso 5–1 Swaziland  (Nelspruit, South Africa; 10 January 2015)  Burkina Faso 4–0 Cape Verde  (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 14 November 2017)  Djibouti 0–4 Burkina Faso  (Marrakesh, Morocco; 8 October 2021)
Biggest defeat
Algeria 7–0 Upper Volta  (Oran, Algeria; 30 August 1981)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	12 (first in 1978)
Best result	Runners-up, 2013

History

Their first international match was played on April 13, 1960, in the Jeux de la Communauté in Madagascar and ended with a 5–4 victory against Gabon.

Africa Cup of Nations

The country made their first appearance in the Africa Cup of Nations in 1978, but it was not until 1996 that they returned to the biennial tournament. They subsequently qualified for five consecutive tournaments between 1996 and 2004, reaching the semi-finals under coach Philippe Troussier when the tournament was held on home soil in 1998.[3]

Burkina Faso played in Group B of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations alongside Ghana and Ivory Coast in a three-team group due to Togo's withdrawal. Although they drew their first match against Ivory Coast and needed just a draw against Ghana to progress, the Burkinabe lost 1–0 and failed to qualify for the knock-out stage of the tournament.[4] Burkina Faso took part in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, losing all three of their matches and subsequently firing coach Paulo Duarte.[5] Belgian coach Paul Put was announced as new coach in March 2012.[6] Burkina Faso finished first of their group, but lost to Nigeria in the final of 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.[7]

They team would earn third place at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

World Cup qualifying

Burkina Faso first entered the World Cup in the 1978 qualifying tournament, beating Mauritania in the preliminary round before losing 1–3 against Ivory Coast. They next entered World Cup qualifying in 1990, losing in the first round to Libya 2–3. Burkina Faso withdrew from the 1994 competition but returned in 1998, beating Mauritania again to make it to the final qualifying group stage, however they failed to obtain a single point, finishing bottom of their group. They beat Ethiopia in 2002 to again make it to the qualifying group stage, but did not advance, only winning one game against Malawi.

The team had a strong showing in the 2014 World Cup qualification campaign, reaching the final round of qualifying where it faced Algeria. It won 3–2 in Ouagadougou, but lost 1–0 in Blida. Despite the 3-3 aggregate, Burkina Faso narrowly missed out on the 2014 World Cup due to the away goals rule.

Nickname

The team is nicknamed Les Etalons, which means "The Stallions". It is in reference to the legendary horse of Princess Yennenga.[8] Supporters of the team at times include a percussion band, which often mimics the sounds of galloping horses at matches.

Recent schedule and results

The following is a list of match results from the previous twelve months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss

2021

2022

2023

Coaching history

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against DR Congo and Comoros on 23 and 27 September 2022 respectively.[9]

Caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2022, after the match against Eswatini.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Hervé Koffi	(1996-10-16) 16 October 1996 (age 26)	46	0	Charleroi
	1GK	Kilian Nikiema	(2003-06-22) 22 June 2003 (age 19)	2	0	ADO Den Haag
	1GK	Hillel Konaté	(1994-12-28) 28 December 1994 (age 27)	0	0	Valenciennes
	2DF	Steeve Yago	(1992-12-16) 16 December 1992 (age 29)	70	1	Aris Limassol
	2DF	Issoufou Dayo	(1991-08-06) 6 August 1991 (age 31)	62	6	Nahdat Berkane
	2DF	Edmond Tapsoba	(1999-02-02) 2 February 1999 (age 23)	30	0	Bayer Leverkusen
	2DF	Issa Kaboré	(2001-05-12) 12 May 2001 (age 21)	27	2	Marseille
	2DF	Abdoul Guiebre	(1997-07-17) 17 July 1997 (age 25)	4	0	Reggiana
	2DF	Dylan Ouédraogo	(1998-07-22) 22 July 1998 (age 24)	2	0	OH Leuven
	2DF	Adama Fofana	(1999-05-16) 16 May 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Dijon
	2DF	Adamo Nagalo	(2002-09-22) 22 September 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Nordsjælland
	3MF	Blati Touré	(1994-08-04) 4 August 1994 (age 28)	33	1	Pyramids
	3MF	Gustavo Sangaré	(1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 (age 26)	19	2	Quevilly-Rouen
	3MF	Ismahila Ouédraogo	(1999-11-05) 5 November 1999 (age 23)	15	0	PAOK
	3MF	Stephane Aziz Ki	(1996-03-06) 6 March 1996 (age 26)	5	1	ASEC Mimosas
	3MF	Abdoul Bandaogo	(1998-05-30) 30 May 1998 (age 24)	4	0	Trofense
	3MF	Dramane Salou	(1998-05-22) 22 May 1998 (age 24)	2	0	Noah
	3MF	Mamady Bangré	(2001-06-15) 15 June 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Quevilly-Rouen
	4FW	Bertrand Traoré	(1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 27)	66	13	İstanbul Başakşehir
	4FW	Cyrille Bayala	(1996-05-24) 24 May 1996 (age 26)	41	4	Ajaccio
	4FW	Abdoul Tapsoba	(2001-08-23) 23 August 2001 (age 21)	13	4	Standard Liège
	4FW	Abou Ouattara	(1999-12-26) 26 December 1999 (age 22)	10	0	Sheriff Tiraspol
	4FW	Dango Ouattara	(2002-02-11) 11 February 2002 (age 20)	9	4	Lorient
	4FW	Djibril Ouattara	(1999-09-19) 19 September 1999 (age 23)	9	2	Olympic Safi
	4FW	Cedric Badolo	(1998-11-04) 4 November 1998 (age 24)	4	0	Sheriff Tiraspol

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Aboubacar Sawadogo	(1989-08-10) 10 August 1989 (age 33)	18	0	Kadiogo	v.  Eswatini, 7 June 2022
GK	Nourdine Balora	(1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Namungo	v.  Eswatini, 7 June 2022
GK	Farid Ouédraogo	(1996-12-26) 26 December 1996 (age 25)	6	0	Vita Club	v.  Belgium, 29 March 2022
GK	Ben Idriss Traoré	(1996-08-11) 11 August 1996 (age 26)	0	0	SONABEL	v.  Algeria, 16 November 2021
DF	Soumaïla Ouattara	(1995-07-04) 4 July 1995 (age 27)	10	0	Hobro	v.  Eswatini, 7 June 2022
DF	Nasser Djiga	(2002-11-15) 15 November 2002 (age 20)	2	0	Nîmes	v.  Eswatini, 7 June 2022
DF	Cheick-Omar Ouedraogo	(1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 (age 26)	0	0	ASFA Yennenga	v.  Eswatini, 7 June 2022
DF	Oula Abass Traoré	(1995-09-29) 29 September 1995 (age 27)	7	0	Free agent	v.  Belgium, 29 March 2022
DF	Patrick Malo	(1992-02-18) 18 February 1992 (age 30)	23	0	Qadsia	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
DF	Hermann Nikiéma	(1988-11-30) 30 November 1988 (age 33)	5	1	AS Douanes	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
DF	Mohamed Ouattara	(1993-03-07) 7 March 1993 (age 29)	4	0	Al-Naft	v.  Algeria, 16 November 2021
MF	Adama Guira	(1988-04-24) 24 April 1988 (age 34)	42	0	Qingdao Hainiu	v.  Eswatini, 7 June 2022
MF	Abdul Yabré	(1995-04-03) 3 April 1995 (age 27)	1	0	Carpi	v.  Eswatini, 7 June 2022
MF	Abdoul Yoda	(2000-12-20) 20 December 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Hobro	v.  Eswatini, 7 June 2022
MF	Trova Boni	(1999-12-21) 21 December 1999 (age 22)	1	0	Belenenses SAD	v.  Belgium, 29 March 2022
MF	Bryan Dabo	(1992-02-18) 18 February 1992 (age 30)	19	2	Aris	v.  Belgium, 29 March 2022
MF	Saïdou Simporé	(1992-08-31) 31 August 1992 (age 30)	13	1	Al Ittihad	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
MF	Dramane Nikièma	(1988-10-17) 17 October 1988 (age 34)	7	0	Horoya	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
FW	Hassane Bandé	(1998-10-30) 30 October 1998 (age 24)	23	2	Amiens	v.  Eswatini, 7 June 2022
FW	Lamine Ouattara	(1998-06-14) 14 June 1998 (age 24)	1	0	JS Kabylie	v.  Eswatini, 7 June 2022
FW	Joffrey Bazié	(2003-10-27) 27 October 2003 (age 19)	1	0	Lille	v.  Eswatini, 7 June 2022
FW	Ousseni Bouda	(2000-04-28) 28 April 2000 (age 22)	0	0	San Jose Earthquakes	v.  Eswatini, 7 June 2022
FW	Abdel Zagré	(2004-03-09) 9 March 2004 (age 18)	1	0	Sion	v.  Belgium, 29 March 2022
FW	Eric Traoré	(1996-05-21) 21 May 1996 (age 26)	15	1	ENPPI	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
FW	Mohamed Konaté	(1997-12-12) 12 December 1997 (age 24)	16	2	Akhmat Grozny	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
FW	Zakaria Sanogo	(1996-12-11) 11 December 1996 (age 25)	26	1	JS Kabylie	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
FW	Lassina Traoré	(2001-01-12) 12 January 2001 (age 21)	17	7	Shakhtar Donetsk	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
FW	Kouamé Botué	(2002-08-07) 7 August 2002 (age 20)	3	0	Ajaccio	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
FW	Yacouba Songné	(1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 30)	4	0	Young Africans	v.  Algeria, 16 November 2021
Notes WD = Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue. 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.

Records

As of 7 June 2022[10]

Players in bold are still active with Burkina Faso.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Charles Kaboré	102	4	2006–present
2	Jonathan Pitroipa	84	19	2006–2019
3	Moumouni Dagano	83	34	1998–2013
	Bakary Koné	83	0	2006–2019
5	Aristide Bancé	79	24	2003–2019
6	Steeve Yago	70	1	2013–present
7	Saïdou Panandétiguiri	66	2	2002–2013
	Bertrand Traoré	66	13	2011–present
9	Alain Traoré	65	21	2006–present
10	Issoufou Dayo	62	6	2012–present

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Moumouni Dagano	34	83	0.41	1998–2013
2	Aristide Bancé	24	79	0.3	2003–2019
3	Alain Traoré	21	65	0.32	2006–present
4	Jonathan Pitroipa	19	84	0.23	2006–2019
5	Mamadou Zongo	13	30	0.43	1996–2013
	Préjuce Nakoulma	13	53	0.25	2012–present
	Bertrand Traoré	13	66	0.2	2011–present
8	Amadou Touré	10	30	0.33	1998–2006
	Oumar Barro	10	48	0.21	1996–2003
10	Lassina Traoré	7	17	0.41	2017–present
	Alassane Ouédraogo	7	33	0.21	1998–2007

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Appearances: 0
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Played as  Upper Volta
1930	Did not enter
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978	Did not qualify
1982	Did not enter
Played as  Burkina Faso
1986	Did not enter
1990	Did not qualify
1994	Withdrew during qualifying
1998	Did not qualify
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
2026	To be determined
Total		0/22

Notes

References

External links

• L'actualité du Burkina
• Burkina Faso at FIFA.com

На других языках

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- [en] Burkina Faso national football team

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[ru] Сборная Буркина-Фасо по футболу

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