African National Team of the Year


[Organized by France Football.  In some years, two teams were chosen.]

1980  Algeria
1981  Algeria
1982  Algeria
1983  Ghana
1984  Cameroon
1985  Morocco
1986  Morocco
1987  Cameroon
1988  Cameroon
1989  Cameroon
1990  ?
1991  ?
1992  Ivory Coast and Nigeria
1993  Nigeria
1994  Nigeria         
1995  Tunisia
1996  South Africa
1997  Morocco
1998  Egypt 
1999  Tunisia
2000  Cameroon
2001  Senegal
2002  Senegal
2003  Cameroon
2004  Tunisia
2005  Tunisia
2006  Ghana

Wins by Country:

Cameroon           6

Tunisia            4

Algeria            3
Morocco            3

Nigeria            3  (1 shared)
 
Ghana              2
Senegal            2
 
Egypt              1
South Africa       1
 
Ivory Coast        1  (1 shared)


Overview 1980-1989 (Top-19)

                     1980  81  82  83  84  85  86  87  88  89   Total
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Algeria			1   1   1   4   4   2   4   3   4   3    27
Cameroon		6   2   2   4   1   -   2   1   1   1    40
Egypt			4   6  NC   2   9  12   2   2   6   2    58
Nigeria			2   7  18   3   3   7  NC   5   3   5    73
Morocco		        3   5  17   7   8   1   1  NC   5  12    79
Zambia		       13   4   5   -   7   5   7   8   2   8    79
Ghana			9   3   3   1   6  16   8  10  18  17    91
Ivory Coast	       10  NC  11  11   9   4   4   3  NC   4    96
Senegal		       16  15   8   9  18   3   6   -  12   6   113
Malawi		       17   -  13  16   5  10  10  11   7  12   121
Kenya			-  11  10  10  12   -  NC   6  14   7   130
Tunisia		       15  14  16  14  10  11  15   -  11  11   137
Zimbabwe	       16  12  14  12  13   6  NC  14  10   -   137     
Guinea			5   8   6   -   -   -  17  12  13  18  	139
Togo		       17   -   7   6  10   -  14   -  NC  NC   154
Uganda	 	       NC  17   9   -   -  15  11  15  NC   9   156
Zaïre			6  10  NC  NC  NC  19  NC   7  NC  15   157
Mali		       17  18  12  15  15  13  NC   -  15  16   161
Angola		       17  13  19   -  NC  14  13  18   9   -   163
Ethiopia		-   9   -   8  19  NC  NC   9  NC  19   164
Gabon		        -  19  NC   -   -   9  19   -   8  14  	169
Libya		       17   -   4   -  NC   8  NC  NC  NC  NC   169
Congo		       17  NC  NC  13   -  17  12   -  17  NC   176
Tanzania		8  16   -   -  16   -  NC   -  NC  NC   180
Sierra Leone	       17  NC   -   -  NC  NC   9  16  NC   -   182
Liberia		       17   -   -   -   -  NC   -  17  NC   9   183
Burkina Faso	       NC   -  15  NC  14  NC   -   -  16  NC   185
Madagascar	       17  NC  NC  17  NC  -   NC  13   -  NC   187
Niger		       14   -   -  19  NC  NC  16  NC  19  NC   188
Sudan		       11   -   -   -  NC  NC  NC  -   NC  NC   191
Guinea Bissau		-   -   -  18  -   -   NC  19  NC  NC   197
Mozambique	       NC  NC  NC  NC  NC  18   -   -  NC  NC   198
Chad		       NC  NC  NC  NC  NC   -  18   -  NC   -   198  

NC : Non classé (not ranked)

1989

Elected by France Football 

    1. Cameroon
    2. Egypt
    3. Algeria
    4. Ivory Coast
    5. Nigeria
    6. Senegal
    7. Kenya
    8. Zambia
 9-10. Liberia, Uganda
   11. Tunisia
12-13. Malawi, Morocco
   14. Gabon
   15. Zaïre
   16. Mali
   17. Ghana
   18. Guinea
   19. Ethiopia
   20. Zimbabwe
   21. Angola
   22. Cape Verde
   23. Centrafrique
   24. Chad
   25. Sierra Leone

1992

Elected by France Football

    1. Ivory Coast and Nigeria
    3. Ghana
    4. Zaïre
    5. Zambia
  6-7. Gabon, Zimbabwe 
    8. Morocco
    9. Sierra Leone
   10. Tunisia
   11. Cameroon
   12. Egypt
   13. Guinea
14-15. Algeria, Senegal
   16. Burundi
17-18. Malawi, Uganda
   19. Tanzania
   20. Congo
   21. Kenya
   22. Lesotho
   23. Mali
   24. Ethiopia
   25. South Africa 
26-27. Guinea Bissau, Niger
   28. Togo
   29. Mauritius
   30. Mozambique
   31. Benin
32-33. Botswana, Namibia

1993

Elected by France Football

    1. Nigeria
    2. Morocco
    3. Cameroon
    4. Egypt
  5-6. Zambia, Ivory Coast
    7. Algeria
    8. Sierra Leone
    9. Zimbabwe
   10. Ghana
   11. Guinea
   12. Gabon
   13. Zaïre
   14. Mali
   15. Tunisia
   16. Senegal
   17. Burundi
   18. Uganda
   19. Kenya
   20. Malawi
   21. South Africa
   22. Angola
23-24. Madagascar, Gambia
   25. Mauritius
   26. Mozambique
   27. Sudan
   28. Mauritania
   29. Niger
   30. Guinea Bissau
   31. Ethiopia
   32. Togo
   33. Congo
   34. Lesotho
   35. Benin

1994

Elected by France Football

    1. Nigeria
    2. Zambia
    3. Ivory Coast
    4. Ghana
    5. Mali
    6. Egypt
    7. South Africa
    8. Tanzania
    9. Uganda
   10. Morocco
   11. Senegal
   12. Tunisia
   13. Cameroon
   14. Gabon
   15. Guinea
   16. Zaïre
   17. Sierra Leone
   18. Mozambique
19-20. Algeria, Mauritania
   21. Niger
   22. Namibia
   23. Togo
   24. Burkina Faso
   25. Sudan
   26. Zimbabwe
   27. Malawi
   28. Congo
   29. Kenya
   30. Eritrea
   31. Botswana

1995

Elected by France Football

    1. Tunisia
  2-3. Angola, Mozambique 
    4. Egypt
    5. South Africa
  6-7. Ivory Coast, Zambia 
  8-9. Cameroon, Algeria
   10. Sierra Leone
11-12. Ghana, Zaïre
   13. Gabon
   14. Burkina Faso
   15. Liberia
   16. Nigeria
   17. Senegal
   18. Mauritania
   19. Guinea
   20. Mali
   21. Morocco
   22. Uganda
   23. Ethiopia
   24. Togo
   25. Zimbabwe
   26. Tanzania
   27. Sudan
   28. Cape Verde
   29. Guinea Bissau
   30. Gambia
   31. Malawi
   32. Congo
   33. Namibia
   34. Niger
   35. Botswana
   36. Lesotho

1996

Elected by France Football

    1. South Africa
    2. Tunisia
    3. Zambia
    4. Egypt
    5. Gabon
    6. Morocco
    7. Ghana
    8. Algeria
    9. Angola
   10. Cameroon
   11. Guinea
   12. Togo
   13. Zaïre
   14. Congo
15-16. Mali, Sudan
   17. Zimbabwe
   18. Namibia
   19. Mozambique
   20. Ivory Coast
   21. Liberia
   22. Malawi
   23. Uganda
   24. Senegal
   25. Ethiopia
   26. Burkina Faso
   27. Benin
   28. Gambia
   29. Kenya
   30. Sierra Leone
   31. Mauritius
   32. Tanzania
   33. Mauritania
   34. Rwanda

1997

Elected by France Football

    1. Morocco
    2. Tunisia
    3. Zambia
    4. Cameroon
    5. Egypt
    6. Ivory Coast
    7. Angola 
    8. Algeria
    9. Mozambique
10-11. Nigeria, South Africa
   12. Guinea
   13. RD Congo
   14. Namibia
   15. Togo 
   16. Mali
   17. Ghana
   18. Zimbabwe
   19. Gabon
   20. Senegal
   21. Sierra Leone
   22. Kenya
   23. Liberia
   24. Congo
   25. Burkina Faso
26-27. Gambia, Lesotho
   28. Ethiopia
   29. Benin 
   30. Mauritania
   31. Guinea Bissau
32-33. Botswana, Swaziland
   34. Mauritius

1998

Elected by France Football

    1. Egypt
  2-3. Morocco, Nigeria
    4. South Africa
    5. Cameroon
    6. Tunisia
    7. Burkina Faso
    8. RD Congo
    9. Ivory Coast
   10. Zambia
   11. Ghana
   12. Namibia
   13. Angola
   14. Mozambique
   15. Togo
   16. Guinea
   17. Algeria
   18. Zimbabwe
   19. Kenya
20-21. Malawi, Mali
22-23. Madagascar, Uganda
   24. Niger
   25. Senegal
26-27. Liberia, Mauritius
28-29. Lesotho, Sudan
30-33. Botswana, Libya, Swaziland, Tanzania

2001

Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points 
to the teams we have put the year performance for some National Teams
in full international matches.
 
                               Pts -  P -  W -  D -  L - GF - GA
    1. Senegal                  30 - 15 -  9 -  3 -  3 - 23 -  7
    2. Nigeria			25 - 13 -  7 -  4 -  2 - 22 -  8
    3. South Africa		31 - 21 -  8 -  7 -  6 - 23 - 18
    4. Tunisia			26 - 12 -  8 -  2 -  2 - 33 -  9
    5. Cameroon			21 - 12 -  6 -  3 -  3 - 13 -  9
    6. Morocco			27 - 17 -  7 -  6 -  4 - 17 - 10
    7. Ivory Coast		25 - 12 -  7 -  4 -  1 - 26 -  8
    8. Egypt			35 - 21 -  9 -  8 -  4 - 41 - 24
    9. Liberia			22 - 14 -  7 -  1 -  6 - 24 - 24
   10. Zambia			27 - 19 -  7 -  6 -  6 - 27 - 20
   11. Algeria
   12. Togo
   13. Ghana
14-15. Burkina Faso, RD Congo
   16. Angola
   17. Kenya
   18. Zimbabwe
   19. Lesotho
   20. Mali
   21. Congo
   22. Sierra Leone
   23. Gabon
   24. Namibia
   25. Mauritius
   26. Rwanda
   27. Burundi
   28. Tanzania
   29. Uganda
   30. Botswana
   31. Libya
   32. Madagascar
   33. Swaziland

2002

Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points 
to the teams we have put the year performance for some National Teams
in full international matches.

			       Pts -  P -  W -  D -  L - GF - GA 
    1. Senegal			33 - 17 -  9 -  6 -  2 - 22 - 14
    2. Cameroon			29 - 15 -  8 -  5 -  2 - 20 - 10
    3. Nigeria			35 - 20 -  9 -  8 -  3 - 20 - 12
    4. South Africa		40 - 24 - 10 - 10 -  4 - 29 - 17
    5. Mali			21 - 12 -  6 -  3 -  3 - 16 -  9
    6. Morocco			23 - 11 -  7 -  2 -  2 - 21 -  8
    7. Egypt			25 - 16 -  7 -  4 -  5 - 20 - 12
    8. Ghana			12 - 12 -  3 -  3 -  6 -  9 - 13
    9. RD Congo			11 -  8 -  3 -  2 -  3 - 11 -  9
   10. Tunisia			 8 - 14 -  0 -  8 -  6 -  4 - 12
   11. Kenya
   12. Algeria
   13. Burkina Faso
   14. Malawi
   15. Madagascar
   16. Zambia
   17. Ivory Coast
   18. Liberia
   19. Swaziland
   20. Zimbabwe
   21. Libya
   22. Congo
   23. Uganda
   24. Tanzania
   25. Sudan
   26. Gambia
   27. Togo
   28. Angola
   29. Chad
   30. Guinea
   31. Rwanda
   32. Botswana
   33. Mauritius
   34. Mozambique
   35. Ethiopia
   36. Eritrea
   37. Burundi
   38. Lesotho
   39. Gabon

2003

Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points 
to the teams we have put the year performance for some National Teams
in full international matches.

			       Pts -  P -  W -  D -  L - GF - GA 
    1. Cameroon			14 -  9 -  4 -  2 -  3 -  5 -  5
    2. Morocco			20 - 10 -  6 -  2 -  2 -  8 -  2
    3. Mali			25 -  9 -  8 -  1 -  0 - 13 -  1
    4. Zimbabwe                 29 - 13 -  9 -  2 -  2 - 20 -  6
    5. Egypt			30 - 12 - 10 -  0 -  2 - 29 - 10
    6. Burkina Faso             18 - 11 -  5 -  3 -  3 - 12 -  5
    7. Tunisia			18 -  9 -  5 -  3 -  1 - 10 -  5
    8. Algeria                  20 - 12 -  5 -  5 -  2 - 17 -  9
    9. Benin                    23 - 14 -  7 -  2 -  5 - 18 - 19
   10. RD Congo			22 - 10 -  6 -  4 -  0 - 19 -  8
   11. Rwanda
   12. Kenya
   13. South Africa		
   14. Guinea
   15. Nigeria			
   16. Senegal
   17. Zambia			
   18. Ivory Coast
   19. Uganda
   20. Congo
   21. Libya
   22. Gabon
   23. Sudan
   24. Botswana
   25. Angola
   26. Lesotho
   27. Ghana	
   28. Cape Verde		
   29. Togo
   30. Liberia
   31. Mozambique
   32. Seychelles
   33. Swaziland
   34. Ethiopia
   35. Equatorial Guinea
   36. Chad
   37. Gambia
   38. Niger
   39. Mauritania
   40. Sierra Leone
   41. Central Africa
42-43. Namibia, Eritrea
   44. Madagascar
   45. Malawi
   46. Burundi
   47. Tanzania

2004

Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points 
to the teams we have put the year performance for some National Teams
in full international matches.

			       Pts -  P -  W -  D -  L - GF - GA 
    1. Tunisia			28 - 16 -  8 -  4 -  4 - 23 - 19
    2. Morocco			31 - 15 -  9 -  4 -  2 - 28 - 10
    3. Nigeria			33 - 17 - 10 -  3 -  4 - 25 - 17
    4. Ivory Coast		21 -  8 -  7 -  0 -  1 - 18 -  6
    5. Angola			23 - 12 -  6 -  5 -  1 - 14 -  9
    6. Guinea			17 - 12 -  4 -  5 -  3 - 18 - 15
    7. Libya			23 - 11 -  7 -  2 -  2 - 16 -  8
    8. Togo                     15 -  8 -  4 -  3 -  1 -  8 -  3
    9. Senegal			25 - 14 -  7 -  4 -  3 - 22 - 13
   10. Mali			19 - 15 -  5 -  4 -  6 - 17 - 16
   11. Egypt
   12. Cameroon	
   13. Zambia
   14. Zimbabwe
   15. Algeria
   16. South Africa
   17. RD Congo
   18. Kenya
   19. Rwanda
   20. Burkina Faso
   21. Ghana
   22. Gabon
   23. Ethiopia
   24. Sudan
   25. Cape Verde
   26. Congo
   27. Burundi
   28. Botswana
   29. Benin
   30. Mozambique
   31. Uganda
   32. Malawi
   33. Swaziland
   34. Liberia

NB: Lesotho, Mauritius, Namibia, Somalia and Tanzania 
    (less than 4 matches) not classified

2005

Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points 
to the teams we have put the year performance for some National Teams
in full international matches.

			       Pts -  P -  W -  D -  L - GF - GA 
    1. Tunisia			26 - 12 -  8 -  2 -  2 - 28 - 12
    2. Ghana			18 -  8 -  5 -  3 -  0 - 16 -  5
    3. Togo                     19 -  9 -  6 -  1 -  2 - 18 - 12
    4. Ivory Coast		15 -  9 -  4 -  3 -  2 - 15 - 11
    5. Angola			18 - 12 -  5 -  3 -  4 - 13 - 12
    6. Cameroon			17 -  7 -  5 -  2 -  0 - 12 -  5
    7. Morocco			15 -  8 -  4 -  3 -  1 - 13 -  5
       Senegal			15 -  8 -  4 -  3 -  1 - 15 -  6
    9. Nigeria			14 -  7 -  4 -  2 -  1 - 15 -  8
   10. Egypt
   11. Zimbabwe
   12. Zambia
   13. Guinea
   14. South Africa
   15. RD Congo
   16. Ethiopia
   17. Mali
   18. Gabon
   19. Uganda
   20. Rwanda
   21. Malawi
   22. Sudan
   23. Sierra Leone
   24. Algeria
   25. Congo
   26. Burkina Faso
   27. Libya
   28. Botswana
   29. Cape Verde
   30. Kenya
   31. Tanzania 
   32. Mozambique
   33. Chad
   34. Burundi
   35. Somalia
   36. Benin
   37. Lesotho
   38. Djibouti
   39. Liberia

NB: Central African Republic , Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Guinea Bissau,  
    Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, Seychelles and Swaziland (less than 4 matches) 
    not classified

2006

Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points 
to the teams we have put the year performance for some National Teams
in full international matches.


                            PTS -  P -  W -  D -  L – GF – GA
 1. Ghana                    26 – 17 -  8 -  2 -  7 – 21 – 18
 2. Egypt                    24 - 13 -  7 -  3 -  3 – 20 – 10
 3. Ivory Coast              28 - 17 -  8 –  4 -  5 – 26 – 17
 4. Nigeria                  19 -  8 -  6 -  1 -  1 – 10 -  3
 5. Cameroon                 17 -  8 -  5 -  2 -  1 – 15 -  4
 6. Angola                   23 - 17 -  6 -  5 -  6 – 25 – 22
    Tunisia                  25 - 16 -  7 -  4 -  5 – 19 – 13
 8. Senegal                  17 - 12 -  5 -  2 -  5 – 13 – 11
 9. Guinea                   14 -  8 -  4 -  2 -  2 – 11 -  6
10. Mali                     13 -  5 -  4 -  1 -  0 -  4 -  0
11. Zambia
12. D.R. Congo
13. Morocco
14. Tanzania
15. Uganda
16. Algeria
17. Zimbabwe
18. South Africa
19. Sudan
20. Ethiopia
21. Malawi
22. Togo
23. Rwanda
24. Libya
25. Equatorial Guinea
26. Gabon
27. Burkina Faso
28. Seychelles
29. Burundi
30. Namibia
31. Congo
32. Mozambique
33. Botswana
34. Lesotho
35. Swaziland
36. Mauritius
37. Chad
38. Benin
39. Kenya

Not-classified (played less than 4 games during the year):
Cape Verde, Central Africa, Comoros, Djibouti, Erithrea, Gambia, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritania,
Niger, Sierra Leone, Somalia.

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Last updated: 6 Jul 2007

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