Felix Nyirongo - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Malawian player, who obtained 103 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Cap   Date 	Venue        	Opponent       Score 	Competition

  1  21- 6-86	Blantyre	Zambia  	0-2	
  2   6- 7-86	Blantyre	Uganda  	2-1	Malawi Indep. Cup
  3   8- 7-86	Lilongwe	Uganda  	0-0	Malawi Indep. Cup
  4  10- 7-86	Mzuzu   	Uganda  	0-0	Malawi Indep. Cup
  5  19- 7-86 	Lilongwe	Zimbabwe	1-1	African Games Qual.
  6   3- 8-86 	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe 	1-1 [1]	African Games Qual.
  7   4- 1-87	Mbabane 	Swaziland	3-1	African Games Qual.
  8  18- 1-87	Lilongwe	Swaziland	6-1	African Games Qual.
  9   5- 4-87	Lusaka  	Zambia  	1-3	African Games Qual.
 10  18- 4-87	Blantyre	Zambia  	2-0	African Games Qual.
 11  13- 6-87	Lilongwe	Zimbabwe	1-4	
 12  14- 6-87 	Blantyre	Zimbabwe	2-1	
 13  17- 6-87	Lilongwe	Cameroon	1-1	Olympic G. Qualifier
 14   3- 7-87	Lilongwe	Ivory Coast	1-2	African Cup Qualifier
 15   6- 7-87 	Blantyre	Burundi 	1-1	Malawi Indep. Cup
 16  12- 7-87	Yaoundé 	Cameroon	0-3	Olympic G. Qualifier
 17  19- 7-87	Abidjan 	Ivory Coast	0-2	African Cup Qualifier
 18   2- 9-87 	Nairobi 	Ivory Coast	0-1	African Games
 19   4- 9-87 	Nairobi 	Senegal 	2-0	African Games 
 20   6- 9-87	Nairobi 	Egypt   	2-1	African Games 
 21   9- 9-87	Nairobi 	Kenya    	1-1 [2]	African Games 
 22  12- 9-87	Nairobi 	Cameroon	3-1	African Games 
 23   2-12-87	Tunis   	Tunisia 	3-2	
 24  13-12-87	Addis Ababa	Zimbabwe	1-1	CECAFA Cup
 25  22- 6-88	Maputo  	Mozambique	0-0	Mozambique Cup
 26   6- 7-88	Blantyre	Zambia  	1-0	Malawi Indep. Cup
 27   8- 7-88	Lilongwe	Zambia  	0-1	Malawi Indep. Cup
 28  10- 7-88	Mzuzu   	Zambia  	0-0	Malawi Indep. Cup
 29  16- 7-88	Kampala 	Uganda  	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 30  30- 7-88	Lilongwe	Uganda  	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
 31   3- 8-88	Ndola   	Zambia  	1-4	
 32   4- 8-88	Lusaka  	Zambia  	1-7	
 33  31- 8-88	Nairobi 	Kenya   	2-0	Kenya Cup
 34   2- 9-88	Nairobi 	Kenya   	0-1	Kenya Cup
 35  26- 9-88	Blantyre	Mozambique	1-1	
 36  28- 9-88	Lilongwe	Mozambique	1-0	
 37   6-11-88	Lilongwe	Tanzania	0-0	CECAFA Cup
 38  10-11-88	Lilongwe	Zanzibar	1-0	CECAFA Cup
 39  12-11-88 	Lilongwe	Kenya   	3-0	CECAFA Cup
 40  16-11-88 	Lilongwe	Zimbabwe 	0-0 [3]	CECAFA Cup
 41  17-11-88	Lilongwe	Zimbabwe	2-0	CECAFA Cup
 42  19-11-88	Blantyre	Zambia   	3-1 [4]	CECAFA Cup
 43   7- 1-89	Nairobi 	Kenya   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 44  21- 1-89	Lilongwe	Egypt   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 45  26- 3-89	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	1-1	
 46  28- 3-89	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	0-1	
 47   9- 4-89	Mbabane 	Swaziland	2-0	African Cup Qualifier
 48  23- 4-89	Blantyre	Swaziland	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
 49   3- 6-89	Lilongwe	Tunisia 	1-0	
 50  11- 6-89	Monrovia	Liberia 	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 51  24- 6-89	Lilongwe	Kenya   	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 52   6- 7-89	Blantyre	Gabon   	2-0	Malawi Indep. Cup
 53  15- 7-89	Blantyre	Kenya   	2-3	African Cup Qualifier
 54  29- 7-89	Nairobi 	Kenya   	0-0	African Cup Qualifier
 55   5- 8-89	Tunis   	Tunisia 	0-3	
 56  12- 8-89	Cairo   	Egypt   	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 57  26- 8-89	Lilongwe	Liberia 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 58  10-12-89	Mombasa 	Zambia  	0-0	CECAFA Cup
 59  14-12-89	Nairobi 	Kenya   	1-0	CECAFA Cup
 60  16-12-89	Nairobi 	Uganda   	3-3 [5]	CECAFA Cup
 61  20- 1-90	Mbabane 	Tanzania	2-2	SADCC
 62   6- 7-90	Blantyre	Tanzania	2-0	Malawi Indep. Cup
 63   9- 7-90	Lilongwe	Tanzania	1-1	Malawi Indep. Cup
 64  11- 7-90	Mzuzu   	Tanzania	0-0	Malawi Indep. Cup
 65   4- 8-90	Blantyre	Zaire   	1-0	
 66   6- 8-90	Lilongwe	Zaire   	1-0	
 67   8- 8-90	Mzuzu   	Zaire   	0-0	
 68  18- 8-90	Blantyre	Congo-Brazzav.	0-1	African Cup Qualifier
 69   9-12-90	Zanzibar	Zimbabwe	0-0	CECAFA Cup
 70  11-12-90	Zanzibar	Tanzania	1-0	CECAFA Cup
 71  14-12-90	Zanzibar	Zanzibar	1-2	CECAFA Cup
 72  14- 4-91	Harare  	Zimbabwe	0-4	African Cup Qualifier
 73  28- 4-91	Brazzaville	Congo-Brazzav.	1-2	African Cup Qualifier
 74   6- 7-91	Blantyre	Kenya   	0-2	Malawi Indep. Cup
 75   8- 7-91	Lilongwe	Kenya   	1-1	Malawi Indep. Cup
 76  10- 7-91	Mzuzu   	Kenya   	1-1	Malawi Indep. Cup
 77  27- 7-91	Lilongwe	Zimbabwe	2-2	African Cup Qualifier
 78   6- 7-92	Blantyre	Zimbabwe	0-0	Malawi Indep. Cup
 79   9- 7-92	Lilongwe	Zimbabwe	0-0	Malawi Indep. Cup
 80  11- 7-92	Mzuzu   	Zimbabwe	1-0	Malawi Indep. Cup
 81  29- 8-92	Lilongwe	Mali    	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
 82   7-11-92	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe	1-0	
 83   9-11-92	Harare  	Zimbabwe	1-4	
 84  19-11-92	Mwanza  	Zambia  	1-0	CECAFA Cup
 85  22-11-92	Mwanza  	Ethiopia	2-1	CECAFA Cup
 86  28-11-92	Mwanza  	Zambia  	0-4	CECAFA Cup
 87  11- 4-93	Rabat   	Morocco 	1-0	African Cup Qualifier
 88  11- 7-93	Bamako  	Mali    	1-2	African Cup Qualifier
 89   6- 7-96	Blantyre	Tanzania	3-2	Malawi Indep. Cup
 90   8- 7-96	Lilongwe	Tanzania	1-0	Malawi Indep. Cup
 91   6-10-96	Curepipe	Mauritius	2-1	African Cup Qualifier
 92   4- 1-97	Nairobi 	Kenya   	2-2	
 93   5- 1-97	Mombasa 	Kenya   	0-0	
 94  25- 1-97	Blantyre	Zambia  	0-2	African Cup Qualifier
 95  22- 2-97	Blantyre	Mozambique	2-0	African Cup Qualifier
 96   1- 3-97	Gabarone	Botswana	4-1	COSAFA Cup
 97  12- 4-97	Lilongwe	Mozambique	2-2	COSAFA Cup
 98  19- 4-97	Lusaka  	Zambia  	0-4	COSAFA Cup
 99  21- 6-97	Lilongwe	Mauritius	3-2	African Cup Qualifier
100  28- 6-97	Windhoek	Namibia 	1-4	COSAFA Cup
101   6- 7-97	Lilongwe	Botswana	0-0	Malawi Indep. Cup
102  12- 7-97	Lusaka  	Zambia  	1-3	African Cup Qualifier
103   9- 8-97	Lilongwe	Tanzania	2-2	COSAFA Cup 
 
NB: In matches 93, 97 and 103 Nyirongo played as a substitute.
 
[1] Malawi won 2-1 on penalty kicks.
[2] Malawi lost 1-2 on penalty kicks.
[3] match abandoned at 107'.
[4] after extra time.
[5] Malawi lost 1-2 on penalty kicks.

NB: the Olympic Games Qualifier matches are not recognized as full A by FIFA, but they
    are for the Malawi FA; likewise, matches against Zanzibar are not recognized as full
    A by FIFA, but they are for the Malawi FA (Zanzibar is not a member of FIFA).


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   103    37   37   29  115- 119     111       53.88

Types of Matches

Malawi Independence Cup	20
Friendlies		19
African Cup Qualifier	18
CECAFA Cup		16
World Cup Qualifier	 8
African Games Qualifier	 6
African Games		 5
COSAFA Cup		 5
Olympic Games Qualifier	 2
Other Tournaments	 4 
 
Total                  103

Goals:
Cap 90	1 goal
Cap 96	1 goal

Total   2 goals


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Last updated: 12 Aug 2020

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