Rwanda national football team
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The Rwanda national football team represents Rwanda in international football and is controlled by the Rwandese Association Football Federation, the governing body of football in Rwanda, and competes as a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), as well as the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA), a CAF sub-confederation that governs football in East and Central Africa. The team bears the nickname Amavubi (Kinyarwanda for The Wasps), and primarily plays its home games at the Stade Amahoro in Kigali, the nation's capital. They have never qualified for a World Cup finals, and reached their only Africa Cup of Nations in 2004.
Nickname(s) | Amavubi (The Wasps) | ||
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Association | Rwanda Football Federation | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | CECAFA (East Africa) | ||
Head coach | Torsten Spittler | ||
Captain | Haruna Niyonzima | ||
Most caps | Haruna Niyonzima (110) | ||
Top scorer | Olivier Karekezi (24) | ||
Home stadium | Stade Amahoro, Nyamirambo Regional Stadium | ||
FIFA code | RWA | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 131 2 (4 April 2024)[1] | ||
Highest | 64 (March 2015) | ||
Lowest | 178 (July 1999) | ||
First international | |||
Burundi 6–2 Rwanda (Libreville, Gabon; 29 June 1976) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Rwanda 9–0 Djibouti (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 13 December 2007) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Cameroon 5–0 Rwanda (Libreville, Gabon; 7 July 1976) Zaire 6–1 Rwanda (Gabon; 12 July 1976) Tunisia 5–0 Rwanda (Tunis, Tunisia; 10 April 1983) Uganda 5–0 Rwanda (Kampala, Uganda; 1 August 1998) | |||
Africa Cup of Nations | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2004) | ||
Best result | Group stage (2004) |