Cameroon
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Cameroon are the most sucessful African team ever.
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[edit] Stats
Nickname: Indomitable Lions
Most Caps: Rigobert Song (125)
Top Scorer: Samuel Eto'o (36)
Stadium: Stade Omnisports
FIFA Ranking: 14
Highest FIFA Rank: 1
Lowest FIFA Rank: 29
First Game: Cameroon 9-2 Somalia
Biggest Win: Cameroon 9-2 Somalia
Biggest Defeat: Norway 6-1 Cameroon, Russia 6-1 Cameroon, Costa Rica 5-0 Cameroon
[edit] Squad
1 GK Idris Carlos Kameni Espanyol
2 MF Guy Essame Terek Grozny
3 FW Dorge Kohmuea MSV Duisburg
4 DF Rigobert Song Trabsponzor
5 DF Andre Bikey Reading
6 MF Franck Songo'o Real Zaragoza
7 MF Modeste M'Bami Marseille
9 FW Samuel Eto'o Barcelona
10 MF Achille Emana Real Betis
11 MF Jean Makoun Lyon
12 MF Daniel Kome Tenerife
13 MF Somen Tchoyi Red Bull Salzburg
14 FW Albert Ze Meyong Sporting Braga
15 MF Eric Djemba Djemba Odense
16 GK Souleymanou Hamidou Kayserispor
17 DF Alexis N'Gambia Partizan
18 DF Gilles Augusta Binya Benefica
19 DF Haman Sadjo Vaduz
20 DF Thimothee Atouba Hamburg
21 MF Alexandre Song Arsenal
22 FW Gustave Bebbe Istanbull
23 MF Alain Nkong Boulogne
24 MF Joel Eppalle VFL Bochum
25 FW Pierre Webo Mallorca
26 MF Stephane Mbia Rennais
[edit] Managers
1988- 1990 Valeri Nepomniachi
1992 Phillipe Redon
1992- 93 Jules Nyhonga
1994 Henri Michel
1994- 96 Jules Nyhonga
1996- 97 Louis Depireux
1997- 98 Jean Manga Onguene
1998 Claude Le Roy
1998- 2000 Pierre Lechantre
2000- 01 Jean Paul Akono
2001 Pierre Lechantre
2001 Robert Corfu
2001- 04 Winifried Schafer
2005- 06 Artur Jorge
2006- 07 Eriee Haan
2007 Jules Nyhonga
2007- Present Otto Pfister
[edit] FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup Record
1930-1962 Did Not Enter
1966 Withdrew
1970-78 Did Not Qualify
1982 Round 1
1986 Did Not Qualify
1990 Quarter Final
1994- 2002 Round 1
2006 Did Not Qualify
FIFA World Cup Stats
First Game: Peru 0-0 Cameroon
Biggest Win: Cameroon 2-1 Romania
Biggest Loss: Russia 6-1 Cameroon
[edit] African Cup of Nations
African Cup of Nations Record
1957-65 Did Not Enter
1968 Did Not Qualify
1970 Round 1
1972 3rd Place
1974- 1980 Did Not Qualify
1982 Round 1
1984 Champions
1986 2nd Place
1988 Champions
1990 Round 1
1992 4th Place
1994 Did Not Qualify
1996 Round 1
1998 Quarter Finals
2000- 02 Champions
2004- 06 Quarter Finals
2008 2nd Place
African Cup of Nations Stats
First Game: Cameroon 3-2 Cote D'Ivoire
Biggest Win: Cameroon 5-1 Zambia
Biggest Loss: South Africa 3-0 Cameroon
[edit] Olympics
1984 1st Round
2000 Champions
2008 Quarter Finals
First Game: Yugoslavia 2-1 Cameroon
Biggest Win: Cameroon 1-0 Iraq, Cameroon 3-2 Kuwait, Brazil 1-2 Cameroon, Chile 1-2 Cameroon, Cameroon 1-0 Honduras
Biggest Loss: Cameroon 1-3 Canada, Brazil 2-0 Cameroon
[edit] Confederations Cup
2001 1st Round
2003 2nd Place
First Game: Brazil 2-0 Cameroon
Biggest Win: Cameroon 2-0 Canada
Biggest Loss: Brazil 2-0 Cameroon, Cameroon 0-2 Japan
[edit] Important Dates
1960 Founded and played first match.
1970 Couldn't win the first round in the African Cup of Nations after losing 2-1 to Sudan.
1972 Lost to the Congo before beating Zaire in the 3rd place play offs.
1982 Cameroon went out in the group stages in the FIFA World Cup after drawing every match, against Peru, Poland and Italy.
Went out in the groups in the African Cup of Nations after drawing every match.
1984 Won the African Cup of Nations final 2-1 against Nigeria. Lost in the group stage of the Olympics after losing to Canada.
1986 Failed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup after losing in the 2nd round qualifying. Came 2nd in the African Cup of Nations
after losing against Egypt on penalties.
1988 Cameroon won the African Cup of Nations final by beating Nigeria.
1990 Qualified for the FIFA World Cup on an aggerate score of 3-0 against Tunisia. Cameroon lost the quarter finals in extra time against
England. Cameroon lost 2 of 3 games in the African Cup of Nations in round 1.
1992 Cameroon came 4th in the African Cup of Nations after losing to Cote D'Ivoire and Nigeria.
1994 Cameroon lost to Russia and Brazil in the FIFA World Cup.
1996 Knocked out of the African Cup of Nations after losing to South Africa and beating Egypt 2-1.
1998 Cameroon lost 3-0 to Italy to get knocked out of the FIFA World Cup. Cameroon were reminded what it's like to lose against Congo
in the African Cup of Nations after losing in the quarter finals.
2000 Cameroon beat Nigeria on penalties in the final of the African Cup of Nations. Beat Spain on penalties at the Olympics.
2001 Cameroon lost the group stages of the Confederations Cup after being beaten by Brazil and Japan.
2002 Cameroon made it to the group stages of the FIFA World Cup before being knocked out by Germany. Once again the African Cup of Nations
final went down to penalties but Cameroon still won.
2003 Marc Vivien Foe died. Came 2nd after losing 1-0 to France in the Confederations Cup.
2004 Cameroon lost to Nigeria in the African Cup of Nations quarter finals.
2006 Lost the African Cup of Nations quarter final to Cote D'Ivoire.
2008 Cameroon lost the African Cup of Nations final 1-0 to Egypt. Lost the Olympics quarter final against Brazil.
