DR Congo national football team

DR Congo

Nickname(s)	Les Léopards English: The Leopards
Association	Fédération Congolaise de Football-Association (FECOFA)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNIFFAC (Central Africa)
Head coach	Sébastien Desabre
Captain	Chancel Mbemba
Most caps	Chancel Mbemba (85)
Top scorer	Dieumerci Mbokani (22)
Home stadium	Stade des Martyrs
FIFA code	COD
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	63 (4 April 2024)[1]
Highest	28 (July–August 2017)
Lowest	133 (October 2011)
First international
Belgian Congo 3–2 Northern Rhodesia  (Belgian Congo; Date Unknown 1948)
Biggest win
Congo-Kinshasa 10–1 Zambia  (Kinshasa, Congo DR; 22 November 1969)
Biggest defeat
Yugoslavia 9–0 Zaire  (Gelsenkirchen, West Germany; 18 June 1974)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1974)
Best result	Group stage (1974)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	20 (first in 1965)
Best result	Champions (1968, 1974)
African Nations Championship
Appearances	5 (first in 2009)
Best result	Champions, (2009, 2016)

The DR Congo National Football Team (French: Équipe nationale de football de la République démocratique du Congo), recognised by FIFA as Congo DR, represents the Democratic Republic of the Congo in men's international football and it is controlled by the Congolese Association Football Federation. They are nicknamed Les Léopards, meaning The Leopards.^[3] The team is a member of FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Congo DR have been ranked as high as 28th in the FIFA Rankings, as Zaire they were the first Sub-Saharan African team to qualify for the FIFA World Cup and twice won the Africa Cup of Nations. They are also one of the most successful teams in the African Nations Championship with 2 titles, along with Morocco. They are currently ranked 63rd in the FIFA Rankings.^[4]