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1990: Magdi Abdelghani of Egypt, first African to score a penalty at the World Cup in the 1–1 draw against the Netherlands; 1994: Nigeria scored the biggest African win at the World Cup Finals, 3–0 over Bulgaria; 1994: Roger Milla of Cameroon, the oldest player to score at World Cup Finals, aged 42, against Russia. (Russia won the match 6–1)
This is a list of top-division association football clubs in CAF countries. CAF, the African football confederation, includes all African countries as members.. The French Overseas Department of Réunion and the autonomous island of Zanzibar have their own football associations which are associate members of CAF (but not members of FIFA).
Guinea is home to the African Elephant and a former coat of arms in 1960 featured a red and yellow shield with a green elephant on it. [29] Guinea-Bissau: Djurtus The African wild dogs: The African wild dog is a species of canid. [30] Ivory Coast: Les Éléphants The Elephants: From the African forest elephants which are abundant in the Ivory ...
The Confederation of African Football [a] (CAF) is the administrative and controlling body for association football, beach soccer, and futsal in Africa.It was established on 8 February 1957 at the Grand Hotel [2] in Khartoum, Sudan [3] by the national football associations of: Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, and South Africa. [4]
This is a list of the men's national association football teams in the world. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the world's most important governing body for association football. A majority of national association football teams in the world are members of FIFA or one of its affiliated continental confederations.
African women's national association football teams (48 C, 57 P) African national under-18 association football teams (2 P) African national beach soccer teams (16 P)
The defending World Cup champions were formerly granted an automatic spot in the Cup finals field. As of the 2006 tournament, this berth is no longer guaranteed. [13] However, no defending World Cup champion has yet failed to qualify. Automatic berths have never been given for defending World Cup runners-up.
First game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa vs Mexico at Soccer City. The South Africa national soccer team does not use a single stadium as its home stadium for matches. Instead, they use a variety of stadiums throughout South Africa to host matches. The largest venue used is the 94,700-seater Soccer City in Soweto, outside Johannesburg.