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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 ...
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)
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.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations.
The Zimbabwe national football team (nicknamed The Warriors) represents Zimbabwe in men's international football and is controlled by the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA), formerly known as the Football Association of Rhodesia. The team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals, but has qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations five