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The Swallows (Intamba mu Rugamba)
AFCON debutants in 2019. Burundi open qualifying against Togo on 25 September 2026.
Road to AFCON 2027
Group I
Burundi
Current status: Qualifying
The top two in the group qualify for the finals. Six matches: home and away against each opponent.
No qualifier has been played yet — the table appears here after the first matchday.
Checked 21 September 2026 against CAF’s draw and fixture list.CAF fixtures
The number that defines Burundi
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defeats in the qualifying campaign that took Burundi to their first AFCON
Two wins and four draws in Group C of the Egypt 2019 qualifiers, finishing second to Mali.
Iconic moment · 2019
Qualifier · Burundi v Gabon, Bujumbura
Needing a result at home to Gabon, Burundi went ahead through Cédric Amissi and, despite an own goal in stoppage time, held on for 1–1. It was enough for second place behind Mali and a first Africa Cup of Nations.
2019
Nigeria v Burundi — AFCON 2019 highlights
Alexandria, June 2019: Burundi’s first match at the finals, settled by one goal in the 76th minute.
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The team now
Midfielder · OGC Nice
Plays in France’s Ligue 1 for Nice, and is a product of Buyenzi — the Bujumbura neighbourhood that also produced Saido Berahino.
Forward · MC Alger
Scored in the 4–0 first-leg win over Chad, was the Tanzanian Premier League’s top scorer last season and now plays in Algeria — Burundi’s opponents on 29 September.
Forward · Inter Stars
Scored the goal against Gabon in March 2019 that helped seal Burundi’s first AFCON place, and played at the finals in Egypt.
From the 25-man squad named on 17 September 2026 for Togo away in Lomé (25 Sep) and Algeria at home in Bujumbura (29 Sep). Clubs as at that announcement.
AFCON 2027 packages
Follow the Swallows to East Africa. Each trip works from any host country, so it holds whichever group Burundi land in.
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Two fixtures, one trip
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Host countries
Explore the three host nations while we wait for Burundi’s official finals journey to be determined.
Safari country and East Africa’s busiest gateway
Kenya combines the region’s most connected international airport with the Maasai Mara and the Kenyan coast, making it the natural base for supporters who want football and safari in one trip.
Plan my tripZanzibar, Serengeti and the Indian Ocean
Tanzania offers the strongest holiday extension of the three hosts — Zanzibar’s beaches and the northern safari circuit are both within easy reach of the mainland gateways.
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The source of the Nile and gorilla country
Uganda is the most compact of the three hosts, with Entebbe close to Kampala and adventure travel — rafting at Jinja, gorilla trekking in the southwest — within reach of a tournament trip.
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SAFARI3 daysMaasai Mara
Kenya’s best-known reserve, reachable by light aircraft or road from Nairobi between match days.
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CITY1 dayNairobi
The national park on the city edge, the elephant orphanage and Karen — a full day without leaving Nairobi.
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BEACH4 daysZanzibar
The classic post-tournament wind-down: white sand, warm water and Stone Town, a short hop from Dar es Salaam.
Add to my tripThe story behind the shirt
The full story, the title years, the moments, the legends and every tournament — researched from CAF and dated where it can change.
Burundi’s AFCON legacy
Burundi’s AFCON story is short, and every line of it was hard-won. Qualifying for Egypt 2019, the Swallows went six matches unbeaten — beating South Sudan home and away and drawing twice each with Gabon and Mali — with Fiston Abdul Razak scoring seven goals. The place was sealed on 23 March 2019 in Bujumbura, where Cédric Amissi’s goal earned a 1–1 draw with a Gabon side including Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and second place behind Mali.
Grief marked the build-up. Midfielder Papy Faty, an unused substitute in that Gabon match, collapsed during a league game in Eswatini in April 2019 and died, aged 28. Under Olivier Niyungeko, with Saido Berahino and Gaël Bigirimana among the most experienced players, Burundi went to Alexandria to face Nigeria, Guinea and fellow debutants Madagascar.
Grief marked the build-up. Midfielder Papy Faty, an unused substitute in that Gabon match, collapsed during a league game in Eswatini in April 2019 and died, aged 28. Under Olivier Niyungeko, with Saido Berahino and Gaël Bigirimana among the most experienced players, Burundi went to Alexandria to face Nigeria, Guinea and fellow debutants Madagascar.
The finals were a lesson in fine margins. Nigeria, three-time champions, needed until the 76th minute and a goal from substitute Odion Ighalo to win 1–0; Madagascar also scored in the 76th minute to win by the same score. Against Guinea, a red card after 12 minutes left Burundi short-handed in a 2–0 defeat, and they went home without a goal — a hard first lesson at this level.
The road back began in March 2026 with an 8–0 aggregate win over Chad in the preliminary round. Patrick Sangwa Mayani’s side are now in Group I with Algeria, Zambia and Togo, with the top two qualifying. They open in Lomé against Togo on 25 September 2026, then host Algeria at the Stade Intwari in Bujumbura four days later.
Iconic moments
2019
Group stage · Egypt 2019, Alexandria
Burundi’s first match at the finals was against three-time champions Nigeria, and for three quarters of it they held firm. Odion Ighalo, on as a substitute, scored the only goal in the 76th minute.
2026
Preliminary round · Chad v Burundi, N’Djamena and Bujumbura
Burundi opened the road to AFCON 2027 with a 4–0 win in N’Djamena, four different players scoring, then beat Chad 4–0 again at home — Bienvenue Kanakimana scoring twice — for an 8–0 aggregate place in the group stage.
AFCON legends
Forward · 2010s
The goalscorer who carried Burundi to their first finals.
Scored seven goals in the qualifying campaign for Egypt 2019, and played in all three of Burundi’s matches there.
Forward · 2010s
The best-known name in the 2019 squad, and a product of Bujumbura’s Buyenzi neighbourhood.
Scored Burundi’s goal in the 1–1 draw away to Gabon in qualifying and played in all three matches at Egypt 2019.
Midfielder · 2010s
One of the experienced heads the 2019 coach credited with lifting the whole squad.
Scored in the qualifiers and played all three of Burundi’s matches at the finals.
Burundi qualified for their first AFCON without losing a match: two wins and four draws in Group C of the 2019 qualifiers.
At Egypt 2019 both Nigeria and Madagascar beat Burundi with goals in the 76th minute.
Bujumbura’s Buyenzi neighbourhood is known as a cradle of Burundian football: CAF counts Saido Berahino and Youssouf Ndayishimiye among its products.
Burundi reached the AFCON 2027 group stage with an 8–0 aggregate win over Chad in March 2026, keeping two clean sheets.
Once, at Egypt 2019 — their first appearance. They lost all three group matches, to Nigeria, Madagascar and Guinea.
Unbeaten, finishing second to Mali in Group C. A 1–1 home draw with Gabon in March 2019 sealed the place.
Not yet. After beating Chad 8–0 on aggregate in the preliminary round, they start the group stage on 25 September 2026 in Group I, where the top two teams qualify.
Algeria, Zambia and Togo. Burundi visit Togo on 25 September 2026, then host Algeria at the Stade Intwari in Bujumbura on 29 September.
Patrick Sangwa Mayani, who named a 25-man squad for the opening qualifiers in September 2026.
Sources · checked 21 September 2026
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AFCON 2027
Travel to the Africa Cup of Nations in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda — arranged from anywhere in Africa and the diaspora.
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