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Les Diables Rouges (the Red Devils)
1972 African champions. Congo open qualifying against Namibia on 24 September 2026.
Road to AFCON 2027
Group G
Congo
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 Congo
6
Minutes in which Congo scored three goals in the 1972 final
Mbono twice and M’Pelé turned the final in Yaoundé after Mali had led at half-time; Congo won 3–2 for their only title.
Iconic moment · 1972
Semi-final · Cameroon 1972, Yaoundé
Cameroon were playing at home and chasing a first title. Noël Minga’s first-half goal settled the semi-final 1–0 and sent Congo into the final.
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The team now
Forward · Persepolis
Congo’s record scorer with 16 goals and joint top scorer at AFCON 2015, recalled for the first time in more than three years.
Midfielder · Alanyaspor
Back in the squad for the first time since June 2024, one of the experienced names Le Roy has brought back.
Forward · AE Kifisia
A new face: the former Barcelona youth forward is one of several ex-France or Spain youth internationals Le Roy has brought in.
From the 27-man squad named on 15 September 2026 for Namibia (24 Sep, in Francistown, Botswana) and Cameroon (29 Sep, Brazzaville) in qualifying. Clubs as at that announcement.
AFCON 2027 packages
Follow the Les Diables Rouges to East Africa. Each trip works from any host country, so it holds whichever group Congo land in.
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A short trip built around a single fixture
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Two fixtures, one trip
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Host countries
Explore the three host nations while we wait for Congo’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.
Congo’s AFCON legacy
Congo’s place in AFCON history was settled in ten days in Cameroon. At the 1972 finals the Red Devils came through a Douala group that also held Zaire, Morocco and Sudan, then quietened Yaoundé with a 1–0 semi-final win over the hosts, Noël Minga scoring. In the final Mali led at half-time; Jean-Michel Mbono scored twice and François M’Pelé once in a six-minute spell after the break, and Congo held on to win 3–2.
Two years later in Egypt, Congo topped a group that included Zaire — the eventual champions — before losing an extra-time semi-final 4–2 to Zambia and the third-place match to the hosts. It was the peak of a remarkable era for the river’s two capitals: between 1968 and 1974 the two Congos won three of the four titles on offer.
Two years later in Egypt, Congo topped a group that included Zaire — the eventual champions — before losing an extra-time semi-final 4–2 to Zambia and the third-place match to the hosts. It was the peak of a remarkable era for the river’s two capitals: between 1968 and 1974 the two Congos won three of the four titles on offer.
The appearances since have been spaced out — 1978, 1992, 2000 — until Claude Le Roy’s side topped their group at Equatorial Guinea 2015, ahead of the hosts, and led DR Congo 2–0 in a Bata quarter-final before losing 4–2. Thievy Bifouma finished that tournament as joint top scorer. Congo have not been back to the finals since.
Le Roy returned in June 2026, a decade after his first spell, and Bifouma is back in his squad. Congo are in Group G with Cameroon, Comoros and Namibia, where the top two qualify. The campaign opens against Namibia in Francistown, Botswana, on 24 September 2026, with Cameroon visiting Brazzaville on 29 September.
1 title
African champions
Hosts Cameroon beaten in the semi-final, Mali 3–2 in the final.
Tap a year for the story of that title.
1968
First finals
Debut in Ethiopia; Mbono scores against Ghana.
1972
African champions
Hosts Cameroon beaten in the semi-final, Mali 3–2 in the final.
1974
Semi-finalists
Group winners ahead of Zaire; fourth overall.
1978
Group stage in Ghana
One point from three games in Kumasi.
1992
Quarter-finals
Unbeaten in the group, out 2–1 to Ghana.
2000
Group stage
A goalless draw with co-hosts Nigeria in Lagos.
2015
Group winners again
Top of Group A, then a 4–2 quarter-final defeat to DR Congo.
2026
Le Roy returns
Reappointed a decade after taking Congo to the 2015 finals.
Iconic moments
1972
Final · Cameroon 1972, Yaoundé
Moussa Diakhité put Mali ahead just before half-time. Jean-Michel Mbono equalised and scored again two minutes later, and François M’Pelé added a third. Moussa Traoré’s reply with a quarter of an hour left only made it 3–2.
2014
Qualifier · Calabar
Congo’s road to Equatorial Guinea 2015 went through Nigeria, the 2013 champions. A 3–2 win in Calabar in September 2014 helped Congo to second place in the group; Nigeria finished third and missed the finals.
2015
Quarter-final · Equatorial Guinea 2015, Bata
Group winners ahead of the hosts, Le Roy’s side led DR Congo 2–0 early in the second half through Férébory Doré and Thievy Bifouma. Dieumerci Mbokani, Jeremy Bokila and Joël Kimwaki turned it into a 4–2 defeat.
AFCON legends
Forward · 1968–1974
The scorer of Congo’s golden era — twice in the 1972 final itself.
Scored at three finals (1968, 1972, 1974); his four goals in 1972 were bettered only by Mali’s Fantamady Keita.
Forward · 1970s
Scored Congo’s third goal in the 1972 final.
On target in the 1972 final and again in the 1974 semi-final against Zambia.
Forward · 1970s
His goal knocked the hosts out on the way to the 1972 title.
Scored the only goal of the 1972 semi-final against Cameroon, and the winner against Zaire in 1974.
Forward · 1970s
A scorer in both the 1972 and 1974 campaigns.
Scored Congo’s first goal of the 1972 finals, against Morocco, and another against Mauritius in 1974.
AFCON rivalry
The neighbours across the river have met four times at AFCON finals. Congo-Kinshasa won 3–0 in 1968 and Zaire 2–0 in 1972 — the year Congo still went on to lift the trophy — before Congo won 2–1 in 1974 on the way to topping the group. The last meeting, the 2015 quarter-final in Bata, swung from 2–0 to Congo to a 4–2 win for DR Congo.
DR Congo at AFCON 2027Statistics
Finals tournaments through Equatorial Guinea 2015. Qualifiers not included.
Between 1968 and 1974 the two Congos won three of the four AFCON titles: Congo-Kinshasa in 1968, Congo in 1972 and Zaire in 1974.
Thievy Bifouma was joint top scorer at AFCON 2015 with three goals, level with Dieumerci Mbokani, Javier Balboa, André Ayew and Ahmed Akaïchi.
Claude Le Roy has coached at nine AFCON finals, more than anyone — Congo in 2015 among them — and is back in charge for the 2027 campaign.
Congo have topped their group at the finals twice — in 1974, ahead of eventual champions Zaire, and in 2015, ahead of hosts Equatorial Guinea.
Congo nearly missed the 2015 finals altogether: beaten on penalties by Rwanda in a qualifying round, they were reinstated when Rwanda were disqualified.
Yes, once — in 1972 in Cameroon, beating Mali 3–2 in the final in Yaoundé.
Seven times: 1968, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1992, 2000 and 2015.
At Equatorial Guinea 2015, where they won their group and lost 4–2 to DR Congo in the quarter-finals. They have not qualified since.
Not yet. Qualifying begins on 24 September 2026. Congo are in Group G, where the top two teams qualify.
Cameroon, Comoros and Namibia. Congo open against Namibia in Francistown, Botswana, on 24 September 2026, then host Cameroon in Brazzaville on 29 September.
Claude Le Roy, reappointed in June 2026. He also led Congo at the 2015 finals and has coached at nine AFCON tournaments, a record.
Sources · checked 21 September 2026
Historical figures cover AFCON finals tournaments only. Qualification, squads and rankings change — each is dated where it appears.
AFCON 2027
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