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Amavubi (The Wasps)
One AFCON so far — Tunisia 2004. Rwanda open qualifying against Liberia on 25 September 2026.
Road to AFCON 2027
Group K
Rwanda
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 Rwanda
1–0
Rwanda v Ghana, Kigali, 6 July 2003
Jimmy Gatete’s goal early in the second half beat Ghana and put Rwanda top of their qualifying group — the result that took them to Tunisia 2004, their only finals to date.
Iconic moment · 2003
Qualifier · Kigali
Rwanda went into the last round of their group against Ghana at Amahoro Stadium and won it 1–0, Jimmy Gatete scoring four minutes after half-time. It finished a run of two wins and a draw after an opening defeat in Accra and left the Amavubi two points clear of Uganda, with Ghana third.
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The team now
Midfielder · CS Constantine
Rwanda’s captain; he scored in the 4–0 FIFA Series win over Grenada in Kigali in March 2026.
Forward · Al Wafaq Ajdabia
Scored the winner as Rwanda came from behind to beat Nigeria 2–1 in Uyo in November 2024.
Defender · Zira FK
A centre-back who scored the equaliser in that 2–1 win in Uyo, three minutes before Nshuti’s winner.
From the 28-man squad named on 9 September 2026 for Liberia (25 Sep, home in Kigali) and Cape Verde (29 Sep, away) in AFCON 2027 qualifying — provisional squad. Clubs as at that announcement.
AFCON 2027 packages
Follow the Amavubi to East Africa. Each trip works from any host country, so it holds whichever group Rwanda land in.
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Host countries
Explore the three host nations while we wait for Rwanda’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.
Rwanda’s AFCON legacy
Rwanda’s only Africa Cup of Nations was earned the hard way. Drawn with Ghana and Uganda in qualifying for Tunisia 2004, the Amavubi lost their first game 4–2 in Accra and then did not lose again: a goalless draw with Uganda in Kigali, a 1–0 win in Kampala and, on 6 July 2003, a 1–0 win over Ghana at Amahoro Stadium. Jimmy Gatete scored both winners, and Rwanda finished top of the group with seven points.
Ratomir Dujković’s side went to Tunisia as one of the smallest countries to have reached the finals, with only a handful of players based abroad. João Rafael Elias scored against the hosts in the tournament’s opening match, a 2–1 defeat; Karim Kamanzi’s equaliser deep in stoppage time against Guinea brought a first point; and Saïd Abed Makasi’s goal beat DR Congo 1–0. Four points were not quite enough — Guinea and Tunisia drew each other and both went through.
Ratomir Dujković’s side went to Tunisia as one of the smallest countries to have reached the finals, with only a handful of players based abroad. João Rafael Elias scored against the hosts in the tournament’s opening match, a 2–1 defeat; Karim Kamanzi’s equaliser deep in stoppage time against Guinea brought a first point; and Saïd Abed Makasi’s goal beat DR Congo 1–0. Four points were not quite enough — Guinea and Tunisia drew each other and both went through.
The years since have brought near misses rather than a return. The closest came in November 2024: on the final day of qualifying for Morocco 2025, Rwanda came from behind to win 2–1 against Nigeria in Uyo and finished level with Benin on eight points, only for Benin to take the second place on head-to-head.
Stephen Constantine, back for a second spell since March 2026, now leads the Amavubi into Group K with Mali, Cape Verde and Liberia, where the top two qualify. Rwanda open at home to Liberia on 25 September 2026 and travel to Cape Verde four days later.
Iconic moments
2004
Group A · Bizerte
Guinea led through Titi Camara and hit the post when they might have sealed it. Karim Kamanzi bundled in an equaliser from a scramble after a run of corners, deep into stoppage time — Rwanda’s first point at an AFCON finals.
2004
Group A · Bizerte
Dujković sent his side out in an attacking 3–4–3 against their neighbours DR Congo, and Saïd Abed Makasi scored the only goal after the Congolese goalkeeper fumbled a through ball. The win took Rwanda to four points, but the draw between Guinea and Tunisia sent both of them through.
2024
Qualifier · Uyo
A goal down in Uyo on the last day of qualifying for Morocco 2025, Rwanda hit back through Ange Mutsinzi and Innocent Nshuti within three minutes to win 2–1. It left them level with Benin on eight points; Benin went through on head-to-head.
AFCON legends
Forward · 2000s
The scorer who put Rwanda on the AFCON map.
Scored the winners in both of Rwanda’s 1–0 victories in 2003 qualifying — in Kampala against Uganda and in Kigali against Ghana.
Captain · 2000s
Captain of the Amavubi at Tunisia 2004.
A Saint-Truiden player at the time, he helped persuade João Rafael Elias to switch to Rwanda — and Elias scored the country’s first goal at the finals.
2000s
Scorer of Rwanda’s only win at an AFCON finals.
His goal beat DR Congo 1–0 in Bizerte in Rwanda’s final group match of 2004.
Coach · Tunisia 2004
Rwanda’s coach at their first and only finals.
Led a squad with only a handful of foreign-based players to four points at Tunisia 2004.
Statistics
Finals tournaments through Tunisia 2004. Qualifiers not included.
Rwanda’s first goal at an AFCON finals came in the tournament’s opening match of 2004, scored by João Rafael Elias — born in Luanda, Angola — against hosts Tunisia.
Rwanda’s goalkeeper at Tunisia 2004, Ramadhani Nkunzingoma, was born and raised in DR Congo — the team Rwanda beat for their first finals win.
Ghana finished bottom of Rwanda’s qualifying group for the 2004 finals, behind the Amavubi and Uganda.
Rwanda hosted the 2016 African Nations Championship, the CAF tournament for home-based players, and reached the quarter-finals, where DR Congo beat them 2–1 after extra time in Kigali.
Coach Stephen Constantine first led Rwanda in 2014; FERWAFA brought him back in March 2026 on a two-year renewable contract covering the senior and under-23 teams.
Once, at Tunisia 2004. They lost 2–1 to Tunisia, drew 1–1 with Guinea and beat DR Congo 1–0, but four points were not enough to leave the group.
Jimmy Gatete, in a 1–0 win over Ghana in Kigali on 6 July 2003. He had also scored the winner away to Uganda a month earlier.
Not yet. Qualifying begins on 24 September 2026. Rwanda are in Group K, where the top two teams qualify.
Mali, Cape Verde and Liberia. Rwanda host Liberia in Kigali on 25 September 2026, then play Cape Verde away on 29 September.
Very close. They beat Nigeria 2–1 in Uyo on the last day of qualifying and finished level with Benin on eight points, but Benin took second place on head-to-head.
Stephen Constantine, appointed by FERWAFA on 12 March 2026 for his second spell in charge of the Amavubi.
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
Travel to the Africa Cup of Nations in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda — arranged from anywhere in Africa and the diaspora.
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