Sub-confederation WAFU (West Africa) Top scorer Moumouni Dagano (31) Founded 1960 Captain Charles Kaboré Head coach Paulo Jorge Rebelo Duarte | Most caps Charles Kaboré (79) Home stadium Stade du 4-Août Manager Paulo Jorge Rebelo Duarte Arena/Stadium Stade du 4 Août | |
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Nickname(s) Les Étalons
(The Stallions) Association Fédération Burkinabé de Foot-Ball League Confederation of African Football | ||
The Burkina Faso national football team, is the national team of Burkina Faso and is controlled by the Fédération Burkinabé de Foot-Ball. They were known as the Upper Volta national football team until 1984, when Upper Volta became Burkina Faso. They finished fourth in the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations, when they hosted the tournament. Their best ever finish in the tournament was the 2013 edition, reaching the final.
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History
The country made their first appearance in the Africa Cup of Nations in 1978, but it was 1996 before they returned to the biennial tournament. They subsequently qualified for five consecutive tournaments between 1996 and 2004, reaching the semi-finals under coach Philippe Troussier when the tournament was held on home soil in 1998.
Burkina Faso played in Group B of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations alongside Ghana and Ivory Coast in a three-team group due to Togo's withdrawal. Although they drew their first match against Ivory Coast and needed just a draw against Ghana to progress, the Burkinabe lost 1–0 and failed to qualify for the knock-out stage of the tournament. Burkina Faso took part in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, losing all three of their matches and subsequently firing coach Paulo Duarte. Belgian coach Paul Put was announced as new coach in March 2012. Burkina Faso finished first of their group, but lost to Nigeria in the final of 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
Nickname
The team is nicknamed Les Etalons, which means "The Stallions". It is in reference to the legendary horse of Princess Yennenga.
Current squad
A 24-man provisional squad was announced on 15 December 2016. Souleymane Koanda was added to the provisional squad on 21 December. The final squad was announced on 6 January 2017, with Ernest Congo and Issoumaila Lingane being left out of the team. Caps and goals updated as of 4 February 2017 after the game against Ghana.
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for Burkina Faso in the last 12 months.
