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List of first international of African national teams

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The list below show the first international of the African national football teams of both FIFA and CAF associate members who are still not members of FIFA.

FIFA recognised first internationals

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  • International matches stated below are according to the FIFA official records since January 1872.[1]
  • The matches listed below shouldn't always be the first international matches kept in the national football associations records, as FIFA keeps records for countries after being affiliated.
  • First international match is for those teams stated first.
Algeria 2 – 1 Bulgaria
Zitouni 72'
Meziani 80'
(Report) N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Angola 0 – 0 Zambia
No Official Report Available
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Benin 1 – 1 Nigeria
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Botswana 2 – 5 Malawi
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) 0 – 4 Gabon
No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Burundi 2 – 0 Somalia
N/A No Official Report Available
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Cameroon 1 – 3 Nigeria
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Cape Verde 0 – 2 Senegal
No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Central African Republic 4 – 2 Ivory Coast
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Chad 2 – 6 Benin
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Comoros 0 – 2 Yemen
No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Congo 0 – 2 Tunisia
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
DR Congo 2 – 5 Ghana
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Ivory Coast 1 – 3 Tunisia
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Djibouti 1 – 4 Kenya
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Egypt 1 – 2 Italy
Zaki OSMAN 30' (Report) Adolfo BALONCIERI 25'
Guglielmo BREZZI 57'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Paul Putz (Belgium)
Equatorial Guinea 0 – 2 Cameroon
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Eritrea 1 – 3 Mozambique
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Ethiopia 1 – 4 Egypt
N/A (Report) N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Gabon 4 – 0 Upper Volta
N/A No Official Reports Available
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Gambia 1 – 2 Sierra Leone
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Ghana 5 – 2 Nigeria
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Guinea 2 – 3 East Germany
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Guinea-Bissau 0 – 3 Gambia
No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Kenya 2 – 4 Sudan
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Lesotho 2 – 1 Malawi
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Liberia 3 – 1 Madagascar=
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Libya 2 – 1 Lebanon
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Madagascar 1 – 3 Liberia
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Malawi 0 – 1 Rhodesia
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Mali 1 – 2 East Germany
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Mauritania 0 – 14 Guinea
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Mauritius 0 – 1 Tanganyika
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Morocco 0 – 5 Yugoslavia
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Mozambique 0 – 6 Zimbabwe
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Namibia 0 – 2 Lesotho
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Niger 0 – 1 Nigeria
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Nigeria 2 – 5 Ghana
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Rwanda 2 – 6 Burundi
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
São Tomé and Príncipe 1 – 1 Angola
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Senegal 0 – 4 Nigeria
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Seychelles 1 – 2 Mauritius
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Sierra Leone 1 – 1 Nigeria
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Somalia 0 – 7 Ethiopia
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
South Africa 2 – 1 Australia
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Sudan 1 – 2 Egypt
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Swaziland 1 – 6 Zambia
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Tanzania 1 – 5 Madagascar
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Togo 2 – 1 Nigeria
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Tunisia 0 – 0 Malta
No Official Reports Available
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Uganda 1 – 2 United Arab Republic
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Zambia 3 – 0 Madagascar
N/A No Official Reports Available
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Zimbabwe (as Rhodesia) 1 – 0 Malawi
N/A No Official Reports Available
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A

Local associations recognised first internationals

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  • International matches stated below are not recognized by the FIFA as the national associations were not affiliated by the time of the match.[2]
  • Official records for these matches are kept and recognized by the local football associations.
  • First international match is for those teams stated first.
Tunisia 1 – 2 Algeria
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Angola 1 – 0 Cuba
N/A No Official Report Available
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Dahomey 1 – 0 Nigeria
N/A No Official Report Available
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Botswana 1 – 8 Malawi
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Upper Volta 5 – 4 Gabon
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Burundi 1 – 4 Tanzania
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Cameroon 9 – 2France Djibouti
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Cape Verde 0 – 3 Guinea-Bissau
No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Central African Republic 3 – 4 Mali
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Chad 12 – 6 Dahomey
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Comoros 0 – 3 Mauritius
No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Congo 4 – 1 Réunion
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
DR Congo 6 – 0 Mauritania
N/A No Official Report Available
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Ivory Coast 3 – 2 Dahomey
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Djibouti 0 – 6 Ethiopia
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Egypt 4 – 2 Belgium
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Equatorial Guinea 2 – 6 China
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Eritrea 1 – 1 Sudan
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Ethiopia 5 – 0France Djibouti
N/A No Official Reports Available
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Gabon 4 – 5 Upper Volta
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Gambia 3 – 2 Senegal
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Gold Coast 1 – 0 Nigeria
N/A No Official Reports Available
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Guinea 1 – 4 Nigeria
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Guinea-Bissau 2 – 2 Mali
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Kenya 1 – 1 Uganda
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Lesotho 2 – 1 Malawi
N/A No Official Report Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Liberia 13 – 1 Madagascar
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Libya 2 – 10 Egypt
Ali Zantouny pen.'
N/A
No Official Reports Available Mohammad Diab Al Attar
Sayed Al Dhizoui
Sherif El Far
Ahmad Mekawi
Awudh
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Madagascar France1 – 2 Mauritius
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Malawi Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland0 – 12 Ghana
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Mali 4 – 3 Central African Republic
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Mauritania 0 – 1 DR Congo
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Mauritius 2 – 1 Réunion
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Morocco 1 – 2 France B
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Mozambique 1 – 2 Tanzania
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Namibia South Africa0 – 1 [1] Angola
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Niger 10 – 1 Nigeria
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Nigeria 0 – 1 Ghana
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Réunion 1 – 2 Mauritius
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Rwanda 12 – 6 Burundi
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
São Tomé and Príncipe 0 – 5 Chad
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Senegal 3 – 4 Dahomey
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Seychelles 0 – 2 Réunion
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Sierra Leone 0 – 2 Nigeria
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Somalia 0 – 14 North Korea
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
 Netherlands2 – 1South Africa 
Wim Volkers 9'
Jan de Natris 19'
No Official Reports Available 20' John Murray
Attendance: 26,000
Sudan 1 – 2 Ethiopia
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Swaziland United Kingdom2 – 0 Malawi
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Tanganyika 0 – 7 Uganda
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
French Togoland Togo1 – 1 Gold Coast
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Tunisia 2 – 3 France B
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Uganda 1 – 1 Kenya
N/A No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Northern Rhodesia 4 – 0 Southern Rhodesia
N/A No Official Reports Available
Unknown Venue
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Zanzibar United Kingdom0 – 6 Kenya
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
Southern Rhodesia 0 – 4 England XI
No Official Reports Available N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIFA Statistics". FIFA. Archived from the original on June 3, 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
  2. ^ "List of Full Internationals of National Teams". RSSSF. 2008-12-12. Retrieved 2008-12-20.