DR Congo national football team results (1948–1971)

This article provides details of international football games played by the DR Congo national football team from before independence to 1971, at which point the Democratic Republic of the Congo was renamed Zaire.[1]

Pre-independence

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1948 Friendly Congo   3–2   Northern Rhodesia Léopoldville, Belgian Congo
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1948 Friendly Congo   2–3   Northern Rhodesia Léopoldville, Belgian Congo
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March 1950 Friendly Northern Rhodesia   1–0   Congo Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia
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March 1950 Friendly Northern Rhodesia   1–0   Congo Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia
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September 1953 1953 Jeux de l'Amitié Final Congo   3–2   French Cameroon Léopoldville, Belgian Congo
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2 January 1956 Friendly Congo   2–4   French Cameroon Léopoldville, Belgian Congo
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1963

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12 April 1963 1963 Jeux de l'Amitié Mauritania   0–6   Congo-Léopoldville Dakar, Senegal
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22 April 1964 Friendly Cameroon   2–2   Congo-Léopoldville Yaoundé, Cameroon
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13 July 1964 1964 Coupe Tropiques Congo-Léopoldville   3–1   Congo Yaoundé, Cameroon
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19 July 1964 1964 Coupe Tropiques Congo-Léopoldville   1–2   Cameroon Yaoundé, Cameroon
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1965 Friendly Ghana   4–1   DR Congo Accra, Ghana
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9 January 1965 Friendly Togo   0–3   DR Congo Lomé, Togo
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17 January 1965 1965 CAN qualification Ivory Coast   2–0   DR Congo Abidjan, Ivory Coast
1 February 1965 Friendly DR Congo   3–0   Congo Léopoldville, DR Congo
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3 April 1965 1965 African Games qualification DR Congo   3–2   Cameroon Léopoldville, DR Congo
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14 April 1965 1965 African Games qualification DR Congo   3–1   Cameroon Léopoldville, DR Congo
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April 1965 1965 African Games qualification DR Congo   8–2   Central African Republic Léopoldville, DR Congo
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19 July 1965 1965 African Games group stage Madagascar   0–7   DR Congo Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
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Attendance: 14,000
20 July 1965 1965 African Games group stage Algeria   4–1   DR Congo Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
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Attendance: 10,000
21 July 1965 1965 African Games group stage Ivory Coast   1–1   DR Congo Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
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Attendance: 12,000
25 July 1965 1965 African Games 5/8 semifinals DR Congo   5–1   Togo Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
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Attendance: 10,000
26 July 1965 1965 African Games 5th place match DR Congo   6–2   Uganda Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
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14 August 1965 1965 CAN qualification Liberia   2–1   DR Congo Monrovia, Liberia
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5 September 1965 1965 CAN qualification DR Congo   4–2   Ivory Coast Léopoldville, DR Congo
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21 September 1965 1965 CAN qualification DR Congo   3–2   Liberia Léopoldville, DR Congo
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12 November 1965 1965 CAN group stage Ghana   5–2   DR Congo Sousse, Tunisia
Stadium: Stade Municipal Bou Ali-Lahouar
Attendance: 4,000
14 November 1965 1965 CAN group stage Ivory Coast   3–0   DR Congo Sfax, Tunisia
Stadium: Stade Taïeb Mhiri
Attendance: 6,000

1966

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27 February 1966 Friendly Niger   2–1   DR Congo Niamey, Niger
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30 June 1966 Friendly DR Congo   0–3   Ghana Kinshasa, DR Congo
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7 August 1966 Friendly DR Congo   5–0   Central African Republic Kinshasa, DR Congo
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5 November 1966 Friendly Nigeria   3–2   DR Congo Lagos, Nigeria
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27 November 1966 Friendly DR Congo   1–0   Nigeria Kinshasa, DR Congo
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2 December 1966 Friendly Gabon   3–4   DR Congo Bangui, Central African Republic
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3 December 1966 Friendly Central African Republic   1–4   DR Congo Bangui, Central African Republic
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1967

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1967 Friendly Liberia   1–4   DR Congo Monrovia, Liberia
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4 January 1967 Friendly Gabon   1–0   DR Congo Libreville, Gabon
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22 January 1967 Friendly DR Congo   4–1   Congo Kinshasa, DR Congo
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February 1967 Friendly Togo   2–4   DR Congo Lomé, Togo
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24 February 1967 Friendly Uganda   0–5   DR Congo Kampala, Uganda
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18 March 1967 1968 CAN qualification DR Congo   3–2   Sudan Kinshasa, DR Congo
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25 March 1967 Friendly Kenya   5–4   DR Congo Nairobi, Kenya
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26 March 1967 Friendly Kenya   1–1   DR Congo Nairobi, Kenya
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2 April 1967 1968 CAN qualification Sudan   1–0   DR Congo Khartoum, Sudan
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19 April 1967 Friendly Congo   3–1   DR Congo Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
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24 May 1967 Friendly Ghana   2–0   DR Congo Accra, Ghana
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August 1968 Friendly DR Congo   2–2   Mali Kinshasa, DR Congo
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August 1968 Friendly DR Congo   1–0   Ethiopia Kinshasa, DR Congo
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13 August 1967 1968 CAN qualification DR Congo   2–1   Sudan Kampala, Uganda
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1 September 1967 Friendly DR Congo   2–0   Ghana Kinshasa, DR Congo
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17 September 1967 1968 CAN qualification DR Congo   1–0   Tanzania Kinshasa, DR Congo
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10 October 1967 1968 CAN qualification Tanzania   0–1   DR Congo Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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24 November 1967 Friendly Dahomey   2–5   DR Congo Porto-Novo, Dahomey
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1968

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12 January 1968 1968 CAN group stage DR Congo   3–0   Congo Asmara, Ethiopia
Stadium: Cicero Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ahmed Khelifi (Algeria)
14 January 1968 1968 CAN group stage Ghana   2–1   DR Congo Asmara, Ethiopia
Stadium: Cicero Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Pierre Boua (Ivory Coast)
16 January 1968 1968 CAN group stage DR Congo   2–1   Senegal Asmara, Ethiopia
Stadium: Cicero Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Seyoum Tarekegn (Ethiopia)
19 January 1968 1968 CAN semifinals Ethiopia   2–3 (a.e.t.)   DR Congo Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Stadium: Haile Selassie Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ali Kandil (Egypt)
21 January 1968 1968 CAN Final DR Congo   1–0   Ghana Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Stadium: Haile Selassie Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ad-Diba (Egypt)
7 March 1968 Friendly Guinea   1–0   DR Congo Conakry, Guinea
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24 November 1968 Friendly DR Congo   1–0   Tunisia Kinshasa, DR Congo
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26 January 1969 Friendly DR Congo   4–0   Senegal Kinshasa, DR Congo
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30 January 1969 Friendly DR Congo   2–1   Cameroon Kinshasa, DR Congo
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22 November 1969 Friendly DR Congo   10–1   Zambia Kinshasa, DR Congo
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14 December 1969 Friendly DR Congo   5–0   Nigeria Kinshasa, DR Congo
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1970

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7 February 1970 1970 CAN group stage Ghana   2–0   DR Congo Wad Madani, Sudan
Stadium: Wad Madani Stadium
Attendance: 7,525
Referee: Ihrahim Obeid (Sudan)
9 February 1970 1970 CAN group stage DR Congo   2–2   Guinea Wad Madani, Sudan
Stadium: Wad Madani Stadium
Attendance: 3,342
Referee: Théodore Koudou (Ivory Coast)
27 June 1970 Friendly Sudan   3–0   DR Congo Khartoum, Sudan
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8 November 1970 1972 CAN qualification Uganda   1–4   DR Congo Kampala, Uganda
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24 November 1970 1972 CAN qualification DR Congo   1–0   Uganda Kinshasa, DR Congo
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1971

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10 January 1971 Friendly Ghana   1–1   DR Congo Kinshasa, DR Congo
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26 April 1971 Friendly Tanzania   0–1   DR Congo Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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6 June 1971 1972 CAN qualification Zambia   2–1   DR Congo Ndola, Zambia
Stadium: Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
20 June 1971 1972 CAN qualification DR Congo   3–0   Zambia Kinshasa, DR Congo
Stadium: 40,000

References

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  1. ^ Courtney, Barrie (23 December 2013). "DR Congo (Zaire, Congo-Kinshasa) – List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 June 2022.