Gabon national football team
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Gabon national football team is the national football team of Gabon.
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Nickname(s) | Les Panthères (The Panthers) Les Brésiliens (The Brazilians) | ||
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Association | Gabonese Football Federation | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | UNIFFAC (Central Africa) | ||
Head coach | Daniel Cousin | ||
Captain | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | ||
Most caps | Didier Ovono (111) | ||
Top scorer | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (24) | ||
Home stadium | Stade Omar Bongo | ||
FIFA code | GAB | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 79 2 (22 December 2022)[1] | ||
Highest | 30 (July 2009) | ||
Lowest | 125 (April–May 2003) | ||
First international | |||
Upper Volta 5–4 Gabon (Madagascar; 13 April 1960) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Gabon 7–0 Benin (Libreville, Gabon; 2 April 1995) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Cameroon 6–0 Gabon (Abidjan, Ivory Coast; 26 December 1961) Morocco 6–0 Gabon (Rabat, Morocco; 15 November 2006) | |||
Africa Cup of Nations | |||
Appearances | 7 (first in 1994) | ||
Best result | Quarter-finals, 1996 and 2012 |
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The team has never qualified for a World Cup. Gabon has participated in 7 Africa Cup of Nations tournaments (1994, 1996, 2000, 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2017).
The team's home stadium is the Stade Omar Bongo in Libreville. The stadium can fit 41,000 people.[2]