DR Congo at the Africa Cup of Nations

DR Congo is one of the major participants at the Africa Cup of Nations, having appeared at twenty editions of all AFCON tournaments. They are also one of the most successful teams in Africa, having won the title twice, once in 1968 as Congo-Kinshasa, and again in 1974 as Zaire. However, since then, successes have been elusively fading for the national side of DR Congo, in spite of their frequent participation in the tournament aftermath. Their best result since 1974 was third place in 1998 and 2015.^[1]

Overall record

Africa Cup of Nations record
Titles: 2 Appearances: 21
Year	Position		Year	Position		Year	Position		Year	Position
1957	Did not enter		1976	Round 1		1994	Quarter-finals		2012	Did not qualify
1959	Did not enter		1978	Did not enter		1996	Quarter-finals		2013	Round 1
1962	Did not enter		1980	Did not qualify		1998	Third place		2015	Third place
1963	Did not enter		1982	Did not qualify		2000	Round 1		2017	Quarter-finals
1965	Round 1		1984	Withdrew		2002	Quarter-finals		2019	Round of 16
1968	Champions		1986	Did not qualify		2004	Round 1		2021	Did not qualify
1970	Round 1		1988	Round 1		2006	Quarter-finals		2023	Fourth place
1972	Fourth place		1990	Did not qualify		2008	Did not qualify		2025	Qualified
1974	Champions		1992	Quarter-finals		2010	Did not qualify		2027	To be determined

Matches

By match
Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result	DR Congo scorers
1965	Ghana	2–5	L	Pierre Kalala 43', 45' (pen.)
	Ivory Coast	0–3	L
1968	Congo-Brazzaville	3–0	W	Ignace Muwawa 19' Nicodème Kabamba 27' (pen.)
	Ghana	1–2	L	Saio Ernest Mokili 42'
	Senegal	2–1	W	Kidumu Mantantu -' Elias Tshimanga -'
	Ethiopia	3–2 (a.e.t.)	W	Kidumu Mantantu 3' Léon Mungamuni 16', 100'
	Ghana	1–0	W	Pierre Kalala 66'
1970	Ghana	0–2	L
	Guinea	2–2	D	André Kalonzo 70' Léon Mungamuni 72'
	United Arab Republic	0–1	L
1972	Sudan	1–1	D	Mayanga Maku 53'
	Congo	2–0	W	Jean Kalala N'Tumba 16', 59'
	Morocco	1–1	D	Mayanga Maku 3'
	Mali	3–4 (a.e.t.)	L	Jean Kalala N'Tumba 6' Kakoko Etepé 61' Gary Ngassebe 78'
	Cameroon	2–5	L	Kakoko Etepé 13' Mayanga Maku 17'
1974	Guinea	2–1	W	Ndaye Mulamba 18', 65'
	Congo	1–2	L	Mayanga Maku 25'
	Mauritius	4–1	W	Ndaye Mulamba 15' Mayanga Maku 19', 76' Kakoko Etepé 38'
	Egypt	3–2	W	Ndaye Mulamba 55', 72' Kidumu Mantantu 61'
	Zambia	2–2 (a.e.t.)	D	Ndaye Mulamba 65', 117'
		2–0	W	Ndaye Mulamba 30', 76'
1976	Nigeria	2–4	L	Kabasu Babo 51' Mbungu Ekofa 58'
	Morocco	0–1	L
	Sudan	1–1	D	Ndaye Mulamba 41'
1988	Morocco	1–1	D	Vita Lutonadio 88'
	Ivory Coast	1–1	D	Eugène Kabongo 37'
	Algeria	0–1	L
1992	Morocco	1–1	D	Andre Kona N'Gole 89'
	Cameroon	1–1	D	Tueba Menayame 1'
	Nigeria	0–1	L
1994	Mali	1–0	W	Basaula Lemba 48'
	Tunisia	1–1	D	Nsumba Ngoy 55'
	Nigeria	0–2	L
1996	Gabon	0–2	L
	Liberia	2–0	W	Roger Lukaku 5' (pen.) Liombi Essende 72'
	Ghana	0–1	L
1998	Togo	2–1	W	Jerry Tondelua 57' (pen.), 73' (pen.)
	Tunisia	1–2	L	Papi Kimoto 36'
	Ghana	1–0	W	Mundaba Kisombe 77'
	Cameroon	1–0	W	Jerry Tondelua 30'
	South Africa	1–2 (a.e.t.)	L	Eddy Bembuana-Keve 48'
	Burkina Faso	4–4 (4–1 p)	D	Lokenge Mungongo 76', 90' Jean-Kasongo Banza 88' Jerry Tondelua 89'
2000	Algeria	0–0	D
	South Africa	0–1	L
	Gabon	0–0	D
2002	Cameroon	0–1	L
	Togo	0–0	D
	Ivory Coast	3–1	W	Yves Yuvuladio 28' Shabani Nonda 66' Papi Kimoto 81' (pen.)
	Senegal	0–2	L
2004	Guinea	1–2	L	Alain Masudi 35'
	Tunisia	0–3	L
	Rwanda	0–1	L
2006	Togo	2–0	W	Trésor Mputu 45' Lomana LuaLua 64'
	Angola	0–0	D
	Cameroon	0–2	L
	Egypt	1–4	L	Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa 45+2' (o.g.)
2013	Ghana	2–2	D	Trésor Mputu 53' Dieumerci Mbokani 69' (pen.)
	Niger	0–0	D
	Mali	1–1	D	Dieumerci Mbokani 3' (pen.)
2015	Zambia	1–1	D	Yannick Bolasie 66'
	Cape Verde	0–0	D
	Tunisia	1–1	D	Jeremy Bokila 66'
	Congo	4–2	W	Dieumerci Mbokani 65', 90+1' Jeremy Bokila 75' Joël Kimwaki 81'
	Ivory Coast	1–3	L	Dieumerci Mbokani 24' (pen.)
	Equatorial Guinea	0–0 (4–2 p)	D
2017	Morocco	1–0	W	Junior Kabananga 55'
	Ivory Coast	2–2	D	Neeskens Kebano 10' Junior Kabananga 28'
	Togo	3–1	W	Junior Kabananga 29' Ndombe Mubele 54' Paul-José M'Poku 80'
	Ghana	1–2	L	Paul-José M'Poku 68'
2019	Uganda	0–2	L
	Egypt	0–2	L
	Zimbabwe	4–0	W	Jonathan Bolingi 4' Cédric Bakambu 34', 65' Britt Assombalonga 78'
	Madagascar	2–2 (2–4 p)	D	Cédric Bakambu 21' Chancel Mbemba 90'
2023	Zambia	1–1	D	Yoane Wissa 27'
	Morocco	1–1	D	Silas Katompa Mvumpa 76'
	Zimbabwe	0–0	D
	Egypt	1–1 (8–7 p)	D	Meschak Elia 37'
	Guinea	3–1	W	Chancel Mbemba 27' Yoane Wissa 65' (pen.) Arthur Masuaku 82'
	Ivory Coast	0–1	L
	South Africa	0–0 (5–6 p)	D

Squads

See also

• DR Congo at the FIFA World Cup