DR Congo

History and achievements

The DR Congo national football team is the national team of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The team is nicknamed the Leopards. The Fédération Congolaise de Football-Association was founded in 1919, at that time the country was a Belgium colony. From 1971 to May 1997 it was named the Zaire national football team.

Belgian Congo made its debut in 1948 against Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia. The match ended 3–2 victory. Congo became a member of FIFA in 1962 and a member of the Confederation of African Football in 1963.

Zaire won the 1968 and 1974 CAF Africa Cup of Nations and as DR Congo national team they finished third in the1998 Africa cup of Nations but they couldn’t manage to qualify for the last three editions.

Having won the 1974 Africa Cup of Nations they became the first ‘black’ African team to qualify for the FIFA World Cup. That was their only appearance at the major tournament.

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Country team

№	Name and surname	Role	Ranking	Age	Weight	Height	Country
1	Dieumerci Mbokani	forward	9	38 years	80 kg	185 cm	DR Congo
2	Christopher Mfuyi	defender	5	34 years	75 kg	184 cm	DR Congo
3	Jeremy Bokila	forward	4	35 years	78 kg	189 cm	DR Congo
4	Shabani Nonda	forward	1	46 years	77 kg	182 cm	DR Congo
5	Gaël Kakuta	midfielder	1	32 years	65 kg	173 cm	DR Congo
6	Arnold Mvuemba	midfielder	1	38 years	67 kg	172 cm	DR Congo
7	Assanii Lukimya-Mulongot	defender	1	37 years	90 kg	190 cm	DR Congo
8	Mulumba Mukendi	forward	0	38 years	87 kg	193 cm	DR Congo
9	Joël Tshibamba	forward	0	35 years	75 kg	188 cm	DR Congo
10	Alain Dioko Kaluyituka	forward	0	36 years	68 kg	175 cm	DR Congo