List of first international of African national teams

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

International matches stated below are according to the FIFA official records since January 1872.
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.

1963-01-06

Algeria	2 – 1	Bulgaria
Zitouni 72' Meziani 80'	(Report)	N/A

Stade 20 Août 1955, AlgiersAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1980-11-01

Angola	0 – 0	Zambia
	No Official Report Available

Independence Stadium, LusakaAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1963-01-27

Benin	1 – 1	Nigeria
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Stade de l'Amitié, CotonouAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1981-04-18

Botswana	2 – 5	Malawi
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Rufaro Stadium, SalisburyAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1963-11-04

Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)	0 – 4	Gabon
	No Official Report Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, DakarAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1975-10-08

Burundi	2 – 0	Somalia
N/A	No Official Report Available

Mogadiscio Stadium, MogadiscioAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1962-08-12

Cameroon	1 – 3	Nigeria
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Onikan Stadium, LagosAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1987-02-25

Cape Verde	0 – 2	Senegal
	No Official Report Available	N/A

Stade 28 Septembre, ConakryAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1973-09-16

Central African Republic	4 – 2	Ivory Coast
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Barthelemy Boganda Stadium, BanguiAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1963-04-11

Chad	2 – 6	Benin
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, DakarAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 2006-12-14

Comoros	0 – 2	Yemen
	No Official Report Available	N/A

Althawra Sports City Stadium, San'a'Attendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1963-04-13

Congo	0 – 2	Tunisia
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, DakarAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1965-11-12

DR Congo	2 – 5	Ghana
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Stade Ahmed Bsiri, BizerteAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1963-04-11

Ivory Coast	1 – 3	Tunisia
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, DakarAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1994-11-28

Djibouti	1 – 4	Kenya
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Moi International Sports Centre, NairobiAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1920-08-2812:00

Egypt	1 – 2	Italy
Zaki OSMAN 30'	(Report)	Adolfo BALONCIERI 25' Guglielmo BREZZI 57'

Jules Ottenstadion, GhentAttendance: 2,000Referee: Paul Putz (Belgium) 1986-12-09

Equatorial Guinea	0 – 2	Cameroon
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Estadio Internacional, MalaboAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1998-10-04

Eritrea	1 – 3	Mozambique
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Estádio da Machava, MaputoAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1956-07-11

Ethiopia	1 – 4	Egypt
N/A	(Report)	N/A

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis AbabaAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1963-04-11

Gabon	4 – 0	Upper Volta
N/A	No Official Reports Available

Stade Demba Diop, DakarAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1963-04-11

Gambia	1 – 2	Sierra Leone
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Reckrie stadium, FreetownAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1963-04-11

Ghana	5 – 2	Nigeria
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Kaneshie Complex, AccraAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1962-12-16

Guinea	2 – 3	East Germany
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade 28 Septembre, ConakryAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1986-02-02

Guinea-Bissau	0 – 3	Gambia
	No Official Report Available	N/A

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, DakarAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1965-04-07

Kenya	2 – 4	Sudan
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Khartoum Stadium, KhartoumAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1970-08-08

Lesotho	2 – 1	Malawi
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Kamuzu Stadium, BlantyreAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1963-04-11

Liberia	3 – 1	Madagascar=
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, DakarAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1964-11-15

Libya	2 – 1	Lebanon
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait CityAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1963-04-11

Madagascar	1 – 3	Liberia
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, DakarAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1967-11-12

Malawi	0 – 1	Rhodesia
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Rufaro Stadium, SalisburyAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1962-12-09

Mali	1 – 2	East Germany
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Modibo Keita, BamakoAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1972-01-01

Mauritania	0 – 14	Guinea
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade 28 Septembre, ConakryAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1967-08-02

Mauritius	0 – 1	Tanganyika
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

National Stadium, Dar-es-SalaamAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1960-01-01

Morocco	0 – 5	Yugoslavia
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Mohamed V, CasablancaAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1980-04-20

Mozambique	0 – 6	Zimbabwe
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Rufaro Stadium, SalisburyAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1992-08-01

Namibia	0 – 2	Lesotho
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Setsoto Stadium, MaseruAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1963-04-11

Niger	0 – 1	Nigeria
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, DakarAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1959-11-21

Nigeria	2 – 5	Ghana
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Kaneshie Complex, AccraAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1976-06-29

Rwanda	2 – 6	Burundi
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Augustin Monédan de Sibang, LibrevilleAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1978-07-27

São Tomé and Príncipe	1 – 1	Angola
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Estádio Municipal de Portimão, PortimãoAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1963-02-27

Senegal	0 – 4	Nigeria
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Kaneshie Complex, AccraAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1986-08-31

Seychelles	1 – 2	Mauritius
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

People's Stadium (Seychelles), Roche CaimanAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1967-10-14

Sierra Leone	1 – 1	Nigeria
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Reckrie stadium, FreetownAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1969-01-05

Somalia	0 – 7	Ethiopia
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis AbabaAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1947-05-10

South Africa	2 – 1	Australia
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Drummoyne Oval, SydneyAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1957-02-10

Sudan	1 – 2	Egypt
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Khartoum Stadium, KhartoumAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1981-04-18

Swaziland	1 – 6	Zambia
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Barbourfields Stadium, BulawayoAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1964-12-01

Tanzania	1 – 5	Madagascar
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, AntananarivoAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1964-12-27

Togo	2 – 1	Nigeria
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Onikan Stadium, LagosAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1959-03-08

Tunisia	0 – 0	Malta
	No Official Reports Available

Stade Chedli Zouiten, TunisAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1962-01-18

Uganda	1 – 2	United Arab Republic
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis AbabaAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1966-07-05

Zambia	3 – 0	Madagascar
N/A	No Official Reports Available

Kamuzu Stadium, BlantyreAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1967-11-12

Zimbabwe (as Rhodesia)	1 – 0	Malawi
N/A	No Official Reports Available

Rufaro Stadium, SalisburyAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A

Local associations recognised first internationals

International matches stated below are not recognized by the FIFA as the national associations were not affiliated by the time of the match.
Official records for these matches are kept and recognized by the local football associations.
First international match is for those teams stated first.

1957-06-25

Tunisia	1 – 2	Algeria
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, SfaxAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1977-06-01

Angola	1 – 0	Cuba
N/A	No Official Report Available

Estádio da Cidadela, LuandaAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1963-01-27

Dahomey	1 – 0	Nigeria
N/A	No Official Report Available

Stade Municipale, Porto NovoAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1968-07-13

Botswana	1 – 8	Malawi
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Kamuzu Stadium, BlantyreAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1960-04-13

Upper Volta	5 – 4	Gabon
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, AntananarivoAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1971-12-05

Burundi	1 – 4	Tanzania
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

National Stadium (Tanzania), Dar es SalaamAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1960-04-13

Cameroon	9 – 2	Djibouti
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, AntananarivoAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1979-01-07

Cape Verde	0 – 3	Guinea-Bissau
	No Official Report Available	N/A

Estádio 24 de Setembro, BissauAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1960-04-13

Central African Republic	3 – 4	Mali
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, AntananarivoAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1963-04-11

Chad	2 – 6	Dahomey
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, DakarAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1979-08-26

Comoros	0 – 3	Mauritius
	No Official Report Available	N/A

Stade Jean Ivoula, Saint DenisAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1960-04-13

Congo	4 – 1	Réunion
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, AntananarivoAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1963-04-11

DR Congo	6 – 0	Mauritania
N/A	No Official Report Available

Stade Demba Diop, DakarAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1960-04-13

Ivory Coast	3 – 2	Dahomey
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, AntananarivoAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1947-12-05

Djibouti	0 – 6	Ethiopia
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade du Ville, DjiboutiAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1920-08-2812:00

Egypt	4 – 2	Belgium
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Jules Ottenstadion, GhentAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1975-05-23

Equatorial Guinea	2 – 6	China
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Workers Stadium, BeijingAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1992-06-26

Eritrea	1 – 1	Sudan
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Al Merreikh Stadium, OmdurmanAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1947-05-15

Ethiopia	5 – 0	Djibouti
N/A	No Official Reports Available

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis AbabaAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1960-04-10

Gabon	4 – 5	Upper Volta
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, AntananarivoAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1962-12-05

Gambia	3 – 2	Senegal
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Box Bar Stadium, BanjulAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1950-05-28

Gold Coast	1 – 0	Nigeria
N/A	No Official Reports Available

Kaneshie Complex, AccraAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1960-10-02

Guinea	1 – 4	Nigeria
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Onikan Stadium, LagosAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1976-01-15

Guinea-Bissau	2 – 2	Mali
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Box Bar Stadium, BanjulAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1926-05-01

Kenya	1 – 1	Uganda
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Mombasa Sports Club Ground, MombasaAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1970-08-08

Lesotho	2 – 1	Malawi
N/A	No Official Report Available	N/A

Kamuzu Stadium, BlantyreAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1963-04-11

Liberia	3 – 1	Madagascar
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, DakarAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1953-07-29

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

Alexandria Stadium, AlexandriaAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1947

Madagascar	1 – 2	Mauritius
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, AntananarivoAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1962-10-15

Malawi	0 – 12	Ghana
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Kamuzu Stadium, BlantyreAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1960-04-13

Mali	4 – 3	Central African Republic
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, AntananarivoAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1972-01-01

Mauritania	0 – 1	DR Congo
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, DakarAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1947

Mauritius	2 – 1	Réunion
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, AntananarivoAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1928-12-22

Morocco	1 – 2	France B
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Municipal, KenitraAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1977-12-20

Mozambique	1 – 2	Tanzania
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Estádio da Machava, MaputoAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1989-05-16

Namibia	0 – 1	Angola
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Oscar Norich Stadium, TsumebAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1963-04-11

Niger	0 – 1	Nigeria
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Demba Diop, DakarAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1950-05-28

Nigeria	0 – 1	Ghana
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Kaneshie Complex, AccraAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1947

Réunion	1 – 2	Mauritius
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, AntananarivoAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1976-06-29

Rwanda	2 – 6	Burundi
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Augustin Monédan de Sibang, LibrevilleAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1976-06-29

São Tomé and Príncipe	0 – 5	Chad
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Augustin Monédan de Sibang, LibrevilleAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1961-12-31

Senegal	3 – 4	Dahomey
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Municipal d'Abidjan, AbidjanAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1974-03-13

Seychelles	0 – 2	Réunion
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Théophile Hoarau, Saint LouisAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1949-08-10

Sierra Leone	0 – 2	Nigeria
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Reckrie stadium, FreetownAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1963-11-12

Somalia	0 – 14	North Korea
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Bung Karno Stadium, JakartaAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1924-11-02

Netherlands	2 – 1	South Africa
Wim Volkers 9' Jan de Natris 19'	No Official Reports Available	20' John Murray

Olympisch Stadion, AmsterdamAttendance: 26,000Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany) 1956-11-16

Sudan	1 – 2	Ethiopia
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis AbabaAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1968-05-01

Swaziland	2 – 0	Malawi
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Somhlolo National Stadium, LobambaAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1945

Tanganyika	0 – 7	Uganda
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Nakivubo Stadium, KampalaAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1956-10-13

French Togoland	1 – 1	Gold Coast
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Agoè Nyivé, LoméAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1928

Tunisia	2 – 3	France B
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Stade Municipal de Gabès, GabèsAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1926-05-01

Uganda	1 – 1	Kenya
N/A	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Thika Municipal Stadium, ThikaAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1946

Northern Rhodesia	4 – 0	Southern Rhodesia
N/A	No Official Reports Available

Unknown VenueAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1952

Zanzibar	0 – 6	Kenya
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Nakivubo Stadium, KampalaAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A 1939-06-26

Southern Rhodesia	0 – 4	England XI
	No Official Reports Available	N/A

Ascot Stadium, GweloAttendance: N/AReferee: N/A

1:Match approved by FIFA to be first international.
†:CAF associate member, Non-FIFA member.
‡:CAF associate member, Non-FIFA member, Nouvelle Fédération Board member.

References

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

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