World Cup Appearance
Highest Finish:
Quarter-finalist (1990)
Star Players:Samuel Eto'o, Alexandre Song, Jean II Makoun
Titles:0
FIFA Ranking Position:56
Coach:Volker Finke (German/since May 2013)
Population: 20.5 million (UN 2012)
Area: 475,442 km2
Capital: Yaounde
Currency: CFA franc
Federation: Federation Camerounaise de Football (Fecafoot), founded in 1959, affiliated to FIFA in 1964
Registered players: 22,045
Kit colours: Green shirts, red shorts, yellow socks
Team nickname: Les Lions Indomptables (The Indomitable Lions)
World Cup record: quarter-finalist (1990), first round (1982, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010)
African Nations Cup appearances: 16 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
African Nations Cup record: winner (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002), finalist (1986, 2008), third place (1972), fourth place (1992), quarter-finals (1998, 2004, 2006, 2010)
How they qualified for FIFA World Cup 2014: Won African qualifying Group I with 13pts ahead of Libya 9, DR Congo 6 and Togo 4, won 4, drawn 1, lost 1, 8 goals for and 3 against. Play-off with Tunisia first-leg 0-0, second leg 4-1, won 4-1 on aggregate.
Top clubs: Coton Sport Garoua, Union Douala, Canon Yaounde
Population: 20.5 million (UN 2012)
Area: 475,442 km2
Capital: Yaounde
Currency: CFA franc
Federation: Federation Camerounaise de Football (Fecafoot), founded in 1959, affiliated to FIFA in 1964
Registered players: 22,045
Kit colours: Green shirts, red shorts, yellow socks
Team nickname: Les Lions Indomptables (The Indomitable Lions)
World Cup record: quarter-finalist (1990), first round (1982, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010)
African Nations Cup appearances: 16 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
African Nations Cup record: winner (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002), finalist (1986, 2008), third place (1972), fourth place (1992), quarter-finals (1998, 2004, 2006, 2010)
How they qualified for FIFA World Cup 2014: Won African qualifying Group I with 13pts ahead of Libya 9, DR Congo 6 and Togo 4, won 4, drawn 1, lost 1, 8 goals for and 3 against. Play-off with Tunisia first-leg 0-0, second leg 4-1, won 4-1 on aggregate.
Top clubs: Coton Sport Garoua, Union Douala, Canon Yaounde