Curated playlist
African national association football teams
- Senegal national football teamSenegal beat France, the defending champions, in their first World Cup match. They reached the quarter-finals.
- Egypt national football teamEgypt became the first African country to reach a World Cup, in 1934. Then the team waited 56 years to return.
- Morocco national football teamIn 2022, Morocco became the first African and Arab team to reach a World Cup semi-final. They lost to France 2-0.
- Congo national football teamCongo won the 1965 All-Africa Games final on corners.
- Ghana national football teamGhana lost a 2010 World Cup quarter-final after Luis Suarez blocked a header with his hand.
- Cameroon national football teamCameroon beat world champions Argentina 1-0 in the opening game of the 1990 World Cup.
- Cape Verde national football teamCape Verde beat Portugal, its former colonial ruler, 2-0 in Estoril on the 31st of March 2015.
- Ivory Coast national football teamIvory Coast won the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations after firing their coach mid-tournament. No team had done that before.
- South Africa national soccer teamSouth Africa was the first World Cup host to go out in the group stage. It happened in 2010.
- Eritrea national football teamEritrea's football team is known as the Red Sea Camels, and its players keep vanishing on trips abroad.