2022 AFRICA CUP - Third Place - DAY 20 - Burkina Faso vs Cameroon

Cameroon reach Third Place after defeating Burkina Faso 5:3 on penalties

5 Feb 2022
2022 AFRICA CUP - Semi-Finals - DAY 18 - Burkina Faso vs Senegal

Senegal reach final after defeating Burkina Faso 3:1

2 Feb 2022
2022 AFRICA CUP - Quarter-Finals - DAY 17 - Burkina Faso vs Tunisia

Burkina Faso beat Tunisia 1:0

29 Jan 2022
Africa Cup 2022 - National Football Team - Burkina Faso - Squad

Burkina Faso - Squad

28 Jan 2022
2022 AFRICA CUP - Last Sixteen - DAY 13 - Burkina Faso vs Gabon

Burkina beat Gabon 7:6 on penalties

23 Jan 2022
2022 AFRICA CUP - GROUP A - DAY 09 - Burkina Faso vs Ethiopia

a draw between Burkina Faso and Ethiopia 1:1

17 Jan 2022
2022 AFRICA CUP - GROUP A - DAY 05 - Cape Verde vs Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso beat Cape Verde 1:0

13 Jan 2022
AFRICA CUP 2022 - Preview

 Top 10 African Footballing Nations

29 Dec 2021

Burkina Faso
AFRICA CUP 2015


GROUP A

 

Nations Cup appearances: 9 
Best result: Finalists (2013) 
Coach: Paul Put (Belgium) 
Key players: Alain Traore, Jonathan Pitroipa 
Fifa ranking: 64


Burkina Faso surprised everyone by reaching the final last time out in South Africa.

They finished as runners-up after losing 1:0 to Nigeria. 

Prior to that the Stallions had never won a Nations Cup match on foreign soil (a run of 21 games without a win). 

Winger Pitroipa was crowned the best player of the 2013 Nations Cup - and he scored six goals in qualifying for the 2015 edition.

 

SQUAD

 

Goalkeepers: 

Germain Sanou 
(Bauvais, France)

Abdoulaye Soulama 
(Hearts of Oak, Ghana)

Moussa Fofana 
(Rail Club du Kadiogo)


Defenders: 

Mohamed Koffi 
(Zamalek, Egypt)

Wilfried Balima 
(Sheriff Tiraspol, Moldova)

Bakary Koné 
(Lyon, France)

Florent Rouamba 
(CA Bastia, France)

Steve Yago 
(Toulouse, France)

Paul Koulibaly 
(Horoya, Guinea)

Narcisse Bambara 
(CF Cluj, Romania)

Issa Gouo 
(As Kaloum, Guinea)


Midfielders: 

Jonathan Zongo
(Almeria, Spain)

Préjuce Nakoulma 
(Mersin, Turkey)

Charles Kaboré 
(Kuban, Russia)

Djakaridja Koné 
(Evian, France)

Abdul Razack Traoré 
(Karakbukspor, Turkey)

Bertrand Traoré 
(Vitesse Arnhem, Netherlands)

Moussa Yedan
(Al Ahly, Egypt)

Adama Guira 
(Sonderyesk, Denmark)


Forwards: 

Jonathan Pitroipa 
(Al Jazira, UAE)

Aristide Bancé 
(HJK Helsinki, Finland)

Issaka Ouédraogo 
(Admira Wacker, Austria)

Alain Traore 
(FC Lorient, France)

Banou Diawarra 
(RC Bobo Dioulasso)