Burkina Faso national football team

General

Kit history

Burkina Faso
Nickname(s)	Les Étalons
Association	Fédération Burkinabé de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Paul Put
Captain	Charles Kaboré
Top scorer	Moumouni Dagano (43)
Home Stadium	Stade du 4 Août
FIFA code	BFA
FIFA ranking	64 1 (8. January 2015)
Highest FIFA ranking	37 (October 2010, June 2011)
Lowest FIFA ranking	127 (December 1993)
Elo ranking	68
Highest Elo ranking	59 (September 2014)
Lowest Elo ranking	133 (February 1987)
First international	Upper Volta 5-4 Gabon
Biggest win	Burkina Faso 4-0 Mozambique
Biggest defeat	Algeria 7-0 Upper Volta
Africa Cup of Nations appearances	9 (First in 1978)
Best result	2013

The Burkina Faso national football team is the national team of the western african Republic of Burkina Faso, and is controlled by the FBF.

History

Main article: History of the Burkina Faso national football team

Current squad

A 24-man provisional squad was announced for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations on 23 December 2014. Caps and goals updated as of January 10, 2015 after the game against Swaziland.

#	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Moussa Fofana	31 July 1992 (1992-07-31)	0	0	Kadiogo
16	1GK	Abdoulaye Soulama	29 November 1979 (1979-11-29)	44	0	Hearts of Oak
23	1GK	Germain Sanou	26 May 1992 (1992-05-26)	15	0	Beauvais
2	2DF	Steeve Yago	16 December 1992 (1992-12-16)	13	0	Toulouse
4	2DF	Bakary Koné	27 April 1988 (1988-04-27)	48	0	Lyon
5	2DF	Mohamed Koffi	30 December 1986 (1986-12-30)	44	2	Zamalek
8	2DF	Paul Koulibaly	24 March 1986 (1986-03-24)	48	0	ENPPI
9	2DF	Issa Gouo	9 September 1989 (1989-09-09)	11	0	Kaloum Star
13	2DF	Narcisse Bambara	23 June 1989 (1989-06-23)	11	0	Universitatea Cluj
14	2DF	Benjamin Balima	20 March 1985 (1985-03-20)	24	2	Sheriff Tiraspol
3	3MF	Moussa Yedan	20 July 1989 (1989-07-20)	4	0	Al-Ahly
6	3MF	Djakaridja Koné	22 July 1986 (1986-07-22)	30	2	Évian
7	3MF	Florent Rouamba	31 December 1986 (1986-12-31)	48	1	CA Bastia
12	3MF	Adama Guira	24 April 1988 (1988-04-24)	2	0	SønderjyskE
17	3MF	Jonathan Zongo	2 December 1992 (1992-12-02)	13	1	Almería
18	3MF	Charles Kaboré (Captain)	9 February 1988 (1988-02-09)	58	3	Kuban Krasnodar
19	3MF	Bertrand Traoré	6 September 1995 (1995-09-06)	17	2	Vitesse
21	3MF	Abdou Traoré	28 December 1988 (1988-12-28)	23	3	Kardemir Karabükspor
22	3MF	Prejuce Nakoulma	21 April 1987 (1987-04-21)	21	4	Mersin İdmanyurdu
10	4FW	Alain Traoré	31 December 1988 (1988-12-31)	33	17	Lorient
11	4FW	Jonathan Pitroipa	12 April 1986 (1986-04-12)	52	16	Al-Jazira
15	4FW	Aristide Bancé	19 September 1984 (1984-09-19)	44	12	HJK
20	4FW	Issiaka Ouédraogo	19 August 1988 (1988-08-19)	16	1	Admira Wacker Mödling

Recent call-ups

The following players were called up in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Mohamed Bailou 3 March 1991 (1991-03-03) 0 0 Bobo Dioulasso v. Gabon, 15 October 2014 GK Daouda Diakité 30 March 1983 (1983-03-30) 38 0 Mounana v. Senegal, 21 May 2014 GK Mohamed Kaboré 31 December 1980 (1980-12-31) 23 0 ASFA Yennenga 2014 African Nations Championship GK Laré Diarra 19 March 1990 (1990-03-19) 1 0 Kadiogo 2014 African Nations Championship GK Abdoul Kader Kobré 23 August 1996 (1996-08-23) 0 0 Majestic 2014 African Nations Championship DF Issoufou Dayo 6 August 1991 (1991-08-06) 7 0 Vita Club v. Angola, 19 November 2014 DF Henri Traoré 13 April 1983 (1983-04-13) 3 0 Ashanti Gold v. Angola, 19 November 2014 DF Robert Sankara 18 February 1985 (1985-02-18) 1 0 Free State Stars v. Angola, 10 September 2014 DF Allassane Sango 7 January 1993 (1993-01-07) 5 0 ASFA Yennenga 2014 African Nations Championship DF Mbah Koné 12 December 1990 (1990-12-12) 4 0 Bobo Sport 2014 African Nations Championship DF Saïdou Simporé 31 December 1992 (1992-12-31) 2 1 Kadiogo 2014 African Nations Championship DF Yaya Coulibaly 17 May 1992 (1992-05-17) 2 0 ASFA Yennenga 2014 African Nations Championship DF Ousséni Yéyé 8 January 1987 (1987-01-08) 1 0 USFA Ouagadougou 2014 African Nations Championship MF Yves Benoit Bationo 27 December 1995 (1995-12-27) 0 0 Parma v. Angola, 10 September 2014 MF Abdul Yabré 3 April 1995 (1995-04-03) 0 0 Cesena v. Angola, 10 September 2014 MF Victor Nikiéma 23 September 1993 (1993-09-23) 0 0 Piast Gliwice v. Senegal, 21 May 2014 MF Ismaël Ouedraogo 10 March 1991 (1991-03-10) 0 0 Dukla Prague v. Senegal, 21 May 2014 MF Nii Plange 26 June 1989 (1989-06-26) 3 0 Vitória Guimarães v. Comoros, 5 March 2014 MF Abdul Aziz Kaboré 1 January 1994 (1994-01-01) 0 0 Valenciennes (reserves) v. Comoros, 5 March 2014 MF Aboubacar Traoré 10 December 1992 (1992-12-10) 7 0 Santos 2014 African Nations Championship MF Oumarou Nébié 25 September 1990 (1990-09-25) 6 0 ASFA Yennenga 2014 African Nations Championship MF Issouf Kaboré 20 December 1993 (1993-12-20) 4 1 Étoile Filante 2014 African Nations Championship MF Aboubacar Barro 10 January 1991 (1991-01-10) 4 0 Étoile Filante 2014 African Nations Championship MF Valentin Zoungrana 30 October 1992 (1992-10-30) 4 0 Sonabel 2014 African Nations Championship MF Cyrille Bayala 24 May 1996 (1996-05-24) 3 1 ASFA Yennenga 2014 African Nations Championship MF Elizée Demankel To 14 June 1989 (1989-06-14) 3 0 ASFA Yennenga 2014 African Nations Championship MF Aliassou Sanou 24 May 1988 (1988-05-24) 2 0 Sonabel 2014 African Nations Championship MF Eric Traoré 21 May 1990 (1990-05-21) 2 0 US Ouagadougou 2014 African Nations Championship FW Banou Diawara 13 February 1992 (1992-02-13) 0 0 RC Bobo 2015 Africa Cup of Nations preliminary squad FW Moumouni Dagano 3 January 1981 (1981-01-03) 61 31 Al-Shamal v. Angola, 10 September 2014 FW Moussa Traoré 19 April 1990 (1990-04-19) 1 0 Hoogstraten v. Comoros, 5 March 2014 FW Bassirou Ouédraogo 31 December 1992 (1992-12-31) 5 1 Asante Kotoko 2014 African Nations Championship FW Ilias Tiendrébéogo 31 December 1992 (1992-12-31) 5 0 ASFA Yennenga 2014 African Nations Championship FW Francis Kaboré 3 June 1994 (1994-06-03) 1 0 Santos 2014 African Nations Championship FW Boubacar Nimi 20 February 1988 (1988-02-20) 0 0 Étoile Filante 2014 African Nations Championship References