Burkina Faso national football team

Burkina Faso
Nickname(s)	Les Etalons (The Stallions)
Association	Fédération Burkinabé de Foot-Ball
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Didier Notheaux
Home stadium	Stade du 4-Août
FIFA code	BFA
FIFA ranking	106
Highest FIFA ranking	54 (May 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking	127 (December 1993)
Elo ranking	99
First kit 　 Second kit
First international Upper Volta 5 - 4 Gabon (Madagascar; 13 April, 1960)
Biggest win Burkina Faso 4 - 0 Mozambique (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 7 June, 2003)
Biggest defeat Algeria 7 - 0 Upper Volta (Algeria; 30 August, 1981)
African Nations Cup
Appearances	6 (First in 1978)
Best result	Fourth place, 1998

The Burkina Faso national football team, nicknamed Les Etalons (The Stallions), is the national team of Burkina Faso and is controlled by the Fédération Burkinabé de Foot-Ball. They were known as the Upper Volta national football team until 1984, when Upper Volta became Burkina Faso. Their best finish in the African Nations Cup was fourth in 1998, when they hosted the tournament.

Last and next games

• Last game  Senegal 5-1 Burkina Faso  - Dakar - September 8, 2007.
• Next game Unknown.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1974 - Did not enter
• 1978 - Did not qualify
• 1982 - Did not enter
• 1986 - Did not enter
• 1990 - Did not qualify
• 1994 - Withdrew
• 1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify

African Nations Cup record

• 1957 to 1965 - Did not enter
• 1968 - Did not qualify
• 1970 - Withdrew
• 1972 - Withdrew
• 1974 - Did not qualify
• 1976 - Did not enter
• 1978 - Round 1 (as Upper Volta)
• 1980 - Did not enter
• 1982 - Did not qualify
• 1984 to 1988 - Did not enter
• 1990 - Did not qualify
• 1992 - Did not qualify
• 1994 - Withdrew during qualifying
• 1996 - Round 1
• 1998 - Fourth place
• 2000 - Round 1
• 2002 - Round 1
• 2004 - Round 1
• 2006 to 2008 - Did not qualify

Notable Players

• Abdoulaye Cissé (Montpellier HSC)
• Amadou Coulibaly (Stade Rennais FC)
• Moumouni Dagano (FC Sochaux-Montbéliard)
• Yssouf Koné (Rosenborg B.K.)
• Siaka Ouattara
• Kassoum Ouédraogo
• Rahim Ouédraogo (Heracles Almelo)
• Lamine Traoré (Gençlerbirligi)

Current squad

(May, 2007)

External links

• Burkina Faso FA

Football in Burkina Faso
Federation | National Team Premier League | Coupe du Faso | Burkinabé SuperCup
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