Burundi national football team
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The Burundi national football team, nicknamed Les Hirondelles (The Swallow
Swallow
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s)
, is the national team of Burundi
Burundi
Burundi , officially the Republic of Burundi , is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura...

 and is controlled by the National Football Association of Burundi
Fédération de Football du Burundi
The Fédération de football du Burundi is the governing body of football in Burundi. It was founded in 1948, affiliated to FIFA in 1972 and to CAF in 1972. It organizes the national football league and the national team.-External links:...

 (FFB). The team has never qualified for the World Cup
FIFA World Cup
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 or the Africa Cup of Nations finals.

World Cup record

  • 1930
    1930 FIFA World Cup
    The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July 1930...

     to 1990
    1990 FIFA World Cup
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     – Did not enter
  • 1994
    1994 FIFA World Cup
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     – Did not qualify
  • 1998
    1998 FIFA World Cup
    The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...

     – Withdrew during qualifying
  • 2002
    2002 FIFA World Cup
    The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...

     – Withdrew
  • 2006
    2006 FIFA World Cup
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     to 2014
    2014 FIFA World Cup
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     – Did not qualify

African Nations Cup record

  • 1957 to 1974 – Did not enter
  • 1976 – Did not qualify
  • 1978 – Did not enter
  • 1980 – Withdrew
  • 1982 to 1992 – Did not enter
  • 1994 – Did not qualify
  • 1996 – Did not enter
  • 1998 – Withdrew
  • 2000 to 2012 – Did not qualify

Current squad

  n°   Player Position DoB Caps (goals) Club
1 Janvier Ndikumana
Janvier Ndikumana
Janvier Ndikumana is a Burundian goalkeeper. He currently play for Sandnes UlfHe played his first international game on 21 June 2008 in Rades against Tunisia, he played 21 minutes and to collect a red card through professional foul....

 
Goalkeeper  February 17, 1982   Sandnes Ulf
Sandnes Ulf
Sandnes Ulf is a Norwegian football club from Sandnes, Rogaland. They currently play in the Adeccoligaen, the second highest division in the Norwegian football league system. Sandnes Ulf is the biggest football club in Sandnes, but has traditionally been in the shadow of regional greats Viking FK...

2 Waso Ramadhani
Waso Ramadhani
Waso Ramadhani is a Burundian defender who played with Simba SC in the Tanzanian Premier League.He played 4 years in the Tanzanian Premier League, first by Young Africans FC and now by Simba SC. He presented his homeland on international level from 2002 between 2007.- References :* at National...

 
Defender
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 
January 8, 1984   Simba SC
Simba SC
Simba Sports Club is a Tanzanian football club based in Dar es Salaam. Their home games are played at two stadiums Uhuru Stadium and National Stadium. Simba SC is one of two biggest football clubs in Tanzania, their archrivals being the Young Africans...

3 Saidi Ndikumana
Saidi Ndikumana
Madjidi Ndikumana is a Burundian defender who played with AS Rangers in the Burundi Second Division.-Trivia:He began his profi career in 2004 by AS Rangers, he presented his homeland on international level from 2004 between 2007.-External links:* *...

 
Defender
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 
1986   Atletico Olympic Bujumbura
4 Valery Twite Nahayo  Defender
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 
April 15, 1984   K.A.A. Gent
5 Hassan Hakizimana  Defender
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 
October 26, 1990   AS Rangers
6 Faty Papy
Faty Papy
Faty Papy is a Burundian professional association football player who is currently a free agent. He also plays with the Burundi national football team.- Career :...

 
Midfielder
Midfielder
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September 18, 1990
7 Dugary Ndabashinze
Dugary Ndabashinze
Dugary Ndabashinze is a Burundian football midfielder. He currently plays for Belgium club K.R.C. Genk.- Trivia :...

 
Midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 
October 8, 1989   Genk
K.R.C. Genk
Koninklijke Racing Club Genk , usually referred to as Racing Genk or simply Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and they have won 3 Belgian champion titles in 1998–99, in 2001–02 and in 2010–11 as...

8 Henry Mbazumutima  Midfielder
Midfielder
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August 3, 1988   Vital`O FC
9 Selemani Ndikumana
Selemani Ndikumana
Selemani Yamin Ndikumana is a Burundian footballer, who currently plays for APR FC in Rwanda.-Career:The sriker began his career with AS Inter Star and in 2006 joined Tanzanian Premier League club Simba SC. He moved in January 2008 to Norwegian side Molde FK. At the 8th of December 2008 he signed a...

 
Striker  March 18, 1987
10 Kassim Bizimana
Kassim Bizimana
Kassim Bizimana is a Burundian striker who played with VV Sneek in Holland.-Career:Bizimana played for the youth teams of SC Heerenveen and Achilles 1894. He began his professional career in 2004 with FC Groningen. His first professional game was on 22 October 2004 against Willem II Tilburg, when...

 
Striker  December 29, 1985   VV Sneek
11 Fuadi Ndayisenga
Fuadi Ndayisenga
Fuadi Ndayisenga is a Burundian midfielder who plays with SC Kiyovu Sport in the Rwandan Premier League.-Career:...

 
Midfielder
Midfielder
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June 15, 1989   SC Kiyovu Sport
SC Kiyovu Sport
SC Kiyovu Sports is a football club from Kigali in Rwanda, which play their home games at Amahoro Stadium.-Achievements:*Rwandan Premier League: 3*Rwandan Cup: 2-Performance in CAF competitions:...

12 Jeff Nzorika  Goalkeeper  October 24, 1987   Vital`O FC
13 Alain Ndizeye
Alain Ndizeye
Alain Bangama Ndizeye is a Burundian defender who plays with AS Inter Star in the Burundi Premier League.- Club career :...

 
Defender
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 
December 20, 1986   AS Inter Star
AS Inter Star
AS Inter Star, is a football club from Bujumbura, Burundi.-Achievements:*Burundi Premier League: 3*Burundian Cup: 1-Performance in CAF competitions:*CAF Champions League: 3 appearancesas of 14 January 2010...

14 Floribert Ndayisaba
Floribert Ndayisaba
Floribert Tambwe Ndayisaba is a Burundian footballer, who currently plays for Fantastique Bujumbura.-Career:Ndayisaba began his career with Chanic FC and signed 2005 for with Vital'O F.C., before after 4 years with the team joined to FK Baku. The defensive midfielder was the Champion of Azerbaijan...

 
Defender
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 
August 12, 1989   Fantastique Bujumbura
15 Sutche Wambo  Midfielder
Midfielder
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  Vital`O FC
16 Karim Nizigiyimana  Striker  June 21, 1989   APR FC Kigali
17 Saidi Ntibazonkiza
Saidi Ntibazonkiza
Saidi Ntibazonkiza is a Burundian footballer, who plays for Polish Ekstraklasa club Cracovia and the Burundian national team.-Career:...

 
Striker  May 1, 1987   Cracovia
18 David Habarugira
David Habarugira
David Habarugira is a Burundian footballer.-Club:Habarugira grew up in Brussels, and began his career in 2002 playing in the youth system of storied Belgian club Anderlecht. He began his professional career in 2007 on loan to Union Saint-Gilloise, having been made being part of the team's EXQI...

 
Defender
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 
August 16, 1988
19 Claude Nahimana  Striker    Atletico Olympic Bujumbura
20 Gabriel Nzeyimana Longo  Midfielder
Midfielder
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  Cercle Mberi Sportif Libreville
21 Abdallah Nahimana  Midfielder
Midfielder
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22 Vladimir Niyonkuru
Vladimir Niyonkuru
Vladimir Niyonkuru is a Burundian goalkeeper with Azzam United in the Tanzanian Premier League in Tanzania.-Career:...

 
Goalkeeper  July 21, 1983   Azam FC
Azam FC
Azam Football Club is a Tanzanian football club who playing in the Tanzanian Premier League. It's a team that got promotion into the Premier League for the first time ever on the last season 2008/2009....

23 Jaffar Manirambona  Midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 
  Rayon Sports FC
24 Omar Mussa
Omar Mussa
Omar Mbanza Mussa Rukundo is a Burundian international footballer, who has played for most of his professional career in Belgium, he plays for Belgian team SK Wilrijk in the 1ste provinciale Antwerpen league.- Career :...

 
Midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 
November 18, 1980   KFCO Wilrijk
25 Sutch Ndayishimiye  Striker 
26 Olivier Bahati
Olivier Bahati
Olivier Bahati is a Burundian footballer who plays as a defender for Mukura Victory Sports FC in the Rwandan Premier League.Bahati started his career with Mukura Victory Sports in 2004.-External links:*...

 
Defender
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 
September 2, 1985   Mukura Victory Sports FC
Mukura Victory Sports FC
Mukura Victory Sports FC is a football club from Butare in Rwanda.They were founded in May 1963 and play their home games at Stade Huye.-Performance in CAF competitions:*CAF Cup: 2 appearances*CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 5 appearances...

27 Musaba Selemani
Musaba Selemani
Musaba Selemani is a Burundian footballer, who currently plays for RFC Liège.-Career:Selemani also played for Prince Louis FC of Bujumbura in Burundi and K. Londerzeel S.K., FC Brussels and R. Union Saint-Gilloise in Belgium....

 
Midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 
May 25, 1985   RFC Liège
R.F.C. de Liège
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28 Emmanuel Ngama
Emmanuel Ngama
Emmanuel Ngama is a Burundian football player currently playing for Atlanta Lions.- Career :He joined on 1 July 2008 from Atlético Olympic Bujumbura to FCV Dender EH...

 
Midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 
August 16, 1988
29 Hussein Nzeyimana  Midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...


External sources

  • Burundi at National-Football-Teams.com.
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