Guinea national football team

Guinea made their footballing debut in an away friendly on 6 December 1958, losing 6–1 against Ghana.^[2] In 1963, Guinea entered its first qualification campaign for an Africa Cup of Nations, the 1963 tournament in Ghana. Drawn in a two-legged qualifier against Nigeria, Guinea drew the first leg 2–2 away on 27 July, and on 6 October won 1–0 at home to win 3–2 on aggregate. They were later disqualified for using Guinean officials in the second leg, and Nigeria went through to the finals in their place. In 1965, Guinea entered the qualifiers for the 1965 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia and was placed in Group A with Senegal and Mali. On 28 February, they lost 2–0 in Senegal before beating them 3–0 at home on 31 March, Senegal's win over Mali allowed them to qualify instead of Guinea.^[3]

During the 1976 African Cup of Nations the Guinean team finished second to Morocco, only missing out on the championship by a point.^[4][5]

In 2001, FIFA expelled the country from the qualification process of the 2002 World Cup and 2002 African Cup of Nations due to government interference in football.^[6] They returned to international action in September 2002 after a two-year ban from competition.^[7] In the 2004 African Cup of Nations, Guinea reached the quarter-finals, scoring the first goal against Mali before ultimately losing 2–1, conceding the winning goal in the last minute of the match.^[8] Guinea reached the quarter-final stage again in the 2006 tournament, taking the lead against Senegal before losing 3–2.^[9] 2008 saw Guinea reach the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations for a third successive tournament, only to suffer a 5–0 defeat against Côte d'Ivoire.^[10]

In 2012, Guinea beat Botswana 6–1 in the group stage of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, becoming the first side to score six goals in an Africa Cup of Nations game since Côte d'Ivoire in 1970.^[11] The team subsequently exited the tournament at the group stage after a draw against Ghana.^[12]

On 4 January 2016, CAF lifted a ban on Guinea playing their home international in Guinea after it was declared free of Ebola by the U.N. World Health Organization in December 2015.^[13]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2025

Somalia  v  Guinea

5 September 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Somalia	0–3	Guinea	Kampala, Uganda
15:00 UTC+3		Report	Guirassy 22' Othman 64' (o.g.) O. Camara 90+6'	Stadium: Mandela National Stadium Referee: Tanguy Mebiame (Gabon)

Guinea  v  Algeria

8 September 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Guinea	0–0	Algeria	Casablanca, Morocco
17:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Mohammed V Stadium Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

Mozambique  v  Guinea

9 October 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Mozambique	1–2	Guinea	Maputo, Mozambique
18:00 UTC+2	Mandava 19'	Report	Traoré 2', 59'	Stadium: Estádio do Zimpeto Referee: Adissa Abdul Raphiou Ligali (Benin)

Guinea  v  Botswana

14 October 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Guinea	2–2	Botswana	Casablanca, Morocco
17:00 UTC+1	Traoré 18' Baldé 35'	Report	Boy 7' Mohutsiwa 45+2'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 500 Referee: Messie Jessie Oved Nkounkou (Congo)

Guinea  v  Liberia

15 November Friendly	Guinea	2–0	Liberia	Mohammedia, Morocco
17:30 UTC+1	Sekou Bangoura Yadaly Diaby 77'	Report		Stadium: El Bachir Stadium

Guinea  v  Niger

18 November Friendly	Guinea	1–1	Niger	Berrechid, Morocco
16:30 UTC+1	Baldé 59'	Report	Sako 84'	Stadium: Berrechid Municipal Stadium

2026

Togo  v  Guinea

27 March Friendly	Togo	2–2	Guinea	Rabat, Morocco
16:00 UTC+1	Denkey 26' (pen.) Metsoko 78' (pen.)	Report	M. Cissé 85' Guirassy 89'	Stadium: Moulay El Hassan Stadium Referee: Amir Loussif (Tunisia)

Guinea  v  Benin

31 March Friendly	Guinea	0–1	Benin	Casablanca, Morocco
21:00 UTC+1		Report	Mounié 33'	Stadium: Larbi Zaouli Stadium Referee: Haythem Trabelsi (Tunisia)

As of 8 September 2025^[19]

Players in bold are still active with Guinea.

Most appearances

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Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Issiaga Sylla	90	3	2011–present
2	Pascal Feindouno	85	30	1998–2012
3	Ousmane N'Gom Camara	73	2	1992–2005
4	Kémoko Camara	71	0	1994–2013
5	Morlaye Soumah	69	2	1988–2004
6	Chérif Souleymane	68	20	1964–1977
7	Dianbobo Baldé	67	2	2000–2012
8	Naby Yattara	61	0	2007–2019
9	Fodé Mansaré	60	8	2002–2010
10	Titi Camara	59	27	1991–2004

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Top goalscorers

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Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Ibrahima Kandia Diallo	33	56	0.59	1960–1973
2	Pascal Feindouno	30	85	0.35	1998–2012
3	Titi Camara	27	59	0.46	1991–2004
4	Mamadou Aliou Keïta	22	31	0.71	1970–1981
5	Chérif Souleymane	20	68	0.29	1964–1977
6	Souleymane Youla	19	40	0.48	1999–2009
7	Fodé Camara	14	42	0.33	1988–2002
8	Ismaël Bangoura	13	52	0.25	2006–2015
9	Ibrahima Sory Keita	12	36	0.33	1967–1977
	Mohamed Yattara	12	38	0.32	2009–2019

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