Gabon national football team

Gabon
Nickname(s)	Les Panthères ; (The Panthers) ; Les Brésiliens ; (The Brazilians)
Association	Gabonese Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNIFFAC (Central Africa)
Head coach	Daniel Cousin
Captain	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Most caps	Didier Ovono (111)
Top scorer	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (24)
Home stadium	Stade Omar Bongo
FIFA code	GAB
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
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Highest	30 (July 2009)
Lowest	125 (April–May 2003)
First international
	Upper Volta 5–4 Gabon ; (Madagascar; 13 April 1960)
Biggest win
	Gabon 7–0 Benin ; (Libreville, Gabon; 2 April 1995)
Biggest defeat
	Cameroon 6–0 Gabon ; (Abidjan, Ivory Coast; 26 December 1961) ; Morocco 6–0 Gabon ; (Rabat, Morocco; 15 November 2006)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	7 (first in 1994)
Best result	Quarter-finals, 1996 and 2012

Gabon national football team is the national football team of Gabon.

The team has never qualified for a World Cup. Gabon has participated in 7 Africa Cup of Nations tournaments (1994, 1996, 2000, 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2017).

The team's home stadium is the Stade Omar Bongo in Libreville. The stadium can fit 41,000 people.^[1]

Recent matches

Source:^[2]

Date	Type of Game	Home Team	Result	Away Team
4 June 2017	Friendly	Gabon	0–0	Zambia
10 June 2017	2019 AFCON Q	Mali	2–1	Gabon
12 August 2017	2018 CHAN Q	Equatorial Guinea	cancelled	Gabon
19 August 2017	2018 CHAN Q	Gabon	cancelled	Equatorial Guinea
2 September 2017	2018 FIFA WCQ	Gabon	0–3	Côte d'Ivoire
5 September 2017	2018 FIFA WCQ	Côte d'Ivoire	1–2	Gabon
7 October 2017	2018 FIFA WCQ	Morocco	3–0	Gabon
10 October 2017	Friendly	Gabon	0–1	Benin
11 November 2017	2018 FIFA WCQ	Gabon	0–0	Mali
15 November 2017	Friendly	Gabon	0–0	Botswana
22 March 2018	2019 AFCON Q	Gabon	v.	Burundi
5 September 2018	2019 AFCON Q	Gabon	v.	South Sudan
9 September 2018	2019 AFCON Q	South Sudan	v.	Gabon

As of 31 June 2017

Top Goalscorers^[3]
#	Player	Goals	Caps	Career
1	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	23	56	2009–
=	Théodore Nzue Nguema	23	77	1995–2005
3	Guy Roger Nzamba	21	47	1988–2000
4	Brice Mackaya	15	38	1992–1999
5	Daniel Cousin	13	56	2000–2014
6	Malick Evouna	12	32	2012–
=	Valéry Ondo	12	36	1988–2001
8	Bruno Zita Mbanangoyé	11	68	1999–2012

Most Caps^[3]
#	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Didier Ovono	102	20	2003–2017
2	François Amégasse	82	9	1984–2000
3	Cédric Moubamba	81	2	1998–2012
4	Théodore Nzue Nguema	77	23	1995–2005
5	Etienne Kassa-Ngoma	74	7	1985–1997
6	Bruno Ecuele Manga	70	8	2007–
7	Bruno Zita Mbanangoyé	68	11	1999–2012
8	Rodrigue Moundounga	65	1	2001–
9	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	56	23	2009–
=	Daniel Cousin	56	13	2000–2014

Stéphane N'Guéma and Marouane Chamakh During the match Morocco and Gabon at the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Didier Ovono is Gabon's most capped player with 112 appearances.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is Gabon's top scorer with 30 goals.