Teams

38

FIFA Ranking

1

Finals

2014

Last World Cup

1990 (7th)

Best Performance

Having featured in 7 of the 9 World Cups between 1982 and 2014, Cameroon failed to qualify for Russia 4 years ago, but they are back thanks to a last gasp strike in extra time against Algeria that saw them progress on away goals. They had looked like losing, having conceded in the 118th minute before Lyon striker Toko-Ekambi scored at the death. In all their appearances at the World Cup, Cameroon have only progressed out of the group stages once back at Italia 90 when they reached the Quarter Finals, but were eventually beaten by England in extra time. Cameroon have lost their last 7 consecutive matches at the World Cup, a record they will be gunning to overhaul. They also hosted the African Cup of Nations earlier this year where they finished 3rd.

Fixtures

Player to Watch

33 year old strike Eric Choupo-Moting has won the league in his last 4 seasons, twice with Paris Saint Germain, and then most recently twice with Bayern Munich. Despite representing Germany at youth level, Choupo-Moting made his debut for Cameroon twelve years ago, and has represented his nation 68 times already. He will be going into this tournament as the second most capped player in the squad after striker Vincent Aboubakar, and their partnership will be crucial for Cameroon to make it out of their tough group.

Squad List

Name

André Onana

Devis Epassy

Simon Ngapandouetnbu

Nicolas Nkoulou

Collins Fai

Nouhou Tolo

Jean-Charles Castelletto

Olivier Mbaizo

Christopher Wooh

Enzo Ebosse

Pierre Kunde

Samuel Gouet

Martin Hongla

Gaël Ondoua

Olivier Ntcham

André-Frank Zambo Anguissa

Vincent Aboubakar (captain)

Karl Toko Ekambi

Jean-Pierre Nsame

Bryan Mbeumo

Georges-Kévin Nkoudou

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting

Christian Bassogog

Jerome Ngom

Nicolas Ngamaleu

Souaibou Marou

Position

GK

GK

GK

DF

DF

DF

DF

DF

DF

DF

MF

MF

MF

MF

MF

MF

FW

FW

FW

FW

FW

FW

FW

MF

FW

FW

Club

Inter Milan (Italy)

Abha (Saudi Arabia)

Marseille (France)

Aris (Greece)

Al-Tai (Saudi Arabia)

Seattle Sounders (United States)

Nantes (France)

Philadelphia Union (United States)

Rennes (France)

Udinese (Italy)

Olympiacos (Greece)

Mechelen (Belgium)

Hellas Verona (Italy)

Hannover 96 (Germany)

Swansea City (Wales)

Napoli (Italy)

Al-Nassr (Saudi Arabia)

Lyon (France)

Young Boys (Switzerland)

Brentford (England)

Beşiktaş (Turkey)

Bayern Munich (Germany)

Shanghai Shenhua (China)

San Diego Loyal (United States)

Dynamo Moscow (Russia)

Coton Sport (Cameroon)

Age

26

29

19

32

29

25

27

25

21

23

27

24

24

26

26

26

30

30

29

23

27

33

26

24

28

21

Caps

30

5

0

75

49

15

11

11

1

0

29

21

17

3

0

42

87

50

2

0

0

68

42

0

39

0

Goals

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

5

33

11

0

0

0

18

7

0

3

0