Rwanda national football team

Rwanda

Nickname(s)	Amavubi (The Wasps)
Association	Rwanda Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	CECAFA (East Africa)
Head coach	Torsten Spittler
Captain	Haruna Niyonzima
Most caps	Haruna Niyonzima (112)
Top scorer	Olivier Karekezi (24)
Home stadium	Stade Amahoro, Nyamirambo Regional Stadium
FIFA code	RWA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	131 (18 July 2024)[1]
Highest	64 (March 2015)
Lowest	178 (July 1999)
First international
Burundi 6–2 Rwanda  (Libreville, Gabon; 29 June 1976)
Biggest win
Rwanda 9–0 Djibouti  (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 13 December 2007)
Biggest defeat
Cameroon 5–0 Rwanda  (Libreville, Gabon; 7 July 1976)  Zaire 6–1 Rwanda  (Gabon; 12 July 1976)  Tunisia 5–0 Rwanda  (Tunis, Tunisia; 10 April 1983)  Uganda 5–0 Rwanda  (Kampala, Uganda; 1 August 1998)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	1 (first in 2004)
Best result	Group stage (2004)
Afro-Asian Games
Appearances	1 (first in 2003)
Best result	Fourth place (2003)

The Rwanda national football team represents Rwanda in international football and is controlled by the Rwandese Association Football Federation, the governing body of football in Rwanda, and competes as a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), as well as the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA), a CAF sub-confederation that governs football in East and Central Africa. The team bears the nickname Amavubi (Kinyarwanda for The Wasps), and primarily plays its home games at the Stade Amahoro in Kigali, the nation's capital. They have never qualified for a World Cup finals, and reached their only Africa Cup of Nations in 2004.