a écrit le 30 décembre 2009 à 14h03 World Cup Appearances: Five (1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002)
AFCON Appearances: 15
AFCON Titles: 4
The Cameroonian national football team, also known as the Indomitable Lions qualified for their sixteenth African Cup of Nations and their sixth World Cup after dominating Morocco in Fez, making them the all-time leading African team in World Cup participation.
After winning the Continental title four times, in 1984, 1988, 2000 and 2002, Cameroon wants to be back on top after having gone to the final the last time around before losing to their Egyptian rivals (who at the time were their equals in terms of titles as well. The Pharaohs have since surpassed them).
With one of the most compact teams in Africa and a new coach who has managed to build up the solidarity and mental strength of the squad, Cameroon are more than ever one of the favorites to take it all this January in Angola.
Road To Qualification
Cameroon was in Group 1 during the first round of the joint qualifiers to the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa alongside Tanzania, Cape-Verde and Mauritius. The Indomitable Lions managed to come out of that group undefeated, only conceding one draw to Tanzania and having two goals scored against them.
If the group was easy, that preparation phase was very tiring for the players and Cameroon's then coach Otto Pfister made the mistake of not wanting to change things so close to the World Cup and went on with the same team that played the 2008 African Cup of Nations in Ghana to the second round of the qualifiers.
So Cameroon was pooled in Group A with Morocco, Togo and Gabon. Early observers looked at this group as the toughest one, the often nicknamed it the "Group of Death". With other countries having represented Africa in previous World Cups, it was pretty clear how the group would go. Everyone expected Gabon to be the victim and have Cameroon, Morocco and Togo scrap it out for the three spots.
But wrong were we all. Gabon had an amazing start and everyone Else's was catastrophic. The indomitable Lions started out by losing to Togo and drawing against Morocco. A national tragedy in Gabon postponed the third game of the qualifiers, leaving the Cameroonians with more than enough time to change managers and regroup as a team.
With the arrival of Paul Le Guen and his willingness to change things in the national team, Cameroon went back on the right path, winning their remaining games against Gabon (beating their neighbours twice in fo
AFCON Appearances: 15
AFCON Titles: 4
The Cameroonian national football team, also known as the Indomitable Lions qualified for their sixteenth African Cup of Nations and their sixth World Cup after dominating Morocco in Fez, making them the all-time leading African team in World Cup participation.
After winning the Continental title four times, in 1984, 1988, 2000 and 2002, Cameroon wants to be back on top after having gone to the final the last time around before losing to their Egyptian rivals (who at the time were their equals in terms of titles as well. The Pharaohs have since surpassed them).
With one of the most compact teams in Africa and a new coach who has managed to build up the solidarity and mental strength of the squad, Cameroon are more than ever one of the favorites to take it all this January in Angola.
Road To Qualification
Cameroon was in Group 1 during the first round of the joint qualifiers to the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa alongside Tanzania, Cape-Verde and Mauritius. The Indomitable Lions managed to come out of that group undefeated, only conceding one draw to Tanzania and having two goals scored against them.
If the group was easy, that preparation phase was very tiring for the players and Cameroon's then coach Otto Pfister made the mistake of not wanting to change things so close to the World Cup and went on with the same team that played the 2008 African Cup of Nations in Ghana to the second round of the qualifiers.
So Cameroon was pooled in Group A with Morocco, Togo and Gabon. Early observers looked at this group as the toughest one, the often nicknamed it the "Group of Death". With other countries having represented Africa in previous World Cups, it was pretty clear how the group would go. Everyone expected Gabon to be the victim and have Cameroon, Morocco and Togo scrap it out for the three spots.
But wrong were we all. Gabon had an amazing start and everyone Else's was catastrophic. The indomitable Lions started out by losing to Togo and drawing against Morocco. A national tragedy in Gabon postponed the third game of the qualifiers, leaving the Cameroonians with more than enough time to change managers and regroup as a team.
With the arrival of Paul Le Guen and his willingness to change things in the national team, Cameroon went back on the right path, winning their remaining games against Gabon (beating their neighbours twice in fo
