# DR Congo at the Africa Cup of Nations

DR Congo is one of the major participants at the Africa Cup of Nations, having appeared at twenty editions of all AFCON tournaments. They are also one of the most successful teams in Africa, having won the title twice, once in 1968 as Congo-Kinshasa, and again in 1974 as Zaire. However, since then, successes have been elusively fading for the national side of DR Congo, in spite of their frequent participation in the tournament aftermath. Their best result since 1974 was third place in 1998 and 2015.

## Overall record

Africa Cup of Nations record :
| Titles: 2 Appearances: 20 |||||||||||
| Year | Position | Year | Position | Year | Position | Year | Position |
| 1957 | Did not enter | 1976 | Round 1 | 1994 | Quarter-finals | 2012 | Did not qualify |
| 1959 | Did not enter | 1978 | Did not enter | 1996 | Quarter-finals | 2013 | Round 1 |
| 1962 | Did not enter | 1980 | Did not qualify | 1998 | Third place | 2015 | Third place |
| 1963 | Did not enter | 1982 | Did not qualify | 2000 | Round 1 | 2017 | Quarter-finals |
| 1965 | Round 1 | 1984 | Withdrew | 2002 | Quarter-finals | 2019 | Round of 16 |
| 1968 | Champions | 1986 | Did not qualify | 2004 | Round 1 | 2021 | Did not qualify |
| 1970 | Round 1 | 1988 | Round 1 | 2006 | Quarter-finals | 2023 | Fourth place |
| 1972 | Fourth place | 1990 | Did not qualify | 2008 | Did not qualify | 2025 | To be determined |
| 1974 | Champions | 1992 | Quarter-finals | 2010 | Did not qualify | 2027 | To be determined |

## Matches

By match :
| Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | DR Congo scorers |
| 1965 | Ghana | 2–5 | L | Pierre Kalala 43', 45' (pen.) |
| 1965 | Ivory Coast | 0–3 | L | |
| 1968 | Congo-Brazzaville | 3–0 | W | Ignace Muwawa 19' Nicodème Kabamba 27' (pen.) |
| 1968 | Ghana | 1–2 | L | Saio Ernest Mokili 42' |
| 1968 | Senegal | 2–1 | W | Kidumu Mantantu -' Elias Tshimanga -' |
| 1968 | Ethiopia | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | W | Kidumu Mantantu 3' Léon Mungamuni 16', 100' |
| 1968 | Ghana | 1–0 | W | Pierre Kalala 66' |
| 1970 | Ghana | 0–2 | L | |
| 1970 | Guinea | 2–2 | D | André Kalonzo 70' Léon Mungamuni 72' |
| 1970 | United Arab Republic | 0–1 | L | |
| 1972 | Sudan | 1–1 | D | Mayanga Maku 53' |
| 1972 | Congo | 2–0 | W | Jean Kalala N'Tumba 16', 59' |
| 1972 | Morocco | 1–1 | D | Mayanga Maku 3' |
| 1972 | Mali | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | L | Jean Kalala N'Tumba 6' Kakoko Etepé 61' Gary Ngassebe 78' |
| 1972 | Cameroon | 2–5 | L | Kakoko Etepé 13' Mayanga Maku 17' |
| 1974 | Guinea | 2–1 | W | Ndaye Mulamba 18', 65' |
| 1974 | Congo | 1–2 | L | Mayanga Maku 25' |
| 1974 | Mauritius | 4–1 | W | Ndaye Mulamba 15' Mayanga Maku 19', 76' Kakoko Etepé 38' |
| 1974 | Egypt | 3–2 | W | Ndaye Mulamba 55', 72' Kidumu Mantantu 61' |
| 1974 | Zambia | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | D | Ndaye Mulamba 65', 117' |
| 1974 | Zambia | 2–0 | W | Ndaye Mulamba 30', 76' |
| 1976 | Nigeria | 2–4 | L | Kabasu Babo 51' Mbungu Ekofa 58' |
| 1976 | Morocco | 0–1 | L | |
| 1976 | Sudan | 1–1 | D | Ndaye Mulamba 41' |
| 1988 | Morocco | 1–1 | D | Vita Lutonadio 88' |
| 1988 | Ivory Coast | 1–1 | D | Eugène Kabongo 37' |
| 1988 | Algeria | 0–1 | L | |
| 1992 | Morocco | 1–1 | D | Andre Kona N'Gole 89' |
| 1992 | Cameroon | 1–1 | D | Tueba Menayame 1' |
| 1992 | Nigeria | 0–1 | L | |
| 1994 | Mali | 1–0 | W | Basaula Lemba 48' |
| 1994 | Tunisia | 1–1 | D | Nsumba Ngoy 55' |
| 1994 | Nigeria | 0–2 | L | |
| 1996 | Gabon | 0–2 | L | |
| 1996 | Liberia | 2–0 | W | Roger Lukaku 5' (pen.) Liombi Essende 72' |
| 1996 | Ghana | 0–1 | L | |
| 1998 | Togo | 2–1 | W | Jerry Tondelua 57' (pen.), 73' (pen.) |
| 1998 | Tunisia | 1–2 | L | Papi Kimoto 36' |
| 1998 | Ghana | 1–0 | W | Mundaba Kisombe 77' |
| 1998 | Cameroon | 1–0 | W | Jerry Tondelua 30' |
| 1998 | South Africa | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | L | Eddy Bembuana-Keve 48' |
| 1998 | Burkina Faso | 4–4 (4–1 p) | D | Lokenge Mungongo 76', 90' Jean-Kasongo Banza 88' Jerry Tondelua 89' |
| 2000 | Algeria | 0–0 | D | |
| 2000 | South Africa | 0–1 | L | |
| 2000 | Gabon | 0–0 | D | |
| 2002 | Cameroon | 0–1 | L | |
| 2002 | Togo | 0–0 | D | |
| 2002 | Ivory Coast | 3–1 | W | Yves Yuvuladio 28' Shabani Nonda 66' Papi Kimoto 81' (pen.) |
| 2002 | Senegal | 0–2 | L | |
| 2004 | Guinea | 1–2 | L | Alain Masudi 35' |
| 2004 | Tunisia | 0–3 | L | |
| 2004 | Rwanda | 0–1 | L | |
| 2006 | Togo | 2–0 | W | Trésor Mputu 45' Lomana LuaLua 64' |
| 2006 | Angola | 0–0 | D | |
| 2006 | Cameroon | 0–2 | L | |
| 2006 | Egypt | 1–4 | L | Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa 45+2' (o.g.) |
| 2013 | Ghana | 2–2 | D | Trésor Mputu 53' Dieumerci Mbokani 69' (pen.) |
| 2013 | Niger | 0–0 | D | |
| 2013 | Mali | 1–1 | D | Dieumerci Mbokani 3' (pen.) |
| 2015 | Zambia | 1–1 | D | Yannick Bolasie 66' |
| 2015 | Cape Verde | 0–0 | D | |
| 2015 | Tunisia | 1–1 | D | Jeremy Bokila 66' |
| 2015 | Congo | 4–2 | W | Dieumerci Mbokani 65', 90+1' Jeremy Bokila 75' Joël Kimwaki 81' |
| 2015 | Ivory Coast | 1–3 | L | Dieumerci Mbokani 24' (pen.) |
| 2015 | Equatorial Guinea | 0–0 (4–2 p) | D | |
| 2017 | Morocco | 1–0 | W | Junior Kabananga 55' |
| 2017 | Ivory Coast | 2–2 | D | Neeskens Kebano 10' Junior Kabananga 28' |
| 2017 | Togo | 3–1 | W | Junior Kabananga 29' Ndombe Mubele 54' Paul-José M'Poku 80' |
| 2017 | Ghana | 1–2 | L | Paul-José M'Poku 68' |
| 2019 | Uganda | 0–2 | L | |
| 2019 | Egypt | 0–2 | L | |
| 2019 | Zimbabwe | 4–0 | W | Jonathan Bolingi 4' Cédric Bakambu 34', 65' Britt Assombalonga 78' |
| 2019 | Madagascar | 2–2 (2–4 p) | D | Cédric Bakambu 21' Chancel Mbemba 90' |
| 2023 | Zambia | 1–1 | D | Yoane Wissa 27' |
| 2023 | Morocco | 1–1 | D | Silas Katompa Mvumpa 76' |
| 2023 | Zimbabwe | 0–0 | D | |
| 2023 | Egypt | 1–1 (8–7 p) | D | Meschak Elia 37' |
| 2023 | Guinea | 3–1 | W | Chancel Mbemba 27' Yoane Wissa 65' (pen.) Arthur Masuaku 82' |
| 2023 | Ivory Coast | 0–1 | L | |
| 2023 | South Africa | 0–0 (5–6 p) | D | |