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7th Qualifier
Confederation: C.A.F. (Africa)

The Country | The Road to FRANCE98 | The Team | Honours | Coach


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Land area: 75,442 km2
Population: 13,000,000
Capital: Yaoundé
Main cities: Douala, Bafoussam, Garoua
System of government: Republic
Head of state: Paul Biya
Currency: CFA franc
Time difference: 1 hour in front of Paris

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1st round Africa zone: exempt

2nd round Africa zone:

10 November1996 Togo - Cameroon 2-4
12 January 1997 Cameroon - Angola 0-0
6 April 1997 Cameroon - Zimbabwe 1-0
27 April 1997 Cameroon - Togo 2-0
8 June 1997 Angola - Cameroon 1-1
17 August 1997 Zimbabwe - Cameroon 1-2

1st in Group 4 :


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Goalkeeper: SONGO'O (age 35)
Defenders: KALLA (age 24)
SONG (age 22)
MIMBOE (age 23)
WOME (age 20)
Mid-field: TCHANGO (age 19)
FOE (age 22 )
MOREAU (age 27 )
TCHOUTANG (age 21)
Strikers: TCHAMI (age 30)
MBOMA (age 26)

Number of players used during the qualifying rounds: 24

National team colours: Green, red and yellow

FIFA ranking (on 18 July 1997): 46th


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1982 : eliminated in the first round;

1990 : eliminated in quarter-final by England (2-3 after extra-time);

1994 : eliminated in the first round.


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Jean MANGA ONGUENE
was an international footballer between 1966 and 1980, and later assistant to Valeri Nepomniachi's during Cameroon's glorious 1990 World Cup run. After a fine playing career with the Canon Yaoundé club he picked up a coaching certificate at the INF in Vichy before joining the staff on the Cameroon national side. He was named national team coach on 3 July 1997 with the aim of steering Cameroon to a better performance than in 1994, when it failed to get past the first round.

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