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 :

• 14 points
• 10 goals scored
• 4 goals conceded

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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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• World Cup: Participated 3 times in World Cup finals (1982, 1990 et 1994)

1982 : eliminated in the first round;

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

1994 : eliminated in the first round.

• Africa Nations Cup: Twice winners of Africa Nations Cup (1984, 1988), Finalist in 1986

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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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