The Guinea national football team (French: ÃÂquipe de football de Guinée) represents Guinea in men's international football and is controlled by the Guinean Football Federation. They have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals, and their best finish in the Africa Cup of Nations was runners-up in 1976. The team reached the quarter-finals in four recent tournaments (2004, 2006, 2008 and 2015). The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Guinea made their footballing debut in an away friendly on 6 December 1958, losing 6âÂÂ1 against Ghana. In 1963, Guinea entered its first qualification campaign for an Africa Cup of Nations, the 1963 tournament in Ghana. Drawn in a two-legged qualifier against Nigeria, Guinea drew the first leg 2âÂÂ2 away on 27 July, and on 6 October won 1âÂÂ0 at home to win 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate. They were later disqualified for using Guinean officials in the second leg, and Nigeria went through to the finals in their place. In 1965, Guinea entered the qualifiers for the 1965 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia and was placed in Group A with Senegal and Mali. On 28 February, they lost 2âÂÂ0 in Senegal before beating them 3âÂÂ0 at home on 31 March, Senegal's win over Mali allowed them to qualify instead of Guinea.
During the 1976 African Cup of Nations the Guinean team finished second to Morocco, only missing out on the championship by a point.
In 2001, FIFA expelled the country from the qualification process of the 2002 World Cup and 2002 African Cup of Nations due to government interference in football. They returned to international action in September 2002 after a two-year ban from competition. In the 2004 African Cup of Nations, Guinea reached the quarter-finals, scoring the first goal against Mali before ultimately losing 2âÂÂ1, conceding the winning goal in the last minute of the match. Guinea reached the quarter-final stage again in the 2006 tournament, taking the lead against Senegal before losing 3âÂÂ2. 2008 saw Guinea reach the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations for a third successive tournament, only to suffer a 5âÂÂ0 defeat against Côte d'Ivoire.
In 2012, Guinea beat Botswana 6âÂÂ1 in the group stage of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, becoming the first side to score six goals in an Africa Cup of Nations game since Côte d'Ivoire in 1970. The team subsequently exited the tournament at the group stage after a draw against Ghana.
On 4 January 2016, CAF lifted a ban on Guinea playing their home international in Guinea after it was declared free of Ebola by the U.N. World Health Organization in December 2015.
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
The following players were called up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Somalia on 21 March and Uganda on 25 March 2025.
Caps and goals are correct as of 21 March 2025, after the match against Somalia.
The following players have been called up for Guinea in the last 12 months.