Indomitable Lions poised to roar

The Cameroon national football team, nicknamed the Indomitable Lions, is controlled by FECAFOOT and is one of the continent’s most successful AFCON sides. They have won 4 Africa Cup of Nations with only Egypt with seven wins, winning more.

Brief history:

Cameroon first qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations in 1972, and went up to the semi-finals. They also made it to 1970 edition but they did not pass the group stages. They would not qualify for the competition for another Afcon until 1984 and this time is when Indomitable Lions’ first trophy success came, when they beat Nigeria 3-1 in the final in the Ivory Coast.

They returned again in the 1986 edition and this time Cameroon lost out on penalties to hosts Egypt. They however made amends at the next edition of the tournament by beating Nigeria 1-0 in the final, which took place in Morocco. In 2000 it was pretty much the same thing as each time they have faced Nigeria in the finals, they edged the Super Eagles again, after a controversial penalty shoot out.

Recent Afcon history for the Indomitable Lions though has been wobbly as they have failed to make the last two editions of the competition after having only made it as far as the quarter-finals in 2010.

2017 Afcon qualification

In Cameroon’s 2017 Afcon qualifying campaign, the team was grouped with South Africa, Gambia, and Mauritania. After a slow start in their campaign, with a shocking draw to South Africa both home and away, the third fixture caused a surge in their spirit as they got a win against Mauritania, followed by another win against the Scorpions of Gambia in Yaounde. Both results secured Cameroon their ticket to Gabon 2017.