Ghana 2008 - Team Profile - Cameroon

Africa Cup of Nations Statistics P W D L GF GA 61 32 19 10 90 51 Qualifiers Statistics P W D L GF GA 74 38 18 18 119 57   NICKNAME Indomitable Lions   COACH Jules Nyongha (Cameroon)   CAPTAIN Rigobert Song

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Cameroon are four time MTN Africa Cup of Nations winners and perennial contenders for the title.

They failed in the last two events having won the 2000 and 2002 editions but were only eliminated in the quarter-finals in Egypt on post-match penalties.

With striker Samuel Eto’o expected to have recovered from injury to play in the tournament in Ghana, the Indomitable Lions will be among the tournament favourites.

But there is a cloud of uncertainty of the position of the coach, which the Cameroon Football Federation have created in recent months.

Despite qualifying for the 2008 MTN Africa Cup of Nations finals in emphatic style, losing only the last of their six group matches, officials have made it clear that have been looking for a replacement for coach Jules Nyongha.

Speculation over a successor has been on going for several months and is seen as a destabilising force.

Cameroon have been through a bevy of managers in the past yet managed to overcome fluidity in the coaching department.

Their 2000 win saw Frenchman Pierre Lechantre in charge but in 2002 it was the German Winfried Schafer who took them to the title.

The first success for Cameroon came in 1984 and it was repeated again in 1998, when current Ghana coach Claude LeRoy was at the helm of the team.

Cameroon were the first African side to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup, achieving the distinction in Italy in 1990. They have played in five World Cup finals, a record for an African team.

Cameroon’s captain Rigobert Song holds the record for the most number of MTN Africa Cup of Nations finals appearances and is also the first black African footballer to reach the milestone of 100 caps.

MTN Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2006 - Matches & Results

Date Teams Score Match

Group Stage

29 Jan 2006  CAM vs  DRC 2-0 20 Video Match Info

25 Jan 2006  CAM vs  TOG 2-0 12 Video Match Info

21 Jan 2006  CAM vs  ANG 3-1 3 Video Match Info

Quarterfinal

04 Feb 2006  CAM vs  CDI 1-1 27 Video Match Info