France98 – Cameroon

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

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

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

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

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

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.