Burundi national football team

Burundi

Nickname(s)	Intamba Les Hirondelles The Chayfs (The Swallows)
Association	Ishirahamwe ry'umupira w'amaguru ry'Uburundi
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Head coach	Etienne Ndayiragije
Captain	Saido Berahino
Most caps	Karim Nizigiyimana (66)
Top scorer	Fiston Abdul Razak (19)
Home stadium	Intwari Stadium
FIFA code	BDI
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	139 (19 December 2024)[1]
Highest	96 (August 1993)
Lowest	160 (July 1998)
First international
Uganda 7–0 Burundi  (Kampala, Uganda; 9 October 1964)[2]
Biggest win
Burundi 7–0 Djibouti  (Bujumbura, Burundi; 11 March 2017)  Burundi 8–1 Seychelles  (Moroni, Comoros; 4 September 2021)
Biggest defeat
Congo 8–0 Burundi  (Cameroon; 24 December 1977)[2]
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	1 (first in 2019)
Best result	Group stage (2019)
African Nations Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2014)
Best result	Group stage (2014)
CECAFA Cup
Appearances	14 (first in 1999)
Best result	Runners-up (2004)

The Burundi national football team, (Kirundi: Ikipe y'igihugu y'Uburundi y'umupira w'amaguru), nicknamed The Swallows (French: Les Hirondelles; Kirundi: Intamba m'Urugamba), represents Burundi in international football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Burundi. The team has never qualified for the World Cup. Burundi previously did come very close to qualifying for the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations, losing only on penalties to Guinea in a playoff. However, in 2019, it qualified for the first time in a major tournament, and took part in the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Group B, but lost all its matches and left from the group stage without scoring a single goal.