Congo national under-20 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Congo women's national under-20 football team.

Not to be confused with DR Congo national under-20 football team.

Congo U-20

Nickname(s)	Ba Diabulu ya Mbwaki (The Red Devils)
Association	Kimvuka ya nkweso ya Kongo (KNK)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNIFFAC (Central Africa)
Home stadium	Stade ya mbanza Kintélé Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat
First colours Second colours
U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	3 (first in 2007)
Best result	Champions (2007)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2007)
Best result	Round of 16 (2007)

The Congo national under-20 football team is the under-20 football (soccer) team of the Republic of the Congo. They were eliminated by South Africa in the first round of the 2013 African Youth Championship qualifiers. They also qualified but failed to get past the group stage, in the 2015 African U-20 Championship hosted in Senegal.

Competition records

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1977	Did not enter
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993	Disqualified from qualification
1995	Did not enter
1997
1999	Did not qualify
2001	Did not enter
2003
2005
2007	Round of 16	13th	4	1	1	2	3	7
2009	Did not qualify
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2023
2025	Disqualified
Total	–	1/24	4	1	1	2	3	7

U-20 Africa Cup of Nations record

U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1991	Withdrew before qualification
1993	Disqualified after qualification
1995	Withdrew before qualification
1997	Did not enter
1999	Did not qualify
2001	Withdrew before qualification
2003	Did not enter
2005	Withdrew before qualification
2007	Champions	1st	5	4	0	1	5	1
2009	Did not qualify
2011
2013
2015	Group stage	7th	3	0	1	2	5	9
2017	Did not qualify
2019
2021
2023	Quarter-finals	5th	4	1	3	0	7	6
2025	Disqualified
Total	1 title	3/18	12	5	4	3	17	16

A gold background colour indicates that Congo won the tournament.

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2025 Maurice Revello Tournament to be played 3–15 June 2025.

Caps and goals correct as of 13 June 2025, after the match against Panama

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Yann Batola	(2004-01-26) 26 January 2004	4	0	Granville
16	1GK	Desthy Nkounkou	(2005-03-11) 11 March 2005	0	0	Chambly Oise
3	2DF	Ken Koumous	(2006-02-04) 4 February 2006	4	0	Auxerre
4	2DF	Jérémy Mounsesse	(2005-09-01) 1 September 2005	3	0	Lyon
5	2DF	Brad-Hamilton Mantsounga	(2007-09-06) 6 September 2007	0	0	Nice
13	2DF	Aaron Maniongui	(2006-03-20) 20 March 2006	1	0	Seraing
14	2DF	César Obongo	(2006-07-10) 10 July 2006	3	0	Dijon
18	2DF	Lorick Nana	(2005-06-29) 29 June 2005	2	0	Ilvamaddalena
19	2DF	Steed Tchicamboud	(2007-01-04) 4 January 2007	4	0	Le Havre
20	2DF	Philippe Ndinga	(2005-06-03) 3 June 2005	3	0	Valenciennes
21	2DF	Steevy Mazikou	(2004-01-31) 31 January 2004	3	0	Bastia
	2DF	Prince Mbemba	(2004-04-11) 11 April 2004	0	0	Sporting Atlético
2	3MF	Lenny Dziki Loussilaho	(2005-05-05) 5 May 2005	1	0	Dunkerque
6	3MF	Kimi Gandziri	(2006-02-27) 27 February 2006	3	0	Metz
8	3MF	Keviriel Massoumou	(2006-07-05) 5 July 2006	2	0	Ajaccio
	3MF	Frédéric Loki	(2004-06-16) 16 June 2004	0	0	Sporting Atlético
7	4FW	Alan Bikoumou	(2005-01-12) 12 January 2005	3	0	Sochaux
9	4FW	Destin Banzouzi	(2004-02-03) 3 February 2004	4	0	Orléans
10	4FW	Abdallah Mbemba	(2006-11-17) 17 November 2006	3	0	Le Havre
11	4FW	Noah Le Bret	(2005-01-16) 16 January 2005	4	1	Rennes
12	4FW	Breyton Fougeu	(2004-01-06) 6 January 2004	4	1	Adana Demirspor
17	4FW	Jason Bemba	(2006-03-31) 31 March 2006	2	1	Sochaux
22	4FW	Jean Nyindong Tsamouna	(2007-02-06) 6 February 2007	1	1	Clermont Foot