2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Group F

The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Group F is a CAF qualifying group for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The group contains Ivory Coast, Gabon, Kenya, Gambia, Burundi and Seychelles.

The group winner will directly qualify for the World Cup, and the runner-up could potentially compete in the second round to advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.^[1][2]

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast	6	5	1	0	14	0	+14	16	2026 FIFA World Cup		—	1–0	Sep	Oct	1–0	9–0
2	Gabon	6	5	0	1	12	6	+6	15	Possible second round		Sep	—	Oct	2–1	3–2	3–0
3	Burundi	6	3	1	2	13	7	+6	10			0–1	1–2	—	Oct	3–2	5–0
4	Kenya	6	1	3	2	11	8	+3	6			0–0	1–2	1–1	—	Sep	Sep
5	Gambia (Z)	6	1	1	4	12	13	−1	4			0–2	Oct	Sep	3–3	—	5–1
6	Seychelles (E)	6	0	0	6	2	30	−28	0			Oct	Sep	1–3	0–5	Oct	—

Updated to match(es) played on 25 March 2025. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (Z) Cannot qualify directly; can still advance to the second round

Matches

Burundi	3–2	Gambia
Bigirimana 31' Nsabiyumva 35' Abdallah 75'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Barrow 45+4' E. Colley 90+8' (pen.)

16 November 2023 (2023-11-16)

16:00 UTC+3

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

Referee: Djindo Louis Houngnandande (Benin)

Gabon	2–1	Kenya
Bouanga 60' Kanga 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Juma 40'

16 November 2023 (2023-11-16)

17:00 UTC+1

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

Referee: Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)

Ivory Coast	9–0	Seychelles
Haller 20' (pen.) Sangaré 24' Adingra 36' Konaté 40' (pen.), 90+5' S. Fofana 60' Traorè 77', 90+4' Krasso 84' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

17 November 2023 (2023-11-17)

19:00 UTC+0

Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan

Attendance: 23,204

Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)

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Burundi	1–2	Gabon
Bigirimana 87'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Allevinah 35' Bouanga 83'

19 November 2023 (2023-11-19)

16:00 UTC+3

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

Gambia	0–2	Ivory Coast
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Kouamé 45' S. Fofana 85'

20 November 2023 (2023-11-20)

19:00 UTC+3

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)

Seychelles	0–5	Kenya
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Olunga 3', 6' Juma 45+3' Onyango 62' Omala 73'

20 November 2023 (2023-11-20)

19:00 UTC+0

Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan (Ivory Coast)

Attendance: 404

Referee: Younoussa Camara (Guinea)

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Kenya	1–1	Burundi
Abuya 72'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Abdallah 85'

7 June 2024 (2024-06-07)

15:00 UTC+2

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe (Malawi)

Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)

Ivory Coast	1–0	Gabon
S. Fofana 36'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

7 June 2024 (2024-06-07)

19:00 UTC+0

Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium, Korhogo

Attendance: 17,522

Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)

Gambia	5–1	Seychelles
Badamosi 10', 66' Barrow 52' (pen.) Minteh 55' Sidibeh 78'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Henriette 14'

8 June 2024 (2024-06-08)

17:00 UTC+1

Berkane Municipal Stadium, Berkane (Morocco)

Attendance: 700

Referee: Joseph Odey Ogabor (Nigeria)

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Gabon	3–2	Gambia
Allevinah 52' Aubameyang 70' Bouanga 71'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Minteh 33' Adams 76'

11 June 2024 (2024-06-11)

20:00 UTC+1

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

Kenya	0–0	Ivory Coast
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

11 June 2024 (2024-06-11)

15:00 UTC+2

Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe (Malawi)

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)

Seychelles	1–3	Burundi
Hoareau 78'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Abdallah 34' Kanakimana 62', 69'

11 June 2024 (2024-06-11)

20:00 UTC+1

Berkane Municipal Stadium, Berkane (Morocco)

Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)

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Gabon	3–0	Seychelles
Allevinah 3' Bouanga 30', 63'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

20 March 2025 (2025-03-20)

20:00 UTC+1

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

Referee: Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)

Gambia	3–3	Kenya
Barrow 55', 84' Minteh 61'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Olunga 69' (pen.) Bajaber 75' Wilson 90+6'

20 March 2025 (2025-03-20)

19:00 UTC+0

Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan (Ivory Coast)

Referee: Abdou Abdel Mefire (Cameroon)

Burundi	0–1	Ivory Coast
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Guessand 16'

21 March 2025 (2025-03-21)

20:00 UTC+1

Honneur Stadium, Meknes (Morocco)

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)

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Kenya	1–2	Gabon
Olunga 62'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Aubameyang 16', 52' (pen.)

23 March 2025 (2025-03-23)

16:00 UTC+3

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi

Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)

Ivory Coast	1–0	Gambia
Haller 15'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

24 March 2025 (2025-03-24)

19:00 UTC+0

Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan

Attendance: 19,471

Referee: Ring Nyier Akech Malong (South Sudan)

Burundi	5–0	Seychelles
Nduwarugira 22' Bimenyimana 24', 31' Kanakimana 50' Girumugisha 56'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

25 March 2025 (2025-03-25)

20:00 UTC+1

Honneur Stadium, Meknes (Morocco)

Referee: Youcef Gamouh (Algeria)

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Kenya	v	Gambia

September 2025 (2025-09)

Seychelles	v	Gabon

September 2025 (2025-09)

Ivory Coast	v	Burundi

September 2025 (2025-09)

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Gabon	v	Ivory Coast

September 2025 (2025-09)

Kenya	v	Seychelles

September 2025 (2025-09)

Gambia	v	Burundi

September 2025 (2025-09)

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Seychelles	v	Ivory Coast

October 2025 (2025-10)

Gambia	v	Gabon

October 2025 (2025-10)

Burundi	v	Kenya

October 2025 (2025-10)

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Gabon	v	Burundi

October 2025 (2025-10)

Seychelles	v	Gambia

October 2025 (2025-10)

Ivory Coast	v	Kenya

October 2025 (2025-10)

Goalscorers

There have been 64 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.56 goals per match (as of 25 March 2025).

5 goals

• Denis Bouanga

4 goals

• Musa Barrow
• Michael Olunga

3 goals

• Sudi Abdallah
• Bienvenue Kanakimana
• Jim Allevinah
• Pierre Aubameyang
• Yankuba Minteh
• Seko Fofana

2 goals

• Abedi Bigirimana
• Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana
• Muhammed Badamosi
• Sébastien Haller
• Karim Konaté
• Hamed Traorè
• Masoud Juma

1 goal

• Jean-Claude Girumugisha
• Christophe Nduwarugira
• Frédéric Nsabiyumva
• Guélor Kanga
• Ebou Adams
• Ebrima Colley
• Adama Sidibeh
• Simon Adingra
• Evann Guessand
• Christian Kouamé
• Jean-Philippe Krasso
• Ibrahim Sangaré
• Duke Abuya
• Mohammed Bajaber
• Benson Omala
• Rooney Onyango
• Will Wilson
• Ryan Henriette
• Lorenzo Hoareau

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following infractions:^[3]

• Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious infractions)
• Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions are carried forward to further qualification rounds, but not the finals or any other future international matches)

The following suspensions have been or will be served during the group stage:

Team	Player	Infraction(s)	Suspended for match(es)
Burundi	Jordi Liongola	vs Ivory Coast (21 March 2025) vs Seychelles (25 March 2025)	vs Ivory Coast (September 2025)
Gabon	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	vs Ivory Coast (7 June 2024) vs Gambia (11 June 2024)	vs Seychelles (20 March 2025)
	Mario Lemina	vs Gambia (11 June 2024) vs Kenya (23 March 2025)	vs Seychelles (September 2025)
	Clench Loufilou	vs Kenya (16 November 2023) vs Burundi (19 November 2025)	vs Ivory Coast (7 June 2024)
	Alex Moucketou-Moussounda	vs Burundi (19 November 2025) vs Kenya (23 March 2025)	vs Seychelles (September 2025)
Gambia	Edrissa Ceesay	vs Seychelles (8 June 2024) vs Gabon (11 June 2024)	vs Kenya (20 March 2025)
	Ebrima Colley	vs Burundi (16 November 2023) vs Gabon (11 June 2024)	vs Kenya (20 March 2025)
Seychelles	Brandon Labrosse	vs Kenya (20 November 2023) vs Gabon (20 March 2025)	vs Burundi (25 March 2025)[a]
	Warren Mellie	vs Gambia (8 June 2024) vs Burundi (11 June 2024)	vs Gabon (20 March 2025)
	Imra Raheriniaina	vs Kenya (20 November 2023) vs Burundi (11 June 2024)	vs Gabon (20 March 2025)[b]

1. Labrosse played in Seychelles' away match against Burundi. It is unknown whether FIFA or CAF will levy any penalties as Seychelles lost 5–0.
2. Raheriniaina played in Seychelles' away matches against Gabon and Burundi. It is unknown whether FIFA or CAF will levy any penalties as Seychelles lost 3–0 and 5–0, respectively.