Men's national team · Confédération Africaine de Football

Benin

1529 ±150

Benin are 85th of 211 ranked teams, in tier 6. The model is about 95% sure their true strength lies between 1379 and 1679. Ratings use the last 12 years of results and were updated on 2026-11-05.

Coming up: Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualifiers.

Last 5 results

2026-10-06	v Argentina · Friendly	0–3 L
2026-09-29	v Mauritania · African Cup of Nations qualification	2–1 W
2026-09-25	v Burkina Faso · African Cup of Nations qualification	1–1 D
2026-06-09	v Togo · Friendly	1–5 L
2026-06-05	v Niger · Friendly	1–1 D

Next matches

11 Nov 2026	Benin v Central African Republic · Africa Cup of Nations qualification
15 Nov 2026	Central African Republic v Benin · Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Most-played opponents

Benin v Togo	26 meetings: 3–9–14
Benin v Burkina Faso	21 meetings: 4–5–12
Benin v Ghana	21 meetings: 3–6–12
Benin v Nigeria	21 meetings: 2–3–16
Benin v Côte d'Ivoire	18 meetings: 2–4–12
Benin v Mali	17 meetings: 1–7–9
Benin v Niger	15 meetings: 5–5–5
Benin v Algeria	11 meetings: 2–1–8

Every opponent (47)

Algeria 2–1–8
Angola 2–1–2
Argentina 0–0–1
Botswana 1–0–0
Burkina Faso 4–5–12
Burundi 0–2–0
Cameroon 1–1–5
Chad 1–0–1
Congo 6–3–2
Congo DR 0–1–6
Côte d'Ivoire 2–4–12
Denmark 1–0–0
Egypt 0–1–4
Equatorial Guinea 3–1–1
Ethiopia 1–2–1
Gabon 3–3–5
Gambia 1–0–1
Ghana 3–6–12
Guinea 2–0–1
Guinea-Bissau 0–1–1
Lesotho 2–2–0
Liberia 3–1–0
Libya 3–1–2
Madagascar 4–1–3
Malawi 1–0–1
Mali 1–7–9
Mauritania 5–2–3
Morocco 1–0–6
Mozambique 0–1–2
Namibia 1–0–1
Niger 5–5–5
Nigeria 2–3–16
Oman 0–0–1
Rwanda 5–3–2
São Tomé and Príncipe 2–0–0
Senegal 1–2–8
Sierra Leone 3–1–1
South Africa 0–0–3
South Sudan 2–0–0
Sudan 3–1–2
Tanzania 3–1–2
Togo 3–9–14
Tunisia 0–0–6
Uganda 1–0–1
United Arab Emirates 1–1–0
Zambia 2–3–0
Zimbabwe 1–1–0

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