The Guinea national football team, known as Équipe de football de Guinée in French, represents Guinea in men's international football. It is controlled by the Guinean Football Federation.
Guinea and Uganda have a history of facing each other in football matches. You can check the recent head-to-head encounters, as well as full H2H record on this page to see how Guinea and Uganda have fared against each other in the past.
On Fri, Aug 8, 2025, 17:00 UTC, Guinea faces Uganda at Mandela National Stadium. This match is part of the African Nations Championship Grp. C.
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Head-to-Head Record
The current head-to-head record for the teams are Guinea 2 win(s), Uganda 2 win(s), and 0 draw(s).
Team Formations
The lineups are:
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- Guinea (4-3-3): Moussa Camara - Mohamed Diabate, Kabinet Kouyate, Bangali Cisse, Mohamed Bangoura - Lansana Sylla, Ousmane Drame, Alhassane Bangoura - Mohamed Bangoura, Yakhouba Barry, Aboubacar Bachir Bangoura.
- Uganda (4-4-1-1): Denis Kiggundu - Gavin Kizito, Hilary Mukundane, Rogers Torach, Herbert Achai - Allan Okello, Enock Ssebaggala, Joel Sserunjogi, Reagan Mpande - Karim Watambala - Jude Ssemugabi.
Unavailable players for Guinea: Abdoulaye Touré (injury), Mouctar Diakhaby (injury). Uganda does not have any unavailable players.
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Historical Context of the Guinea National Team
They have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals, and their best finish in the Africa Cup of Nations was runners-up in 1976. The team reached the quarter-finals in four recent tournaments (2004, 2006, 2008 and 2015).
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Guinea made their footballing debut in an away friendly on 6 December 1958, losing 6-1 against Ghana.
In 1963, Guinea entered its first qualification campaign for an Africa Cup of Nations, the 1963 tournament in Ghana. Drawn in a two-legged qualifier against Nigeria, Guinea drew the first leg 2-2 away on 27 July, and on 6 October won 1-0 at home to win 3-2 on aggregate. They were later disqualified for using Guinean officials in the second leg, and Nigeria went through to the finals in their place.
In 1965, Guinea entered the qualifiers for the 1965 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia and was placed in Group A with Senegal and Mali.
On 4 January 2016, CAF lifted a ban on Guinea playing their home international in Guinea after it was declared free of Ebola by the U.N.
Here is a summary of Guinea's performance in the Africa Cup of Nations:
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| Year | Achievement |
|---|---|
| 1976 | Runners-up |
| 2004 | Quarter-finals |
| 2006 | Quarter-finals |
| 2008 | Quarter-finals |
| 2015 | Quarter-finals |
