Equatorial Guinea national football team results (2020–present)

This article provides details of international football games played by the Equatorial Guinea national football team from 2020 to present.^[1]^[2]

Results

Key
	Win
	Draw
	Defeat

2020

11 November 2020 2021 AFCON Q	Libya	2–3	Equatorial Guinea	Cairo, Egypt
21:00 UTC+2	Al Warfali 55' (pen.) Bettamer 58'	Report	Machín 33' Obiang 90+1' Obama 90+4'	Stadium: Al Ahly Stadium Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

15 November 2020 2021 AFCON Q	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	Libya	Bata, Equatorial Guinea
20:00 UTC+1	Salvador 27'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de Bata Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

2021

25 March 2021 2021 AFCONQ	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	Tanzania	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
20:00 UTC+1	Nsue 90'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de Malabo Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

28 March 2021 2021 AFCONQ	Tunisia	2–1	Equatorial Guinea	Radès, Tunisia
14:00 UTC+1	Jaziri 4' Akapo 52' (o.g.)	Report	Chaouat 88' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Olympique de Radès Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala (Congo DR)

3 September 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Tunisia	3–0	Equatorial Guinea	Radès, Tunisia
20:00 UTC+1	Bronn 54' Skhiri 78' Khazri 82' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique de Radès Referee: Daniel Laryea Nii Ayi (Ghana)

7 September 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	Mauritania	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
17:00 UTC+1	Iban 59' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio de Malabo Referee: Helder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

7 October 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Equatorial Guinea	2–0	Zambia	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
17:00 UTC+1	Coco 35' Nsue 88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de Malabo Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

10 October 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Zambia	1–1	Equatorial Guinea	Lusaka, Zambia
18:00 UTC+2	F. Sakala 65'	Report	Bikoro 82'	Stadium: National Heroes Stadium Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

13 November 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	Tunisia	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
17:00 UTC+1	Ganet 84'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de Malabo Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

16 November 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Mauritania	1–1	Equatorial Guinea	Nouakchott, Mauritania
19:00 UTC±0	Kamara 22'	Report	Coco 59'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de Nouakchott Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)

2022

12 January 2022 2021 AFCON GS	Equatorial Guinea	0–1	Ivory Coast	Douala, Cameroon
20:00 UTC+1		Report	Gradel 5'	Stadium: Japoma Stadium Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

16 January 2022 2021 AFCON GS	Algeria	0–1	Equatorial Guinea	Douala, Cameroon
20:00 UTC+1		Report	Esteban 70'	Stadium: Japoma Stadium Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

20 January 2022 2021 AFCON GS	Sierra Leone	0–1	Equatorial Guinea	Limbe, Cameroon
17:00 UTC+1		Report	Ganet 38'	Stadium: Limbe Stadium Referee: Mohamed Marouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)

26 January 2022 2021 AFCON R16	Mali	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Equatorial Guinea	Limbe, Cameroon
20:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Limbe Stadium Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
	Penalties
	A. N. Traoré Djenepo M. Haïdara Hama. Traoré Touré Dieng Camara Sacko		E. Nsue Belima Akapo Buyla Ganet Coco Salvador Eneme

30 January 2022 2021 AFCON QF	Senegal	3–1	Equatorial Guinea	Yaoundé, Cameroon
20:00 UTC+1	Diédhiou 28' Kouyaté 68' Sarr 79'	Report	Buyla 57'	Stadium: Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium^[a] Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

23 March 2022 Friendly	Equatorial Guinea	0–3	Guinea-Bissau	Óbidos, Portugal
16:00 UTC±0		Report	Embaló 48', 59' Camará 89'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Óbidos

29 March 2022 Friendly	Angola	0–0	Equatorial Guinea	Óbidos, Portugal
16:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Óbidos

2 June 2022 2023 AFCON Q	Tunisia	4–0	Equatorial Guinea	Tunis, Tunisia
20:00 UTC+1	Sliti 56' Jaziri 77' Msakni 80', 85'	Report		Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

6 June 2022 2023 AFCON Q	Equatorial Guinea	2–0	Libya	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
20:00 UTC+1	Al Tuhami 51' (o.g.) Bikoro 83' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio de Malabo Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)

28 August 2022 2022 African Nations Championship Q

Equatorial Guinea

1–0

Cameroon

Mozambique

4 September 2022 2022 African Nations Championship Q

Cameroon

2–0

Equatorial Guinea

Cameroon

23 September 2022 Friendly	Rwanda	0–0	Equatorial Guinea	Berrechid, Morocco
17:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade Municipal de Berrechid Referee: Karim Sabry (Morocco)

27 September 2022 Friendly	Equatorial Guinea	2–2	Togo	Casablanca, Morocco
15:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli Referee: Mustapha Kechaf (Morocco)

2023

24 March 2023 AFCON qualification	Equatorial Guinea	2–0	Botswana	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
20:00 UTC+1	Coco 20' Bikoro 66'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de Malabo Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)

28 March 2023 AFCON qualification	Botswana	2–3	Equatorial Guinea	Francistown, Botswana
15:00 UTC+2	Elias 28' Seakanyeng 66' (pen.)	Report	Nsue 13' Ditsele 40' (o.g.) Salvador 51'	Stadium: Francistown Stadium Referee: Mohamed Diraneh Guedi (Djibouti)

17 June 2023 AFCON qualification	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	Tunisia	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
16:00 UTC+1	E. Nsue 85' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio de Malabo Referee: Ibrahim Kalilou Traore (Ivory Coast)

6 September 2023 AFCON qualification	Libya	1–1	Equatorial Guinea	Benina, Libya
21:00 UTC+2	Taqtaq 80'	Report	Elo 62'	Stadium: Martyrs of February Stadium Referee: Mahamat Alhadj Allaou (Chad) Assistant referees: Issa Yaya (Chad) Assistant referees: Bogola Issa (Chad) Fourth official: Alfred Armi Pousri (Chad)

13 October Friendly	Equatorial Guinea	0–0	Burkina Faso	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
		Report		Stadium: Estadio de Malabo

15 November 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Equatorial Guinea	0–3 Awarded^{[note 1]}	Namibia	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
14:00 UTC+1	Nsue 67'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de Malabo Referee: Ali Sabilla (Uganda)

20 November 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Liberia	3–0 Awarded^{[note 1]}	Equatorial Guinea	Paynesville, Liberia
16:00 UTC±0		Report	Nsue 9'	Stadium: Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex Attendance: 3,044 Referee: Karim Sabri (Morocco)

2024

9 January Friendly	Equatorial Guinea	1–1	Djibouti	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
15:00 UTC+1	Akapo 23'	Report	Akinbinu 71'	Stadium: Estadio de Malabo

14 January 2023 AFCON GS	Nigeria	1–1	Equatorial Guinea	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
14:00	Osimhen 38'	Report	Salvador 36'	Stadium: Alassane Ouattara Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)

18 January 2023 AFCON	Equatorial Guinea	4–2	Guinea-Bissau	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
14:00	Nsue 21', 51', 61' Josete 46'	Report	Esteban 37' (o.g.) Zé Turbo 90+3'	Stadium: Alassane Ouattara Stadium Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

22 January 2023 AFCON	Equatorial Guinea	4–0	Ivory Coast	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
	Nsue 42', 75' Ganet 73' Buyla 88'	Report		Stadium: Alassane Ouattara Stadium Referee: Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)

28 January 2023 AFCON R16	Equatorial Guinea	0–1	Guinea	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
17:00		Report	Bayo 90+8'	Stadium: Alassane Ouattara Stadium Attendance: 36,340 Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)

22 March 2024 FIFA Series	Equatorial Guinea	2–0	Cambodia	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
22:00 UTC+3	Nlavo 10' Joanet 36'	Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Referee: Hussain Al-Shuwaikh (Bahrain)

25 March 2024 FIFA Series	Cape Verde	1–0	Equatorial Guinea	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
22:00 UTC+3	Cabral 64'	Report		Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City Referee: Qasim Matar Al-Hatmi (Oman)

6 June 2026 World Cup qualification	Tunisia	1–0	Equatorial Guinea	Tunis, Tunisia
20:00 UTC+1	Ben Romdhane 82' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)

10 June 2026 World Cup qualification	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	Malawi	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
14:00 UTC+1	Salvador 81'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de Malabo Referee: Lamin Jammeh (Gambia)

5 September 2025 AFCON qualification	Algeria	2–0	Equatorial Guinea	Oran, Algeria
20:00 UTC+1	Aouar 69' Gouiri 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Djindo Louis Houngnandande (Benin)

9 September 2025 AFCON qualification	Equatorial Guinea	2–2	Togo	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
16:00 UTC+1	Nlavo 17' Buyla 75'	Report	Aholou 45' Laba 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio de Malabo Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

11 October 2025 AFCON qualification	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	Liberia	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
14:00 UTC+1	Salvador 34' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio de Malabo Referee: Ahmed Arajiga (Tanzania)

14 October 2025 AFCON qualification	Liberia	1–2	Equatorial Guinea	Monrovia, Liberia
16:00 UTC±0	Gibson 53'	Report	Nlavo 20' Dorian Jr. 90+4'	Stadium: Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex Referee: Brahamou Sadou Ali (Niger)

Notes

^ The match was originally due to be held at Japoma Stadium in Douala, but was relocated.^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ ^a ^b Equatorial Guinea forfeited their first two matches of the group for fielding an ineligible player.^[6] The original results were Equatorial Guinea 1–0 Namibia and Liberia 0–1 Equatorial Guinea.

References

^ "Equatorial Guinea - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway.
^ "Equatorial Guinea national team". worldfootball.net. World Football.
^ "CAF Organising Committee Media Statement". Confederation of African Football. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "Afcon 2021: Two Douala games moved to Yaounde". BBC Sport. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "African Cup organizers change venues for 3 knockout games". Associated Press. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "Equatorial Guinea must default wins in World Cup qualifying over same ineligible player as in 2013". apnews.com. Associated Press. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

[6] The match was originally due to be held at Japoma Stadium in Douala, but was relocated.^[3]^[4]^[5]

[EQG-8] Equatorial Guinea forfeited their first two matches of the group for fielding an ineligible player.^[6] The original results were Equatorial Guinea 1–0 Namibia and Liberia 0–1 Equatorial Guinea.

[1] "Equatorial Guinea - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway.

[2] "Equatorial Guinea national team". worldfootball.net. World Football.

[3] "CAF Organising Committee Media Statement". Confederation of African Football. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

[4] "Afcon 2021: Two Douala games moved to Yaounde". BBC Sport. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

[5] "African Cup organizers change venues for 3 knockout games". Associated Press. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

[EQG_forfeit-7] "Equatorial Guinea must default wins in World Cup qualifying over same ineligible player as in 2013". apnews.com. Associated Press. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

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