Burundi national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Les Hirondelles (The Swallows) |
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| Association | Fédération de Football du Burundi |
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| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach |  Adel Amrouche |
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| Home stadium | Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | BDI | ||
| FIFA ranking | 129 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 96 (August 1993) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 160 (July 1998) | ||
| Elo ranking | 144 | ||
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| First international | |||
 Tanzania 4 - 1 Burundi  (Tanzania; December 5, 1971) |
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| Biggest win | |||
Burundi 6 - 2 Rwanda  (Mbabane, Burundi; June 29, 1976) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 Cameroon 5 - 0 Burundi (Gabon; July 10, 1976)  Côte d'Ivoire 6 - 1 Burundi (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; June 8, 2003) |
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The Burundi national football team, nicknamed Les Hirondelles (The Swallows), is the national team of Burundi and is controlled by the National Football Association of Burundi. It has never qualified for the World Cup or the African Nations Cup finals.
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[edit] World Cup record
- 1930 to 1990 - Did not enter
- 1994 - Did not qualify
- 1998 - Withdrew during qualifying
- 2002 - Withdrew
- 2006 - Did not qualify
- 2010 - Did not qualify
[edit] African Nations Cup record
- 1957 to 1974 - Did not enter
- 1976 - Did not qualify
- 1978 - Did not enter
- 1980 - Withdrew
- 1982 to 1992 - Did not enter
- 1994 - Did not qualify
- 1996 - Did not enter
- 1998 - Withdrew
- 2000 to 2010 - Did not qualify
[edit] Current squad
The following players were called for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Burkina Faso on October 12, 2008.
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[edit] Recent call-ups
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