Burkina Faso national football team

Burkina Faso
Nickname(s)Les Étalons
(The Stallions)
Les faucons pèlerins
(The Peregrine Falcons)
AssociationFédération Burkinabé de Football (FBF)
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
Head coachAmir Abdou
CaptainBertrand Traoré
Most capsCharles Kaboré (102)
Top scorerMoumouni Dagano (34)
Home stadiumStade du 4-Août
FIFA codeBFA
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FIFA ranking
Current 62 (19 January 2026)
Highest35 (April–May 2017)
Lowest127 (December 1967)
First international
 Upper Volta 5–4 Gabon 
(Tananarive, Madagascar; 14 April 1960)
Biggest win
 Djibouti 0–6 Burkina Faso 
(Bissau, Guinea-Bissau; 5 September 2025)
Biggest defeat
 Algeria 7–0 Upper Volta 
(Oran, Algeria; 30 August 1981)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances14 (first in 1978)
Best resultRunners-up (2013)

The Burkina Faso national football team (French: Équipe de football du Burkina Faso) represents Burkina Faso in men's international football and is controlled by the Burkinabé Football Federation. They were known as the Upper Volta national football team until 1984, when Upper Volta became Burkina Faso. They finished fourth in the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations, when they hosted the tournament. Their best ever finish in the tournament was the 2013 edition, reaching the final.