Congo DR
AFRICA CUP 2015
GROUP B QUARTER-FINALS Semi-Finals Third Place
Nations Cup appearances: 16
Best result: Winners (1968, 1974)
Coach: Florent Ibenge (DR Congo)
Key players: Yannick Bolasie, Dieumerci Mbokani
Fifa ranking: 57
DR Congo have not reached the Nations Cup quarter-finals since 2006.
Ibenge combines his DR Congo coaching duties with local side AS Vita, this year's African Champions League runners-up.
DR Congo's Pierre Ndaye Mulamba holds the scoring record for a single Nations Cup - 9 goals in 1974.
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has become the first player to be named African Footballer of the Year four years in a row.
Yannick Bolasie is one of three England-based players in Democratic Republic of Congo's provisional squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
draw for Confederation Cup held
preliminary round draw
Africa Cup of Nations contenders:
Equatorial Guinea (hosts), Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia and Zambia
Democratic Republic of Congo goalkeeper Robert Kidiaba has revealed he will retire from international duty after the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
Algeria - The Desert Foxes, who reached the second round of this year's World Cup, will face Senegal, Ghana and South Africa in Group C.
Last month CAF announced an initial list of 25 names for its main 2014 African Player of the Year award.
Ivory Coast and Ghana reach finals
South Africa are among six teams to have booked their place at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after each won their penultimate qualifier on Saturday.
