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.
DR Congo goalkeeper Robert Kidiaba believes his new role as a peace ambassador can help unite his country. "Being a peace ambassador is a daily struggle but we must support peace over hostility, especially among the young people." In his efforts to promote peace through football, Kidiaba can at least count on the support of TP Mazembe owner Moise Katumbi.
