Benin
What this team's results have earned: every match in the database is replayed in date order, both sides start at 1500 and the winner takes points from the loser. The rating is the one it held after its last rated match, and the rank counts every national team ever rated, sides that no longer play included. A measure of strength, not a forecast of the next result. Computed 2 Oct 2026.
Over 325 matches (Nov 1959 – Jun 2026), Benin drew 79 where the draw model expected 78.0 from those particular fixtures — about 1 more, or 0.1 standard errors, which is what the model expected, near enough.
A flat league average would have expected 79.7 instead — "more draws than the league" and "more draws than these fixtures deserved" are different claims. These matches were part of the model's own training set, so its chances were fitted already knowing the results.
| # | Run | From → To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | 12 Oct 2007 → 21 Jun 2009 | ▸ matches |
| 2 | 13 | 25 Mar 2025 → 31 Mar 2026 | ▸ matches |
| 3 | 10 | 28 Jul 1984 → 27 Nov 1984 | ▸ matches |
| 4 | 8 | 23 Mar 2003 → 26 Sep 2003 | ▸ matches |
| 5 | 8 | 16 Aug 1992 → 28 Feb 1993 | ▸ matches |
| 6 | 7 | 26 Mar 2024 → 15 Oct 2024 | ▸ matches |
| 7 | 7 | 13 Oct 2015 → 04 Sep 2016 | ▸ matches |
| 8 | 7 | 16 Nov 2003 → 20 May 2004 | ▸ matches |
| 9 | 6 | 07 Oct 2021 → 27 Mar 2022 | ▸ matches |
| 10 | 6 | 12 Oct 2018 → 18 Jun 2019 | ▸ matches |
| Competition | P | D | Draw% | N | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly | 133 | 36 | 27.1% | 1 | 9 |
| African Cup of Nations qualification | 88 | 23 | 26.1% | 0 | 4 |
| FIFA World Cup qualification | 60 | 10 | 16.7% | 4 | 6 |
| African Cup of Nations | 18 | 5 | 27.8% | 4 | 4 |
| West African Cup | 9 | 2 | 22.2% | 1 | 4 |
| African Friendship Games | 7 | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 3 |
| Tournament Burkina Faso | 4 | 1 | 25.0% | 3 | 3 |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 0 | 2 |
| Morocco, Capital of African Football | 2 | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 2 |
| TIFOCO Tournament | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 0 | 0 |
| Year | P | D | Draw% | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 1 | 20.0% | 3 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 9.1% | 10 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 30.0% | 7 |
| 2023 | 8 | 5 | 62.5% | 2 |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | 4 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2 | 22.2% | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 2 |
| 2019 | 13 | 5 | 38.5% | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 25.0% | 3 |
| 2017 | 10 | 6 | 60.0% | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0.0% | 4 |
| 2015 | 5 | 2 | 40.0% | 3 |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | 0.0% | 6 |
| 2013 | 4 | 1 | 25.0% | 2 |
| 2012 | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | 1 |
| 2011 | 5 | 1 | 20.0% | 3 |
| 2010 | 8 | 3 | 37.5% | 3 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2 | 25.0% | 4 |
| 2008 | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | 12 |
| 2007 | 9 | 3 | 33.3% | 3 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | 2 |
| 2005 | 6 | 1 | 16.7% | 4 |
| 2004 | 15 | 3 | 20.0% | 6 |
| 2003 | 13 | 2 | 15.4% | 8 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 1 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2 | 40.0% | 2 |
| 2000 | 5 | 1 | 20.0% | 4 |
| 1998 | 5 | 1 | 20.0% | 2 |
| 1997 | 6 | 3 | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1996 | 8 | 5 | 62.5% | 2 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% | 2 |
| 1993 | 8 | 1 | 12.5% | 4 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | 5 |
| 1991 | 8 | 1 | 12.5% | 5 |
| 1990 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 2 |
| 1988 | 5 | 1 | 20.0% | 3 |
| 1987 | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | 1 |
| 1984 | 11 | 1 | 9.1% | 10 |
| 1983 | 6 | 1 | 16.7% | 5 |
| 1982 | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | 4 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% | 2 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 |
| 1979 | 10 | 1 | 10.0% | 5 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% | 2 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 |
| 1974 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 |
| 1972 | 6 | 1 | 16.7% | 3 |
| 1970 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 2 |
| 1969 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | 1 |
| 1968 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 |
| 1967 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 2 |
| 1966 | 4 | 1 | 25.0% | 3 |
| 1965 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 |
| 1964 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 |
| 1963 | 5 | 1 | 20.0% | 4 |
| 1961 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | 3 |
| 1960 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 |
| 1959 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% | 2 |
| Date | Home | Score | Away | R | Tournament |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Dec 1961 | Benin | 3–1 | Madagascar | H | ITL · African Friendship Games |
| 26 Dec 1961 | Benin | 7–0 | Mauritania | H | ITL · African Friendship Games |
| 14 Apr 1960 | Ivory Coast | 3–2 | Benin | H | ITL · African Friendship Games |
| 28 Nov 1959 | Nigeria | 10–1 | Benin | H | ITL · Friendly |
| 08 Nov 1959 | Benin | 0–1 | Nigeria | A | ITL · Friendly |