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DR Congo

DR Congo national football team
Played 528
Draw % 27.5%
No-draw N 3
Max streak 23 25 Jul 1965 → 02 Aug 1967
Avg top run 11.5 top 10
Draw debt E 0.91
p50 28.0%
p100 32.0%
Draw score 0.214 rank #645 Draws 145
Trophies 1 competition
🏆 1 × Champion (1974)
Team strength · Elo all ratings ›
Rating 1,866 everyone starts at 1500
Peak 1,875 reached 27 Jun 2026
Rank #33 of 336 national teams
Matches rated 528 last 1 Jul 2026

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 3 Oct 2026.

Recent form · draws highlighted
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Over 130 matches (Jan 2015 – Jul 2026), DR Congo drew 40 where the draw model expected 33.8 from those particular fixtures — about 6 more, or 1.2 standard errors, a gap most teams show over a stretch this long.

As unusual as a coin landing the same way 2 times running. A flat league average would have expected 32.2 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.

Longest no-draw runs all on the records page ›
# Run From → To
1 23 25 Jul 1965 → 02 Aug 1967 ▸ matches
2 16 09 Jun 2024 → 13 Nov 2025 ▸ matches
3 16 04 Feb 1973 → 09 Mar 1974 ▸ matches
4 15 17 Nov 2010 → 15 Nov 2011 ▸ matches
5 11 14 Jun 2015 → 29 Mar 2016 ▸ matches
6 8 19 Jan 1996 → 29 Aug 1996 ▸ matches
7 7 25 Jun 2016 → 16 Jan 2017 ▸ matches
8 7 01 Jun 2008 → 11 Oct 2008 ▸ matches
9 6 24 Jan 2017 → 01 Sep 2017 ▸ matches
10 6 06 Sep 2014 → 19 Nov 2014 ▸ matches
By competition (all-time)
CompetitionPDDraw%NMax
Friendly 189 58 30.7% 1 14
African Cup of Nations qualification 133 32 24.1% 6 6
FIFA World Cup qualification 97 22 22.7% 1 6
African Cup of Nations 84 30 35.7% 2 5
FIFA World Cup 7 1 14.3% 3 3
All-African Games 5 1 20.0% 2 2
African Friendship Games 4 0 0.0% 4 4
Nile Basin Tournament 4 0 0.0% 4 4
COSAFA Cup 3 1 33.3% 1 1
Beijing International Friendship Tournament 2 0 0.0% 2 2
By calendar year
YearPDDraw%Max
2026 9 2 22.2% 3
2025 13 2 15.4% 9
2024 17 7 41.2% 7
2023 10 3 30.0% 4
2022 7 1 14.3% 5
2021 10 3 30.0% 4
2020 4 2 50.0% 1
2019 12 6 50.0% 3
2018 6 4 66.7% 1
2017 12 2 16.7% 6
2016 12 2 16.7% 5
2015 18 6 33.3% 8
2014 6 0 0.0% 6
2013 7 6 85.7% 1
2012 10 3 30.0% 6
2011 14 0 0.0% 14
2010 6 1 16.7% 4
2009 4 1 25.0% 3
2008 9 2 22.2% 7
2007 7 3 42.9% 3
2006 10 3 30.0% 4
2005 14 8 57.1% 2
2004 11 3 27.3% 6
2003 10 4 40.0% 3
2002 8 2 25.0% 3
2001 12 3 25.0% 5
2000 12 5 41.7% 3
1999 7 1 14.3% 5
1998 7 2 28.6% 5
1997 11 5 45.5% 3
1996 10 1 10.0% 8
1995 4 1 25.0% 3
1994 11 3 27.3% 3
1993 6 3 50.0% 2
1992 8 2 25.0% 4
1991 6 3 50.0% 2
1990 6 2 33.3% 2
1989 13 6 46.2% 3
1988 5 3 60.0% 1
1987 6 2 33.3% 4
1986 2 1 50.0% 1
1985 11 2 18.2% 4
1984 2 1 50.0% 1
1981 10 4 40.0% 2
1980 7 2 28.6% 2
1979 10 1 10.0% 5
1977 2 0 0.0% 2
1976 7 2 28.6% 3
1975 4 1 25.0% 3
1974 10 1 10.0% 5
1973 12 0 0.0% 12
1972 8 3 37.5% 2
1971 4 1 25.0% 2
1970 6 1 16.7% 4
1969 4 0 0.0% 2
1968 7 0 0.0% 6
1967 19 3 15.8% 9
1966 7 0 0.0% 7
1965 14 1 7.1% 7
1964 4 3 75.0% 1
1963 4 0 0.0% 4
1956 1 0 0.0% 1
1953 1 0 0.0% 1
1950 1 0 0.0% 1
1948 1 0 0.0% 1
Matches all results ›
Date Home Score Away R Tournament
16 Apr 1963 DR Congo 1–0 Tunisia H ITL · African Friendship Games
15 Apr 1963 Ivory Coast 1–0 DR Congo H ITL · African Friendship Games
13 Apr 1963 Congo 2–1 DR Congo H ITL · African Friendship Games
12 Apr 1963 DR Congo 6–0 Mauritania H ITL · African Friendship Games
02 Jan 1956 DR Congo 2–4 Cameroon A ITL · Friendly
24 Sep 1953 DR Congo 2–3 Cameroon A ITL · Friendly
24 Jan 1950 Zambia 1–0 DR Congo H ITL · Friendly
25 May 1948 DR Congo 2–3 Zambia A ITL · Friendly
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