2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round#Goalscorers

In the first round, 42 teams were paired 2-by-2 and played knockout matches home-and-away. The 21 winners would advance to the second round where they would meet the other 9 teams that qualify directly to the second round. Those teams are the 5 teams that qualified for the 2002 World Cup Finals (Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia) and the 4 highest-ranking teams in FIFA world rankings of 25 June 2003 (Congo DR, Ivory Coast, Egypt and Morocco).

Seeding

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!width=40% colspan=1|Pot 1

!width=40% colspan=1|Pot 2

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Summary

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|GNB}} || 1–4 | {{fb|MLI}} || 1–2 | 0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|MAD}} || 3–4 | {{fb|BEN}} || 1–1 | 2–3}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|SEY}} || 1–5 | {{fb|ZAM}} || 0–4 | 1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|BOT}} || 4–1 | {{fb|LES|1987}} || 4–1 | 0–0}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|EQG}} || 1–2 | {{fb|TOG}} || 1–0 | 0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|STP}} || 0–9 | {{fb|LBY|1977}} || 0–1 | 0–8}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|TAN}} || 0–3 | {{fb|KEN}} || 0–0 | 0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|NIG}} || 0–7 | {{fb|ALG}} || 0–1 | 0–6}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|UGA}} || 4–3 | {{fb|MRI}} || 3–0 | 1–3 (a.e.t.)}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|SUD}} || 3–0 | {{fb|ERI}} || 3–0 | 0–0}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|ZIM}} || 4–2 | {{fb|MTN|1959}} || 3–0 | 1–2}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|SWZ|name=Swaziland}} || 1–4 | {{fb|CPV}} || 1–1 | 0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|BDI}} || 1–4 | {{fb|GAB}} || 0–0 | 1–4}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|CHA}} || 3–3(a) | {{fb|ANG}} || 3–1 | 0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|CGO}} || 2–1 | {{fb|SLE}} || 1–0 | 1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|ETH|1996}} || 1–3 | {{fb|MWI}} || 1–3 | 0–0}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|RWA}} || 4–1 | {{fb|NAM}} || 3–0 | 1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|GUI}} || 5–3 | {{fb|MOZ}} || 1–0 | 4–3}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|GAM}} || 2–3 | {{fb|LBR}} || 2–0 | 0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|SOM}} || 0–7 | {{fb|GHA}} || 0–5 | 0–2}}{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|BUR}}|| w/o | {{fb|CAF}} || | }}

Matches

{{footballbox

|id = Guinea-Bissau v Mali

|date = 10 October 2003

|time = 16:00 UTC±00:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GNB}}

|score = 1–2

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085659/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34264/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|MLI}}

|goals1 = Fernandes {{goal|50}}

|goals2 = Keita {{goal|8}}
Coulibaly {{goal|69}}

|stadium = Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau

|attendance = 22,000

|referee = Modou Sowe (Gambia)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Mali v Guinea-Bissau

|date = 14 November 2003

|time = 20:00 UTC±00:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MLI}}

|score = 2–0

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085704/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34265/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|GNB}}

|goals1 = Coulibaly {{goal|15}}
Sidibé {{goal|84|pen.}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

|attendance = 13,251

|referee = Ba Seydou (Mauritania)}}

Mali won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Madagascar v Benin

|date = 11 October 2003

|time = 14:30 UTC+03:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MAD}}

|score = 1–1

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085740/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34274/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|BEN}}

|goals1 = Edmond {{goal|28}}

|goals2 = Adjamossi {{goal|74}}

|stadium = Mahamasina Stadium, Antananarivo

| attendance = 5,131

| referee = Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Benin v Madagascar

|date = 16 November 2003

|time = 16:00 UTC+01:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BEN}}

|score = 3–2

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085745/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34275/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|MAD}}

|goals1 = Tchomogo {{goal|33|pen.|62||90+2}}

|goals2 = Radonamahafalison {{goal|15}}
Rakotondramanana {{goal|23}}

|stadium = Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou

|attendance = 20,000

|referee = Emmanuel Imiere (Nigeria)}}

Benin won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Seychelles v Zambia

|date = 11 October 2003

|time = 15:00 UTC+04:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SEY}}

|score = 0–4

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085639/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34260/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|ZAM}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Kampamba {{goal|8}}
Fichite {{goal|44}}
Milanzi {{goal|52}}
Numba {{goal|75}}

|stadium = Stade Linité, Victoria

|attendance = 2,700

|referee = Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Zambia v Seychelles

|date = 15 November 2003

|time = 15:00 UTC+02:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|ZAM}}

|score = 1–1

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085644/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34261/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|SEY}}

|goals1 = Milanzi {{goal|7}}

|goals2 = Suzette {{goal|69}}

|stadium = Independence Stadium, Lusaka

|attendance = 30,000

|referee = Isaack Abdulkadir (Tanzania)}}

Zambia won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Botswana v Lesotho

|date = 11 October 2003

|time = 15:00 UTC+02:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BOT}}

|score = 4–1

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085811/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34280/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|LES|1987}}

|goals1 = Molwantwa {{goal|7}}
Gabolwelwe {{goal|44}}
Selolwane {{goal|50||53}}

|goals2 = Ramafole {{goal|64}}

|stadium = Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone

|attendance = 10,000

|referee = Luis Manuel Joao (Angola)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Lesotho v Botswana

|date = 16 November 2003

|time = 15:00 UTC+02:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|LES|1987}}

|score = 0–0

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085816/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34281/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|BOT}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

|attendance = 9,000

|referee = Harris Shikapande (Zambia)}}

Botswana won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Equatorial Guinea v Togo

|date = 11 October 2003

|time = 15:30 UTC+01:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|EQG}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085608/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34250/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|TOG}}

|goals1 = Barila {{goal|25|pen.}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estadio La Libertad, Bata

|attendance = 25,000

|referee = Divine Evehe (Cameroon)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Togo v Equatorial Guinea

|date = 16 November 2003

|time = 15:30 UTC±00:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|TOG}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085613/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34251/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|EQG}}

|goals1 = Adebayor {{goal|43}}
Salifou {{goal|53}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade de Kégué, Lomé

|attendance = 12,000

|referee = Joseph Mandzioukouta (Congo)}}

Togo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = São Tomé and Príncipe v Libya

|date = 11 October 2003

|time = 16:00 UTC±00:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|STP}}

|score = 0–1

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085709/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34266/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|LBY|1977}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = El Masli {{goal|85}}

|stadium = Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé

|attendance = 4,000

|referee = Koudougou Yameogo (Burkina Faso)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Libya v São Tomé and Príncipe

|date = 16 November 2003

|time = 22:00 UTC+02:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|LBY|1977}}

|score = 8–0

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20100721062607/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7381/matches/match%3D34267/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|STP}}

|goals1 = El Masli {{goal|8||17||20}}
El Taib {{goal|45||63}}
Suliman {{goal|54}}
Osman {{goal|74}}
El Rabty {{goal|88}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = March 28 Stadium, Benghazi

|attendance = 20,000

|referee = Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)}}

Libya won 9–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Tanzania v Kenya

|date = 11 October 2003

|time = 16:00 UTC+03:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|TAN}}

|score = 0–0

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085730/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34270/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|KEN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Tanzania National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

|attendance = 8,864

|referee = Hailemelak Tessema (Ethiopia)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Kenya v Tanzania

|date = 15 November 2003

|time = 16:00 UTC+03:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KEN}}

|score = 3–0

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085735/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34271/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|TAN}}

|goals1 = Oliech {{goal|9||32}}
Origi {{goal|30}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi

|attendance = 14,000

|referee = Reda El-Beltagy (Egypt)}}

Kenya won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Niger v Algeria

|date = 11 October 2003

|time = 16:00 UTC+01:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|NIG}}

|score = 0–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085720/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34268/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|ALG}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Boutabout {{goal|63}}

|stadium = Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey

|attendance = 20,126

|referee = Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Algeria v Niger

|date = 14 November 2003

|time = 21:30 UTC+01:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|ALG}}

|score = 6–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085725/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34269/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|NIG}}

|goals1 = Cherrad {{goal|16||22}}
Akrour {{goal|42||45||82}}
Boutabout {{goal|77}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

|attendance = 53,200

|referee = Ba Seydou (Mauritania)}}

Algeria won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Uganda v Mauritius

|date = 11 October 2003

|time = 16:30 UTC+03:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|UGA}}

|score = 3–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085851/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34288/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|MRI}}

|goals1 = Bajope {{goal|17}}
Mubiru {{goal|35}}
Obua {{goal|75}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Nelson Mandela National Stadium, Kampala

|attendance = 56,000

|referee = Modou Sowe (Gambia)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Mauritius v Uganda

|date = 16 November 2003

|time = 16:30 UTC+04:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MRI}}

|score = 3–1

|aet = yes

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085857/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34289/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|UGA}}

|goals1 = Nabuth {{goal|18}}
Mourgine {{goal|32}}
Louis {{goal|89}}

|goals2 = Obua {{goal|112}}

|stadium = Stade George V, Curepipe

|attendance = 27,000

|referee = Luis Manuel Joao (Angola)}}

Uganda won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Sudan v Eritrea

|date = 11 October 2003

|time = 20:00 UTC+03:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SUD}}

|score = 3–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085831/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34284/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|ERI}}

|goals1 = Tambal {{goal|10}}
Haitham Elrasheed {{goal|30}}
Mujahid Ahmed{{goal|77}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

|attendance = 39,000

|referee = Coffi Codjia (Benin)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Eritrea v Sudan

|date = 14 November 2003

|time = 16:00 UTC+03:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|ERI}}

|score = 0–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085836/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34285/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|SUD}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Cicero Stadium, Asmara

|attendance = 32,000

|referee = Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)}}

Sudan won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Zimbabwe v Mauritania

|date = 12 October 2003

|time = 15:00 UTC+02:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|ZIM}}

|score = 3–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085618/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34256/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|MTN|1959}}

|goals1 = A. Ndlovu {{goal|23}}
Tembo {{goal|47}}
P. Ndlovu {{goal|57}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = National Sports Stadium, Harare

|attendance = 55,000

|referee = Jerome Damon (South Africa)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Mauritania v Zimbabwe

|date = 14 November 2003

|time = 16:30 UTC±00:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MTN|1959}}

|score = 2–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085623/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34257/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|ZIM}}

|goals1 = Langlet {{goal|3}}
Sidibe {{goal|10}}

|goals2 = Mbwando {{goal|81}}

|stadium = Stade olympique, Nouakchott

|attendance = 3,000

|referee = Yakhouba Keita (Guinea)}}

Zimbabwe won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Swaziland v Cape Verde

|date = 12 October 2003

|time = 15:00 UTC+02:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085841/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34286/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|CPV}}

|goals1 = Dlamini {{goal|64}}

|goals2 = Morais {{goal|55}}

|stadium = Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

|attendance = 5,000

|referee = Berhane Teshome (Eritrea)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Cape Verde v Swaziland

|date = 16 November 2003

|time = 16:00 UTC−01:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|CPV}}

|score = 3–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085846/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34287/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}

|goals1 = Cafú {{goal|51||65}}
Morais {{goal|90}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio da Várzea, Praia

|attendance = 6,000

|referee = Sharif Aboubacar (Ivory Coast)}}

Cape Verde won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Burundi v Gabon

|date = 12 October 2003

|time = 15:15 UTC+02:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BDI}}

|score = 0–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085922/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34294/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|GAB}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

|attendance = 10,000

|referee = Maxim Itur (Kenya)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Gabon v Burundi

|date = 15 November 2003

|time = 16:00 UTC+01:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GAB}}

|score = 4–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085928/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34295/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|BDI}}

|goals1 = N'Zigou {{goal|2}}
Mwinyi {{goal|16|o.g.}}
Nguéma {{goal|38||80}}

|goals2 = Nzeyimana {{goal|90}}

|stadium = Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

|attendance = 15,000

|referee = Falla Ndoye (Senegal)}}

Gabon won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Chad v Angola

|date = 12 October 2003

|time = 15:30 UTC+01:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHA}}

|score = 3–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160819094648/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=7389/match=34262/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|ANG}}

|goals1 = Oumar {{goal|53||74||83}}

|goals2 = Bruno Mauro {{goal|49}}

|stadium = Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena

|attendance = 30,000

|referee = Monetchet Nahi (Ivory Coast)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Angola v Chad

|date = 16 November 2003

|time = 16:00 UTC+01:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|ANG}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160819105838/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=7389/match=34263/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|CHA}}

|goals1 = Akwá {{goal|42}}
Bruno Mauro {{goal|57}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

|attendance = 30,000

|referee = Buenkadila Wabelo Bisingu (DR Congo)}}

3–3 on aggregate; Angola won on the away goals rule and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Congo v Sierra Leone

|date = 12 October 2003

|time = 15:30 UTC+01:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|CGO}}

|score = 1–0

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085821/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34282/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|SLE}}

|goals1 = Mvoubi {{goal|89|pen.}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade Alphonse Massamba, Brazzaville

|attendance = 4,800

|referee = Sule Mana (Nigeria)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Sierra Leone v Congo

|date = 16 November 2003

|time = 16:30 UTC±00:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SLE}}

|score = 1–1

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20100721062637/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7381/matches/match%3D34283/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|CGO}}

|goals1 = Koroma {{goal|58}}

|goals2 = Guié-Mien {{goal|67}}

|stadium = National Stadium, Freetown

| attendance = 20,000

| referee = Herminio Monteiro Lopes (Cape Verde)}}

Congo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Ethiopia v Malawi

|date = 12 October 2003

|time = 16:00 UTC+03:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|ETH|1996}}

|score = 1–3

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085751/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34276/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|MWI}}

|goals1 = Getu {{goal|81|pen.}}

|goals2 = Kanyenda {{goal|39||55}}
Mgangira {{goal|88}}

|stadium = Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

|attendance = 20,000

|referee = Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Malawi v Ethiopia

|date = 15 November 2003

|time = 15:00 UTC+02:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MWI}}

|score = 0–0

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085756/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34277/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|ETH|1996}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Civo Stadium, Lilongwe

| attendance = 20,000

| referee = Khaled Abdel Rahman (Sudan)}}

Malawi won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Rwanda v Namibia

|date = 12 October 2003

|time = 16:00 UTC+02:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|RWA}}

|score = 3–0

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085902/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34290/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|NAM}}

|goals1 = Elias {{goal|43}}
Karekezi {{goal|52}}
Lomami {{goal|58}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade Amahoro, Kigali

|attendance = 22,000

|referee = Isaack Abdulkadir (Tanzania)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Namibia v Rwanda

|date = 15 November 2003

|time = 16:00 UTC+01:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|NAM}}

|score = 1–1

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085907/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34291/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|RWA}}

|goals1 = Shipanga {{goal|39}}

|goals2 = Lomami {{goal|37}}

|stadium = Independence Stadium, Windhoek

|attendance = 9,000

|referee = Jean-Olivier Mbera (Gabon)}}

Rwanda won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Guinea v Mozambique

|date = 12 October 2003

|time = 16:30 UTC±00:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUI}}

|score = 1–0

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085801/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34278/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|MOZ}}

|goals1 = Bangoura {{goal|70}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

|attendance = 13,400

|referee = Falla Ndoye (Senegal)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Mozambique v Guinea

|date = 16 November 2003

|time = 15:30 UTC+02:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MOZ}}

|score = 3–4

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085806/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34279/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|GUI}}

|goals1 = Dário {{goal|75||80||89}}

|goals2 = Youla {{goal|14}}
Bangoura {{goal|21||35||54}}

|stadium = Estádio da Machava, Maputo

|attendance = 50,000

|referee = Walter Mochubela (South Africa)}}

Guinea won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Gambia v Liberia

|date = 12 October 2003

|time = 17:00 UTC±00:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GAM}}

|score = 2–0

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20100721062703/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7381/matches/match%3D34292/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|LBR}}

|goals1 = Njie {{goal|64}}
Sonko {{goal|79}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Independence Stadium, Bakau

|attendance = 20,000

|referee = Coffi Codjia (Benin)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Liberia v Gambia

|date = 16 November 2003

|time = 16:00 UTC±00:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|LBR}}

|score = 3–0

| report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085917/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34293/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|GAM}}

|goals1 = Roberts {{goal|10}}
Isaac Tondo {{goal|76||83}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia

| attendance = 10,000

| referee = Koman Coulibaly (Mali)}}

Liberia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|id = Somalia v Ghana

|date = 16 November 2003

|time = 15:00 UTC±00:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SOM}}

|score = 0–5

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085628/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34258/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|GHA}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Arhin Duah {{goal|25||56}}
Boakye {{goal|69||89}}
Gyan {{goal|82}}

|stadium = Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra (Ghana)

|attendance = 19,447

|referee = Bakoubebile Bebou (Togo)}}

{{footballbox

|id = Ghana v Somalia

|date = 19 November 2003

|time = 16:00 UTC±00:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GHA}}

|score = 2–0

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085633/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=34259/report.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|SOM}}

|goals1 = Appiah {{goal|27}}
Adjei {{goal|90}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

|attendance = 12,000

|referee = Ibrahim Chaibou (Niger)}}

Ghana won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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{{footballbox

|date =

|time =

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUR}}

|score = w/o

|report =

|team2 = {{fb|CAF}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium =

|attendance =

|referee = }}

Central African Republic withdrew. Burkina Faso advanced to the second round.

Goalscorers

{{Goalscorers

|goals=109 |matches=40

|4 goals=

{{fbicon|GUI}} Sambégou Bangoura
{{fbicon|LBY|1977}} Ahmed al Masli

|3 goals=

{{fbicon|ALG}} Nassim Akrour
{{fbicon|BEN}} Oumar Tchomogo
{{fbicon|CHA}} Francis Oumar
{{fbicon|MOZ}} Dário

|2 goals=

{{fbicon|ALG}} Mansour Boutabout
{{fbicon|ALG}} Abdelmalek Cherrad
{{fbicon|ANG}} Bruno Mauro
{{fbicon|BOT}} Dipsy Selolwane
{{fbicon|CPV}} Cafú
{{fbicon|CPV}} Carlos Caló
{{fbicon|GAB}} Stéphane N'Guéma
{{fbicon|GHA}} Nana Arhin Duah
{{fbicon|GHA}} Isaac Boakye
{{fbicon|KEN}} Dennis Oliech
{{fbicon|LBR}} Isaac Tondo
{{fbicon|LBY|1977}} Tarik El Taib
{{fbicon|MWI}} Essau Kanyenda
{{fbicon|MLI}} Soumaila Coulibaly
{{fbicon|RWA}} Jean Lomami
{{fbicon|UGA}} David Obua
{{fbicon|ZAM}} Harry Milanzi

|1 goal=

{{fbicon|ANG}} Akwá
{{fbicon|BEN}} Anicet Adjamossi
{{fbicon|BOT}} Nelson Gabolwelwe
{{fbicon|BOT}} Tshepiso Molwantwa
{{fbicon|BDI}} Gabriel Nzeyimana
{{fbicon|CGO}} Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien
{{fbicon|CGO}} Mbiamcie Mvoubi
{{fbicon|EQG}} Sergio Barila
{{fbicon|ETH|1996}} Teshome Getu
{{fbicon|GAB}} Shiva N'zigou
{{fbicon|GAM}} Abdou-Rahman Njie
{{fbicon|GAM}} Edrissa Sonko
{{fbicon|GHA}} Lawrence Adjei
{{fbicon|GHA}} Stephen Appiah
{{fbicon|GHA}} Asamoah Gyan
{{fbicon|GUI}} Souleymane Youla
{{fbicon|GNB}} Dionisio Fernandes
{{fbicon|LES|1987}} Moses Ramafole
{{fbicon|LBR}} Zizi Roberts
{{fbicon|LBY|1977}} Mohamed El Rabty
{{fbicon|LBY|1977}} Ahmed Saad Osman
{{fbicon|LBY|1977}} Marei Suliman
{{fbicon|KEN}} Mike Okoth Origi
{{fbicon|MAD}} Robert Edmond
{{fbicon|MAD}} J. Radonamahafalison
{{fbicon|MAD}} A. Rakotondramanana
{{fbicon|MWI}} Peter Mgangira
{{fbicon|MLI}} Seydou Keita
{{fbicon|MLI}} Djibril Sidibé
{{fbicon|MTN|1959}} Yohan Langlet
{{fbicon|MTN|1959}} Ahmed Sidibe
{{fbicon|MRI}} Jerry Louis
{{fbicon|MRI}} Cyril Mourgine
{{fbicon|MRI}} Richardo Nabuth
{{fbicon|NAM}} Paulus Shipanga
{{fbicon|RWA}} Joao Rafael Elias
{{fbicon|RWA}} Olivier Karekezi
{{fbicon|SEY}} Robert Suzette
{{fbicon|SLE}} Ibrahim Koroma
{{fbicon|SUD}} Mujahid Ahmed
{{fbicon|SUD}} Haitham Elrasheed
{{fbicon|SUD}} Haytham Tambal
{{fbicon|SWZ}} Siz Dlamini
{{fbicon|TOG}} Emmanuel Adebayor
{{fbicon|TOG}} Moustapha Salifou
{{fbicon|UGA}} Assani Bajope
{{fbicon|UGA}} Hassan Mubiru
{{fbicon|ZAM}} Dadley Fichite
{{fbicon|ZAM}} Gift Kampamba
{{fbicon|ZAM}} Mumamba Numba
{{fbicon|ZIM}} George Mbwando
{{fbicon|ZIM}} Adam Ndlovu
{{fbicon|ZIM}} Peter Ndlovu
{{fbicon|ZIM}} Kaitano Tembo

|1 own goal=

{{fbicon|BDI}} Rajabu Mwinyi (against Gabon)

}}

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2006 Fifa World Cup Qualification - Caf First Round}}

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