Felix Nyirongo - Century of International Appearances (original) (raw)


The outstanding Malawian player, who obtained 103 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 21- 6-86 Blantyre Zambia 0-2 2 6- 7-86 Blantyre Uganda 2-1 Malawi Indep. Cup 3 8- 7-86 Lilongwe Uganda 0-0 Malawi Indep. Cup 4 10- 7-86 Mzuzu Uganda 0-0 Malawi Indep. Cup 5 19- 7-86 Lilongwe Zimbabwe 1-1 African Games Qual. 6 3- 8-86 Bulawayo Zimbabwe 1-1 [1] African Games Qual. 7 4- 1-87 Mbabane Swaziland 3-1 African Games Qual. 8 18- 1-87 Lilongwe Swaziland 6-1 African Games Qual. 9 5- 4-87 Lusaka Zambia 1-3 African Games Qual. 10 18- 4-87 Blantyre Zambia 2-0 African Games Qual. 11 13- 6-87 Lilongwe Zimbabwe 1-4 12 14- 6-87 Blantyre Zimbabwe 2-1 13 17- 6-87 Lilongwe Cameroon 1-1 Olympic G. Qualifier 14 3- 7-87 Lilongwe Ivory Coast 1-2 African Cup Qualifier 15 6- 7-87 Blantyre Burundi 1-1 Malawi Indep. Cup 16 12- 7-87 Yaound� Cameroon 0-3 Olympic G. Qualifier 17 19- 7-87 Abidjan Ivory Coast 0-2 African Cup Qualifier 18 2- 9-87 Nairobi Ivory Coast 0-1 African Games 19 4- 9-87 Nairobi Senegal 2-0 African Games 20 6- 9-87 Nairobi Egypt 2-1 African Games 21 9- 9-87 Nairobi Kenya 1-1 [2] African Games 22 12- 9-87 Nairobi Cameroon 3-1 African Games 23 2-12-87 Tunis Tunisia 3-2 24 13-12-87 Addis Ababa Zimbabwe 1-1 CECAFA Cup 25 22- 6-88 Maputo Mozambique 0-0 Mozambique Cup 26 6- 7-88 Blantyre Zambia 1-0 Malawi Indep. Cup 27 8- 7-88 Lilongwe Zambia 0-1 Malawi Indep. Cup 28 10- 7-88 Mzuzu Zambia 0-0 Malawi Indep. Cup 29 16- 7-88 Kampala Uganda 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 30 30- 7-88 Lilongwe Uganda 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 31 3- 8-88 Ndola Zambia 1-4 32 4- 8-88 Lusaka Zambia 1-7 33 31- 8-88 Nairobi Kenya 2-0 Kenya Cup 34 2- 9-88 Nairobi Kenya 0-1 Kenya Cup 35 26- 9-88 Blantyre Mozambique 1-1 36 28- 9-88 Lilongwe Mozambique 1-0 37 6-11-88 Lilongwe Tanzania 0-0 CECAFA Cup 38 10-11-88 Lilongwe Zanzibar 1-0 CECAFA Cup 39 12-11-88 Lilongwe Kenya 3-0 CECAFA Cup 40 16-11-88 Lilongwe Zimbabwe 0-0 [3] CECAFA Cup 41 17-11-88 Lilongwe Zimbabwe 2-0 CECAFA Cup 42 19-11-88 Blantyre Zambia 3-1 [4] CECAFA Cup 43 7- 1-89 Nairobi Kenya 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 44 21- 1-89 Lilongwe Egypt 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 45 26- 3-89 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 1-1 46 28- 3-89 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 0-1 47 9- 4-89 Mbabane Swaziland 2-0 African Cup Qualifier 48 23- 4-89 Blantyre Swaziland 1-1 African Cup Qualifier 49 3- 6-89 Lilongwe Tunisia 1-0 50 11- 6-89 Monrovia Liberia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 51 24- 6-89 Lilongwe Kenya 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 52 6- 7-89 Blantyre Gabon 2-0 Malawi Indep. Cup 53 15- 7-89 Blantyre Kenya 2-3 African Cup Qualifier 54 29- 7-89 Nairobi Kenya 0-0 African Cup Qualifier 55 5- 8-89 Tunis Tunisia 0-3 56 12- 8-89 Cairo Egypt 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 57 26- 8-89 Lilongwe Liberia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 58 10-12-89 Mombasa Zambia 0-0 CECAFA Cup 59 14-12-89 Nairobi Kenya 1-0 CECAFA Cup 60 16-12-89 Nairobi Uganda 3-3 [5] CECAFA Cup 61 20- 1-90 Mbabane Tanzania 2-2 SADCC 62 6- 7-90 Blantyre Tanzania 2-0 Malawi Indep. Cup 63 9- 7-90 Lilongwe Tanzania 1-1 Malawi Indep. Cup 64 11- 7-90 Mzuzu Tanzania 0-0 Malawi Indep. Cup 65 4- 8-90 Blantyre Zaire 1-0 66 6- 8-90 Lilongwe Zaire 1-0 67 8- 8-90 Mzuzu Zaire 0-0 68 18- 8-90 Blantyre Congo-Brazzav. 0-1 African Cup Qualifier 69 9-12-90 Zanzibar Zimbabwe 0-0 CECAFA Cup 70 11-12-90 Zanzibar Tanzania 1-0 CECAFA Cup 71 14-12-90 Zanzibar Zanzibar 1-2 CECAFA Cup 72 14- 4-91 Harare Zimbabwe 0-4 African Cup Qualifier 73 28- 4-91 Brazzaville Congo-Brazzav. 1-2 African Cup Qualifier 74 6- 7-91 Blantyre Kenya 0-2 Malawi Indep. Cup 75 8- 7-91 Lilongwe Kenya 1-1 Malawi Indep. Cup 76 10- 7-91 Mzuzu Kenya 1-1 Malawi Indep. Cup 77 27- 7-91 Lilongwe Zimbabwe 2-2 African Cup Qualifier 78 6- 7-92 Blantyre Zimbabwe 0-0 Malawi Indep. Cup 79 9- 7-92 Lilongwe Zimbabwe 0-0 Malawi Indep. Cup 80 11- 7-92 Mzuzu Zimbabwe 1-0 Malawi Indep. Cup 81 29- 8-92 Lilongwe Mali 1-1 African Cup Qualifier 82 7-11-92 Bulawayo Zimbabwe 1-0 83 9-11-92 Harare Zimbabwe 1-4 84 19-11-92 Mwanza Zambia 1-0 CECAFA Cup 85 22-11-92 Mwanza Ethiopia 2-1 CECAFA Cup 86 28-11-92 Mwanza Zambia 0-4 CECAFA Cup 87 11- 4-93 Rabat Morocco 1-0 African Cup Qualifier 88 11- 7-93 Bamako Mali 1-2 African Cup Qualifier 89 6- 7-96 Blantyre Tanzania 3-2 Malawi Indep. Cup 90 8- 7-96 Lilongwe Tanzania 1-0 Malawi Indep. Cup 91 6-10-96 Curepipe Mauritius 2-1 African Cup Qualifier 92 4- 1-97 Nairobi Kenya 2-2 93 5- 1-97 Mombasa Kenya 0-0 94 25- 1-97 Blantyre Zambia 0-2 African Cup Qualifier 95 22- 2-97 Blantyre Mozambique 2-0 African Cup Qualifier 96 1- 3-97 Gabarone Botswana 4-1 COSAFA Cup 97 12- 4-97 Lilongwe Mozambique 2-2 COSAFA Cup 98 19- 4-97 Lusaka Zambia 0-4 COSAFA Cup 99 21- 6-97 Lilongwe Mauritius 3-2 African Cup Qualifier 100 28- 6-97 Windhoek Namibia 1-4 COSAFA Cup 101 6- 7-97 Lilongwe Botswana 0-0 Malawi Indep. Cup 102 12- 7-97 Lusaka Zambia 1-3 African Cup Qualifier 103 9- 8-97 Lilongwe Tanzania 2-2 COSAFA Cup

NB: In matches 93, 97 and 103 Nyirongo played as a substitute.

[1] Malawi won 2-1 on penalty kicks. [2] Malawi lost 1-2 on penalty kicks. [3] match abandoned at 107'. [4] after extra time. [5] Malawi lost 1-2 on penalty kicks.

NB: the Olympic Games Qualifier matches are not recognized as full A by FIFA, but they are for the Malawi FA; likewise, matches against Zanzibar are not recognized as full A by FIFA, but they are for the Malawi FA (Zanzibar is not a member of FIFA).

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 103 37 37 29 115- 119 111 53.88

Types of Matches

Malawi Independence Cup 20 Friendlies 19 African Cup Qualifier 18 CECAFA Cup 16 World Cup Qualifier 8 African Games Qualifier 6 African Games 5 COSAFA Cup 5 Olympic Games Qualifier 2 Other Tournaments 4

Total 103

Goals: Cap 90 1 goal Cap 96 1 goal

Total 2 goals


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