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Cameroon national football team

RESTRICTIONS / EMBARGO - ONLINE CLIENTS MAY USE UP TO SIX IMAGES DURING EACH MATCH WITHOUT THE AUTHORISATION OF THE DFL. NO MOBILE USE DURING THE MATCH AND FOR A FURTHER TWO HOURS AFTERWARDS IS PERMITTED WITHOUT THE AUTHORISATION OF THE DFL. Frankfurt's Brazilian midfielder Caio (L) vies for the ball with Schalke's midfielder Lukas Schmitz (C) and Schalke's midfielder from Cameroon Joel Matip during the German first division Bundesliga football match Eintracht Frankfurt vs FC Schalke 04 in the central German city of Frankfurt am Main on October 23, 2010. The match ended with a 0-0 draw.

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About Cameroon national football team

The Cameroon national football team, nicknamed Lions Indomptables (Indomitable Lions), is controlled by the Fédération Camerounaise de Football and is Africa's most successful side; Cameroon has qualified for the FIFA World Cup six times - in 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2010- more than any other African nation. They were the first African team to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup, in 1990, losing to England in extra time. They have also won 4 African Nations Cups, as well as the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

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