KINSHASA, DR Congo — Yoane Wissa scored his 13th senior international goal on Thursday, 24 September 2026, as DR Congo beat Equatorial Guinea 2-0 at the Stade des Martyrs. The strike sealed three points in the Leopards’ opening qualifier for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations and moved the Newcastle forward into the national team’s all-time top five scorers.
Wissa has reached 13 senior international goals after scoring in DR Congo’s 2-0 victory over Equatorial Guinea on 24 September 2026. Congolese and African football reports place him fifth on the Leopards’ men’s all-time scoring list, ahead of Meschack Elia.
Wissa finishes a controlled DR Congo win
Captain Chancel Mbemba gave DR Congo an early lead, heading in Arthur Masuaku’s corner in the fourth minute. Equatorial Guinea remained within one goal for most of the match, but the Leopards kept creating opportunities after the interval.
The Confederation of African Football’s match report records Wissa’s decisive finish in the 72nd minute. He collected the ball inside the penalty area and sent it into the bottom corner to make the score 2-0. ESPN’s match record confirms the scorers, minutes and final result.
The victory gave DR Congo an ideal opening to its AFCON 2027 qualifying campaign. It also continued the momentum generated by the Leopards’ return to the World Cup earlier in 2026.
The goal carried a larger personal milestone
The match result was clear immediately, but the scale of Wissa’s individual milestone became a separate morning story. Foot Africa reported that the goal took Wissa to 13 for DR Congo, putting him among the five leading scorers in the history of the men’s national team.
Congolese outlet Ouragan also placed Wissa alone in fifth, ahead of Meschack Elia. Its historical table lists Dieumerci Mbokani and Cédric Bakambu in the first two positions, with Shabani Nonda and Trésor Mputu immediately above Wissa.
The two milestone reports disagree on one secondary detail: Foot Africa gives Wissa 44 appearances, while Ouragan gives him 45. That cap total is therefore not treated as settled here. Both sources agree on the material points 13 goals and fifth place while CAF independently confirms the goal that created the new total.
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KINSHASA, DR Congo — Yoane Wissa scored his 13th senior international goal on Thursday, 24 September 2026, as DR Congo beat Equatorial Guinea 2-0 at the Stade des Martyrs. The strike sealed three points in the Leopards’ opening qualifier for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations and moved the Newcastle forward into the national team’s all-time top five scorers.
Wissa has reached 13 senior international goals after scoring in DR Congo’s 2-0 victory over Equatorial Guinea on 24 September 2026. Congolese and African football reports place him fifth on the Leopards’ men’s all-time scoring list, ahead of Meschack Elia.
Wissa finishes a controlled DR Congo win
Captain Chancel Mbemba gave DR Congo an early lead, heading in Arthur Masuaku’s corner in the fourth minute. Equatorial Guinea remained within one goal for most of the match, but the Leopards kept creating opportunities after the interval.
The Confederation of African Football’s match report records Wissa’s decisive finish in the 72nd minute. He collected the ball inside the penalty area and sent it into the bottom corner to make the score 2-0. ESPN’s match record confirms the scorers, minutes and final result.
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The victory gave DR Congo an ideal opening to its AFCON 2027 qualifying campaign. It also continued the momentum generated by the Leopards’ return to the World Cup earlier in 2026.
The goal carried a larger personal milestone
The match result was clear immediately, but the scale of Wissa’s individual milestone became a separate morning story. Foot Africa reported that the goal took Wissa to 13 for DR Congo, putting him among the five leading scorers in the history of the men’s national team.
Congolese outlet Ouragan also placed Wissa alone in fifth, ahead of Meschack Elia. Its historical table lists Dieumerci Mbokani and Cédric Bakambu in the first two positions, with Shabani Nonda and Trésor Mputu immediately above Wissa.
The two milestone reports disagree on one secondary detail: Foot Africa gives Wissa 44 appearances, while Ouragan gives him 45. That cap total is therefore not treated as settled here. Both sources agree on the material points 13 goals and fifth place while CAF independently confirms the goal that created the new total.
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A decisive year for the Leopards forward
Wissa’s rise on the scoring list reflects a productive period with the national team. In June, he scored DR Congo’s first World Cup goal in a 1-1 draw against Portugal. XTRAfrica’s report on the historic Portugal result documented how his stoppage-time header also delivered the country’s first point at the tournament.
He then scored twice in the 3-1 win over Uzbekistan that took DR Congo into the knockout stage. CAF’s account of that first World Cup victory records a penalty and a late curling finish from the forward.
Those contributions have made Wissa central to the Leopards’ attack as the team turns from a historic global campaign to qualification for the next continental tournament. The Equatorial Guinea goal was less dramatic than his World Cup moments, but it added another marker of consistency.
Newcastle context and the next challenge
Wissa is in his second season at Newcastle United after joining from Brentford in September 2025. His official Newcastle profile identifies him as the club’s number nine and records his route through Châteauroux, Angers, Lorient and Brentford before the move to St James’ Park.
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XTRAfrica’s earlier report on Wissa’s Newcastle transfer provides the club context behind his current prominence. The new national-team milestone gives readers a distinct follow-up: it concerns his place in Congolese football history, not the transfer itself.
DR Congo’s next qualifying match is away to Zimbabwe. Another goal would draw Wissa closer to the scorers immediately above him, although historical totals should continue to be checked against current federation and specialist records.
For now, the verified achievement is substantial on its own. Wissa scored the goal that completed a 2-0 opening win, reached 13 for the Leopards and moved into the top five of DR Congo’s men’s scoring list.
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