 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Mutambo wekutanga wepasi rose weUpper Voltaic wakasarudzwa wakaitwa musi waApril 13, 1960 muJeux de la Communauté muMadagascar uye yakaguma nekukunda 5-4 neGabon. Muchikwata chacho maiva nevatambi 15 vaibva kumakirabhu matanhatu akasiyana. Mumakore akatevera chikwata chakatora chikamu mumakwikwi eJeux de lAmitié muAbidjan 1961 uye Dakar 1963. Upper Volta yakakundikana kupinda mumitambo yeAll-Africa Games ya1965uye muna 1968 vakatora rutivi kwenguva yokutanga mumakwikwi eAfrica Cup of Nations, asi vakarasikirwa neAlgeria neMali. Mumakore okutanga okutonga kweMutungamiri Sangoulé Lamizana ari muhofisi kubva muna 1966 kusvika muna 1980 nhabvu yaionekwa seyakaderera. 