A revival in fortunes has brought Cameroon back to the top in African football, making the Indomitable Lions a dangerous team at World Cup 2010 in South Africa.

Centre of attention: Samuel Eto'o will be Cameroon main attacking threat at World Cup 2010 in South Africa

Cameroon's World Cup record: 1982 1st rd, 1990 QF, 1994 1st rd, 1998 1st rd, 2002 1st rd.

How Cameroon qualified for World Cup 2010: African Group A Winners.

The Coach: Paul Le Guen (French, 45). Appointed: July 2009. WC experience: Player: 1994 (France). Coach: None.

Le Guen failed to impress in charge of Rangers but, after replacing Otto Pfister, he turned Cameroon’s fortunes around to become an instant hero.

The Country: Cameroon rose to prominence in 1982 finals when an increase from 16 to 24 teams meant there would be two representatives from Africa. And they did not disappoint with Roger Milla featuring for the first time. In the 1990 finals, Milla became a household name as he led the Indomitable Lions to the quarter-finals before they lost to Bobby Robson’s England, but only after a fight.

Cameroon qualified for the next three finals but went out at the first round stage on each occasion. They failed to qualify for the finals in Germany and looked as if they could miss out again.

Under former coach Otto Pfister, Cameroon lost to Togo and were held to a draw by Morocco and the German was sacked. Bottom of their group, Cameroon’s hopes of reaching the finals in their own continent were not good. But the arrival of Le Guen coincided with an upturn in fortunes with the Frenchman guiding the country to a valuable win against Gabon in Libreville.

Samuel Eto’o, an international since he was 14, was made captain and last week Cameroon beat Morroco 2-0 in Fez in their last match of their campaign and qualified for the finals.

The style police are waiting for Cameroon’s kit. For the 2002 African Cup of Nations in Mali they wore sleeveless shirts and, two years later, they tried to wear a one-piece kit - but it was banned by Fifa.

Telegraph verdict: Will expect to qualify for the knockout stages having set a new African record to reach a sixth World Cup Finals although they had to switch coaches during the campaign after two games and with the Indomitable Lions bottom of their group. In Eto’o they have a world superstar, albeit one on the wane, who scored eight goals in qualifying, and will expect to qualify for the knock-out stages.