Английская Википедия:Cape Verde national football team

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The Cape Verde national football team (Portuguese: Шаблон:Lang; recognized as Cabo Verde by FIFA) represents Cape Verde in men's international football, and is controlled by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. The team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, but has qualified for four Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, in 2013, 2015, 2021 and 2023. They have reached the quarter finals in 2013 and 2023.

History

Overview

Cape Verde became independent from Portugal in 1975. The national team's first international was a 1–0 defeat to Guinea on 29 May 1978, in a tournament in Guinea-Bissau. The Cape Verdean Football Federation was formed in 1982, and joined FIFA in 1986.

Cape Verdeans abroad, who are more numerous than the population of the islands themselves, are a major source of players for the national team. Most of Cape Verde's current international footballers play outside Cape Verde (mainly in Europe, but also in Asia), and some were born outside the islands.

Several players of Cape Verdean origin have chosen to play for other national teams. These include Eliseu, Nani, Oceano, Manuel Fernandes, Rolando, Nélson Marcos, Jorge Andrade, Miguel and Silvestre Varela, who all represent Portugal, as well as Mickaël Tavares, Jacques and Ricardo Faty (Senegal), Patrick Vieira (France), Gelson Fernandes (Switzerland), Henrik Larsson (Sweden), David Mendes da Silva, Lerin Duarte, Jerson Cabral (Netherlands) and Rui (Equatorial Guinea), among other examples.

World Cup and African Nations Cup qualifiers

Cape Verde has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup but have qualified for the 2013 African Cup of Nations. Its first World Cup qualifying campaign was the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, in which Cape Verde was eliminated in the first round after one draw and one defeat against Algeria.

In the qualification campaign for the 2006 World Cup and the 2006 African Nations Cup, Cape Verde advanced to the Final Round after its first victory in a World Cup qualifier, beating Swaziland. In the Final Round, the team made an impression with its first-ever away victory against Burkina Faso, but finished fifth in its group and failed to qualify for either finals.

Old coach João de Deus from Portugal brought in several new players from European leagues for the 2010 World Cup/2010 African Nations Cup qualifiers. Cape Verde finished second in its group in the Second round, ahead of Tanzania and Mauritius, but behind Cameroon, and did not advance to the Third round. Cape Verde's top goal scorer of the qualifying campaign was Dady.

Then, finally, Cape Verde qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, after stunning Cameroon 3–2 on aggregate.

2013 Africa Cup of Nations

On 14 October 2012, Cape Verde managed to secure their first ever berth in the Finals of the Africa Cup of Nations, when they defeated Cameroon 3–2 on aggregate score, following a 2–1 defeat to Cameroon at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo in Yaoundé, having won the home leg 2–0 in Praia just weeks prior to their qualification.

On 24 October 2012, Cape Verde were drawn into Group A of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, alongside Angola, Morocco and the host nation South Africa. Furthermore, Cape Verde played the opening match of the tournament at Soccer City in Johannesburg, Gauteng, against South Africa on 19 January 2013 – Soccer City being the host venue for the 2010 World Cup Final. Pulled from the fourth pot during the group stage drawing of the tournament, Cape Verde actually had the highest FIFA ranking of any team in their group at the time of the drawing, ranking at 51st overall, followed by Morocco (71st), South Africa (72nd) and Angola (83rd). Cape Verde also had the 10th highest FIFA ranking in the CAF zone at the time of the drawing as well.

Cape Verde drew with South Africa 0–0 in the tournament's first match, before drawing with Morocco 1–1. Platini scored Cape Verde's first ever goal at the AFCON, who were unfortunate to let an early lead slip. They however did win their first ever AFCON match against Angola, which they won 2–1 (despite an early own goal by captain Nando Maria Neves), through the late goals from Fernando Varela and Héldon Ramos, thus qualifying for the quarter-finals, and thus reaching the last eight in their maiden appearance at the Africa Cup of Nations.

On 2 February 2013, Cape Verde faced Ghana in the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, in the quarter-finals of the tournament. Cape Verde played a good match, with 16 shots on Ghana's goal to their eight, with seven shots on target to their two, Cape Verde proved to be especially dangerous from set-pieces, however Ghana's keeper Abdul Dauda managed to keep a clean sheet making some spectacular saves, and with Mubarak Wakaso scoring a penalty kick for Ghana in the 54' minute, and then scoring again in the closing minute of the game (90+5') on an open goal, Ghana would win the match 2–0, to move on to the semi-finals, and ending Cape Verde's exceptional 2013 Africa Cup of Nations campaign.

2015 Africa Cup of Nations

On 15 October 2014, Cape Verde became the first of two nations to qualify for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations alongside Algeria, joining the host nation Equatorial Guinea after defeating Mozambique 1–0 at home. The team, under newly appointed manager Rui Águas, picked up where Lúcio Antunes left off and managed to finish in the top two of the group stage with two matches remaining to play in the qualification process, having been drawn in a group together with Mozambique, Niger and Zambia. On 15 November 2014, Cape Verde secured first place in their group, finishing as Group F winners by defeating Niger 3–1 at home, with one match remaining to play for qualification.

Pooled from Pot 3 on 3 December 2014, Cape Verde were drawn into Group B of the final tournament, together with Zambia, Tunisia and DR Congo. On 18 January 2015 they played their first match against Tunisia at the Estadio de Ebibeyin. The match ended in a 1–1 draw, with Héldon leveling the score off a penalty kick in the 78-minute. Cape Verde then drew 0–0 against DR Congo four days later, with the advancement out of the group stage depending on the final match results of both teams.

Facing off against Zambia on 26 January 2015, with both teams depending on the result of the other match between Tunisia and DR Congo and having to finish with a win themselves, the match ended in 0–0 draw, leaving both Cape Verde and Zambia eliminated from the Cup. Contested during a tropical storm, with 26 mm of heavy rainfall, Cape Verde exited the tournament tied with DR Congo for points and undefeated, yet losing to DR Congo on goal difference. Exhibiting good form, poise and defensive prowess, the team were only able to score one goal, while exiting at the group stage of their second appearance in the finals of the tournament, while remaining unbeaten in any Cup of Nations group stage match.

Other tournaments and notable matches

Cape Verde has two titles: It hosted and won the Amílcar Cabral Cup in 2000, and won the gold medal in the football tournament at the 2009 Lusophony Games. The team also won a bronze medal at the 2006 Lusophony Games. For the first time in its history, on 2 November 2002, it faced a non-African team, Luxembourg, in a friendly, resulting in a scoreless draw. On 4 September 2009, it faced Malta in a friendly, resulting in a 2–0 victory. On 24 May 2010, Cape Verde played out a 0–0 draw in a friendly match against a full-strength Portugal. At the time, Portugal was third in the FIFA rankings and Cape Verde were 117th. On 31 March 2015, a second friendly against Portugal resulted in a 2–0 victory in Portugal.

Stadiums

Шаблон:Main The team used to play their games at Estádio da Várzea. It is located in the capital city, Praia, on the Santiago Island. The stadium opened in 2006 and holds 10,000 people.

In 2014 the new stadium Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde was opened, able to host a capacity of 15,000 people. On 15 October 2014 the team qualified for their second Africa Cup of Nations at the new stadium, in a 1–0 victory over Mozambique, making them the first of all teams in CAF to qualify for the tournament.

Results and fixtures

Шаблон:For The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Coaching history

Caretaker managers are listed in italics.

• Шаблон:Flagicon Carlos Alhinho (1985–1986)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Óscar (1998–2003)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Alexandre Alhinho (2003–2006)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Ze Rui (2006)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Ricardo da Rocha (2007)
• Шаблон:Flagicon João de Deus (2008–2010)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Lúcio Antunes (2010–2013)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Rui Águas (2014–2016)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Beto (2016)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Lúcio Antunes (2016–2018)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Rui Águas (2018–2019)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Janito Carvalho (2019–2020)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Bubista (2020–present)

Players

Current squad

The following players have been selected for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in January 2024.

Caps and goals correct as of 3 February 2024, after the match against South Africa.

Recent call-ups

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^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
^PRE Preliminary squad.
^RET Player has retired from international football.
^SUS Suspended from the national team. Шаблон:Nat fs end

Records

Players in bold are still active with Cape Verde.

Most appearances

Файл:Ryan Mendes (LOSC Lille).JPG

Ryan Mendes is Cape Verde's most capped player with 75 appearances.

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Ryan Mendes	75	17	2010–present
2	Vozinha	72	0	2012–present
3	Babanco	62	5	2007–2019
4	Stopira	58	3	2007–present
5	Héldon	52	15	2008–2019
	Marco Soares	52	3	2006–2021
	Fernando Varela	52	3	2008–2019
	Garry Rodrigues	52	8	2013–present
9	Júlio Tavares	48	8	2012–present
10	Lito	47	7	2002–2012

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Ryan Mendes	17	75	0.23	2010–present
2	Héldon	15	52	0.29	2008–2019
3	Caló	11	27	0.41	1995–2007
4	Júlio Tavares	8	48	0.17	2012–present
	Garry Rodrigues	8	52	0.15	2013–present
6	Lito	7	47	0.15	2002–2012
7	Bebé	6	20	0.3	2022–present
	Djaniny	6	35	0.17	2012–present
8	Toni	5	11	0.45	2000–2002
	Cafú	5	15	0.33	2003–2007
	Dady	5	23	0.22	2005–2012
	Odaïr Fortes	5	29	0.17	2010–2016
	Babanco	5	62	0.08	2007–2019

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip		Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
Шаблон:Flagicon 1930 to Шаблон:Flagicon 1974	Part of Шаблон:Fb									Part of Шаблон:Fb
Шаблон:Flagicon 1978 to Шаблон:Flagicon 1982	Not a member of FIFA									Not a member of FIFA
Шаблон:Flagicon 1986 to Шаблон:Flagicon 1998	Did not enter									Did not enter
Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon 2002	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	0	2
Шаблон:Flagicon 2006										12	4	2	6	12	16
Шаблон:Flagicon 2010										6	3	0	3	7	8
Шаблон:Flagicon 2014										6	3	0	3	9	7
Шаблон:Flagicon 2018										8	3	0	5	6	13
Шаблон:Flagicon 2022										6	3	2	1	8	6
Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon 2026	To be determined									1	0	1	0	0	0
Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon 2030										To be determined
Шаблон:Flagicon 2034
Total	—	0/25	0	0	0	0	0	0		41	16	6	19	42	52

Africa Cup of Nations

Titles: 0 Appearances: 4
Year	Round	Position	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip*	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Squad
Шаблон:Flagicon 1957	Part of Шаблон:Fb
Шаблон:Flagicon 1959
Шаблон:Flagicon 1962
Шаблон:Flagicon 1963
Шаблон:Flagicon 1965
Шаблон:Flagicon 1968
Шаблон:Flagicon 1970
Шаблон:Flagicon 1972
Шаблон:Flagicon 1974
Шаблон:Flagicon 1976	Not a member of CAF
Шаблон:Flagicon 1978
Шаблон:Flagicon 1980
Шаблон:Flagicon 1982
Шаблон:Flagicon 1984
Шаблон:Flagicon 1986
Шаблон:Flagicon 1988
Шаблон:Flagicon 1990
Шаблон:Flagicon 1992
Шаблон:Flagicon 1994	Did not qualify
Шаблон:Flagicon 1996	Withdrew
Шаблон:Flagicon 1998	Did not enter
Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon 2000	Did not qualify
Шаблон:Flagicon 2002
Шаблон:Flagicon 2004
Шаблон:Flagicon 2006
Шаблон:Flagicon 2008
Шаблон:Flagicon 2010
Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon 2012
Шаблон:Flagicon 2013	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	3	4	Squad
Шаблон:Flagicon 2015	Group stage	11th	3	0	3	0	1	1	Squad
Шаблон:Flagicon 2017	Did not qualify
Шаблон:Flagicon 2019
Шаблон:Flagicon 2021	Round of 16	15th	4	1	1	2	2	4	Squad
Шаблон:Flagicon 2023	Quarter-finals	TBD	4	3	1	0	9	3	Squad
Шаблон:Flagicon 2025	To be determined
Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon 2027
Total	Quarter-finals	4/36	11	2	6	3	6	9	—

Honours

• Amílcar Cabral Cup:
  • Champions: 2000
  • Runners-up: 2007
  • Third place: 1995
• Lusophony Games
  • Gold medal: 2009
  • Bronze medal: 2006

External links

• FCF - Cape Verde Football Federation
• O'JOGO: News on Portuguese speaking African football teams
• Cape Verde at CAF
• Cape Verde at FIFA
• RSSSF archive of results 1979–
• National Football Teams – Cape Verde