Cape Verdean national football team

Cape Verde

Nickname (s)	Crioulos
Association	Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol
confederacy	CAF
Head coach	Janito Carvalho (since 2019)
Record scorer	Héldon Ramos (15)
Record player	Babanco (62)
Home stadium	Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde
FIFA code	CPV
FIFA rank	78th (1318 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey Third jersey
Balance sheet
155 games 55 wins 40 draws 60 losses
statistics
First international match Guinea-Bissau 3-0 Cape Verde ( Guinea-Bissau ; January 7, 1979)
Biggest win Cape Verde 7: 1 São Tomé and Príncipe ( Praia ; June 13, 2015)
Biggest defeat Senegal 5: 1 Cape Verde ( Mali ; February 12, 1981)
Successes in tournaments
African Championship
Participation in the finals	2 ( first : 2013 )
Best results	Quarterfinals 2013
(As of November 18, 2019)

The Cape Verdean national football team is the selection of the Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol , which was founded in 1982 and admitted to FIFA in 1986. She represents Cape Verde at international football tournaments. The first game of the national team - not counted by FIFA - took place on January 7, 1979 against Guinea-Bissau and was lost 3-0. The first game considered by FIFA took place on February 8, 1984 against Sierra Leone and was also lost (0-2). In November 2002, the team played outside Africa for the first time and had a non-African opponent for the first time with the Luxembourg national team . The game ended 0-0. One of the most notable victories was achieved against Portugal on March 31, 2015 in Estoril . Cape Verde defeated the hosts 2-0.

She has never played in the finals of a World Cup , but she achieved some remarkable results, such as a 0-0 win against the Portugal national team in their preparation for the 2010 World Cup, which competed in full strength.

In qualifying for the 2012 African Cup of Nations, Cape Verde was eliminated only because of a direct comparison with Mali .

The team achieved their greatest success to date in 2012 when they qualified for the 2013 African Cup of Nations . The best place in the FIFA world rankings so far was achieved in February 2014 with the 27th place, the lowest so far was ranked 182 in April 2000.

Football World Cup

1978 in Argentina	not participated
1982 in Spain	not participated
1986 in Mexico	not participated
1990 in Italy	not participated
1994 in the USA	not participated
1998 in France	not participated
2002 in South Korea / Japan	not qualified
2006 in Germany	not qualified
2010 in South Africa	not qualified
2014 in Brazil	not qualified
2018 in Russia	not qualified
2022 in Qatar

In her first qualification for the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, she failed in the first round to Algeria with 0-0 and 0-2.

In qualifying for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Cape Verde made it into the group stage after a 1-1 and 3-0 win over Swaziland . With a fifth place out of six teams and ten points, she exceeded expectations. Among other things, she had to give way to the future World Cup participant Ghana .

In qualifying for the World Cup in Brazil , Cape Verde temporarily moved into the Africa play-offs thanks to a 2-0 win in the last game in Tunisia . Cape Verde benefited from the fact that the game that was lost 4: 3 against Equatorial Guinea on March 24, 2013 was rated 3: 0 for Cape Verde because of the use of the ineligible Emilio Nsue . However, the original 2-0 win against Tunisia on the last matchday was converted into a 3-0 win for Tunisia because Cape Verde had used an ineligible player in Fernando Varela . With that, Tunisia was subsequently declared group winners of Group B and instead of Cape Verde they entered the Africa play-offs.

African Championship

1976 in Ethiopia to 1992 in Senegal	not participated
1994 in Tunisia	not qualified
1996 in South Africa	withdrawn
1998 in Burkina Faso	not participated
2000 in Ghana / Nigeria to 2012 in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea	not qualified
2013 in South Africa	Quarter finals
2015 in Equatorial Guinea	Preliminary round
2017 in Gabon	not qualified
2019 in Egypt	not qualified
2021 in Cameroon

African Nations Championship

• 2009 to 2016 : did not participate
• 2020 : not qualified

Record player

As of November 18, 2019

Calls

Item	Surname	Period of time	Games	Gates
1	Babanco	2007–	62	5
2	Fernando Varela	2008–	52	3
	Héldon	2008–	52	15th
4th	Lito	2002–2012	48	7th
	Marco Soares	2006–	48	3
6th	Vozinha	2012–	47	0
7th	Ryan Mendes	2010–	43	7th
8th	Nando	2002-2013	42	0
9	Stopira	2007–	36	1
10	Carlitos	2012–	34	0

Record goal scorers

Item	Surname	Period of time	Gates	Games
1	Héldon	2008–	15th	52
2	Caló	1998-2008	10	32
3	Ryan Mendes	2010–	8th	41
4th	Lito	2002–2012	7th	48

Trainer

• Alexandre Alhinho (2003-2006)
• Ricardo (2006-2007)
• João de Deus (2008-2010)
• Lúcio Antunes (2010-2013)
• Rui Águas (2014-2016)
• Beto (2016) interim
• Lúcio Antunes (2016-2018)
• Rui Águas (2018-2019)
• Janito Carvalho (since 2019)

See also

• List of international matches for the Cape Verdean national football team

Web links

• All Cape Verde games (as of December 10, 2015)
• FIFA website on Cape Verde

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Only games considered by FIFA
3. ↑ Won 4 games on penalties
4. ↑ International game : Portugal lose to Cape Verde without Cristiano Ronaldo. Embarrassment for Portugal without Ronaldo . Sport1 .de, March 31, 2015.
5. ↑ Cape Verde celebrates the "Blue Sharks" . T-Online, October 15, 2012.
6. ↑ FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking: Switzerland climbs - Movement in Africa . Fifa World Ranking News, February 13, 2014.
7. ^ Sanctions against Cape Verde; Tunisia in the final round of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup ™ . FIFA announcement dated September 12, 2013.
8. ↑ rsssf.com: Cape Verde Islands - Record International Players