List of international matches for the Cape Verdean national football team

This list contains all games of the Cape Verdean national football team , provided they are recognized as official games by FIFA . All results from a Cape Verdean perspective.

1980 to 1989

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	comment
1	02/08/1984	0: 2	Sierra Leone	A.	Freetown ( SLE )		First international match for the national team listed by FIFA. First international match against Sierra Leone. First away game for the national team. First (away) defeat
2	02/10/1984	1: 1	Guinea	*	Freetown ( SLE )		First international match against Guinea. First draw
3	02/12/1984	0: 2	Gambia	*	Freetown ( SLE )		First international match against Gambia
4th	02/27/1987	0: 2	Sierra Leone	*	Conakry ( GUI )
5	02/28/1987	0-0	Guinea-Bissau	*	Conakry ( GUI )		First international match against Guinea-Bissau
6th	03/02/1987	0: 0, 5: 4 i. E.	Guinea-Bissau	*	Conakry ( GUI )		First win (on penalties)
7th	04/29/1988	1: 3	Mali	*	Bissau ( GBS )		First international match against Mali
8th	05/01/1988	3: 2	Mauritania	*	Bissau ( GBS )		First international match against Mauritania First win (after regular time)
9	05/03/1988	1: 1	Guinea	*	Bissau ( GBS )
10	11/17/1988	0: 1	Senegal	H	Praia		First international game against Senegal. First home game
11	11/19/1988	2: 3	Angola	H	Praia		First international match against Angola
12	05/25/1989	1: 1	Mali	A.	Bamako ( MLI )
13	05/27/1989	1: 1	Guinea-Bissau	*	Bamako ( MLI )
14th	05/30/1989	2: 1	Senegal	*	Bamako ( MLI )
15th	06/02/1989	0: 1	Guinea	*	Bamako ( MLI )
16	06/03/1989	1-0	Sierra Leone	*	Bamako ( MLI )

1990 to 1999

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	comment
17th	11/22/1991	2: 1	Guinea-Bissau	*	Dakar ( SEN )
18th	11/27/1991	1: 1	Senegal	A.	Dakar ( SEN )
19th	11/30/1991	0: 0, 5: 4 i. E.	Sierra Leone	*	Dakar ( SEN )
20th	12/02/1991	0: 1	Senegal	A.	Dakar ( SEN )
21st	06/14/1992	1: 3	Guinea-Bissau	A.	Bissau ( GBS )	African Cup of Nations qualification
22nd	06/28/1992	1-0	Guinea-Bissau	H	Praia	African Cup of Nations qualification
23	07/05/1992	0: 1	Guinea-Bissau	A.	Bissau ( GBS )	African Cup of Nations qualification
24	11/17/1995	1-0	Mali	*	Nouakchott ( MRI )
25th	11/19/1995	1: 1	Mauritania	A.	Nouakchott ( MRI )
26th	11/22/1995	0: 3	Gambia	*	Nouakchott ( MRI )
27	11/25/1995	0: 2	Sierra Leone	*	Nouakchott ( MRI )
28	11/27/1995	1-0	Guinea-Bissau	*	Nouakchott ( MRI )
29	11/28/1997	1: 3	Gambia	A.	Banjul ( GAM )
30th	11/30/1997	0: 2	Senegal	*	Banjul ( GAM )
31	12/02/1997	2: 2	Mauritania	*	Banjul ( GAM )
32	04/22/1998	0: 1	Senegal	A.	Dakar ( SEN )
33	08/02/1998	0: 3	Mali	A.	Bamako ( MLI )	African Cup of Nations qualification
34	08/16/1998	0-0	Mali	H	Praia	African Cup of Nations qualification

2000 to 2009

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	comment
35	04/09/2000	0-0	Algeria	H	Mindelo	World Cup qualification	First international match against Algeria
36	04/21/2000	0: 2	Algeria	A.	Annaba ( ALG )	World Cup qualification
37	05/04/2000	1: 1	Gambia	H	Praia
38	05/06/2000	1-0	Sierra Leone	H	Praia
39	05/08/2000	2: 2	Senegal	H	Praia
40	05/11/2000	2-0	Guinea	H	Praia
41	05/14/2000	1-0	Senegal	H	Praia
42	07/02/2000	1-0	Liberia	H	Praia	African Cup of Nations qualification	First international match against Liberia
43	07/06/2000	1: 1	Angola	H	Praia
44	07/15/2000	0: 3	Liberia	A.	Monrovia ( LBR )	African Cup of Nations qualification
45	04/07/2001	1-0	Mauritania	A.	Nouakchott ( MRI )
46	11/07/2001	1: 1	Gambia	*	Bamako ( MLI )
47	09/06/2002	2-0	Mauritania	A.	Nouakchott ( MRI )	African Cup of Nations qualification
48	10/13/2002	0: 1	Kenya	H	Praia	African Cup of Nations qualification	First international match against Kenya
49	11/20/2002	0-0	Luxembourg	A.	Hesperange ( LUX )		First international match against Luxembourg. First international match outside of Africa. First international match against a European national team
50	03/29/2003	2: 1	Togo	H	Praia	African Cup of Nations qualification	First international match against Togo
51	05/31/2003	1: 2	Senegal	A.	Dakar ( SEN )
52	06/08/2003	2: 5	Togo	A.	Lomé ( TOG )	African Cup of Nations qualification
53	06/21/2003	3-0	Mauritania	H	Praia	African Cup of Nations qualification
54	07/05/2003	0: 1	Kenya	A.	Nairobi ( KEN )	African Cup of Nations qualification
55	10/12/2003	1: 1	Swaziland	A.	Lobamba ( SWZ )	World Cup qualification	First international match against Swaziland
56	11/16/2003	3-0	Swaziland	H	Praia	World Cup qualification
57	06/05/2004	1: 2	South Africa	A.	Bloemfontein ( RSA )	World Cup qualification	First international match against South Africa
58	06/13/2004	1: 3	Senegal	H	Praia
59	06/19/2004	1-0	Uganda	H	Praia	World Cup qualification	First international match against Uganda
60	07/03/2004	1: 1	Democratic Republic of Congo	H	Praia	World Cup qualification	First international match against the Democratic Republic of the Congo
61	09/05/2004	0: 2	Ghana	A.	Kumasi ( GHA )	World Cup qualification	First international match against Ghana
62	10/09/2004	1-0	Burkina Faso	H	Praia	World Cup qualification	First international match against Burkina Faso
63	03/26/2005	2: 1	Burkina Faso	A.	Ouagadougou ( BFA )	World Cup qualification
64	06/04/2005	1: 2	South Africa	H	Praia	World Cup qualification
65	06/18/2005	0: 1	Uganda	A.	Kampala ( UGA )	World Cup qualification
66	08/17/2005	0: 2	Angola	*	Lisbon ( POR )
67	09/04/2005	1: 2	Democratic Republic of Congo	A.	Kinshasa ( COD )	World Cup qualification
68	10/08/2005	0: 4	Ghana	H	Praia	World Cup qualification
69	05/27/2006	1: 4	Portugal	A.	Lisbon ( POR )		First international match against Portugal
70	09/03/2006	0: 2	Gambia	A.	Bakau ( GAM )	African Cup of Nations qualification
71	07/10/2006	1-0	Guinea	H	Praia	African Cup of Nations qualification
72	03/24/2007	0: 2	Algeria	A.	Algiers ( ALG )	African Cup of Nations qualification
73	06/02/2007	2: 2	Algeria	H	Praia	African Cup of Nations qualification
74	06/16/2007	0-0	Gambia	H	Praia	African Cup of Nations qualification
75	09/09/2007	0: 4	Guinea	A.	Conakry ( GUI )	African Cup of Nations qualification	Biggest international defeat
76	12/03/2007	0-0	Gambia	*	Bissau ( GBS )
77	07/12/2007	1: 1; 3: 2 i. E.	Guinea-Bissau	A.	Bissau ( GBS )
78	05/24/2008	1-0	Burkina Faso	*	Alcochete ( POR )
79	05/27/2008	1: 1	Luxembourg	A.	Luxembourg ( LUX )
80	05/31/2008	0: 2	Cameroon	A.	Yaoundé ( CMR )	World Cup qualification	First international match against Cameroon
81	06/07/2008	1-0	Tanzania	H	Praia	World Cup qualification	First international match against Tanzania
82	06/15/2008	1-0	Mauritius	A.	Curepipe ( MRI )	World Cup qualification	First international match against Mauritius
83	06/22/2008	3: 1	Mauritius	H	Praia	World Cup qualification
84	09/06/2008	1: 2	Cameroon	H	Praia	World Cup qualification
85	10/11/2008	1: 3	Tanzania	A.	Dar es Salaam ( TAN )	World Cup qualification
86	03/25/2009	1-0	Angola	*	Olhao ( POR )
87	03/28/2009	5-0	Equatorial Guinea	H	Sal		First international match against Equatorial Guinea
88	09/04/2009	2-0	Malta	A.	Ta'Qali ( MLT )		First international match against Malta
89	09/09/2009	1: 1	Angola	*	Faro ( POR )

Since 2010

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	comment
90	05/24/2010	0-0	Portugal	A.	Covilha ( PRT )
91	08/11/2010	0: 1	Senegal	A.	Dakar ( SEN )
92	04.09.2010	1-0	Mali	H	Praia	African Cup of Nations qualification
93	10/10/2010	0-0	Zimbabwe	A.	Harare ( ZWE )	African Cup of Nations qualification	First international match against Zimbabwe
94	11/16/2010	2: 1	Guinea-Bissau	*	Lisbon ( PRT )
95	02/09/2011	1-0	Burkina Faso	*	Óbidos ( PRT )
96	03/26/2011	4: 2	Liberia	H	Praia	African Cup of Nations qualification
97	06/05/2011	0: 1	Liberia	A.	Paynesville ( LBR )	African Cup of Nations qualification
98	09/03/2011	0: 3	Mali	A.	Bamako ( MLI )	African Cup of Nations qualification
99	08/10/2011	2: 1	Zimbabwe	H	Praia	African Cup of Nations qualification
100	02/29/2012	4-0	Madagascar	A.	Antananarivo ( MAD )	African Cup of Nations qualification	First international match against Madagascar 100th official international match
101	06/02/2012	1: 2	Sierra Leone	A.	Freetown ( SLE )	World Cup qualification
102	06/09/2012	1: 2	Tunisia	H	Praia	World Cup qualification	First international match against Tunisia
103	06/16/2012	3: 1	Madagascar	H	Praia	African Cup of Nations qualification
104	09/08/2012	2-0	Cameroon	H	Praia	African Cup of Nations qualification
105	10/14/2012	1: 2	Cameroon	A.	Yaoundé ( CMR )	African Cup of Nations qualification	Cape Verde qualifies for the first time for the African Championship
106	11/14/2012	0: 1	Ghana	*	Lisbon ( PRT )
107	01/09/2013	0-0	Nigeria	*	Faro ( PRT )
108	01/19/2013	0-0	South Africa	A.	Johannesburg ( ZAF )	African Cup of Nations 2013
109	01/23/2013	1: 1	Morocco	*	Durban ( ZAF )	African Cup of Nations 2013	First international match against Morocco
110	01/27/2013	2: 1	Angola	*	Port Elizabeth ( ZAF )	African Cup of Nations 2013
111	02/02/2013	0: 2	Ghana	*	Port Elizabeth ( ZAF )	African Cup of Nations 2013 - quarter-finals
112	03/24/2013	3: 4	Equatorial Guinea	A.	Malabo ( GNQ )	World Cup qualification	later rated 3-0 for Cape Verde because of the use of a non-eligible Equatorial Guinean player
113	06/08/2013	2: 1	Equatorial Guinea	H	Praia	World Cup qualification	also rated 3-0 for Cape Verde because of the use of the same equatorial Guinean player who is not eligible to play
114	06/15/2013	1-0	Sierra Leone	H	Praia	World Cup qualification
115	06.09.2013	2-0	Tunisia	A.	Radès ( DO )	World Cup qualification	Cape Verde temporarily qualified for the playoff games of the group winners, later rated 3-0 for Tunisia due to the use of a Cape Verdean player who was not eligible to play
*	12/30/2013	1: 4	Catalonia	A.	Barcelona ( SPA )		Unofficial game
116	05.03.2014	0-0	Luxembourg	A.	Luxembourg ( LUX )
117	09/06/2014	3: 1	Niger	A.	Niamey ( NIG )	AM qualification	First international match against Niger
118	09/10/2014	2: 1	Zambia	H	Praia	AM qualification
119	10/11/2014	0: 2	Mozambique	A.	Matola ( MOZ )	AM qualification
120	10/15/2014	1-0	Mozambique	H	Praia	AM qualification	Cape Verde qualifies for the 2015 African Cup of Nations
121	11/15/2014	3: 1	Niger	H	Praia	AM qualification
122	11/19/2014	0: 1	Zambia	A.	Ndola ( ZMB )	AM qualification
123	01/10/2015	3: 2	Republic of the Congo	*
124	01/18/2015	1: 1	Tunisia	*	Ebebiyín ( EQG )	AM preliminary round
125	01/22/2015	0-0	Democratic Republic of Congo	*	Ebebiyín ( EQG )	AM preliminary round
126	01/26/2015	0-0	Zambia	*	Ebebiyín ( EQG )	AM preliminary round
127	03/31/2015	2-0	Portugal	A.	Estoril ( PRT )
128	06/13/2015	7: 1	Sao Tome and Principe	H	Praia	AM qualification	First international match against São Tomé and Príncipe. Highest international win
129	04.09.2015	2: 1	Libya	A.	LBY	AM qualification	First international match against Libya
130	11/13/2015	0: 1	Kenya	A.	Nairobi ( KEN )	World Cup qualification
131	11/17/2015	2-0	Kenya	H	Praia	World Cup qualification
132	03/26/2016	0: 1	Morocco	H	Praia	AM qualification
133	03/29/2016	0: 2	Morocco	A.	( MAR )	AM qualification
134	06/04/2016	2: 1	Sao Tome and Principe	A.	Sao Tome ( STP )	AM qualification
135	02.09.2016	0: 1	Libya	H	Praia	AM qualification
136	10/08/2016	0: 2	Senegal	A.	Dakar ( SEN )	World Cup qualification
137	11/12/2016	0: 2	Burkina Faso	H	Praia	World Cup qualification
138	03/28/2017	2-0	Luxembourg	A.	Hesperange ( LUX )	Friendly match
139	06/11/2017	0: 1	Uganda	H	Praia	AM qualification
140	09/01/2017	2: 1	South Africa	H	Praia	World Cup qualification
141	05.09.2017	2: 1	South Africa	A.	Durban ( RSA )	World Cup qualification
142	07.10.2017	0: 2	Senegal	H	Praia	World Cup qualification
143	11/14/2017	0: 4	Burkina Faso	A.	Ouagadougou ( BFA )	World Cup qualification	Biggest international defeat
144	06/01/2017	3: 2	Algeria	A.	Algiers ( ALG )	Friendly match
145	06/03/2018	4: 2 n.e. (0: 0)	Andorra	*	Almada ( PRT )	Friendly match	First international match against Andorra
146	07.09.2018	1: 1	Lesotho	A.	Maseru ( LES )	AM qualification	First international match against Lesotho
147	October 12, 2018	3-0	Tanzania	H	Praia	AM qualification
148	October 16, 2018	0: 2	Tanzania	A.	Dar es Salaam ( TAN )	AM qualification
149	11/16/2018	0: 1	Uganda	A.	Kira ( UGA )	AM qualification
150	March 22, 2019	0-0	Lesotho	H	Praia	AM qualification
151	07/27/2019	0-0	Mauritania	H	Praia	ANM qualification
152	08/03/2019	1: 2	Mauritania	A.	Nouakchott ( MTN )	ANM qualification
153	10/10/2019	2: 1	Togo	*	Fos-sur-Mer ( FRA )
154	11/13/2019	0-0	Cameroon	A.	Yaoundé ( CMR )	AM qualification
155	11/18/2019	2: 2	Mozambique	H	Praia	AM qualification

International match records

country	confederacy	Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference	Important encounters
Algeria	CAF	005	001	002	002	005: 800	AM qualification 2008; World Cup qualification 2002
Andorra	UEFA	001	000	001	000	000-000
Angola	CAF	006th	002	002	002	07: 80	African Championship 2013
Equatorial Guinea	CAF	003	002	000	001	010: 500	World Cup qualification 2014
Burkina Faso	CAF	006th	004th	000	002	005: 700	World Cup qualification 2008, 2018
Gambia	CAF	008th	000	004th	004th	003:120	AM qualification 2008
Ghana	CAF	004th	000	000	004th	000: 900	World Cup qualification 2006; Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals 2013
Guinea	CAF	006th	002	002	002	05: 70	AM qualification 2008
Guinea-Bissau	CAF	010	004th	004th	002	009: 800	AM qualification 1994
Cameroon	CAF	005	001	001	003	004: 600	AM qualification 2013, 2021; WM / AM qualification 2010
Kenya	CAF	004th	001	000	003	002: 300	AM qualification 2004; World Cup qualification 2018
Congo, Dem. Rep.	CAF	003	000	002	001	02: 30	World Cup qualification 2006; AM preliminary round 2015
Congo, Rep.	CAF	001	001	000	000	03: 20
Lesotho	CAF	002	000	002	000	001: 100	AM qualification 2021
Liberia	CAF	004th	002	000	002	005: 600	AM qualification 2002, 2012
Libya	CAF	002	001	000	001	002: 200	2017 AM qualification
Luxembourg	UEFA	004th	001	003	000	003: 100
Madagascar	CAF	002	002	000	000	007: 100	AM qualification 2013
Mali	CAF	007th	002	002	003	004:100	AM qualification 2000, 2012
Malta	UEFA	001	001	000	000	002-000
Morocco	CAF	003	000	001	002	001: 400	African Championship 2013, AM qualification 2017
Mauritania	CAF	008th	004th	003	001	013: 700	AM qualification 2004; Qualification for the African Nations Cup 2020
Mauritius	CAF	002	002	000	000	04: 10	World Cup qualification 2010
Mozambique	CAF	003	001	001	001	03: 40	AM qualification 2015, 2021
Niger	CAF	002	002	000	000	006: 200	AM qualification 2015
Nigeria	CAF	001	000	001	000	00-00
Portugal	UEFA	003	001	001	001	003: 400
Zambia	CAF	003	001	001	001	02: 20	AM preliminary round 2015; AM qualification 2015
Sao Tome and Principe	CAF	002	002	000	000	009: 200	2017 AM qualification
Senegal	CAF	013	002	002	009	008:190	World Cup qualification 2018
Sierra Leone	CAF	008th	003	001	004th	004: 800	World Cup qualification 2014
Zimbabwe	CAF	002	001	001	000	02: 10	AM qualification 2012
South Africa	CAF	005	002	001	002	06: 60	AM preliminary round 2013; World Cup qualification 2006, 2018
Swaziland	CAF	002	001	001	000	004: 100	World Cup qualification 2006
Tanzania	CAF	004th	002	000	002	005: 500	World Cup qualification 2010; AM qualification 2019
Togo	CAF	003	002	000	001	06: 70	AM qualification 2004
Tunisia	CAF	003	001	001	001	04: 30	World Cup qualification 2014; AM preliminary round 2015
Uganda	CAF	004th	001	000	003	001: 300	World Cup qualification 2006; AM qualification 2019
all		155	055	040	060	160: 178
Remarks: ↑ Incl. games decided on penalties ↑ a b Won by penalty shoot-out ↑ Won two games on penalties

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