Malagasy national football team
Nickname (s) | Barea | |||
Association | Fédération Malagasy de Football | |||
confederacy | CAF | |||
Head coach | Nicolas Dupuis (since 2016) | |||
Assistant coach | Franck Rajaonarisamba | |||
Record scorer | Faneva Andriatsima (14) | |||
Record player | Mamisoa Razafindrakoto (61) | |||
Home stadium | Municipal Stadium of Mahamasina | |||
FIFA code | MAD | |||
FIFA rank | 91st (1267 points) (as of July 16, 2020) |
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First international game Madagascar 1: 2 Mauritius (Madagascar; 1947 )
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Biggest victory Madagascar 8: 1 Republic of the Congo (Madagascar; April 19, 1960)
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Biggest defeat Mauritius 7-0 Madagascar ( Mauritius ; July 31, 1952)
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Successes in tournaments | ||||
African Championship | ||||
Participation in the finals | 1 ( First : 2019 ) | |||
Best results | Quarterfinals 2019 | |||
(As of November 19, 2019) |
The Malagasy national soccer team , also called "Barea" ( dialectal name for the local humpback cattle ), is the national soccer team of Madagascar . It is managed by the Fédération Malagasy de Football and has never participated in a world championship. In 2019 , the team took part in an African Championship for the first time and was surprisingly only eliminated in the quarter-finals.
Tournaments
World Championship
- 1974 : withdrawn
- 1978 : did not participate
- 1982 and 1986 : not qualified
- 1990 : did not participate
- 1994 to 2018 : not qualified
African Championship
- 1972 : not qualified
- 1974 : not qualified
- 1976 : withdrawn
- 1978 : did not participate
- 1980 to 1988 : not qualified
- 1990 : withdrawn
- 1992 : not qualified
- 1994 : did not participate
- 1996 : withdrawn during qualification
- 1998 : excluded as a penalty for withdrawing in 1996
- 2002 to 2017 : not qualified
- 2019 : quarter-finals
African Nations Championship
- 2009 : did not participate
- 2011 : not qualified
- 2014 : did not participate
- 2016 : not participated
- 2018 : not qualified
- 2020 : not qualified
South African Championship ( COSAFA Cup )
- 1997 : did not participate
- 1998 : did not participate
- 1999 : did not participate
- 2000 : did not participate
- 2001 : did not participate
- 2002 : quarter-finals
- 2003 : quarter-finals
- 2004 : not qualified
- 2005 : not qualified
- 2006 : not qualified
- 2007 : not qualified
- 2008 : fourth
- 2009 : did not participate
- 2015 : third
- 2016 : preliminary round
- 2017 : preliminary round
- 2018 : fourth
- 2019 : not participated
Other tournaments
- Indian Ocean Games (held from 1947 to 1963)
- 2 × winners
- 7 × 2nd place
- 3 × 3rd place
- Jeux des Iles de l'Océan India (held every four years since 1979)
- 2 × winners: 1990, 1993
- 2nd place 1998, 2007
- 3rd place 1985
- Preliminary round 2003
- Tornoi de l'Océan India
- 1983 winner
- 2nd place 1981 (together with Mauritius)
exclusion
FIFA expelled the Malagasy Association on March 19, 2008, leaving the national team's future uncertain. However, the suspension was lifted on May 19, 2008.
Record player
As of November 19, 2019
- Bold players are still active.
# | player | Games | Gates | Period |
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1 | Mamisoa Razafindrakoto | 61 | 0 | 1998-2011 |
2 | Paulin Voavy | 52 | 13 | 2003– |
3 | Jimmy Radafison | 49 | 0 | 2000-2011 |
4th | Faneva Andriatsima | 47 | 14th | 2005-2019 |
Eric-Julien Rakotondrabe | 47 | 0 | 1999-2011 | |
6th | Gervais Randrianarisoa | 45 | 0 | 2005- |
7th | Lalaïna Nomenjanahary | 44 | 5 | 2006– |
8th | Rado Rasoanaivo | 40 | 7th | 1992-2003 |
9 | Tobisoa Njakanirina | 39 | 0 | 2014– |
10 | Jean Chrysostome Raharison | 38 | 0 | 2001-2015 |
Jean Dieu-Donné Randrianasolo | 38 | 0 | 2011– |
# | player | Gates | Games | Period |
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1 | Faneva Andriatsima | 14th | 47 | 2005-2019 |
2 | Paulin Voavy | 13 | 52 | 2003– |
3 | Carolus Andriamatsinoro | 11 | 37 | 2009– |
Harry Randrianaivo | 11 | 21st | 1990-2003 | |
5 | Ruphin Menakely | 10 | 25th | 1998-2003 |
6th | Njiva Rakotoharimalala | 9 | 37 | 2014– |
7th | Rado Rasoanaivo | 8th | 40 | 1992-2003 |
Jeannot Claude Vombola | 8th | 31 | 2011-2017 |
Other well-known players
- / Tony Mamodaly (2010-2011)
- / Jérémy Morel (2018–)
Trainer
- Peter Schnittger (1978–1986)
- Jean-Paul Rossignol (2007)
- Jean-Paul Rabier (2010-2011)
- Franck Rajaonarisamba (2011-2016)
- Nicolas Dupuis (since 2016)
International matches
Individual evidence
- ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Malagasy Football Association suspended. In: FIFA.com. March 19, 2008, archived from the original on May 13, 2008 ; accessed on July 1, 2019 .
- Jump up the suspension of the Madagascar Football Association. In: FIFA.com. May 19, 2008, archived from the original on May 20, 2008 ; accessed on July 1, 2019 .
- ↑ rsssf.com: Madagascar - Record International Players (list may be incomplete)