Malagasy national football team

Madagascar
République de Madagascar

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)
First jersey Second jersey Third jersey
statistics
First international game Madagascar 1: 2 Mauritius (Madagascar; 1947 )
Biggest victory Madagascar 8: 1 Republic of the Congo (Madagascar; April 19, 1960)
Biggest defeat Mauritius 7-0 Madagascar ( Mauritius ; July 31, 1952)
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• 1974 : withdrawn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• 1976 : withdrawn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• 1990 : withdrawn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• 1996 : withdrawn during qualification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.

Most missions

#	player	Games	Gates	Period
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–

Record goal scorers

#	player	Gates	Games	Period
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

• List of the international matches of the Malagasy national football team

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Malagasy Football Association suspended. In: FIFA.com. March 19, 2008, archived from the original on May 13, 2008 ; accessed on July 1, 2019 . 
3. 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 . 
4. ↑ rsssf.com: Madagascar - Record International Players (list may be incomplete)