Malian national football team

This article deals with the Malian men's national soccer team ; the women's team is described under Malian women's national soccer team .

Mali
République de Mali

Nickname (s)	Les Aigles (The Eagles)
Association	Fédération Malienne de Football
confederacy	CAF
Head coach	Mohamed Magassouba (since 2017)
captain	Seydou Keita
Record scorer	Seydou Keita (25)
Record player	Seydou Keita (102)
Home stadium	Stade you 26 mars
FIFA code	MLI
FIFA rank	56th (1389 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
statistics
First international game Mali 4: 3 Central Afr. Rep. ( Madagascar ; April 13, 1960)
Biggest win Mali 6-0 Mauritania ( Mali ; May 1, 1975)
Biggest defeats Algeria 7-0 Mali ( Algeria ; November 13, 1988) Kuwait 8: 1 Mali ( Kuwait City , Kuwait ; September 5, 1997)
Successes in tournaments
African Championship
Participation in the finals	11 ( first : 1972 )
Best results	Second place in 1972
(As of November 17, 2019)

The Malian national soccer team is the selection of the best Malian soccer players . The team's nickname is "The Eagles " (Les Aigles). Mali has never qualified for a World Cup so far . Although the association has been a member of FIFA since 1962 , Mali took part in a World Cup qualification for the first time in 2000 .

In March 2005 there was a riot in Bamako after Mali lost a World Cup qualifier against Togo 2-1.

Tournaments

World Championship

• 1930 to 1962 - did not take part
• 1966 - withdrawn
• 1970 to 1990 - did not participate
• 1994 and 1998 - withdrawn
• 2002 to 2018 - not qualified

In qualifying for the World Cup in Russia , Mali met Ivory Coast , Morocco and Gabon , but could not prevail against these teams and after a 0-0 in the penultimate game against Ivory Coast on October 6, 2017, had no chance to meet to qualify.

African Championship

• 1957 to 1963 - did not participate
• 1965 to 1970 - not qualified
• 1972 in Cameroon - second place 
• 1974 in Egypt - did not qualify 
• 1976 in Ethiopia - not qualified 
• 1978 in Ghana - disqualified 
• 1980 in Nigeria - did not participate 
• 1982 to 1986 - not qualified
• 1988 in Morocco - withdrawn 
• 1990 in Algeria - not qualified 
• 1992 in Senegal - not qualified 
• 1994 in Tunisia - fourth place 
• 1996 to 2000 - not qualified
• 2002 in Mali - fourth place 
• 2004 in Tunisia - fourth place 
• 2006 in Egypt - did not qualify 
• 2008 in Ghana - preliminary round 
• 2010 in Angola - preliminary round 
• 2012 in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea - third place  
• 2013 in South Africa - third place 
• 2015 in Equatorial Guinea - preliminary round (eliminated by drawing of lots) 
• 2017 in Gabon - preliminary round 
• 2019 in Egypt - round of 16 

African Nations Championship

Only players who play in the national championships of their home countries are eligible to play in this championship. The matches will be counted as friendly matches or not by FIFA.

• 2009 in Ivory Coast: not qualified
• 2011 in Sudan: preliminary round
• 2014 in South Africa: quarter-finals
• 2016 in Rwanda: second
• 2018 in Morocco: not qualified
• 2020 in Cameroon: qualified

Amilcar Cabral Cup

• 1979 second
• 1980 preliminary round
• 1981 second
• 1982 third
• 1983 third
• 1984 third
• 1985 third
• 1986 preliminary round
• 1987 second
• 1988 second
• 1989 winner
• 1991 preliminary round
• 1993 fourth
• 1995 preliminary round
• 1997 winner
• 2000 fourth
• 2001 third
• 2005 third
• 2007 winner

Record player

As of November 17, 2019

Bold players are still active.

Most missions

#	player	Games	Gates	Period
1	Seydou Keita	102	25th	1998-2015
2	Mahamadou Sidibé	97	0	1996-2010
3	Bassala Touré	95	17th	1992-2008
4th	Adama Tamboura	89	0	2004-2015
5	Adama Coulibaly	87	1	1998-2014
6th	Soumaila Coulibaly	83	14th	1995-2009
7th	Mahamadou Diarra	73	7th	1998-2012
8th	Modibo Maïga	58	12	2007-2016
9	Ousmane Farota	57	0	1985-1997
10	Fousseni Diawara	56	0	2001-2015

Record goal scorers

#	Player	Goals	Caps	Career
1	Seydou Keita	25th	102	1998-2015
2	Frédéric Kanouté	23	39	2004-2010
3	Bassala Touré	17th	95	1992-2008
4th	Cheick Diabaté	15th	38	2005–
5	Soumaila Coulibaly	14th	83	1995-2009
	Yaya Mamadou Dissa	14th	42	1995-2001
7th	Modibo Maïga	12	58	2007-2016
8th	Salif Keita	11	26th	1963-1972
9	Mamadou Diallo	10	45	2001-2010
	Mahamadou Dissa	10	35	1997-2008

Trainer

• Karl-Heinz Weigang (1970–1973)
• Henryk Kasperczak (2001-2002)
• Christian Dalger (2002-2003)
• Henri Stambouli (2003-2004)
• Alain Moizan (2004)
• Mamadou Keïta (2004-2005)
• Pierre Lechantre (2005-2006)
• Amadou Pathé Diallo (2006) interim
• Jean-François Jodar (2006-2008)
• Stephen Keshi (2008-2010)
• Alain Giresse (2010–2012)
• Amadou Pathé Diallo (2012) interim
• Patrice Carteron (2012-2013)
• Amadou Pathé Diallo (2013) interim
• Henryk Kasperczak (2013-2015)
• Alain Giresse (2015-2017)
• Mohamed Magassouba (2017–)

See also

• Mali national football team (U-17 juniors)
• Mali national football team (U-20 men)

Web links

• All international matches for Mali

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 . 
2. ↑ rsssf.com: Mali - Record International Players (list may be incomplete)