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Cape Verde
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Tubarões Azuis
(Blue Sharks)[1]
Crioulos (Creoles)
AssociationFederação Caboverdiana de Futebol
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
Head coachLúcio Antunes
CaptainMarco Soares
Top scorerCarlos Morais (10)[2]
Home stadiumEstádio da Várzea
FIFA codeCPV
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current36 Increase 13
Highest36 (August 2013)
Lowest182 (April 2000)
First international
 Cape Verde 0–1 Angola 
(Cape Verde; unknown date 1978)
Biggest win
 Cape Verde 5–0 Equatorial Guinea 
(Sal, Cape Verde; 28 March 2009)
Biggest defeat
 Senegal 5–1 Cape Verde Cape Verde
(Mali; 12 February 1981)
 Cape Verde 0–4 Ghana 
(Praia, Cape Verde; 8 October 2005)
 Guinea 4–0 Cape Verde Cape Verde
(Conakry, Guinea; 9 September 2007)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances1 (first in 2013)
Best resultQuarter-finals; 2013

The Cape Verde national football team, nicknamed either the Tubarões Azuis (Blue Sharks) or Crioulos (Creoles), is the national team of Cape Verde and is controlled by the Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol.

History

Overview

The Cape Verde Islands became independent from Portugal in 1975. The national team's first international was a 0–3 defeat to Guinea-Bissau in the 1979 Amilcar Cabral Cup.[3] Cape Verde's football association was formed in 1982, and joined FIFA in 1986.[4]

Cape Verdeans abroad, who are more numerous than the population of the islands themselves, are a major source of players for the national team. Most of Cape Verde's current international footballers play outside of Cape Verde (mainly in Europe, but also in Asia), and some were born outside of the islands.[5]

Several players of Cape Verdean origin have chosen to play for other national teams. These include Eliseu, Nani, Manuel Fernandes, Rolando, Nélson Marcos, and Silvestre Varela, who all represent Portugal, as well as Mickaël Tavares, Jacques and Ricardo Faty (Senegal), Patrick Vieira (France), Gelson Fernandes (Switzerland), Henrik Larsson (Sweden), David Mendes da Silva (Netherlands) and Rui (Equatorial Guinea), among other examples.

World Cup and African Nations Cup qualifiers

Cape Verde has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup but have qualified for the 2013 African Cup of Nations. Its first World Cup qualifying campaign was the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, in which Cape Verde was eliminated in the first round after one draw and one defeat against Algeria.[6]

In the qualification campaign for the 2006 World Cup and the 2006 African Nations Cup, Cape Verde advanced to the Final Round after its first victory in a World Cup qualifier, beating Swaziland. In the Final Round, the team made an impression with its first ever away victory against Burkina Faso, but finished fifth in its group and failed to qualify for either finals.[6]

New coach João de Deus from Portugal brought in several new players from European leagues for the 2010 World Cup/2010 African Nations Cup qualifiers.[5] Cape Verde finished second in its group in the Second Round, ahead of Tanzania and Mauritius, but behind Cameroon, and did not advance to the Third Round. Cape Verde's top goalscorer of the qualifying campaign was Dady.

Then, finally, Cape Verde qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, after stunning Cameroon 3–2 on aggregate.

2013 Africa Cup of Nations

On 14 October 2012, Cape Verde managed to secure their first ever berth in the Finals of the Africa Cup of Nations, when they defeated Cameroon 3–2 on aggregate score, following a 2–1 defeat to Cameroon at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo in Yaoundé, having won the home leg 2–0 in Praia just weeks prior to their qualification.

On 24 October 2012, Cape Verde were drawn into Group A of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, alongside Angola, Morocco and the host nation South Africa. Furthermore, Cape Verde played the opening match of the tournament at Soccer City in Johannesburg, Gauteng, against South Africa on 19 January 2013 – Soccer City being the host venue for the 2010 World Cup Final. Pulled from the fourth pot during the group stage drawing of the tournament, Cape Verde actually had the highest FIFA ranking of any team in their group at the time of the drawing, ranking at 51st overall, followed by Morocco (71st), South Africa (72nd) and Angola (83rd). Cape Verde also had the 10th highest FIFA ranking in the CAF zone at the time of the drawing as well.

Cape Verde drew with South Africa 0–0 in the tournament's first match, before drawing with Morocco 1–1. Platini scored Cape Verde's first ever goal at the AFCON, who were unfortunate to let an early lead slip. They however did win their first ever AFCON match against Angola, which they won 2–1 (despite an early own goal by captain Nando Maria Neves), through the late goals from Fernando Varela and Héldon Ramos, thus qualifying for the quarter-finals, and thus reaching the last eight in their maiden appearance at the Africa Cup of Nations.

On 2 February 2013, Cape Verde faced Ghana in the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, in the quarter-finals of the tournament. Cape Verde played a good match, with 16 shots on Ghana's goal to their 8, with 7 shots on target to their 2, Cape Verde proved to be especially dangerous from set-pieces, however Ghana's keeper Abdul Dauda managed to keep a clean sheet making some spectacular saves, and with Wakaso Mubarak scoring a penalty kick for Ghana in the 54' minute, and then scoring again in the closing minute of the game (90+5') on an open goal, Ghana would win the match 2–0, to move on to the semi-finals, and ending Cape Verde's exceptional 2013 Africa Cup of Nations campaign.[7]

Other tournaments and notable matches

Cape Verde has two titles: It hosted and won the Amilcar Cabral Cup in 2000, and won the gold medal in the football tournament at the 2009 Lusophony Games. The team also won a bronze medal at the 2006 Lusophony Games.

For the first time in its history, on 2 November 2002, it faced a non-African team, Luxembourg, in a friendly, resulting in a scoreless draw. On 4 September 2009, it faced Malta in a friendly, resulting in an 2–0 victory. On 24 May 2010, Cape Verde played out a 0–0 draw in a friendly match against a full-strength Portugal.[8] At the time, Portugal was third in the FIFA rankings and Cape Verde were 117th.[9]

Stadium

Main article: Estádio da Várzea

The team plays their games at Estádio da Várzea. It is located in the capital city, Praia, on the Santiago Island. The stadium opened in 2006 and holds 10,000 people.

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 to
Germany 1974 		Before independence in 1975
Argentina 1978 to
Spain 1982 		Not a member of FIFA
Mexico 1986 to
France 1998 		Did not enter
South Korea Japan2002 to
South Africa 2010 		Did not qualify
Brazil 2014 To be determined
Russia 2018
Qatar 2022
Total Did not qualify 0/19 0 0 0 0 0 0

Africa Cup of Nations record

Titles: 0
Appearances: 1
Year Position Year Position Year Position Year Position
Sudan 1957 Did not enter Ethiopia 1976 Did not enter Tunisia 1994 Did not qualify Equatorial GuineaGabon 2012 Did not qualify
Egypt 1959 Did not enter Ghana 1978 Did not enter South Africa 1996 Withdrew South Africa 2013 Quarter-finals
Ethiopia 1962 Did not enter Nigeria 1980 Did not enter Burkina Faso 1998 Did not enter
Ghana 1963 Did not enter Libya 1982 Did not enter GhanaNigeria 2000 Did not qualify
Tunisia 1965 Did not enter Ivory Coast 1984 Did not enter Mali 2002 Did not qualify
Ethiopia 1968 Did not enter Egypt 1986 Did not enter Tunisia 2004 Did not qualify
Sudan 1970 Did not enter Morocco 1988 Did not enter Egypt 2006 Did not qualify
Cameroon 1972 Did not enter Algeria 1990 Did not enter Ghana 2008 Did not qualify
Egypt 1974 Did not enter Senegal 1992 Did not enter Angola 2010 Did not qualify

Last 10 and known next games

Date Venue Opponent Competition Result Scorers
14 October 2012 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé,  Cameroon  Cameroon AFCONQ2013 2–1 L Héldon 12'
14 November 2012 Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon,  Portugal  Ghana Friendly match 0–1 L
9 January 2013 Estádio Do Algarve, São João da Venda,  Portugal  Nigeria Friendly match 0–0 D
19 January 2013 Soccer City, Johannesburg,  South Africa  South Africa AFCON2013 0–0 D
23 January 2013 Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban,  South Africa  Morocco AFCON2013 1–1 D Platini 36'
27 January 2013 Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth,  South Africa  Angola AFCON2013 2–1 W F. Varela 81'
Héldon 90+1'
2 February 2013 Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth,  South Africa  Ghana AFCON2013 0–2 L
24 March 2013 Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo,  Equatorial Guinea  Equatorial Guinea WCQ2014 0–3 W
Awarded[note 1] 		Djaniny 5', 85'
Platini 36'
8 June 2013 Estádio da Várzea, Praia,  Cape Verde  Equatorial Guinea WCQ2014 2–1 W Babanco 17'
Djaniny 53'
15 June 2013 Estádio da Várzea, Praia,  Cape Verde  Sierra Leone WCQ2014 1–0 W Héldon 11'
14 August 2013 Estádio do Clube Desportivo Real Sport Clube, Massamá,  Portugal  Gabon Friendly match 1–1 D Héldon 22'
6 September 2013 Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès,  Tunisia  Tunisia WCQ2014 3-0 L
Awarded[note 2] 		Platini 28'
Héldon 42'

KEY: AFCONQ2013 = 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification KEY: AFCON2013 = 2013 Africa Cup of Nations KEY: WCQ2014 = 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Squad

Current squad

The following players were called for the World Cup Qualification match against Tunisia.[11]

Caps and goals updated as 14 August 2013 after the match against Gabon.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Vozinha (1986-06-03) 3 June 1986 (age 38) 10 0 Angola Progresso
12 1GK Fock (1982-07-25) 25 July 1982 (age 42) 11 0 Cape Verde Batuque
2 2DF Stopira (1988-05-20) 20 May 1988 (age 36) 11 0 Hungary Videoton
3 2DF Fernando Varela (1987-11-26) 26 November 1987 (age 37) 25 3 Romania Steaua București
4 2DF Kay (1988-01-05) 5 January 1988 (age 36) 2 0 Portugal Belenenses
14 2DF Gegé (1988-02-24) 24 February 1988 (age 36) 14 0 Portugal Marítimo B
18 2DF Nivaldo Tax (1988-07-10) 10 July 1988 (age 36) 12 0 Czech Republic Teplice
23 2DF Carlitos (1985-04-23) 23 April 1985 (age 39) 13 0 Cyprus AEL Limassol
5 3MF Babanco (1985-07-27) 27 July 1985 (age 39) 32 3 Portugal Estoril
6 3MF Marco Soares (1984-06-06) 6 June 1984 (age 40) 30 2 Cyprus Omonia
8 3MF Toni Varela (1986-06-13) 13 June 1986 (age 38) 21 1 Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam
3MF Calú (1983-09-20) 20 September 1983 (age 41) 3 0 Angola Progresso
3MF Sita (1986-04-21) 21 April 1986 (age 38) 5 0 Angola Libolo
7 4FW Platini (1986-04-16) 16 April 1986 (age 38) 8 2 Cyprus Omonia
9 4FW Brito (1987-11-16) 16 November 1987 (age 37) 2 0 Portugal Gil Vicente
10 4FW Héldon Nhuck (1988-12-14) 14 December 1988 (age 36) 23 8 Portugal Marítimo
11 4FW Júlio Tavares (1988-11-19) 19 November 1988 (age 36) 8 0 France Dijon
20 4FW Ryan Mendes (1990-01-08) 8 January 1990 (age 34) 15 4 France Lille
21 4FW Djaniny (1991-03-21) 21 March 1991 (age 33) 13 5 Portugal Olhanense
4FW Garry Rodrigues (1990-11-27) 27 November 1990 (age 34) 1 0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia

Recent call-ups

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Rilly (1992-01-25) 25 January 1992 (age 32) 0 0 Cape Verde Mindelense 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
GK Nélson Cruz (1987-08-21) 21 August 1987 (age 37) 1 0 Portugal Quarteirense premilinary v.  Tunisia, June 9, 2012
DF Admar (1987-03-27) 27 March 1987 (age 37) 0 0 Cape Verde Sporting da Praia preliminary v.  Sierra Leone, 15 June 2013
DF Guy Ramos (1985-08-16) 16 August 1985 (age 39) 13 0 Netherlands Roda JC preliminary v.  Equatorial Guinea, March 24, 2013
DF Josimar (1989-08-02) 2 August 1989 (age 35) 3 0 Netherlands Dordrecht preliminary v.  Equatorial Guinea, March 24, 2013
DF Nilson (1987-08-05) 5 August 1987 (age 37) 2 0 Cape Verde Boavista preliminary v.  Burkina Faso, February 9, 2011
DF Nhambu (1977-11-22) 22 November 1977 (age 47) 6 0 Cape Verde Mindelense preliminary v.  Liberia, June 5, 2011
MF Alex (1986-12-04) 4 December 1986 (age 38) 1 0 Angola Inter Luanda preliminary v.  Sierra Leone, 15 June 2013
MF Bada (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 30) 0 0 Cape Verde Ultramarina preliminary v.  Sierra Leone, 15 June 2013
MF Sténio (1988-05-06) 6 May 1988 (age 36) 3 0 Portugal Feirense preliminary v.  Equatorial Guinea, March 24, 2013
MF Ericson Tibs (1987-11-25) 25 November 1987 (age 37) 1 0 Portugal Tondela preliminary v.  Equatorial Guinea, March 24, 2013
MF Valdo (1981-04-23) 23 April 1981 (age 43) 2 1 Mexico Atlante preliminary v.  Zimbabwe, October 8, 2011
MF Fábio Silva (1985-04-03) 3 April 1985 (age 39) 1 0 Hungary Kazincbarcikai preliminary v.  Liberia, March 26, 2011
MF Valter Borges (1988-11-09) 9 November 1988 (age 36) 6 1 Spain Alcalá preliminary v.  Burkina Faso, February 9, 2011
MF Dário Furtado (1979-01-14) 14 January 1979 (age 45) 15 2 Cape Verde Sporting da Praia preliminary v.  Burkina Faso, February 9, 2011
MF Jerson Ribeiro (1988-03-09) 9 March 1988 (age 36) 1 0 Bulgaria Etar 1924 preliminary v.  Burkina Faso, February 9, 2011
MF Joazimar Sequeira (1991-01-26) 26 January 1991 (age 33) 1 0 Portugal Oeiras preliminary v.  Burkina Faso, February 9, 2011
FW Zé Luís (1991-01-24) 24 January 1991 (age 33) 7 1 Hungary Videoton premilinary v.  Madagascar, June 16, 2012
FW Odair Fortes (1987-03-31) 31 March 1987 (age 37) 9 2 France Reims premilinary v.  Tunisia, June 9, 2012
FW Lito (1975-02-03) 3 February 1975 (age 49) 41 5 Portugal Atlético CP premilinary v.  Tunisia, June 9, 2012
FW Dady (1981-08-13) 13 August 1981 (age 43) 22 4 China Shanghai Shenhua premilinary v.  Madagascar, February 29, 2012

Managers since 2003

Honours

Notes

  1. ^ FIFA awarded Cape Verde a 3–0 win as a result of Equatorial Guinea fielding the ineligible player Emilio Nsue. The match originally ended 4–3 to Equatorial Guinea.[10]
  2. ^ FIFA awarded Tunisia a 3–0 win as a result of Cape Verde fielding the suspended player Fernando Varela. The match originally ended 1-2 to Cape Verde

References

  1. ^ "Conheça as alcunhas das 16 seleções finalistas". A Bola (in Portuguese). 2 February 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Mamrud, Roberto; Stokkermans, Karel. "Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Courtney, Barry (5 June 2006). "Cape Verde Islands – List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Cape Verde Islands". FIFA.com. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Foreign contingent boost Cape Verde". FIFA. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  6. ^ a b "Cape Verde Islands: Profile". FIFA. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  7. ^ "Ghana vs. Cape Verde Islands 2-0". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
  8. ^ "Report: Portugal v Cape Verde Islands - International Friendly - ESPN Soccernet". Soccernet.espn.go.com. 2010-05-24. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
  9. ^ http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html#confederation=0&rank=192
  10. ^ "Equatorial Guinea sanctioned for fielding ineligible player". fifa.com. 19 July 2013.
  11. ^ "Garry estreia-se no regresso de Ryan e Fernando Varela" (in Portuguese). SAPO Desporto. Retrieved 15 August 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  12. ^ "Cape Verde island coach Alhinho resigns". ESPN Soccernet. Reuters. 5 January 2006. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  13. ^ "Ze Rui appointed Cape Verde coach". BBC. 3 May 2006. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  14. ^ a b "Cape Verde confirm identity of new coach". BBC. 22 November 2006. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  15. ^ "De Deus New Cape Verde Coach". MTN Football. 22 November 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
  16. ^ "Soccer federation unaware of national selection coach's alleged exit". Asemana. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  17. ^ "Lúcio Antunes tapped as new national soccer team coach". Asemana. 25 July 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
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