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Sub-confederation
  
WAFU (West Africa)

Top scorer
  
Seydou Keita (25)

FIFA code
  
MLI

Captain
  
Yacouba Sylla

Ground
  
Stade du 26 Mars

Most caps
  
Seydou Keita (102)

Home stadium
  
Stade du 26 Mars

Manager
  
Alain Giresse

Head coach
  
Alain Giresse

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Nickname(s)
  
Les Aigles (The Eagles)

League
  
Confederation of African Football

Association
  
Malian Football Federation

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The Mali national football team, nicknamed Les Aigles (The Eagles), is the national team of Mali and is controlled by the Fédération Malienne de Football. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals.

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History

Mali reached the 1972 African Nations Cup final, but lost 3–2 to Congo. They failed to qualify for the finals again until 1994 when they reached the semi-finals, an achievement repeated in 2002, 2004 and 2012.

They played their first World Cup qualifier in 2000. As part of the CAF's qualifiers for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Mali lost in the preliminary round to Libya. Two years later, the country hosted the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations.

Mali's under-23's team managed to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece. The team coached by Cheick Kone managed to reach the quarter-finals of the Olympic tournament before losing to Italy.

In the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Mali beat Guinea-Bissau in the prelimaries. In the resulting second round, Mali finished fourth in its group. In March 2005, riots broke out in Bamako after Mali lost a World Cup qualifier to Togo, 2–1 on a last minute goal.

In the recent 2010 African Nations Cup, Mali made football headlines from coming back 4–0 with 11 minutes left to level 4–4 with Angola. It is considered to be one of the best comebacks in recent memory, alongside Sweden's famous comeback against Germany in 2014 WC qualifying with a same score line.

Achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :
  • 3 Times Champion (1989, 1997, 2007)
  • 4 Times Runners-up

    • World Cup record

  • 1930 to 1962 – Did not enter
  • 1966 – Withdrew
  • 1970 to 1990 – Did not enter
  • 1994 and 1998 – Withdrew
  • 2002 to 2014– Did not qualify

    • Current squad

    A 23-man squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations was announced on 4 January 2017.
    Caps and goals updated as of 25 January 2017 after the game against Uganda.

    Recent call-ups

    The following players have been called up for Mali in the last 12 months.

    Notes
  • INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
  • RET Player has retired from international football.
  • DEC Player has refused to join the team after the call-up.
  • SUS Suspended from the national team.
  • PRE Preliminary Squad.

    • Previous squads

    Africa Cup of Nations

  • 2017 Africa Cup of Nations squad – Mali
  • 2015 Africa Cup of Nations squad – Mali
  • 2013 Africa Cup of Nations squad – Mali
  • 2012 Africa Cup of Nations squad – Mali
  • 2010 Africa Cup of Nations squad – Mali
  • 2008 Africa Cup of Nations squad – Mali
  • 2006 Africa Cup of Nations squad – Mali
  • 2004 Africa Cup of Nations squad – Mali
  • 2002 Africa Cup of Nations squad – Mali
  • 1994 Africa Cup of Nations squad – Mali
  • 1972 Africa Cup of Nations squad – Mali

    • References

    Mali national football team Wikipedia
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