Sub-confederation WAFU (West Africa) FIFA code MLI Captain Yacouba Sylla | Home stadium Stade du 26 Mars | |
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Nickname(s) Les Aigles (The Eagles) Association | ||
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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
- Achievements
- World Cup record
- Current squad
- Recent call ups
- Previous squads
- References
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 :World Cup record
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.
Previous squads
Africa Cup of Nations