Mali national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Les Aigles (The Eagles) |
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| Association | Fédération Malienne de Football |
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| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach |  Stephen Keshi |
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| Captain | Mahamadou Diarra | ||
| Home stadium | Stade 26 mars | ||
| FIFA code | MLI | ||
| FIFA ranking | 59 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 35 (March 2007) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 117 (October 2001) | ||
| Elo ranking | 69 | ||
| Highest Elo ranking | 42 (1971) | ||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 127 (September 1996) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Mali 4 – 3 Central African Rep.  (Madagascar; 13 April 1960) |
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| Biggest win | |||
 Mali 6 – 0 Mauritania  (Mali; 1 May 1975) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 Algeria 7 - 0 Mali (Algeria; 13 November 1988)  Kuwait 8 – 1 Mali (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 5 September 1997) |
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| African Nations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 5 (First in 1972) | ||
| Best result | Second place, 1972 | ||
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; in fact, although the association was affiliated with FIFA in 1962, Mali's first World Cup qualifier wasn't played until 2000.
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[edit] History
Despite not playing their first actual World Cup qualifier until 2000, Mali has a long and colourful football history.
In 1972, a team containing stars like Kidian Diallo as well as Salif Keita, Fantamady Keita and Bako Toure (all three either played or would play top-flight football in France) reached the African Nations Cup final but lost 3-2 to Congo.
Further appearances in the Nations Cup eluded them until 1994, but noteworthy stars of the 70s and 80s included Drissa "Poker" Traore, Gaoussou Samaké, Mohamed Djila and Abdoulaye Kaloga.
In 1994, a side containing goalkeeper Osumane Farota (who was voted the tournament's outstanding goalkeeper) and midfielder Pathé Diallo stunned hosts Tunisia in their opening match and went on to reach the semi-finals.
Since 2002, Mali has re-emerged as a significant force in African football, but Nations Cup success and World Cup qualification has eluded them so far.
In March 2005, riots broke out in Bamako after Mali lost a World Cup qualifier to Togo, 2-1 on a last minute goal.
[edit] Mali Football Achievements
- Amilcar Cabral Cup :
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- 3 Times Champion (1989, 1997, 2007)
- 4 Times Runners-up
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[edit] World Cup record
- 1930 to 1962 - Did not enter
- 1966 - Withdrew
- 1970 to 1990 - Did not enter
- 1994 - Withdrew
- 1998 - Withdrew
- 2002 - Did not qualify
- 2006 - Did not qualify
[edit] African Nations Cup record
- 1957 to 1963 - Did not enter
- 1965 to 1970 - Did not qualify
- 1972 - Second place
- 1974 - Did not qualify
- 1976 - Did not qualify
- 1978 - Disqualified
- 1980 - Did not enter
- 1982 to 1986 - Did not qualify
- 1988 - Withdrew
- 1990 - Did not qualify
- 1992 - Did not qualify
- 1994 - Fourth place
- 1996 - Did not qualify
- 1998 - Did not qualify
- 2000 - Did not qualify
- 2002 - Fourth place
- 2004 - Fourth place
- 2006 - Did not qualify
- 2008 - Round 1
[edit] Current squad
The following players were called for the friendly match against Ghana on 7 June 2009 and Benin on 20 June 2009.
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[edit] Recent call ups
| Name | DOB | Club | Caps (goals) | Most Recent Call up |
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| Defenders | ||||
| Sammy Traoré | February 25, 1976 |  Paris Saint-Germain |
15 (0) | v Ivory Coast, January 29, 2008 |
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| Bassala Touré | February 21, 1976 |  Levadiakos |
37 (4) | v Ivory Coast, January 29, 2008 |
| Strikers | ||||
| Bakary Diakité | November 9, 1980 |  SV Wehen |
2 (0) | v Sudan, June 14, 2008 |
| Mahamadou Dissa | May 18, 1979 |  Roeselare |
15 (2) | v Sudan, June 14, 2008 |
[edit] References
- French Language Wikipedia Article fr:Équipe du Mali de football, retrieved 2008-03-04.
- www.footmali.comtout sur le football Malien
- Mali at the FIFA website.
- www.malifootball.com/
- Mali: Historic Results of Men's International Matches. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, retrieved 2008-03-04.
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