The Cape Verde national football team represents Cape Verde in international football matches and tournaments. The managing organization is the Cape Verdean Football Federation .
| Cape Verde | |||
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| Nicknames | Tubarões Azuis (Blue Sharks) Crioulos (Creoles) | ||
| Confederation | CAF | ||
| Federation | Cape Verdean Football Federation | ||
| Main coach |  Rui Aguash | ||
| Captain | Marcu Soares | ||
| The greatest number of games | Babanku (59) | ||
| Top scorer | Eldon Ramosch (15) | ||
| House. stadium | National Stadium | ||
| FIFA Rating | 78 ▼ 2 (September 19, 2019) [1] | ||
| Highest | 27 (February 2014) | ||
| Lower | 182 (April 2000) | ||
| FIFA Code | CPV | ||
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| The first game | |||
 Guinea-Bissau 3: 0 Cape Verde  ( Guinea-Bissau ; January 7 , 1979 ) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Cape Verde 7: 1 Sao Tome and Principe  ; June 13 , 2015 ) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Senegal 5: 1 Cape Verde ( Mali ; February 12 , 1981 ) Cape Verde 0: 4 Ghana  ( Praia , Cape Verde ; October 8 , 2005 ) | |||
| Africa Cup of Nations | |||
| Participation | 2 ( first in 2013 ) | ||
| Achievements | 1/4 finals, 2013 | ||
Content
- 1 History
- 1.1 World Cup
- 1.2 African Cup of Nations
- 2 stadium
- 3 Team
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
History
The Cape Verdean Football Federation was founded in 1982 . The team has always been one of the weakest teams in Africa and the world. However, in recent years, the progress of football in the country has been obvious - some players began to play for the middle clubs of the top divisions of countries such as Spain , England , Portugal , and in 2013 the team for the first time in their history passed the final stage of the African football cup and went to the play stage -off Cup of African Nations .
World Championship
- 1930 - 1998 - did not participate
- 2002 - 2018 - did not qualify
Africa Cup of Nations
- 1957 - 1992 - did not participate
- 1994 - Did not qualify
- 1996 - withdrew from the competition
- 1998 - did not participate
- 2000 - 2012 - Did not qualify
- 2013 - 1/4 finals
- 2015 - group stage
- 2017 - Did not qualify
- 2019 - Did not qualify
Stadium
The team held home matches at Estadio da Varzea ( port. Estádio da Várzea ), which is located in the capital of Cape Verde . The stadium was opened in 2006 and seats 8,000 people [2] . In 2014, the new National Stadium was opened there in Praia, which seats 15,000 people. The construction cost was about 12 million euros.
National Team
The following players were called up for the friendly match against Luxembourg on March 28, 2017. Matches and goals are indicated as of March 29, 2017.
| Name | Date of Birth | Club | Matches | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||
| Fuss | June 3 1986 (33 years old) | AEL (Limassol) | 34 | 0 |
| Ivan Shomada | March 3 1996 (23 years old) | Lived vicente | 0 | 0 |
| Thierry Graça | January 27 1995 (24 years old) | Estoril Praia | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders | ||||
| Fernando Varela | November 26 1987 (31 years old) | PAOK | 44 | 3 |
| Zhezhe | February 24 1988 (31 years old) | Al fejha | 25 | 2 |
| Karlitush | April 23 1985 (34 years old) | Real massama | 23 | 0 |
| Tiago Almeida | September 13 1990 (29 years old) | Unian Madeira | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders | ||||
| Babanku | July 27 1985 (34 years old) | Fairensi | 49 | four |
| Marcu Soares | June 16 1984 (35 years old) | Fairensi | 41 | 3 |
| Nuno Rocha | March 15 1992 (27 years old) | free agent | 17 | one |
| Sergio Semedu | February 23 1988 (31 years old) | Lashshoynsh | 5 | 0 |
| Jamir Monteiro | January 23 1993 (26 years old) | Metz | four | 0 |
| Elder Tavares | December 26 1989 (29 years old) | Tondela | 2 | 0 |
| Carlos Ponck | January 13 1995 (24 years old) | Aves | one | 0 |
| Forwards | ||||
| Juliu tavaris | November 19 1988 (30 years old) | Dijon | 21 | 3 |
| Harry Rodrigues | November 27 1990 (28 years old) | Galatasaray | eighteen | 2 |
| The Luis | January 24 1991 (28 years old) | Spartak Moscow) | 17 | 2 |
| Cook | August 2 1989 (30 years old) | Boavista | fourteen | one |
| Vuilitu Fernandes | March 23 1990 (29 years old) | North Carolina | one | 0 |
Notes
- ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking . FIFA (September 19, 2019). Date of appeal September 19, 2019.
- ↑ Stadium Database - Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde (English)