Mali national football team

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Mali
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Les Aigles
(The Eagles)
Association Mali Football Federation
Sub-confederation WAFU (West Africa)
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Head coach Alain Giresse
Captain Seydou Keita
Home stadium Stade 26 mars
FIFA code MLI
FIFA ranking 69
Highest FIFA ranking 35 (March 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking 117 (October 2000)
Elo ranking 71
Highest Elo ranking 42 (1971)
Lowest Elo ranking 127 (September 1996)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Mali Mali 4–3 Central African Republic 
(Madagascar; 13 April 1960)
Biggest win
Mali Mali 11–0 Mauritania 
(Unknown date 1972)
Biggest defeat
 Algeria 7–0 Mali Mali
(Algeria; 13 November 1988)
 Kuwait 8–1 Mali Mali
(Kuwait City, Kuwait; 5 September 1997)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances 6 (First in 1972)
Best result Second place, 1972
Players from the Mali national squad warm up before the Mali-Lithuania friendly at Stade de Marville – La Courneuve (France), 6 February 2007.

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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[edit] 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 matched twice since.

They played their first World Cup qualifier in 2000. 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 15 minutes left to level 4–4 with Angola. It is considered to be one of the best comebacks in recent memory.

[edit] Mali Football Achievements

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

[edit] Competition records

[edit] World Cup record

[edit] Africa Cup of Nations record

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

Caps and goals updated as February 1, 2012.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
16 GK Soumbeïla Diakité 25 August 1984 (1984-08-25) (age 27) 21 0 Mali Stade Malien
1 GK Oumar Sissoko 13 September 1987 (1987-09-13) (age 24) 11 0 France Metz
22 GK Almamy Sogoba 13 September 1987 (1987-09-13) (age 24) 0 0 Mali Real
3 DF Adama Tamboura 18 May 1985 (1985-05-18) (age 26) 52 0 France Metz
5 DF Cédric Kanté 6 June 1979 (1979-06-06) (age 32) 40 1 Greece Panathinaikos
14 DF Drissa Diakité 18 February 1985 (1985-02-18) (age 26) 34 0 France Nice
4 DF Ousmane Berthé 5 February 1988 (1988-02-05) (age 23) 12 0 South Africa Jomo Cosmos
2 DF Abdoulaye Maïga 25 May 1984 (1984-05-25) (age 27) 9 0 Algeria USM Alger
13 DF Idrissa Coulibaly 19 December 1987 (1987-12-19) (age 24) 3 0 Tunisia Espérance
23 DF Ousmane Coulibaly 9 July 1989 (1989-07-09) (age 22) 4 0 France Brest
21 DF Mahamadou N'Diaye 21 June 1990 (1990-06-21) (age 21) 2 0 Portugal Vitória de Guimarães
12 MF Seydou Keita Captain sports.svg 16 January 1980 (1980-01-16) (age 32) 67 19 Spain Barcelona
17 MF Mahamane Traoré 31 August 1988 (1988-08-31) (age 23) 20 2 France Metz
7 MF Abdou Traoré 17 January 1988 (1988-01-17) (age 24) 18 2 France Bordeaux
15 MF Bakaye Traoré 6 March 1985 (1985-03-06) (age 26) 18 2 France Nancy
18 MF Samba Sow 29 April 1989 (1989-04-29) (age 22) 12 0 France Lens
8 MF Souleymane Keita 24 November 1986 (1986-11-24) (age 25) 4 0 Turkey Sivasspor
19 MF Sidy Koné 6 June 1992 (1992-06-06) (age 19) 3 0 France Lyon
20 MF Samba Diakité 31 August 1988 (1988-08-31) (age 23) 2 0 England Queens Park Rangers
10 FW Modibo Maiga 3 September 1987 (1987-09-03) (age 24) 30 4 France Sochaux
9 FW Cheick Diabaté 25 April 1988 (1988-04-25) (age 23) 16 6 France Bordeaux
6 FW Mustapha Yatabaré 26 January 1986 (1986-01-26) (age 26) 15 2 France Guingamp
11 FW Garra Dembélé 21 February 1986 (1986-02-21) (age 25) 5 1 Germany SC Freiburg

[edit] Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for Mali within the past 12 months.[1]

Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Call-up
GK Cheick Sy 9 November 1992 (1992-11-09) (age 19) 0 0 Mali Djoliba v.  Cape Verde, 3 September 2011
DF Mohamed Fofana 7 March 1985 (1985-03-07) (age 26) 5 0 France Toulouse 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (withdrew due to injury)
DF Amadou Sidibé 19 February 1986 (1986-02-19) (age 25) 14 0 France Auxerre 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (preliminary squad)
DF Demba Barry 4 November 1987 (1987-11-04) (age 24) 0 0 Sudan Al-Hilal v.  Liberia, 8 October 2011
DF Amadou Sidibé 19 February 1986 (1986-02-19) (age 25) 14 0 France Auxerre v.  Liberia, 8 October 2011
DF Adama Coulibaly 10 September 1980 (1980-09-10) (age 31) 59 1 France Auxerre v.  Liberia, 8 October 2011
DF Kalifa Cissé 9 January 1984 (1984-01-09) (age 28) 5 0 England Bristol City v.  Tunisia, 10 August 2011
DF Issiaka Eliassou 12 August 1985 (1985-08-12) (age 26) 1 0 Egypt Al-Masry v.  Zimbabwe, 5 June 2011
MF Mohamed Kalilou Traoré 9 September 1987 (1987-09-09) (age 24) 8 0 Denmark Odense 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (withdrew due to injury)
MF Abdou Traoré 17 January 1988 (1988-01-17) (age 24) 15 2 France Bordeaux v.  Liberia, 8 October 2011
MF Samba Sow 29 April 1989 (1989-04-29) (age 22) 9 0 France Lens v.  Liberia, 8 October 2011
MF Ismaël Keïta 8 July 1990 (1990-07-08) (age 21) 6 0 France Nantes v.  Tunisia, 10 August 2011
MF Mahamadou Diarra 18 May 1981 (1981-05-18) (age 30) 64 6 France Monaco v.  Zimbabwe, 5 June 2011 (suspended)
MF Mahamane Traoré 31 August 1988 (1988-08-31) (age 23) 16 0 France Metz v.  Zimbabwe, 5 June 2011
MF Sigamary Diarra 10 January 1984 (1984-01-10) (age 28) 10 0 France Lorient v.  Zimbabwe, 5 June 2011 (withdrew due to injury)
MF Sidi Yaya Keita 20 March 1985 (1985-03-20) (age 26) 11 3 Unattached v.  Côte d'Ivoire, 8 February 2011
FW Cheick Fantamady Diarra 11 February 1992 (1992-02-11) (age 19) 1 0 France Rennes 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (preliminary squad)
FW Sambou Yatabaré 2 March 1989 (1989-03-02) (age 22) 5 0 France Monaco v.  Liberia, 8 October 2011
FW Mamadou Samassa 1 May 1986 (1986-05-01) (age 25) 7 1 France Valenciennes v.  Cape Verde, 3 September 2011
FW Mamadou Diallo 17 April 1982 (1982-04-17) (age 29) 41 9 France Sedan v.  Tunisia, 10 August 2011
FW Siriman Magassouba 0 0 Mali Real v.  Tunisia, 10 August 2011
FW Tenema N'Diaye 13 February 1981 (1981-02-13) (age 30) 21 4 Unattached v.  Zimbabwe, 5 June 2011
FW Mohamed Traoré 18 November 1988 (1988-11-18) (age 23) 1 0 Switzerland Sion v.  Zimbabwe, 5 June 2011

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