Mozambique national football team
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| Nickname(s) | The Mambas | ||
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| Association | Federação Moçambicana de Futebol |
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| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach |  Mart Nooij |
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| Captain | Tico-Tico | ||
| Most caps | Tico-Tico(123) | ||
| Top scorer | Tico-Tico(24) | ||
| Home stadium | Estádio da Machava | ||
| FIFA code | MOZ | ||
| FIFA ranking | 82 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 66 (November 1997) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 134 (July 2005) | ||
| Elo ranking | 125 | ||
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| First international | |||
 Mozambique 1 - 2 Tanzania  (Mozambique; 12 December 1977) |
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| Biggest win | |||
Mozambique 6 - 1 Lesotho  (Mozambique; 10 August 1980) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 Zimbabwe 6 - 0 Mozambique (Salisbury, Zimbabwe; 20 April 1980) |
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| African Nations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 3 (First in 1986) | ||
| Best result | Round 1, 1986, 1996, 1998 | ||
The Mozambique national football team, nicknamed the Mambas, is the national team of Mozambique and is controlled by the Federação Moçambicana de Futebol. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals.
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[edit] World Cup record
- 1930 to 1978 - Did not enter
- 1982 - Did not qualify
- 1986 - Did not enter
- 1990 - Entry rejected due to debts to FIFA
- 1994 to 2006 - Did not qualify
[edit] African Nations Cup record
- 1957 to 1980 - Did not enter
- 1982 - Did not qualify
- 1984 - Did not qualify
- 1986 - Round 1
- 1988 to 1994 - Did not qualify
- 1996 - Round 1
- 1998 - Round 1
- 2000 to 2008 - Did not qualify
[edit] Current squad
The following players were called for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Nigeria on 29 March 2009.
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[edit] Recent call-ups
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[edit] Last and next games
- Last game:
Mozambique 0 - 0 Nigeria 
- 29 March 2009 - WCQ2010. - Next game: Mozambique - Kenya
- 6 June 2009 - WCQ2010
KEY: F = Friendly match; WCQ2010 = 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
[edit] Famous Mozambiquan players who never represented Mozambique
Although never having taken part in the Mozambique national team, the following people were all born in Mozambique: Eusebio, considered Portugal's greatest footballer of all time and one of the world's best; Abel Xavier, former Liverpool and Portugal player. Current Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz was born in Nampula.
