Mali national football team

Mali

Nickname(s)	Les Aigles (The Eagles)
Association	Fédération Malienne de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Alain Giresse
Captain	Mahamadou Diarra
Home stadium	Stade 26 mars
FIFA code	MLI
FIFA ranking	54
Highest FIFA ranking	35 (March 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking	117 (October 2001)
Elo ranking	60
Highest Elo ranking	42 (1971)
Lowest Elo ranking	127 (September 1996)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Mali 4 – 3 Central African Rep. (Madagascar; 13 April 1960)
Biggest win
Mali 6 – 0 Mauritania (Mali; 1 May 1975)
Biggest defeat
Algeria 7 - 0 Mali (Algeria; 13 November 1988) Kuwait 8 – 1 Mali (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 5 September 1997)
African Nations Cup
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.

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.

Mali Football Achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :

• 3 Times Champion (1989, 1997, 2007)
• 4 Times Runners-up

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1962 - Did not enter
• 1966 - Withdrew
• 1970 to 1990 - Did not enter
• 1994 and 1998 - Withdrew
• 2002 to 2010- Did not qualify

African Nations Cup record

• 1957 to 1963 - Did not enter
• 1965 to 1970 - Did not qualify
• 1972 - Second place
• 1974 and 1976 - Did not qualify
• 1978 - Disqualified
• 1980 - Did not enter
• 1982 to 1986 - Did not qualify
• 1988 - Withdrew
• 1990 and 1992 - Did not qualify
• 1994 - Fourth place
• 1996 to 2000 - Did not qualify
• 2002 - Fourth place
• 2004 - Fourth place
• 2006 - Did not qualify
• 2008 - Round 1
• 2010 - Round 1

Current squad

The following players were called up to the Mali squad for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations:

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Mahamadou Sidibè 8 October 1978 (1978-10-08) (age 32) 93 0 Omonia Nicosia 16 GK Soumbeïla Diakité 25 August 1984 (1984-08-25) (age 26) 11 0 Stade Malien 22 GK Oumar Sissoko 13 September 1987 (1987-09-13) (age 23) 3 0 Metz 2 DF Ousmane Berthé 5 February 1988 (1988-02-05) (age 23) 6 0 Jomo Cosmos 3 DF Adama Tamboura 18 May 1985 (1985-05-18) (age 25) 38 0 Metz 5 DF Souleymane Diamoutene 30 January 1983 (1983-01-30) (age 28) 47 2 Bari 13 DF Bakary Soumare 9 November 1985 (1985-11-09) (age 25) 13 0 Boulogne 23 DF Abdoulaye Maïga 25 May 1984 (1984-05-25) (age 26) 7 0 Stade Malien 4 MF Samba Sow 29 April 1989 (1989-04-29) (age 21) 4 0 Lens 6 MF Mahamadou Diarra 18 May 1981 (1981-05-18) (age 29) 51 6 Real Madrid 12 MF Seydou Keita 16 January 1980 (1980-01-16) (age 31) 55 16 Barcelona 14 MF Abdou Traoré 17 January 1988 (1988-01-17) (age 23) 6 0 Bordeaux 15 MF Bakaye Traoré 6 March 1985 (1985-03-06) (age 25) 10 1 Nancy 17 MF Mahamane El Hadji Traoré 31 August 1988 (1988-08-31) (age 22) 16 0 Nice 18 MF Mohamed Sissoko 22 January 1985 (1985-01-22) (age 26) 28 2 Juventus 20 MF Lassana Fané 1 January 1985 (1985-01-01) (age 26) 11 1 Al-Merreikh 7 FW Tenema N'Diaye 13 February 1981 (1981-02-13) (age 30) 15 2 Nantes 8 FW Mamadou Diallo 17 April 1982 (1982-04-17) (age 28) 38 2 Le Havre 9 FW Mamadou Bagayoko 21 May 1979 (1979-05-21) (age 31) 25 3 Nice 10 FW Modibo Maiga 3 September 1986 (1986-09-03) (age 24) 19 2 Le Mans 11 FW Mamadou Samassa 1 May 1986 (1986-05-01) (age 24) 3 1 Valenciennes 21 FW Mustapha Yatabaré 26 January 1986 (1986-01-26) (age 25) 9 2 Boulogne 19 FW Frédéric Kanouté 2 September 1977 (1977-09-02) (age 33) 38 22 Sevilla

See also

• List of Malian football clubs
• List of Malian football competitions
• List of Malian football referees
• List of Malian footballers
• List of Football venues in Mali
• 2002 African Cup of Nations: hosted by Mali
• Football in Mali
• MMOTY: Malian Midfielder of the Year award.
• Fédération Malienne de Football

References

• French Language Wikipedia Article fr:Équipe du Mali de football, retrieved 4 March 2008
• www.footmali.com tout 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 4 March 2008

Mali squad – 2004 African Cup of Nations 1 Mahamadou Sidibè • 2 Diamoutèné • 3 Diawara • 4 A. Coulibaly • 5 Thiam • 6 Diarra • 7 Mamady Sidibé • 8 B. Touré • 9 Abouta • 10 S. Coulibaly • 11 D. Sidibé • 12 Keita • 13 Kone • 14 D. Coulibaly • 15 Demba • 16 Bathily • 17 S. Traoré • 18 Sissoko • 19 Kanouté • 20 D. Traoré • 21 M. Traoré • 22 Tangara • Coach: Stambouli

Mali squad – 2004 Summer Olympics 1 Tangara • 2 Berthe • 3 Tamboura • 4 S. Diakité • 5 Koné • 6 B. Diallo • 7 N'Diaye • 8 A. Traoré • 9 Sidibé • 10 Doucoure • 11 Abouta • 12 D. Diakite • 13 D. Traoré • 14 Sissoko • 15 Kébé • 16 Coulibaly • 17 M. Diallo • 18 Bathily • Coach: Cheick Oumar Kone

Mali squad – 2008 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Mahamadou Sidibè • 2 Koné • 3 Tamboura • 4 A. Coulibaly • 5 Diamoutene • 6 Diarra • 7 Mamady Sidibé • 8 B. Touré • 9 A. Sidibé • 10 D. Traoré • 11 D. Sidibé • 12 Keita • 13 Diallo • 14 Diakite • 15 Kanté • 16 Diakite • 17 S. Traoré • 18 Dembélé • 19 Kanouté • 20 M. Sissoko • 21 Dissa • 22 O. Sissoko • 23 M. Coulibaly • Coach: Jodar

Mali squad – 2010 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Sidibè • 2 Berthé • 3 Tamboura • 4 Sow • 5 Diamoutene • 6 Diarra • 7 N'Diaye • 8 Diallo • 9 Bagayoko • 10 Maiga • 11 Samassa • 12 Keita • 13 Soumaré • 14 A. Traoré • 15 B. Traoré • 16 Diakité • 17 M. Traoré • 18 M. Sissoko • 19 Kanouté • 20 Fané • 21 Yatabaré • 22 O. Sissoko • 23 Maïga • Coach: Keshi

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