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===2022===

===2022===

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|round = [[2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group B|2023 AFCON qualification]]

|date = 3 June

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BFA}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fb|CPV}}

|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/06/03/africa/africa-cup-of-nations-qualification/burkina-faso/cape-verde-islands/3782969/

|goals1 =

*[[Hassane Bandé|Bandé]] {{goal|58}}

*[[Dango Ouattara|Ouattara]] {{goal|88}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = [[Stade de Marrakech]]

|location = [[Marrakesh]], Morocco

|attendance =

|referee = [[Daniel Nii Laryea]] ([[Ghana Football Association|Ghana]])

|result = L

}}

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|round = [[2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group B|2023 AFCON qualification]]

|date = 7 June

|time = {{UTZ|17:00|1}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|CPV}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fb|TOG}}

|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/06/07/africa/africa-cup-of-nations-qualification/cape-verde-islands/togo/3782972/

|goals1 =

*[[Júlio Tavares|J. Tavares]] {{goal|10}}

*[[Jamiro Monteiro|Monteiro]] {{goal|90+4}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = [[Stade de Marrakech]]

|location = [[Marrakesh]], Morocco

|attendance =

|referee = [[Mehrez Melki]] ([[Tunisian Football Federation|Tunisia]])

|result = W

}}

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|round = [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]

|date = 11 June

|time = {{UTZ|19:30|−4}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|ECU}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fb|CPV}}

|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/06/12/world/friendlies/ecuador/cape-verde-islands/3785099/

|goals1 =

*[[Jordy Caicedo|Caicedo]] {{goal|38|pen.}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = [[Drive Pink Stadium]]

|location = [[Fort Lauderdale]], United States

|attendance =

|referee = [[Moeth Gaymes]] ([[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]])

|result = L

}}

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Men’s national association football team representing Cape Verde

The Cape Verde national football team (Portuguese: Seleção nacional de futebol de Cabo Verde) represents Cape Verde in men’s international football, and is controlled by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. The team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, but has qualified for three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, in 2013, 2015 and 2021.

History[edit]

Overview[edit]

Cape Verde became independent from Portugal in 1975. The national team’s first international was a 1–0 defeat to Guinea on 29 May 1978, in a tournament in Guinea-Bissau.^[5] The Cape Verdean Football Federation was formed in 1982, and joined FIFA in 1986.^[6]

Cape Verdeans abroad, who are more numerous than the population of the islands themselves, are a major source of players for the national team. Most of Cape Verde’s current international footballers play outside Cape Verde (mainly in Europe, but also in Asia), and some were born outside the islands.^[7]

Several players of Cape Verdean origin have chosen to play for other national teams. These include Eliseu, Nani, Oceano, Manuel Fernandes, Rolando, Nélson Marcos, Jorge Andrade, Miguel and Silvestre Varela, who all represent Portugal, as well as Mickaël Tavares, Jacques and Ricardo Faty (Senegal), Patrick Vieira (France), Gelson Fernandes (Switzerland), Henrik Larsson (Sweden), David Mendes da Silva, Lerin Duarte, Jerson Cabral (Netherlands) and Rui (Equatorial Guinea), among other examples.

World Cup and African Nations Cup qualifiers[edit]

Cape Verde has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup but have qualified for the 2013 African Cup of Nations. Its first World Cup qualifying campaign was the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, in which Cape Verde was eliminated in the first round after one draw and one defeat against Algeria.^[8]

In the qualification campaign for the 2006 World Cup and the 2006 African Nations Cup, Cape Verde advanced to the Final Round after its first victory in a World Cup qualifier, beating Swaziland. In the Final Round, the team made an impression with its first-ever away victory against Burkina Faso, but finished fifth in its group and failed to qualify for either finals.^[8]

Old coach João de Deus from Portugal brought in several new players from European leagues for the 2010 World Cup/2010 African Nations Cup qualifiers.^[7] Cape Verde finished second in its group in…