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The Mali national football team (Bambara: Mali jamana ntolatantɔn, French: Équipe du Mali de football) represents Mali in men's international football and is governed by the Malian Football Federation. The team's nickname is Les Aigles. They represent the country at tournaments organized by both FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

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While Mali is a major youth football power in both Africa and the world, they have never qualified for any senior FIFA World Cup finals in history. They have qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations on 14 occasions.

Mali were suspended by FIFA on 17 March 2017 due to 'government interference' with the national football association, namely dissolving its executive committee.[3] However, the side was re-instated by FIFA on 29 April after the executive committee was re-introduced by the Malian government.[4]

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History

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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 repeated in 2002, 2004, 2012 and 2013.

They played their first World Cup qualifier in the year 2000. As part of the CAF's qualifiers for the 2002 World Cup, Mali lost in the preliminary round to Libya. Two years later, the country hosted the 2002 African Cup of Nations.[5]

Mali's under-23's team managed to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece. The team coached by Cheick Kone managed to reach the quarter-finals of the Olympic tournament before losing to Italy.[6]

In the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, Mali beat Guinea-Bissau in the preliminaries. In the resulting second round, Mali finished fifth in its group. On 27 March 2005, riots broke out in Bamako after Mali lost a World Cup qualifier to Togo, 2–1 on a last minute goal.[7]

In the 2010 African Nations Cup, Mali made football headlines for coming back from losing 4–0 with eleven minutes left to level 4–4 with Angola.[8]

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Rivalries

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Tunisia

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Mali v Tunisia at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

The rivalry between Mali and Tunisia has been evident in recent years in terms of the number of frequent matches, especially in the Africa Cup of Nations. The two teams met for the first time on 6 January 1974, during a friendly match in Bamako, which ended with a 1–0 victory for Mali.[9] The match between the two teams in the 1994 African Cup of Nations, which was held in Tunisia, remains one of the biggest setbacks witnessed by the Tunisian national team, as Mali won the match 2–0,[10] which led to Tunisia's early exclusion from the tournament that was held on its soil. In recent years, the team's matches have continued, as they met in the last three consecutive editions of the African Cup of Nations 2019, 2021 and 2023, all of which were in the group stage,[11][12] where Mali won two matches and one ended in a draw.[13] The two teams met in the third and final round of the 2022 World Cup qualification. Two round-robin matches were played. However, Tunisia qualified for the World Cup after winning the first leg in Bamako 1–0 with an own goal from defender Moussa Sissako,[14] and a goalless draw prevailed in the return match in Radès.[15] This was Mali's closest chance of qualifying for the World Cup.[16] The competition record remains with Tunisia with a slight advantage. Tunisia won 6 matches, 3 of which ended in draws, and Mali won 5 matches.

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Results and fixtures

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The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2024

6 January Friendly Mali  6–2  Guinea-Bissau Bamako, Mali
19:00 UTC+0
Report Stadium: Stade du 26 Mars
16 January 2023 AFCON GS Mali  2–0  South Africa Korhogo, Ivory Coast
20:00 UTC+0 Report Stadium: Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium
Attendance: 16,894
Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)
20 January 2023 AFCON GS Tunisia  1–1  Mali Korhogo, Ivory Coast
20:00 UTC+0
Report Stadium: Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium
Attendance: 18,130
Referee: Daniel Nii Laryea (Ghana)
24 January 2023 AFCON GS Namibia  0–0  Mali San-Pédro, Ivory Coast
17:00 UTC+0 Report Stadium: Laurent Pokou Stadium
Attendance: 15,231
Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)
30 January 2023 AFCON R16 Mali  2–1  Burkina Faso Korhogo, Ivory Coast
17:00 Report
Stadium: Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium
Attendance: 19,184[17]
Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)
3 February 2023 AFCON QF Mali  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Ivory Coast Bouaké, Ivory Coast
17:00
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Paix
Attendance: 39,836
Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)
22 March Friendly Mauritania  0–2  Mali Marrakesh, Morocco
19:00 UTC+0 Report Stadium: Stade de Marrakech
26 March Friendly Nigeria  0–2  Mali Marrakesh, Morocco
19:00 UTC+0 Report Stadium: Stade de Marrakech
Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)
6 June 2026 World Cup Qualification Mali  1–2  Ghana Bamako, Mali
19:00 UTC+0
Report
Stadium: Stade du 26 Mars
Attendance: 50,200
Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)
11 June 2026 World Cup Qualification Madagascar  0–0  Mali Johannesburg, South Africa
15:00 UTC+2 Report Stadium: FNB Stadium
Referee: Patrice Tanguy Mebiame (Gabon)
6 September 2024 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Mali  1–1  Mozambique Bamako, Mali
19:00 UTC+0 Report
Stadium: Stade du 26 Mars
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)
10 September 2024 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Eswatini  0–1  Mali Mbombela, South Africa
15:00 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Mbombela Stadium
Attendance: 406
Referee: Jean-Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda)
11 October 2024 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Mali  1–0  Guinea-Bissau Bamako, Mali
19:00 UTC+0 Touré 62' Report Stadium: Stade du 26 Mars
Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)
15 October 2024 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Guinea-Bissau  0–0  Mali Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
16:00 UTC+0 Report Stadium: Estádio 24 de Setembro
Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)
15 November 2024 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Mozambique  0–1  Mali Maputo, Mozambique
17:00 UTC+2 Report
Stadium: Estádio do Zimpeto
Referee: Dickens Mimisa (Kenya)
19 November 2024 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Mali  6–0  Eswatini Bamako, Mali
15:00 UTC+0
Report Stadium: Stade du 26 Mars
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa

2025

20 March 2026 World Cup Qualification Comoros  0–3  Mali Berkane, Morocco
22:00 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Berkane Municipal Stadium
Referee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)
5 June Friendly DR Congo   Mali Orléans, France
20:00 UTC+1 Stadium: Stade de la Source
September 2026 World Cup Qualification Mali   Comoros
--:-- UTC+2
September 2026 World Cup Qualification Ghana   Mali
--:-- UTC+2
October 2026 World Cup Qualification Chad   Mali
--:-- UTC+2
22 December 2025 AFCON Group A Mali   Zambia Casablanca, Morocco
15:30 UTC+1 Stadium: Mohammed V Stadium
26 December 2025 AFCON Group A Morocco   Mali Rabat, Morocco
13:00 UTC+1 Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
29 December 2025 AFCON Group A Comoros   Mali Casablanca, Morocco
18:30 UTC+1 Stadium: Mohammed V Stadium
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Coaching staff

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Caretaker managers are listed in italics.
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Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Friendly match against DR Congo on 5 June 2025.[18]
Caps and goals updated after the match against DR Congo on 5 June 2025.

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Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for Mali in the last 12 months.

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Records

As of 24 March 2025[19]
Players in bold are still active with Mali.
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Seydou Keita is Mali's top goalscorer and their most capped player.
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Competition records

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FIFA World Cup

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Africa Cup of Nations

Mali have never won the Africa Cup of Nations; their best result at the tournament was runners-up in 1972. Mali have qualified for the tournament fourteen times in total, finishing as runners-up once, third twice, and fourth three times. Prior to 2008, each time Mali qualified, they reached the knockout stage having only qualified four times before then.

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African Nations Championship

Mali has competed in five African Nations Championship tournaments, finishing as runners-up twice.

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African Games

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Head-to-head record

As of 5 June 2025 [as of?]

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Honours

Continental

Regional

  • Amilcar Cabral Cup
    • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions (3): 1989, 1997, 2007
    • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (4): 1979, 1981, 1987, 1988
    • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place (5): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2001
  • UEMOA Tournament
    • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (3): 2008, 2011, 2016

Friendly


  1. Competition organized by the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa, officially not recognized by FIFA.

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