The Mali national football team (French: Equipe de football du Mali ) is the representative of Mali in international football for males and is managed by the Malian Football Federation. The nickname for the team is Les Aigles. They are a part of both FIFA as well as the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Although Mali is a significant young football force in both Africa and around the world however, they have never been able to qualify for any of the senior FIFA World Cup finals in the history of FIFA. They have been able to qualify for Africa Cup of Nations on 12 occasions.
Mali were banned by FIFA on March 17, 2017 because of 'government interference' in the national association of football and the dissolution of the executive board. But, the team was reinstated by FIFA on the 29th of April, following the executive committee's reinstated through Malian government. Malian government.
Mali made it to in 1972 to the African Nations Cup final, but fell 3-1 to Congo. They were not able to make finals until 1994, when they reached the semi-finals. The feat was that was repeated in 2002, 2004 and 2012.
They took part in their very first World Cup qualifier in the year 2000. In the CAF's qualifiers to World Cup 2002 World Cup, Mali was eliminated in the first match to Libya. A year later Mali was the host of 2002's African Cup of Nations.
Mali's under 23's team was able to get into this year's Summer Olympics at Greece. The team, coached by Cheick Kone made it to the quarterfinals of the Olympic tournament before falling to Italy.
At the time of 2006's World Cup qualifiers, Mali defeated Guinea-Bissau in the preliminary round. In the second round Mali was fourth in their group. On the 27th March 2005 the city of Bamako was rocked by riots. Bamako in the aftermath of Mali was eliminated from an World Cup qualifier to Togo with a 2-1 final minute goal.
The 2010 African Nations Cup, Mali became the talk of the town for coming back from a 4-0 loss with 11 minutes remaining to draw 4-4 with Angola. This is thought to be one of the greatest comebacks that have occurred in recent memory as well as Sweden's famed return against Germany in the 2014. World Cup qualifier with a identical scoreline.
Manufacturer | Period |
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Kappa | 1998–2003 |
Baliston | 2003–2007 |
Airness | 2007– |
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
6 September2022 World Cup qualification | Uganda | 0–0 | Mali | showEntebbe, Uganda |
7 October2022 World Cup qualification | Mali | 5–0 | Kenya | showAgadir, Morocco |
10 October2022 World Cup qualification | Kenya | 0–1 | Mali | showNairobi, Kenya |
11 November2022 World Cup qualification | Rwanda | 0–3 | Mali | showKigali, Rwanda |
14 November2022 World Cup qualification | Mali | 1–0 | Uganda | showAgadir, Morocco |
16 January2021 AFCON | Gambia | 1–1 | Mali | showLimbe, Cameroon |
20 January2021 AFCON | Mali | 2–0 | Mauritania | showDouala, Cameroon |
26 JanuaryAFCON Round of 16 | Mali | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p) |
Equatorial Guinea | showLimbe, Cameroon |
25 March2022 World Cup qualification 1st Leg | Mali | 0–1 | Tunisia | showBamako, Mali |
29 March2022 World Cup qualification 2nd Leg | Tunisia | 0–0 | Mali | showTunis, Tunisia |
4 June2023 AFCON qualification | Mali | 4–0 | Congo | showBamako, Mali |
9 June2023 AFCON qualification | South Sudan | 1–3 | Mali | showEntebbe, Uganda |
15 AugustFriendly | Mauritania | 1–0 | Mali | showNouakchott, Mauritania |
18 AugustFriendly | Mauritania | 1–1 | Mali | showNouakchott, Mauritania |
23 SeptemberFriendly | Mali | 1–0 | Zambia | showBamako, Mali |
26 SeptemberFriendly | Mali | v | Zambia | showBamako, Mali |
March2023 AFCON qualification | Mali | v | Gambia | showMali |
March2023 AFCON qualification | Gambia | v | Mali | show |
September2023 AFCON qualification | Congo | v | Mali |
September2023 AFCON qualification | Mali | v | South Sudan |
Position | Name |
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Head Coach | Eric Chelle |
Assistant Coach | Fousseni Diawara |
Goalkeeper Coach | Mahamadou Sidibé |
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No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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16 | GK | Djigui Diarra | 27 February 1995 (age 27) | 48 | 0 | Young Africans |
1 | GK | Ibrahim Mounkoro | 23 February 1990 (age 32) | 14 | 0 | Mazembe |
22 | GK | Ismael Diawara | 11 November 1994 (age 27) | 3 | 0 | Malmö FF |
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2 | DF | Hamari Traoré | 27 January 1992 (age 30) | 43 | 1 | Rennes |
15 | DF | Mamadou Fofana | 21 January 1998 (age 24) | 26 | 2 | Amiens |
5 | DF | Boubakar Kouyaté | 15 April 1997 (age 25) | 18 | 0 | Metz |
6 | DF | Massadio Haïdara | 2 December 1992 (age 29) | 13 | 1 | Lens |
DF | Senou Coulibaly | 4 September 1994 (age 28) | 3 | 0 | Dijon | |
12 | DF | Moussa Sissako | 10 November 2000 (age 21) | 4 | 0 | Standard Liège |
17 | DF | Cheick Traoré | 31 March 1995 (age 27) | 2 | 0 | Dijon |
3 | DF | Amadou Dante | 7 October 2000 (age 21) | 2 | 0 | Sturm Graz |
2 | DF | Almamy Touré | 28 April 1996 (age 26) | 0 | 0 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
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4 | MF | Amadou Haidara | 31 January 1998 (age 24) | 32 | 2 | RB Leipzig |
11 | MF | Lassana Coulibaly | 10 April 1996 (age 26) | 28 | 0 | Salernitana |
10 | MF | Yves Bissouma | 30 August 1996 (age 26) | 27 | 3 | Tottenham Hotspur |
8 | MF | Diadie Samassékou | 11 January 1996 (age 26) | 26 | 1 | Olympiacos |
23 | MF | Aliou Dieng | 16 October 1997 (age 24) | 23 | 2 | Al Ahly |
26 | MF | Mohamed Camara | 6 January 2000 (age 22) | 12 | 3 | AS Monaco |
MF | Cheick Doucouré | 8 January 2000 (age 22) | 8 | 0 | Lens | |
11 | MF | Abdoulaye Doucouré | 1 January 1993 (age 29) | 2 | 0 | Everton |
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14 | FW | Adama Malouda Traoré | 5 June 1995 (age 27) | 47 | 8 | Ferencváros |
10 | FW | Kalifa Coulibaly | 21 August 1991 (age 31) | 30 | 6 | Red Star Belgrade |
7 | FW | Moussa Doumbia | 15 August 1994 (age 28) | 36 | 5 | Reims |
19 | FW | Moussa Djenepo | 15 June 1998 (age 24) | 29 | 3 | Southampton |
18 | FW | Abdoulay Diaby | 21 May 1991 (age 31) | 26 | 7 | Al Jazira |
18 | FW | Ibrahima Koné | 16 June 1999 (age 23) | 14 | 11 | Lorient |
9 | FW | El Bilal Touré | 3 October 2001 (age 21) | 13 | 4 | Reims |
7 | FW | Sékou Koïta | 28 November 1999 (age 22) | 17 | 4 | Red Bull Salzburg |
21 | FW | Nene Dorgeles | 23 December 2002 (age 19) | 3 | 0 | SV Ried |
13 | FW | Saliou Guindo | 12 September 1996 (age 26) | 1 | 0 | KF Laçi |
20 | FW | Ibrahim Sissoko | 27 November 1995 (age 26) | 0 | 0 | Niort |
The following players have been called up for Mali in the last 12 months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Mohamed Niare | 1 October 1995 (age 27) | 0 | 0 | Stade Malien | v. Uganda,14 November 2021 |
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DF | Falaye Sacko | 1 May 1995 (age 27) | 24 | 1 | Saint-Étienne | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
DF | Issaka Samaké | 20 October 1994 (age 27) | 18 | 2 | Horoya | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
DF | Charles Traoré | 1 January 1992 (age 30) | 8 | 0 | Nantes | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
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MF | Adama Noss Traoré | 28 June 1995 (age 27) | 27 | 3 | Hatayspor | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
MF | Rominigue Kouamé | 7 December 1996 (age 25) | 10 | 0 | Troyes | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
MF | Hamidou Traoré | 7 October 1996 (age 25) | 1 | 0 | Giresunspor | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
MF | Moussa Kyabou | 18 April 1998 (age 24) | 9 | 0 | Sheriff Tiraspol | v. Kenya, 10 October 2021 |
MF | Yaqoub Alhassan | 7 February 2001 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Al Taawoun | Training camp, August 2022 |
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FW | Lassine Sinayoko | 8 December 1999 (age 22) | 5 | 0 | Auxerre | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
FW | Kévin Zohi | 18 August 1997 (age 25) | 1 | 0 | Vizela | v. Kenya, 10 October 2021 |
FW | Hamidou Sinayoko | 11 March 1986 (age 36) | 10 | 2 | Djoliba | v. Uganda, 6 September 2021 |
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Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Career |
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1 | Seydou Keita | 25 | 102 | 0.25 | 1998–2015 |
2 | Frédéric Kanouté | 23 | 39 | 0.77 | 2004–2010 |
3 | Bassala Touré | 17 | 95 | 0.18 | 1994–2008 |
4 | Cheick Diabaté | 15 | 38 | 0.39 | 2005–2016 |
5 | Yaya Dissa | 14 | 42 | 0.33 | 1995–2001 |
Soumaila Coulibaly | 14 | 83 | 0.17 | 1995–2009 | |
7 | Modibo Maïga | 12 | 58 | 0.21 | 2007–2016 |
8 | Ibrahima Koné | 11 | 14 | 0.79 | 2017–present |
Salif Keïta | 11 | 26 | 0.42 | 1964–1972 | |
10 | Mahamadou Dissa | 10 | 35 | 0.29 | 1997–2008 |
Mamadou Diallo | 10 | 45 | 0.22 | 2001–2010 |
Mali has never been crowned champions of this year's Africa Cup of Nations; their most successful performance at the event was runners-up in 1972. Mali have been able to qualify for the tournament 12 times and have finished as runners-up three times third twice and fourth 3 times. In 2008 and prior to that, every time Mali qualified, they made it to the knockout phase having been qualified for the tournament four times prior to that.
Africa Cup of Nations record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1957 | Part of France | Part of France | ||||||||||||||
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1962 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
1963 | ||||||||||||||||
1965 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||
1968 | ||||||||||||||||
1970 | ||||||||||||||||
1972 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | Squad | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
1974 | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||
1976 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||
1978 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
1980 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
1982 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||
1984 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||
1986 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||||
1988 | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
1990 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | ||||||||||
1992 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||
1994 | Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | Squad | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |
1996 | Did not qualify | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | |||||||||
1998 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||
2000 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||||
2002 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | Squad | Qualified as hosts | ||||||
2004 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | Squad | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | |
2006 | Did not qualify | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||
2008 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Squad | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
2010 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | Squad | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | |
2012 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | Squad | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | |
2013 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | Squad | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
2015 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | Squad | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | |
2017 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Squad | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | |
2019 | Round of 16 | 11th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | Squad | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |
2021 | Round of 16 | 11th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | Squad | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | |
2023 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
2025 | ||||||||||||||||
Total | Runners-up | 12/33 | 54 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 65 | 65 | — | 136 | 65 | 32 | 38 | 199 | 133 |
African Nations Championship record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
2009 | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
2011 | Group stage | 13th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
2014 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
2016 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |
2018 | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||
2020 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
2022 | Qualified | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
Total | Runners-up | 4/6 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 11 |
FIFA World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1930 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
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1958 | |||||||||||||||
1962 | |||||||||||||||
1966 | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||
1970 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
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1978 | |||||||||||||||
1982 | |||||||||||||||
1986 | |||||||||||||||
1990 | |||||||||||||||
1994 | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||
1998 | |||||||||||||||
2002 | Did not qualify | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
2006 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||
2010 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 21 | |||||||||
2014 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
2018 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||
2022 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||
2026 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
Total | 0/22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 70 | 58 |
African Games record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
1965 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1973 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1978 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1987 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1991–present | See Mali national under-23 football team | |||||||
Total | 4/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team | Confederation | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Algeria | CAF | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 36 | –14 |
Angola | CAF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
Benin | CAF | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 11 |
Botswana | CAF | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 14 |
Burkina Faso | CAF | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 20 | 16 |
Cameroon | CAF | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | –5 |
Cape Verde | CAF | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
Chad | CAF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
China | AFC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | –2 |
Congo | CAF | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 |
DR Congo | CAF | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 |
Croatia | UEFA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –1 |
Egypt | CAF | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Equatorial Guinea | CAF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Eritrea | CAF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Ethiopia | CAF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Gabon | CAF | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | –6 |
Gambia | CAF | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 6 |
Ghana | CAF | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 28 | –14 |
Guinea | CAF | 39 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 43 | 43 | 0 |
Guinea-Bissau | CAF | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 17 |
Iran | AFC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Ivory Coast | CAF | 26 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 47 | –30 |
Japan | AFC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Kenya | CAF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
North Korea | AFC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 |
South Korea | AFC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | –2 |
Kuwait | AFC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | –10 |
Liberia | CAF | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 |
Libya | CAF | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | –1 |
Lithuania | UEFA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Madagascar | CAF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Malawi | CAF | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
Mauritania | CAF | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 60 | 23 | 37 |
Morocco | CAF | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 31 | –19 |
Mozambique | CAF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Namibia | CAF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Niger | CAF | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
Nigeria | CAF | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | –7 |
Oman | AFC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –1 |
Qatar | AFC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rwanda | CAF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Saudi Arabia | AFC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | –2 |
Senegal | CAF | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 41 | –8 |
Seychelles | CAF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Sierra Leone | CAF | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 |
South Africa | CAF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
South Sudan | CAF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Sudan | CAF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Togo | CAF | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 15 | 8 |
Tunisia | CAF | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Uganda | CAF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
United Arab Emirates | AFC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Zambia | CAF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | –5 |
Zimbabwe | CAF | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | –1 |
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They are part of both FIFA as well as their own Confederation of African Football (CAF). Although Mali is a key youth football force in both Africa and around the globe however, they have not qualified for any of the senior FIFA World Cup finals in the history of FIFA.
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