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| Cape Verde |
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| Nickname |
Tubarões Azuis (Blue Sharks),
Crioulos (Creoles) |
| Association |
Federação Caboverdiana
de Futebol |
| Confederation |
CAF (Africa) |
| Head coach |
 Ricardo Cordeiro da Rocha |
| Most caps |
Bubista |
| Home stadium |
Estádio da Várzea |
| FIFA code |
CPV |
| FIFA ranking |
79 |
| Highest FIFA ranking |
78 (November 2006) |
| Lowest FIFA ranking |
182 (April 2000) |
| Elo ranking |
125 |
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First international
 Guinea-Bissau 3 - 0  Cape Verde
(Guinea-Bissau; January 7, 1979) |
Biggest win
Cape Verde 3 - 0 Guinea-Bissau
(Mali; February 2, 1981)
 Cape Verde 3 - 0 Mauritania 
(Praia, Cape Verde; June 21, 2003)
Cape Verde 3 - 0 Swaziland 
(Praia, Cape Verde; November 16, 2003) |
Biggest defeat
 Senegal 5 - 1 Cape Verde
(Mali; February 12, 1981)
Cape Verde 0 - 4 Ghana 
(Praia, Cape Verde; October 8, 2005) |
The Cape Verde national football team, nicknamed either Tubarões Azuis (Blue Sharks) or Crioulos (Creoles), is the national team of Cape Verde and is controlled by the Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol. It has never made the World Cup or the African Nations Cup. The team almost qualified for the African Nations Cup in 2006, at one time lying second in their qualifying group behind South Africa
For the first time, on November 2, 2002, it faced a non-African team, Luxembourg, in a friendly, resulting in a scoreless draw.
[edit] Cape Verde Football Achievements
- Amilcar Cabral Cup :
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- 1 Time Champion (2000)
- 1 Time Runners-up
[edit] World Cup record
[edit] African Nations Cup record
[edit] Current squad
The following squad is the one called up for the CAN 2008 qualifying match against Algeria on March 24, 2007.
[edit] Goalkeepers
[edit] Defenders
[edit] Midfielders
[edit] Strikers
[edit] Starting line-up and formation
Zé Piguita
Pelé (cape verde)
Rodolfo Lima
[edit] Forthcoming fixtures
[edit] External links
