Macau national football team facts for kids
Nickname(s) | Selecção do Lótus (The Lotus' Team) Verdes (The Greens) |
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Association | Associação de Futebol de Macau | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | EAFF (East Asia) | ||
Head coach | Lázaro Oliveira | ||
Captain | Niki Torrão | ||
Most caps | Cheang Cheng Ieong (58) | ||
Top scorer | Chan Kin Seng (17) | ||
Home stadium | Estádio Campo Desportivo | ||
FIFA code | MAC | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 183 (7 February 2019) | ||
Highest | 156 (September 1997) | ||
Lowest | 204 (July 2014) | ||
Elo ranking | |||
Current | 225 3 (3 March 2019) | ||
Highest | 182 (13 February 2000) | ||
Lowest | 229 (March 2015) | ||
First international | |||
Macau 4–2 Hong Kong (Macau; 29 March 1948) |
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Biggest win | |||
Macau 6–1 Northern Mariana Islands (Yona, Guam; 11 March 2009) |
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Biggest defeat | |||
Macau 0–10 Japan (Muscat, Oman; 25 March 1997) Japan 10–0 Macau (Tokyo, Japan; 22 June 1997) |
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AFC Solidarity Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2016) | ||
Best result | Runners-up, (2016) | ||
AFC Challenge Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2006) | ||
Best result | Group stage, (2006) |
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Traditional Chinese | 澳門足球代表隊 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 澳门足球代表队 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Macau national football team (Chinese: 澳門足球代表隊; Portuguese: [Selecção Macaense de Futebol] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) represents the Chinese special administrative region of Macau in international association football. The team is supervised by the Macau Football Association (Chinese: 澳門足球總會; Portuguese: Associação de Futebol de Macau). The Macau football team has a ranking that is one of the lowest among the FIFA members. Although usually known as simply Macau, the EAFF refers to the team as Macau, China.
The national team has never qualified for the AFC Asian Cup or EAFF East Asian Championship. The team qualified for the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup, where they got one draw and two losses.
The team had been representing Macau in international football events before 1999 when Macau was a dependent territory of Portugal. It continues to represent Macau even after Macau was handed over to the People's Republic of China by Portugal and became a special administrative region of China in 1999. This team is separate from the China national football team, as the Basic Law and the principle of "one country, two systems" allows Macau to maintain its own representative teams in international sports competitions. In Macau, the Macau football team is colloquially referred to as the "Macau team" (澳門隊), while the Chinese national team is referred to as the "national team" (國家隊).
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FIFA suspension
In 2005 Macau was temporarily barred by FIFA from entering any international matches because of alleged undue influence of the government in forming the committee of its football association. The suspension was lifted after rectification by Macau.
Recent results and fixtures
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Coaching history
- João dos Santos (1996–1998)
- Masataka Imai (2003–2004)
- Masanaga Kageyama (2006–2008)
- Leung Sui Wing (2008–2015)
- Tam Iao San (2015–2017)
- Chan Hiu Ming (2017–2018)
- Iong Cho Ieng (2018–2019)
- Lázaro Oliveira (2020–present)
Players
Current squad
The following 23 players have been selected to the final squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Sri Lanka on 6 June 2019 and 11 June 2019.
Caps and goals correct as of 6 June 2019, after the match against Sri Lanka.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Ho Man Fai | 24 April 1993 | 33 | 0 | Monte Carlo |
22 | GK | Fong Chi Hang | 26 October 1989 | 1 | 0 | Cheng Fung |
23 | GK | U Wai Chon | 19 March 1999 | 0 | 0 | Development |
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2 | DF | Lei Ka Him | 16 August 1991 | 26 | 1 | Chao Pak Kei |
4 | DF | Kam Chi Hou | 4 April 1995 | 10 | 0 | Chao Pak Kei |
3 | DF | Lei Chi Kin | 24 October 1990 | 12 | 0 | Benfica de Macau |
5 | DF | Lam Ka Pou | 10 July 1985 | 15 | 0 | Hang Sai |
6 | DF | Ng Wa Seng | 2 August 1999 | 10 | 0 | Central and Western |
7 | DF | Chan Man | 4 October 1993 | 24 | 2 | Benfica de Macau |
8 | DF | Vernon Wong | 19 November 1989 | 23 | 2 | Ka I |
13 | DF | Filipe Duarte | 30 March 1985 | 9 | 3 | Benfica de Macau |
16 | DF | Lam Ngai Tong | 13 January 1990 | 5 | 0 | Happy Valley |
19 | DF | Lei Ka Hou | 23 July 1989 | 8 | 0 | Benfica de Macau |
20 | DF | Herculano Monteiro | 5 November 1983 | 8 | 0 | Polícia |
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11 | MF | Lam Ka Seng | 28 May 1994 | 21 | 3 | Chao Pak Kei |
15 | MF | Cheong Hoi San | 28 June 1998 | 10 | 0 | Benfica de Macau |
17 | MF | Kong Cheng Hou | 2 August 1986 | 39 | 0 | Ka I |
18 | MF | Ng Wa Keng | 2 August 1999 | 3 | 0 | Benfica de Macau |
21 | MF | Pang Chi Hang | 3 November 1993 | 22 | 0 | Chao Pak Kei |
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9 | FW | Ho Ka Seng | 21 October 1993 | 3 | 0 | Chao Pak Kei |
10 | FW | Niki Torrão | 18 November 1987 | 16 | 8 | Chao Pak Kei |
12 | FW | Ho Man Hou | 5 November 1988 | 19 | 5 | Chao Pak Kei |
14 | FW | Lee Keng Pan | 28 February 1990 | 12 | 0 | Benfica de Macau |
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the Macau squad recently.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Lo Weng Hou | 31 January 1996 | 2 | 0 | Development | EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019 |
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DF | Chan Pak Chun | 5 December 1985 | 11 | 1 | Sporting Clube de Macau | EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019 |
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MF | Ho Chi Fung | 30 September 1994 | 16 | 0 | Monte Carlo | EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019 |
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FW | Leong Ka Hang | 22 November 1992 | 32 | 12 | Free agent | EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019 |
FW | Carlos Leonel | 28 July 1987 | 6 | 4 | Benfica de Macau | EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019 |
Records
- Players in bold are still active with Macau.
Most appearances
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Top goalscorers
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Results
World Cup
FIFA World Cup | FIFA World Cup qualification | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Ranking | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
1930 to 1978 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
Spain 1982 | Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||
Mexico 1986 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | ||||||||||
Italy 1990 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
United States 1994 | DNQ | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 46 | |||||||||
France 1998 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 28 | ||||||||||
South Korea 2002 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 31 | ||||||||||
Germany 2006 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
South Africa 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||||
Brazil 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
Russia 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
Qatar 2022 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
2026 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
Total | – | 0/22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 37 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 168 |
AFC Asian Cup
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Year | Round | Ranking | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
1956 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
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1980 | DNQ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||
1984 | DNE|colspan=8 rowspan=2|DNE | |||||||||||||||
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1992 | DNQ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
1996 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | ||||||||||
2000 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
2004 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
2007 | DNE | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
2011 | DNQ | AFC Challenge Cup | ||||||||||||||
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2019 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | ||||||||||
2023 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
2027 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
Total | - | 0/19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 22 | 55 |
East Asian Cup record
AFC Challenge Cup record
AFC Solidarity Cup record
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
2016 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
2020 | Cancelled | |||||||
2024 | To be determined | |||||||
Total | Runners-up | 1/1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
See also
In Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Macao para niños