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Macau
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Selecção do Lótus (The Lotus' Team)
Verdes (The Greens)
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
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 183 Steady (7 February 2019)
Highest 156 (September 1997)
Lowest 204 (July 2014)
Elo ranking
Current 225 Decrease 3 (3 March 2019)
Highest 182 (13 February 2000)
Lowest 229 (March 2015)
First international
 Macau 4–2 Hong Kong 
(Macau; 29 March 1948)
Biggest win
 Macau 6–1 Northern Mariana Islands 
(Yona, Guam; 11 March 2009)
Biggest defeat
 Macau 0–10 Japan 
(Muscat, Oman; 25 March 1997)
 Japan 10–0 Macau 
(Tokyo, Japan; 22 June 1997)
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)
Macau national football team
Macau national football team
Traditional Chinese 澳門足球代表隊
Simplified Chinese 澳门足球代表队

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).

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

      Win       Draw       Loss

= Coaching staff

Position Name
Technical Director Macau Iong Cho Ieng
Head Coach Angola Lázaro Oliveira
Assistant Coach Vacant
Assistant Coach Vacant
Assistant Coach Vacant
Goalkeeper Coach Macau William Chu
Fitness Coach Vacant
Performance Analyst Vacant
Match Analyst Vacant
Team Doctor Vacant
Physiotherapist Vacant
Interpreter Vacant
Team Manager Vacant

Coaching history

  • Portugal João dos Santos (1996–1998)
  • Japan Masataka Imai (2003–2004)
  • Japan Masanaga Kageyama (2006–2008)
  • Hong Kong Leung Sui Wing (2008–2015)
  • Macau Tam Iao San (2015–2017)
  • Hong Kong Chan Hiu Ming (2017–2018)
  • Macau Iong Cho Ieng (2018–2019)
  • Angola 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
1 1GK Ho Man Fai (1993-04-24) 24 April 1993 (age 30) 33 0 Macau Monte Carlo
22 1GK Fong Chi Hang (1989-10-26) 26 October 1989 (age 34) 1 0 Macau Cheng Fung
23 1GK U Wai Chon (1999-03-19) 19 March 1999 (age 25) 0 0 Macau Development

2 2DF Lei Ka Him (1991-08-16) 16 August 1991 (age 32) 26 1 Macau Chao Pak Kei
4 2DF Kam Chi Hou (1995-04-04) 4 April 1995 (age 28) 10 0 Macau Chao Pak Kei
3 2DF Lei Chi Kin (1990-10-24) 24 October 1990 (age 33) 12 0 Macau Benfica de Macau
5 2DF Lam Ka Pou (1985-07-10) 10 July 1985 (age 38) 15 0 Macau Hang Sai
6 2DF Ng Wa Seng (1999-08-02) 2 August 1999 (age 24) 10 0 Hong Kong Central and Western
7 2DF Chan Man (1993-10-04) 4 October 1993 (age 30) 24 2 Macau Benfica de Macau
8 2DF Vernon Wong (1989-11-19) 19 November 1989 (age 34) 23 2 Macau Ka I
13 2DF Filipe Duarte (1985-03-30) 30 March 1985 (age 38) 9 3 Macau Benfica de Macau
16 2DF Lam Ngai Tong (1990-01-13) 13 January 1990 (age 34) 5 0 Hong Kong Happy Valley
19 2DF Lei Ka Hou (1989-07-23) 23 July 1989 (age 34) 8 0 Macau Benfica de Macau
20 2DF Herculano Monteiro (1983-11-05) 5 November 1983 (age 40) 8 0 Macau Polícia

11 3MF Lam Ka Seng (1994-05-28) 28 May 1994 (age 29) 21 3 Macau Chao Pak Kei
15 3MF Cheong Hoi San (1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 (age 25) 10 0 Macau Benfica de Macau
17 3MF Kong Cheng Hou (1986-08-02) 2 August 1986 (age 37) 39 0 Macau Ka I
18 3MF Ng Wa Keng (1999-08-02) 2 August 1999 (age 24) 3 0 Macau Benfica de Macau
21 3MF Pang Chi Hang (1993-11-03) 3 November 1993 (age 30) 22 0 Macau Chao Pak Kei

9 4FW Ho Ka Seng (1993-10-21) 21 October 1993 (age 30) 3 0 Macau Chao Pak Kei
10 4FW Niki Torrão (1987-11-18) 18 November 1987 (age 36) 16 8 Macau Chao Pak Kei
12 4FW Ho Man Hou (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 35) 19 5 Macau Chao Pak Kei
14 4FW Lee Keng Pan (1990-02-28) 28 February 1990 (age 34) 12 0 Macau 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
GK Lo Weng Hou (1996-01-31) 31 January 1996 (age 28) 2 0 Macau Development EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019

DF Chan Pak Chun (1985-12-05) 5 December 1985 (age 38) 11 1 Macau Sporting Clube de Macau EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019

MF Ho Chi Fung (1994-09-30) 30 September 1994 (age 29) 16 0 Macau Monte Carlo EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019

FW Leong Ka Hang (1992-11-22) 22 November 1992 (age 31) 32 12 Free agent EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019
FW Carlos Leonel (1987-07-28) 28 July 1987 (age 36) 6 4 Macau Benfica de Macau EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019

Records

Players in bold are still active with Macau.

Results

World Cup

FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup qualification
Year Round Ranking M W D L GF GA M W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 to Argentina 1978 Did not enter Did not enter
 Spain 1982 Did not qualify 3 0 0 3 0 9
Flag of Mexico.svg 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 Japan 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
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined To be determined
Total 0/22 37 4 2 31 16 168

AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup AFC Asian Cup qualification
Year Round Ranking M W D L GF GA M W D L GF GA
Hong Kong 1956 Did not enter Did not enter
South Korea 1960
Israel 1964
Iran 1968
Thailand 1972
Iran 1976
Kuwait 1980 DNQ 3 1 0 2 4 7
Singapore 1984 DNE|colspan=8 rowspan=2|DNE
Qatar 1988
Japan 1992 DNQ 3 1 1 1 4 4
United Arab Emirates 1996 3 1 0 2 7 12
Lebanon 2000 3 1 0 2 1 4
China 2004 2 0 0 2 0 5
IndonesiaMalaysiaThailandVietnam 2007 DNE Did not enter
Qatar 2011 DNQ AFC Challenge Cup
Australia 2015
United Arab Emirates 2019 8 0 1 7 5 20
Qatar 2023 2 1 0 1 1 3
Saudi Arabia 2027 To be determined To be determined
Total - 0/19 - - - - - - 24 5 2 17 22 55

East Asian Cup record

East Asian Football Championship Finals Preliminary competition
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Place Pld W D L GF GA
East Asian Football Championship
Japan 2003 Did not qualify 3rd 4 2 0 2 5 5
South Korea 2005 Did not enter Did not enter
China 2008 Did not qualify 4th 2 0 1 1 1 7
Japan 2010 3rd 3 1 1 1 9 5
EAFF East Asian Cup
South Korea 2013 Did not qualify 2nd 2 1 0 1 5 4
China 2015 2nd 3 1 1 1 4 4
EAFF E-1 Football Championship
Japan 2017 Did not qualify 3rd 3 1 1 1 7 6
South Korea 2019 2nd 3 1 1 1 4 5
Japan 2022 Did not participate Not held
Total 20 7 5 8 34 36

AFC Challenge Cup record

AFC Challenge Cup record AFC Challenge Cup qualification
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Bangladesh 2006 Group stage 15th 3 0 1 2 2 8 No qualification
India 2008 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 3 6
Sri Lanka 2010 5 1 0 4 4 12
Nepal 2012 2 1 0 1 4 5
Maldives 2014 3 0 0 3 0 6
Total Group stage 1/5 3 0 1 2 2 8 12 2 0 9 11 29

AFC Solidarity Cup record

AFC Solidarity Cup
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Malaysia 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

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