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Cape Verde

National team · Cape Verde

«Blue Sharks»

67 Matches
29 wins
20 draws
18 losses
86–66 Goals
+20 Difference
1.3 Scored per game
Form W 6 Jun · Home Bermuda · 3:0 D 15 Jun · Away Spain · 0:0 D 21 Jun · Away Uruguay · 2:2 D 27 Jun · Home Saudi Arabia · 0:0 L 3 Jul · Away Argentina · 2:3 L 25 Sep · Away Mali · 1:3

Quarter-finals is as far as Cape Verde has gone at the Africa Cup of Nations, and it has happened twice, in 2013 and in 2023, the second time settled by a winning goal from Garry Rodrigues against Ghana. Neither run turned into a trophy. What changed the standing of the team was a longer campaign: qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the first time the islands had reached the tournament, followed by a Round of 32 match against Argentina that went to extra time before Cape Verde went out, Sidny Lopes Cabral having pulled the score level along the way.

The team plays under the Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol, formed in 1982 and admitted to FIFA four years later, and it carries a nickname earned rather than given: Blue Sharks. The squad draws heavily on players born away from the islands, in Portugal, France and the Netherlands, a pattern that shows in the current group. Ryan Mendes, the captain, holds the team's appearance and scoring records after a career that took him through Reading and PAOK. Goalkeeper Vozinha built his own reputation at the World Cup itself, named Man of the Match against Spain before returning to his club, Chaves, in Portugal.

Home matches are played in Praia, at the Estádio Nacional 11 de Setembro, which holds 15,000 and replaced the smaller Estádio da Várzea after 2014.

Latest results

Fixtures and results
25 Sep Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification Mali A 1:3 L
3 Jul World Cup Argentina A 2:3 L
27 Jun World Cup Saudi Arabia H 0:0 D
21 Jun World Cup Uruguay A 2:2 D
15 Jun World Cup Spain A 0:0 D
6 Jun Friendlies Bermuda H 3:0 W

Standing

World Cup - Qualification Africa

Group stage · Group D

# Team M W D L Goals Pts
1 Cape Verde 10 7 2 1 16:8 23
2 Cameroon 10 5 4 1 17:5 19
3 Libya 10 4 4 2 12:10 16
4 Angola 10 2 6 2 9:8 12
5 Mauritius 10 1 3 6 7:17 6
6 Eswatini 10 0 3 7 6:19 3
Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 67
67 Matches
29 wins
20 draws
18 losses
86–66 Goals
+20 Difference
1.3 Scored per game
Match outcomes matches counted in total: 67
29wins: 29 · 43% 20draws: 20 · 29% 18losses: 18 · 26%
wins draws losses
Scored and conceded last matches
6 Jun · Home Bermuda · 3:0
15 Jun · Away Spain · 0:0
21 Jun · Away Uruguay · 2:2
27 Jun · Home Saudi Arabia · 0:0
3 Jul · Away Argentina · 2:3
25 Sep · Away Mali · 1:3
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 67 30 37
Scored 86 39 47
Conceded 66 16 50
Scored per game 1.3 1.3 1.3
Conceded per game 1.0 0.5 1.4
Difference +20 +23 −3

Key players

by appearances over the last year
Logan Evans Costa Defender 5 Matches Nuno Miguel da Costa Jóia Forward 5 Matches Deroy D'Encarnação Duarte Defender 5 Matches Edilson Alberto Monteiro Sanches Borges Midfielder 5 Matches Dailon Rocha Livramento Forward 5 Matches Josimar José Évora Dias Goalkeeper 5 Matches Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graça Forward 5 Matches João Paulo Midfielder 5 Matches

Squad of Cape Verde

by appearances over the last year
Number Player Position Age Matches
5 Logan Evans Costa Defender 5
21 Nuno Miguel da Costa Jóia Forward 5
14 CV Deroy D'Encarnação Duarte Defender 27 5
3 Edilson Alberto Monteiro Sanches Borges Midfielder 5
19 Dailon Rocha Livramento Forward 5
1 Josimar José Évora Dias Goalkeeper 5
20 Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graça Forward 5
8 CV João Paulo Midfielder 28 5
7 CV Jovane Eduardo Borges Cabral Forward 28 5
11 Garry Mendes Rodrigues Forward 5
4 Roberto Carlos Lopes Midfielder 5
2 CV Wagner Fabrício Cardoso Pina Defender 23 5
9 CV Gilson Benchimol Tavares Midfielder 24 5
10 CV Jamiro Gregory Monteiro Alvarenga Forward 32 5
12 Márcio Salomão Brazão da Rosa Goalkeeper 5
24 Kelvin Spencer Pires Defender 5
23 CV CJ Dos Santos Goalkeeper 26 5
6 CV Kevin Pina Defender 29 5
13 CV Sidny Lopes Cabral Defender 24 4
18 CV Telmo Arcanjo Midfielder 25 4
22 Steven Moreira Defender 4
2 CV Stopira Defender 38 4
15 Laros d'Encarnação Duarte Midfielder 4
26 Hélio Sandro Oliveira Alves Varela Forward 4
17 Willy Johnson Semedo Afonso Forward 4
16 Jair Semedo Monteiro Midfielder 4
16 CV J. Tavares Midfielder 23 1
25 CV A. Santos Midfielder 21 1
22 CV Jorge Miguel Lopes Xavier Defender 25 1

Fixtures of Cape Verde

  • 29 Sep · 17:00 Rwanda H Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification

Honours of Cape Verde

  • Africa Cup of Nations 2013, 2023 2
  • FIFA World Cup 2026 1
  • WAFU Cup of Nations 2019 1