Mali national football team

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The Mali national football team (Bambara: Mali jamana ntolatantɔn, Template:Langx) represents Mali in men's international football and is governed by the Malian Football Federation. The team's nickname is Les Aigles. They represent the country at tournaments organized by both FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

While Mali is a major youth football power in both Africa and the world, they have never qualified for any senior FIFA World Cup finals in history. They have qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations on 14 occasions.

Mali were suspended by FIFA on 17 March 2017 due to 'government interference' with the national football association, namely dissolving its executive committee.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, the side was re-instated by FIFA on 29 April after the executive committee was re-introduced by the Malian government.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

History

Mali reached the 1972 African Nations Cup final, but lost 3–2 to Congo. They failed to qualify for the finals again until 1994 when they reached the semi-finals, an achievement repeated in 2002, 2004, 2012 and 2013.

They played their first World Cup qualifier in the year 2000. As part of the CAF's qualifiers for the 2002 World Cup, Mali lost in the preliminary round to Libya. Two years later, the country hosted the 2002 African Cup of Nations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Mali's under-23's team managed to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece. The team coached by Cheick Kone managed to reach the quarter-finals of the Olympic tournament before losing to Italy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, Mali beat Guinea-Bissau in the preliminaries. In the resulting second round, Mali finished fifth in its group. On 27 March 2005, riots broke out in Bamako after Mali lost a World Cup qualifier to Togo, 2–1 on a last minute goal.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In the 2010 African Nations Cup, Mali made football headlines for coming back from losing 4–0 with eleven minutes left to level 4–4 with Angola.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Team kit

Manufacturer Period
Template:Flagicon Kappa 1998–2003
Template:Flagicon Baliston 2003–2007
Template:Flagicon Airness 2007–

Rivalries

Tunisia

Mali v Tunisia at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

The rivalry between Mali and Tunisia has been evident in recent years in terms of the number of frequent matches, especially in the Africa Cup of Nations. The two teams met for the first time on 6 January 1974, during a friendly match in Bamako, which ended with a 1–0 victory for Mali.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The match between the two teams in the 1994 African Cup of Nations, which was held in Tunisia, remains one of the biggest setbacks witnessed by the Tunisian national team, as Mali won the match 2–0,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which led to Tunisia's early exclusion from the tournament that was held on its soil. In recent years, the team's matches have continued, as they met in the last three consecutive editions of the African Cup of Nations 2019, 2021 and 2023, all of which were in the group stage,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> where Mali won two matches and one ended in a draw.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The two teams met in the third and final round of the 2022 World Cup qualification. Two round-robin matches were played. However, Tunisia qualified for the World Cup after winning the first leg in Bamako 1–0 with an own goal from defender Moussa Sissako,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and a goalless draw prevailed in the return match in Radès.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This was Mali's closest chance of qualifying for the World Cup.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The competition record remains with Tunisia with a slight advantage. Tunisia won 6 matches, 3 of which ended in draws, and Mali won 5 matches.

Results and fixtures

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

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2025

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Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Template:Flagicon Tom Saintfiet
Assistant coach Template:Flagicon Alou Badra Diallo
Goalkeeper coach Template:Flagicon Bounafou Doumbia
Fitness coaches Template:Flagicon Riedoh Berdien
Template:Flagicon Alexandre Coppolani
Template:Flagicon Bougadary Sangare
Team doctor Template:Flagicon Dr. Halidou Maiga
Video analyst Template:Flagicon Gregory Verheyden
Template:Flagicon Stephen Oonan
International Scouts Template:Flagicon Alessandro Soli
Template:Flagicon Robby Echelmeyer

Coaching history

Caretaker managers are listed in italics.

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Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Chad and Madagascar on 8 and 12 October 2025; respectively.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2025, after the match against Madagascar.

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Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for Mali in the last 12 months. Template:Nat fs r start Template:Nat fs r player Template:Nat fs r player Template:Nat fs break Template:Nat fs r player Template:Nat fs r player Template:Nat fs r player Template:Nat fs r player Template:Nat fs r player Template:Nat fs r player Template:Nat fs r player Template:Nat fs break Template:Nat fs r player Template:Nat fs r player Template:Nat fs r player Template:Nat fs r player Template:Nat fs break Template:Nat fs r player Template:Nat fs r player Template:Nat fs r player Template:Nat fs break DCL Player refused to join the team after the call-up.
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
RET Player has retired from international football.
SUS Suspended from the national team. Template:Nat fs end

Records

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Players in bold are still active with Mali.
Seydou Keita is Mali's top goalscorer and their most capped player.
Most appearances
Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Seydou Keita 102 25 1998–2015
2 Mahamadou Sidibé 97 0 1996–2010
3 Bassala Touré 95 17 1992–2008
4 Adama Tamboura 89 0 2004–2015
5 Adama Coulibaly 85 1 1998–2014
6 Soumaila Coulibaly 83 14 1995–2009
7 Mahamadou Diarra 73 7 1998–2012
8 Djigui Diarra 72 0 2015–present
9 Adama Traoré 61 9 2013–present
10 Hamari Traoré 59 3 2015–present
Top goalscorers
Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Seydou Keita 25 102 {{#expr:25/102 round 2}} 1998–2015
2 Frédéric Kanouté 23 39 {{#expr:23/30 round 2}} 2004–2010
3 Bassala Touré 17 95 {{#expr:17/95 round 2}} 1994–2008
4 Cheick Diabaté 15 38 {{#expr:15/38 round 2}} 2005–2016
5 Yaya Dissa 14 42 {{#expr:14/42 round 2}} 1995–2001
Soumaila Coulibaly 14 83 {{#expr:14/83 round 2}} 1995–2009
7 Ibrahima Koné 13 22 {{#expr:13/22 round 2}} 2017–present
Kamory Doumbia 13 26 {{#expr:13/26 round 2}} 2022–present
9 Modibo Maïga 12 58 {{#expr:12/58 round 2}} 2007–2016
10 Salif Keïta 11 26 {{#expr:11/26 round 2}} 1964–1972

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr
1930 to 1962 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
Template:Flagicon 1966 Withdrew Withdrew
1970 to 1990 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1994 Withdrew Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 1998
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 3 4
Template:Flagicon 2006 12 4 2 6 15 15
Template:Flagicon 2010 12 6 3 3 21 15
Template:Flagicon 2014 6 2 2 2 7 7
Template:Flagicon 2018 8 1 4 3 4 11
Template:Flagicon 2022 8 5 2 1 11 1
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026 10 5 3 2 17 6
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2030 To be determined To be determined
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Total Template:Tooltip 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 24 16 18 78 59

Africa Cup of Nations

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Mali have never won the Africa Cup of Nations; their best result at the tournament was runners-up in 1972. Mali have qualified for the tournament fourteen times in total, finishing as runners-up once, third twice, and fourth three times. Prior to 2008, each time Mali qualified, they reached the knockout stage having only qualified four times before then.

Africa Cup of Nations record Qualification record
Year Result Position Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Squad Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr
Template:Flagicon 1957 Part of Template:Fb Part of Template:Fb
Template:Flagicon 1959
Template:Flagicon 1962 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1963
Template:Flagicon 1965 Did not qualify Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1968
Template:Flagicon 1970
Template:Flagicon 1972 Runners-up 2nd 5 1 3 1 11 11 Squad 4 3 1 0 7 2
Template:Flagicon 1974 Did not qualify 4 1 3 0 8 6
Template:Flagicon 1976 2 1 0 1 5 3
Template:Flagicon 1978 2 1 0 1 1 2
Template:Flagicon 1980 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1982 4 2 0 2 7 7
Template:Flagicon 1984 4 2 0 2 5 6
Template:Flagicon 1986 4 1 2 1 4 9
Template:Flagicon 1988 Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 1990 6 2 3 1 8 7
Template:Flagicon 1992 6 0 3 3 2 7
Template:Flagicon 1994 Fourth place 4th 5 2 0 3 4 8 Squad 6 3 1 2 8 7
Template:Flagicon 1996 Did not qualify 10 5 1 4 15 10
Template:Flagicon 1998 6 3 0 3 9 9
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2000 8 3 4 1 8 3
Template:Flagicon 2002 Fourth place 4th 6 2 2 2 5 5 Squad Qualified as hosts
Template:Flagicon 2004 Fourth place 4th 6 3 1 2 10 10 Squad 6 4 1 1 9 2
Template:Flagicon 2006 Did not qualify 12 4 2 6 15 15
Template:Flagicon 2008 Group stage 10th 3 1 1 1 1 3 Squad 6 3 3 0 10 1
Template:Flagicon 2010 9th 3 1 1 1 7 6 Squad 12 6 3 3 21 15
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2012 Third place 3rd 6 3 1 2 6 5 Squad 6 3 1 2 9 6
Template:Flagicon 2013 Third place 3rd 6 2 2 2 7 8 Squad 2 2 0 0 7 1
Template:Flagicon 2015 Group stage 10th 3 0 3 0 3 3 Squad 6 3 0 3 8 6
Template:Flagicon 2017 12th 3 0 2 1 1 2 Squad 6 5 1 0 13 3
Template:Flagicon 2019 Round of 16 11th 4 2 1 1 6 3 Squad 6 4 2 0 10 2
Template:Flagicon 2021 11th 4 2 2 0 4 1 Squad 6 4 1 1 10 4
Template:Flagicon 2023 Quarter-finals 7th 5 2 2 1 6 4 Squad 6 5 0 1 15 2
Template:Flagicon 2025 Qualified 6 4 2 0 10 1
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2027 To be determined To be determined
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Total Runners-up 14/35 59 21 21 17 71 69 — 146 74 34 38 224 136

African Nations Championship

Mali has competed in five African Nations Championship tournaments, finishing as runners-up twice.

African Nations Championship record Qualification record
Year Result Position Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr
Template:Flagicon 2009 Did not qualify 2 0 2 0 0 0
Template:Flagicon 2011 Group stage 13th 3 0 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 3 1
Template:Flagicon 2014 Quarter-finals 8th 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 0 1 3 2
Template:Flagicon 2016 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 2 1 6 6 4 2 2 0 7 4
Template:Flagicon 2018 Did not qualify 4 1 2 1 6 3
Template:Flagicon 2020 Runners-up 2nd 6 2 3 1 3 3 4 3 1 0 9 0
Template:Flagicon 2022 Group stage 15th 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 4 1
Total Runners-up 5/7 21 7 8 6 19 21 20 10 8 2 32 11

African Games

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African Games record
Year Result Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr
Template:Flagicon 1965 Runners-up 5 3 1 1 10 5
Template:Flagicon 1973 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1978 Group stage 3 0 2 1 3 5
Template:Flagicon 1987 Did not qualify
1991–present See Mali national under-23 football team
Total 2/4 8 3 3 2 13 10

Head-to-head record

As of 18 November 2025 Template:As of?

Team Confederation P W D L GF GA GD
Template:Fb CAF 24 10 2 12 22 36 –14
Template:Fb CAF 4 1 2 1 8 5 +3
Template:Fb CAF 16 8 7 1 27 16 +11
Template:Fb CAF 7 6 0 1 19 5 +14
Template:Fb CAF 21 13 3 5 36 20 +16
Template:Fb CAF 6 0 2 4 3 8 –5
Template:Fb CAF 7 3 2 2 10 4 +6
Template:Fb CAF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Template:Fb CAF 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2
Template:Fb AFC 2 1 0 1 3 5 –2
Template:Fb CAF 10 5 2 3 14 9 +5
Template:Fb CAF 7 3 1 3 11 10 +1
Template:Fb CAF 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6
Template:Fb UEFA 1 0 0 1 1 2 –1
Template:Fb CAF 10 4 2 4 8 8 0
Template:Fb CAF 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5
Template:Fb CAF 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7
Template:Fb CAF 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3
Template:Fb CAF 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1
Template:Fb CAF 12 2 5 5 10 16 –6
Template:Fb CAF 18 7 5 6 22 16 +6
Template:Fb CAF 19 3 6 10 15 31 –16
Template:Fb CAF 39 10 17 12 43 43 0
Template:Fb CAF 14 10 3 1 27 9 +18
Template:Fb AFC 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
Template:Fb CAF 26 2 8 16 17 47 –30
Template:Fb AFC 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Template:Fb AFC 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Template:Fb CAF 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2
Template:Fb AFC 1 0 0 1 0 1 –1
Template:Fb AFC 1 0 0 1 1 3 –2
Template:Fb AFC 3 0 0 3 4 10 –10
Template:Fb CAF 10 5 3 2 19 11 +8
Template:Fb CAF 7 3 1 3 9 10 –1
Template:Fb UEFA 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2
Template:Fb CAF 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5
Template:Fb CAF 5 3 1 1 8 5 +3
Template:Fb CAF 30 18 7 5 60 23 +37
Template:Fb CAF 19 5 6 8 12 31 –19
Template:Fb CAF 5 3 1 1 6 4 +2
Template:Fb CAF 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2
Template:Fb CAF 8 5 2 1 10 4 +6
Template:Fb CAF 10 2 3 5 7 12 –5
Template:Fb AFC 2 0 1 1 1 2 –1
Template:Fb AFC 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Template:Fb CAF 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1
Template:Fb AFC 2 1 0 1 4 6 –2
Template:Fb CAF 32 8 12 12 33 41 –8
Template:Fb CAF 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5
Template:Fb CAF 13 4 7 2 17 9 +8
Template:Fb CAF 4 1 2 1 4 2 +2
Template:Fb CAF 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5
Template:Fb CAF 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3
Template:Fb CAF 14 6 2 6 23 15 +8
Template:Fb CAF 8 4 0 4 8 8 0
Template:Fb CAF 4 1 2 1 8 4 +4
Template:Fb AFC 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Template:Fb CAF 5 0 2 3 3 8 –5
Template:Fb CAF 6 2 1 3 4 5 –1

Honours

Continental

Regional

Summary

Competition Template:Gold1 Template:Silver2 Template:Bronze3 Total
CAF African Cup of Nations 0 1 2 3
CAF African Nations Championship 0 2 0 2
Total 0 3 2 5
Notes
  1. Competition organized by ANOCA, officially not recognized by FIFA.

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