Macau national football team
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The Macau national football team (Template:Zh; Template:Langx) represents the Chinese special administrative region of Macau in international association football. The team is supervised by the Macau Football Association (Template:Zh; Portuguese: Associação de Futebol de Macau). The Macau football team has a ranking that is one of the lowest among the FIFA members.
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" (Template:Lang-zh), while the Chinese national team is referred to as the "national team" (Template:Lang-zh).
HistoryEdit
Macau participated in the inaugural 2006 AFC Challenge Cup held in Bangladesh being grouped with Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Pakistan but lost all of their match against their opponent.
Macau then participated in the inaugural 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup held in Kuching, Malaysia being grouped with Laos, Mongolia and Sri Lanka. In the first match, Macau won Mongolia 2–1 with captain, Niki Torrão scoring a brace. The following match, Macau won Laos 4–1 before eventually drawing to Sri Lanka 1–1 which see Macau advanced to the semi-finals as group leaders. Macau faced Brunei which Leong Ka Hang rescued Macau from a one goal deficit to level the match at 1–1 seeing both sides off to extra time however the match goes on to penalties shoot out with Macau advancing to their first even international cup final. On 15 November 2016, Macau faced Nepal however in the 29' minute of the match, Nepalese Sujal Shrestha break the deadlock and Nepal ended up winning the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup at the Sarawak Stadium. Leong Ka Hang is given the tournament 'Most Valuable Player' and Niki Torrão as the top joint goal scorer with 4 goals.
During the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification against Sri Lanka in which they won the first tie 1–0, they forfeited the second tie which awarded Sri Lanka was awarded as a 3–0 victory to Sri Lanka after Macau did not send their team for the match due to safety reasons following the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings. After a 4 years hiatus from the COVID-19 pandemic, On 26 March 2023, Macau play their first ever international matches at their own ground,Estádio Campo Desportivo against Singapore in a 1–0 defeat. On 19 June 2023, Macau travelled to Dalian, China to face Myanmar in a friendly match. Since their returned to international football, Macau mostly played against Southeast Asian country like Cambodia and Brunei.
In August 2024, all non-Chinese nationals listed to play for the Macau Football Association became ineligible for the team under FIFA Congress's adoption to a rule amendment made in 18 September 2020. The players affected include Vitor Almeida, Iuri Capelo, captain Nicholas Torrão, and Filipe Duarte, as well as a fifth player who was about to join up.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In September 2024, Macau signed a deal with Adidas in preparation for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification – play-off round ending their 10-years partnership with Nike. It will also see the team back in Adidas since 2004 making their debut against Brunei.
RivalriesEdit
Hong KongEdit
The Hong Kong–Macau rivalry has been contested by Hong Kong Football Association and Macau Football Association since 1937.
FIFA suspensionEdit
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.<ref name="espn@webarchive" /><ref name="fifa@webarchive" />
Results and fixturesEdit
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Coaching staffEdit
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Team Manager | Template:Flagicon Zhang Liqun |
| Head coach | Template:Flagicon Kwok Kar Lok |
| Assistant coaches | Template:Flagicon Pedro Simões Template:Flagicon Lai Yong Template:Flagicon Luo Wei Xing Template:Flagicon Cai Cheng Zhang |
| Doctor | Template:Flagicon Liu Zhi Liang |
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Coaching historyEdit
- Template:Flagicon João dos Santos (1996–1998)
- Template:Flagicon Eiji Ueda (2000–2002)
- Template:Flagicon Masataka Imai (2003–2004)
- Template:Flagicon Masanaga Kageyama (2006–2008)
- Template:Flagicon Leung Sui Wing (2008–2015)
- Template:Flagicon Tam Iao San (2015–2017)
- Template:Flagicon Chan Hiu Ming (2017–2018)
- Template:Flagicon Iong Cho Ieng (2018–2019)
- Template:Flagicon Lázaro Oliveira (2020–2024)
- Template:Flagicon Kwok Kar Lok (2024–)
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PlayersEdit
Current squadEdit
The following players are selected for the match against Hong Kong on 19 March 2025.
Caps and goals correct as of 12 December 2024, after the match against Guam.
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Recent call-upsEdit
The following players have also been called up to the Macau squad within the previous 12 months.
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WD Player withdrew from the squad.
RET Player retired from international football
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RecordsEdit
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- Players in bold are still active with Macau.
Most appearancesEdit
| Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheang Cheng Ieong | 58 | 0 | 2005–2018 |
| 2 | Ho Man Fai | 45 | 0 | 2011–present |
| 3 | Template:Interlanguage link | 43 | 0 | 2006–2019 |
| 4 | Che Chi Man | 34 | 6 | 1996–2013 |
| Pang Chi Hang | 34 | 1 | 2012–present | |
| 6 | Geofredo Cheung | 33 | 3 | 2001–2011 |
| 7 | Chan Man | 32 | 2 | 2011–present |
| 8 | Lei Ka Him | 31 | 1 | 2010–2019 |
| 9 | Lam Ka Seng | 30 | 6 | 2014–present |
| Lao Pak Kin | 30 | 1 | 2005–2017 | |
| Leong Ka Hang | 30 | 12 | 2010–2021 |
Top goalscorersEdit
| Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chan Kin Seng | 17 | 29 | {{#expr:17/29 round 2}} | 2006–2013 |
| 2 | Leong Ka Hang | 12 | 30 | {{#expr:12/30 round 2}} | 2010–2021 |
| 3 | Niki Torrão | 9 | 21 | {{#expr:9/21 round 2}} | 2011–present |
| 4 | Lam Ka Seng | 6 | 30 | {{#expr:6/30 round 2}} | 2014–present |
| Che Chi Man | 6 | 34 | {{#expr:6/34 round 2}} | 1996–2013 | |
| 6 | Ho Man Hou | 5 | 19 | {{#expr:5/19 round 2}} | 2006–2015 |
| 7 | Carlos Leonel | 4 | 8 | {{#expr:4/8 round 2}} | 2017–2018 |
| Pelé | 4 | 9 | {{#expr:4/9 round 2}} | 1996–1997 | |
| 9 | Filipe Duarte | 3 | 13 | {{#expr:3/13 round 2}} | 2016–2023 |
| Chong In Leong | 3 | 24 | {{#expr:3/24 round 2}} | 2001–2011 | |
| Geofredo Cheung | 3 | 33 | {{#expr:3/33 round 2}} | 2001–2011 |
Competitive recordEdit
FIFA World CupEdit
AFC Asian CupEdit
East Asian Cup recordEdit
| East Asian Football Championship Finals | Preliminary competition | |||||||||||||||
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| East Asian Football Championship | ||||||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2003 | Did not qualify | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2005 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2008 | Did not qualify | 4th | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2010 | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | |||||||||
| EAFF East Asian Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2013 | Did not qualify | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2015 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| EAFF E-1 Football Championship | ||||||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2017 | Did not qualify | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2019 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2022 | Did not participate | Not held | ||||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2025 | Did not qualify | 2nd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Total | – | 0/9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 38 | |
AFC Challenge Cup recordEdit
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| Template:Flagicon 2006 | Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | No qualification | ||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2008 | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2010 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2012 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 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 recordEdit
| AFC Solidarity Cup | ||||||||
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| Year | Result | Position | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip* | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip |
| Template:Flagicon 2016 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| 2020 | Cancelled | |||||||
| Total | Runners-up | 1/1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
Head-to-head recordEdit
As of 19 March 2025 after match against Template:Fb
| Opponents | First | Last | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Confederation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Fb | 1970 | 1970 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | −9 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 2009 | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 2023 | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 1985 | 2024 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 2008 | 2023 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | −11 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 1978 | 1999 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 26 | −23 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 1992 | 2016 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 36 | −24 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 2003 | 2018 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 1982 | 2025 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 28 | 123 | −95 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 2017 | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 2001 | 2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | −13 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 1980 | 2000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | −26 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 2001 | 2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | UEFA |
| Template:Fb | 1980 | 2007 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 1949 | 1993 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 1993 | 1993 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | −17 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 2013 | 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 2016 | 2017 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 1993 | 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | −14 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 2018 | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | CAF |
| Template:Fb | 1993 | 2018 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | +4 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 2009 | 2023 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 26 | −22 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 1997 | 2016 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | −9 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 1975 | 1975 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | OFC |
| Template:Fb | 2009 | 2018 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 1997 | 1997 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 2003 | 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 1975 | 1975 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | CONCACAF |
| Template:Fb | 1978 | 2012 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 1993 | 1993 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | −14 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 2000 | 2023 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 2018 | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | OFC |
| Template:Fb | 2016 | 2019 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 2006 | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 2007 | 2007 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | −13 | AFC |
| Template:Fb | 2011 | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | −12 | AFC |
HonoursEdit
ContinentalEdit
- AFC Solidarity Cup
- Template:Silver2 Runners-up (1): 2016
SummaryEdit
| Competition | Template:Gold1 | Template:Silver2 | Template:Bronze3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC Solidarity Cup | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
NotesEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Macau team profile at NationalFootballTeams.com
- Macau – Team Info at globalsportsarchive.com
- Macau at soccerway.com
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- 1 Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei"
- 2 Not a member of FIFA