Macau national football team explained

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Sub-Confederation:EAFF (East Asia)
Confederation:AFC (Asia)
Association:Associação de Futebol de Macau
Coach:Lázaro Oliveira
Captain:Niki Torrão
Most Caps:Cheang Cheng Ieong (58)
Top Scorer:Chan Kin Seng (17)
Home Stadium:Estádio Campo Desportivo
Fifa Trigramme:MAC
Fifa Max:156
Fifa Max Date:September 1997
Fifa Min:204
Fifa Min Date:July 2014
Elo Max:182
Elo Max Date:13 February 2000
Elo Min:229
Elo Min Date:March 2015
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First Game:
(Macau; 29 March 1948)
Largest Win:
(Yona, Guam; 11 March 2009)
Largest Loss:
(Muscat, Oman; 25 March 1997)
10–0
(Tokyo, Japan; 22 June 1997)
Regional Name:AFC Solidarity Cup
Regional Cup Apps:1
Regional Cup First:2016
Regional Cup Best:Runners-up, (2016)
2Ndregional Name:AFC Challenge Cup
2Ndregional Cup Apps:1
2Ndregional Cup First:2006
2Ndregional Cup Best:Group stage, (2006)
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The Macau national football team (; Portuguese: Selecção Macaense de Futebol) represents the Chinese special administrative region of Macau in international association football. The team is supervised by the Macau Football Association (; 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" (Chinese: c=澳門隊|labels=no), while the Chinese national team is referred to as the "national team" (Chinese: c=國家隊|labels=no).

History

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.

Rivalries

Hong Kong

See also: Hong Kong–Macau Interport.

The Hong Kong–Macau rivalry has been contested by Hong Kong Football Association and Macau Football Association since 1937.

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.

Results and fixtures

See main article: Macau national football team results. [1] The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2024

Coaching staff

PositionName
Team Manager<--- Vong Iau Meng--->
Head coach Lázaro Oliveira
Assistant coach Pedro Simões
Emmanuel
Francisco Cunha
Choi Seng-cheong

<

-- Raimundo Ng
Francisco Lai
Filipe Chiang-->
Goalkeeper coach<--- William Chu--->
Staff Lok Chong-keong

<

--- Cheang Hou Chi--->
Technical director Iong Cho Ieng--->

Coaching history

Players

Current squad

The following 20 players are selected for the matches against Taichung Futuro on 9 June 2024.

Caps and goals correct as of 02 November 2023, after the match against Myanmar .

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Macau squad within the previous 12 months.

RET

RET Player retired from international football

Records

Players in bold are still active with Macau.

Most appearances

width=30pxRankPlayerwidth=50pxCapswidth=50pxGoalsPeriod
1Cheang Cheng Ieong5802005–2018
24302006–2019
3Ho Man Fai4302011–present
4Che Chi Man3461996–2013
5Geofredo Cheung3332001–2011
6Pang Chi Hang3212012–present
7Lei Ka Him3112010–present
8Leong Ka Hang30122010–present
Lam Ka Seng3062014–present
Chan Man3022011–present
Lao Pak Kin3012005–2017
12Chan Kin Seng29172006–2013

Top goalscorers

width=30pxRankPlayerwidth=50pxGoalswidth=50pxCapswidth=50pxRatioPeriod
1Chan Kin Seng17292006–2013
2Leong Ka Hang12302010–present
3Niki Torrão9212011–present
4Lam Ka Seng6302014–present
Che Chi Man6341996–2013
6Ho Man Hou5192006–2015
7Carlos Leonel482017–2018
Pelé491996–1997
9Filipe Duarte3132016–2023
Chong In Leong3242001–2011
Geofredo Cheung3332001–2011

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World CupQualification
YearResultPosition
1930 to 1978Not a FIFA memberNot a FIFA member
1982Did not qualify300309
19866204415
1990Did not enterDid not enter
1994Did not qualify6006146
19986114328
20026006231
2006200216
20102002213
20142002113
2018201114
2022210113
2026201115
2030To be determinedTo be determined
2034
Total39433217173

AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cupwidth=1% rowspan=39AFC Asian Cup qualification
YearResultPosition
Did not enterDid not enter
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980Did not qualify310247
1984Did not enterDid not enter
1988
1992Did not qualify311144
19963102712
2000310214
2004200205
Did not enterDid not enter
2011Did not qualifyAFC Challenge Cup
2015
20198017520
2023210113
2027To be determinedTo be determined
Total0/192452172255

East Asian Cup record

East Asian Football Championship FinalsPreliminary competition
YearResultPosition
East Asian Football Championship
2003Did not qualify3rd420255
2005Did not enterDid not enter
2008Did not qualify4th201117
20103rd311195
EAFF East Asian Cup
2013Did not qualify2nd210154
20152nd311144
EAFF E-1 Football Championship
2017Did not qualify3rd311176
20192nd311145
2022Did not participateNot held
2025To be determinedTo be determined
Total0/9207583436

AFC Challenge Cup record

AFC Challenge Cup recordQualification record
YearResultPosition
2006Group stage15th301228No qualification
2008Did not qualify200236
20105104412
2012210145
2014300306
TotalGroup stage1/5301228122091129

AFC Solidarity Cup record

AFC Solidarity Cup
YearResultPosition
2016Runners-up2nd522185
2020Cancelled
TotalRunners-up1/1522185

Head-to-head record

As of 17 October 2023 after match against

OpponentsFirstLastPldWDLGFGAGDConfederation
19701970100109–9AFC
20092009100103–3AFC
20232023100101–1AFC
19852016431062+4AFC
200820237115718–11AFC
197819996006326–23AFC
19922016111191236–24AFC
20032018622268–2AFC
1982201739223528121–93AFC
20172017200216–5AFC
200120012002013–13AFC
198020004004026–26AFC
20012001200208–8UEFA
198020073003112–11AFC
194919933003211–9AFC
199319932002118–17AFC
20132017400438–5AFC
20162017220072+5AFC
199320163012014–14AFC
20182018100101–1CAF
19932018105231814+4AFC
200920238017426–22AFC
199720166114716–9AFC
197519751010110OFC
200920185311166+10AFC
19971997200206–6AFC
20032013301227–5AFC
19751975110021+1CONCACAF
197820125203714–7AFC
199319932002014–14AFC
20002023401326–4AFC
20182018100114–3OFC
20162019311124–2AFC
20062013200207–7AFC
200720073003215–13AFC
201120112002113–12AFC

Honours

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/macau-team/21/