Cape Verde national football team
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| Nickname(s) |
Tubarões Azuis (Blue Sharks) Crioulos (Creoles) |
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| Association | Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol |
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) |
| Head coach | Lúcio Antunes |
| Captain | Marco Soares |
| Top scorer | Héldon Ramos (13) |
| Home stadium | Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde |
| FIFA code | CPV |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 74  5 (9 February 2017)
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| Highest | 27 (February 2014) |
| Lowest | 182 (April 2000) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 95 (23 January 2017) |
| Highest | 69 (31 March 2015) |
| Lowest | 146 (August 1998) |
| First international | |
 Cape Verde 0–1 Angola  (Cape Verde; unknown date 1978) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Cape Verde 7–1 São Tomé and Príncipe  (Praia, Cape Verde; 13 June 2015) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Senegal 5–1 Cape Verde (Mali; 12 February 1981) Cape Verde 0–4 Ghana  (Praia, Cape Verde; 8 October 2005)  Guinea 4–0 Cape Verde (Conakry, Guinea; 9 September 2007) |
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| Africa Cup of Nations | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2013) |
| Best result | Quarter-finals, 2013 |
The Cape Verde national football team, nicknamed either the Tubarões Azuis (Blue Sharks) or Crioulos (Creoles), is the national team of Cape Verde and is controlled by the Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol.
The Cape Verde became independent from Portugal in 1975. The national team's first international was a 0–3 defeat to Guinea-Bissau in the 1979 Amilcar Cabral Cup.Cape Verde's football association was formed in 1982, and joined FIFA in 1986.
Cape Verdeans abroad, who are more numerous than the population of the islands themselves, are a major source of players for the national team. Most of Cape Verde's current international footballers play outside of Cape Verde (mainly in Europe, but also in Asia), and some were born outside of the islands.
Several players of Cape Verdean origin have chosen to play for other national teams. These include Eliseu, Nani, Oceano, Manuel Fernandes, Rolando, Nélson Marcos, Jorge Andrade, Miguel and Silvestre Varela, who all represent Portugal, as well as Mickaël Tavares, Jacques and Ricardo Faty (Senegal), Patrick Vieira (France), Gelson Fernandes (Switzerland), Henrik Larsson (Sweden), David Mendes da Silva, Lerin Duarte, Jerson Cabral (Netherlands) and Rui (Equatorial Guinea), among other examples.
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