Mali national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Les Aigles (The Eagles) |
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| Association | Mali Football Federation |
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) |
| Head coach | Alain Giresse |
| Captain | Yacouba Sylla |
| Most caps | Seydou Keita (102) |
| Top scorer | Seydou Keita (25) |
| Home stadium | Stade du 26 Mars |
| FIFA code | MLI |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 58  6 (9 February 2017)
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| Highest | 23 (June 2013) |
| Lowest | 117 (October 2001) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 75  (24 February 2017)
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| Highest | 42 (1971) |
| Lowest | 127 (September 1996) |
| First international | |
 Mali 4–3 Central African Republic  (Madagascar; 13 April 1960) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Mali 11–0 Mauritania  (Senegal; 1 October 1972) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Algeria 7–0 Mali (Algeria; 13 November 1988)  Kuwait 8–1 Mali (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 5 September 1997) |
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| Africa Cup of Nations | |
| Appearances | 10 (first in 1972) |
| Best result | Runners-up, 1972 |
The Mali national football team, nicknamed Les Aigles (The Eagles), is the national team of Mali and is controlled by the Fédération Malienne de Football. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals.
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 and 2012.
They played their first World Cup qualifier in 2000. As part of the CAF's qualifiers for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Mali lost in the preliminary round to Libya. Two years later, the country hosted the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations.
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.
In the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Mali beat Guinea-Bissau in the prelimaries. In the resulting second round, Mali finished fourth in its group. In March 2005, riots broke out in Bamako after Mali lost a World Cup qualifier to Togo, 2–1 on a last minute goal.
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