Macau national football team

Macau
Nickname(s) The Greens
Association Macau Football Association
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach Yung Cho Ying
Captain Cheang Cheng Ieong
Most caps Cheang Cheng Ieong (49)
Top scorer Chan Kin Seng (17)[1]
Home stadium Estádio Campo Desportivo
FIFA code MAC
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 184 Increase 1 (20 September 2018)
Highest 156 (September 1997)
Lowest 204 (July 2014)
Elo ranking
Current 224 Decrease 1 (3 October 2018)
Highest 182 (13 February 2000)
Lowest 226 (23 May 2014)
First international
Macau Macau 1–5 South Korea 
(Macau; 25 January 1949)[2]
Biggest win
 Macau 6–1 Northern Mariana Islands 
(Yona, Guam; 2009)
Biggest defeat
Macau Macau 0–10 Japan 
(Muscat, Oman; 25 March 1997)
 Japan 10–0 Macau Macau
(Tokyo, Japan; 22 June 1997)
Macau national football team
Traditional Chinese 澳門足球代表隊
Simplified Chinese 澳门足球代表队

The Macau national football team (Chinese: 澳門足球代表隊; 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 (Chinese: 澳門足球總會; 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 as the "Macau team" (澳門隊), while the Chinese national team is referred as the "national team" (國家隊).

FIFA Suspension

Macau was temporarily barred by the FIFA to enter any international matches because of alleged undue influence of government in forming the committee of its football association. The suspension was subsequently lifted after rectification by Macau.[3][4]

Competition records

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup qualification
Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
United States 1994Did not qualify------- 6006146
France 1998Did not qualify------- 6114328
South KoreaJapan 2002Did not qualify------- 6006231
Germany 2006Did not qualify------- 200216
South Africa 2010Did not qualify------- 2002213
Brazil 2014Did not qualify------- 2002113
Russia 2018Did not qualify------- 201114
Qatar 2022To be determined------- To be determined
Total-0/21------ 26122311141

All qualifications

AFC Asian Cup AFC Asian Cup qualification
Year Result Position GP W D L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
Singapore 1984Did not qualify------- 4004218
Qatar 1988Did not qualify------- 513155
Japan 1992Did not enter-------
United Arab Emirates 1996Did not qualify------- 410328
Lebanon 2000Did not qualify------- 4202145
China 2004Did not qualify------- 62131515
IndonesiaMalaysiaThailandVietnam 2007Did not qualify------- 6204513
Qatar 2011Did not qualify------- 621379
Australia 2015Did not qualify------- 6006318
United Arab Emirates 2019Did not qualify------- 8017520
TotalBest: -'' '' '' '' '' '' 591063358111

World Cup record

Asian Games

Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.
Asian Games Record
Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
India 1951-000000
Philippines 1954-000000
Japan 1958-000000
Indonesia 1962-000000
Thailand 1966-000000
Thailand 1970-000000
Iran 1974-000000
Thailand 1978-000000
India 1982-000000
South Korea 1986-000000
China 1990-000000
Japan 1994-000000
Thailand 1998-000000
2002–present See Macau national under-23 football team
Total0/0000000

Asian Cup record

East Asian Cup record

  • 2003 – Did not qualify (3rd place in Preliminary)
  • 2005 – Did not enter
  • 2008 – Did not qualify (4th place in Preliminary)
  • 2010 – Did not qualify (3rd place in Preliminary)
  • 2013 – Did not qualify (2nd place in Preliminary)
  • 2015 – Did not qualify (2nd place in Preliminary)
  • 2017 – Did not qualify (3rd place in Preliminary)

AFC Challenge Cup record

AFC Solidarity Cup record

Recent results and fixtures

2016

2017

2018


  Win   Draw   Loss

Squad

Current squad

The following 20 players have been selected to the final squad for the match against Kyrgyzstan.[6]

Caps and goals as of 14 November 2017, after the match against Kyrgyzstan.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Ho Man Fai (1993-04-24) 24 April 1993 29 0 Macau Monte Carlo
22 1GK Lo Weng Hou (1996-01-31) 31 January 1996 1 0 Macau MFA Develop
2 2DF Lei Ka Him (1991-08-16) 16 August 1991 24 1 Macau Lai Chi
3 2DF Lei Chi Kin (1990-10-24) 24 October 1990 10 0 Macau Benfica de Macau
4 2DF Chan Pak Chun (1985-12-05) 5 December 1985 8 1 Macau Sporting Clube de Macau
5 2DF Choi Chan In (1992-08-28) 28 August 1992 15 0 Macau Lai Chi
6 2DF Lao Pak Kin (1984-05-22) 22 May 1984 26 1 Macau Ka I
13 2DF Kam Chi Hou (1995-04-04) 4 April 1995 9 0 Macau MFA Develop
14 2DF Lam Ngai Tong (1990-01-13) 13 January 1990 4 0 Hong Kong Tai Po
18 2DF Lei Ka Hou (1989-07-23) 23 July 1989 5 0 Macau Ka I
7 3MF Ng Wa Keng (1999-08-02) 2 August 1999 0 0 unattached
8 3MF Cheang Cheng Ieong (Captain) (1984-08-18) 18 August 1984 49 0 Macau Monte Carlo
11 3MF Lam Ka Seng (1994-05-28) 28 May 1994 17 2 Macau MFA Develop
12 3MF Ho Chi Fung (1994-09-30) 30 September 1994 14 0 Macau Monte Carlo
15 3MF Cheong Hoi San (1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 6 0 Macau MFA Develop
16 3MF Amâncio (1990-03-29) 29 March 1990 0 0 Macau Benfica de Macau
17 3MF Kong Cheng Hou (1986-08-02) 2 August 1986 35 0 Macau Ka I
19 3MF Ng Wa Seng (1999-08-02) 2 August 1999 0 0 unattached
21 3MF Pang Chi Hang (1993-11-03) 3 November 1993 18 0 Macau Lai Chi
9 4FW Lee Keng Pan (1990-02-28) 28 February 1990 12 0 Macau Ka I
10 4FW Niki Torrão (1987-11-18) 18 November 1987 15 8 Macau Benfica de Macau
20 4FW Carlos Leonel (1987-07-28) 28 July 1987 4 3 Macau Benfica de Macau

Recent Callups

The following players have also been called up to the Macau squad recently.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Fong Chi Hang (1989-10-26) 26 October 1989 1 0 Macau Benfica de Macau v.  Laos, 2 October 2017
GK Lam Chi Pang (1993-05-22) 22 May 1993 0 0 Macau Lai Chi v.    Nepal, 15 November 2016
GK Leong Chon Kit (1980-06-06) 6 June 1980 16 0 Macau Polícia EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 1
DF Chan Man (1993-10-04) 4 October 1993 23 2 Macau Benfica de Macau v.    Nepal, 15 November 2016
DF Choi Weng Hou (1992-07-04) 4 July 1992 6 1 Macau Chao Pak Kei v.    Nepal, 15 November 2016
DF Vernon (1989-11-19) 19 November 1989 17 1 Macau Sporting Clube de Macau EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 1
DF Filipe Duarte (1985-03-30) 30 March 1985 8 2 Macau Benfica de Macau EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 1
MF Sio Ka Un (1992-03-16) 16 March 1992 19 0 Macau Lai Chi v.  India, 5 September 2017
MF Lei Kam Hong (1988-05-04) 4 May 1988 12 0 Macau Benfica de Macau v.  India, 5 September 2017
MF Kou Ut Cheong (1992-05-21) 21 May 1992 9 0 Macau Chao Pak Kei v.  Kyrgyzstan, 28 March 2017
MF Edgar Teixeira (1989-12-01) 1 December 1989 5 0 Macau Benfica de Macau EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 1
FW Leong Ka Hang (1992-11-22) 22 November 1992 26 10 Hong Kong Hong Kong Pegasus v.  India, 5 September 2017
FW Cheong Kin Chong (1991-04-25) 25 April 1991 4 0 Macau Lai Chi v.  Myanmar, 13 June 2017
FW Leong Tak Wai (1993-06-28) 28 June 1993 4 0 Macau Chao Pak Kei EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 1

References

  1. ↑ Mamrud, Roberto; Stokkermans, Karel. "Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "Macao matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: Macao. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Macau suspended by FIFA due to political interference". ESPN. 15 February 2005. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "FIFA suspends the Macau Football Association". FIFA. 15 February 2005. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  5. ↑ Zulhilmi Zainal (1 March 2016). "Hang Jebat Stadium to host Malaysia-Macau friendly". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  6. ↑ Squad of Macau, 14 November 2017, AFC
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