Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol

The Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol (FCF ) is the Football Association of Cape Verde. The association was founded in 1982. There followed in 1986 the admission to FIFA and to CAF in 2000., The association organizes the national football championship and is also responsible for the national team.

National

The national team plays in blue or white pants and shirts as well as in blue or red socks. From the fans either Tubarões Azuis ( Blue Sharks ) or Crioulos be called ( Creoles ). As the number of Cape Verde abroad is greater than the population of the state, they are also an important source for the national team. Most of the players of the national team are active in Europe.

The team currently is ranked 108 in the FIFA world ranking. The best place in this ranking was 68 in July 2007, the lowest 182 in April 2000 The first game of a national team took place on 7 January 1979 instead of against Guinea- Bissau and walked 3. 0 lost. So far, the national team failed to qualify for either the FIFA World Cup nor the Africa Cup of Nations, but get her some remarkable results, a 0: 0 against the national team of Portugal in their preparation for the 2010 World Cup, so who took at full strength.

Many soccer players with Cape Verdean roots opted for other teams, these include Eliseu, Nani, Manuel Fernandes, Rolando, Nélson Marcos Silvestre Varela (Portugal ), Jacques Faty (Senegal), Gelson Fernandes ( Switzerland ), Henrik Larsson ( Sweden) and David Mendes da Silva (Netherlands). Main article: Cape Verde national football team