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Nickname(s) | Selecção do Lótus (The Lotus' Team) Verdes (The Greens) | ||
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Association | Associação de Futebol de Macau | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | EAFF (East Asia) | ||
Head coach | Lázaro Oliveira | ||
Captain | La Ka Seng | ||
Most caps | Cheang Cheng Ieong (58) | ||
Top scorer | Chan Kin Seng (17)[1] | ||
Home stadium | Estádio Campo Desportivo | ||
FIFA code | MAC | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 182 ![]() | ||
Highest | 156 (September 1997) | ||
Lowest | 204 (July 2014) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Macau; 29 March 1948)[3] | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Yona, Guam; 11 March 2009) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Muscat, Oman; 25 March 1997) ![]() ![]() (Tokyo, Japan; 22 June 1997) | |||
AFC Solidarity Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2016) | ||
Best result | Runners-up, (2016) | ||
AFC Challenge Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2006) | ||
Best result | Group stage, (2006) |
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Traditional Chinese | 澳門足球代表隊 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 澳门足球代表队 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 to as the "Macau team" (澳門隊), while the Chinese national team is referred to as the "national team" (國家隊).
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.[4][5]
Win Draw Loss
May 2022 Friendly | Macau ![]() | v | ![]() | Macau |
Stadium: Estádio Campo Desportivo |
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The following 23 players have been selected to the final squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Sri Lanka on 6 June 2019 and 11 June 2019.[6]
Caps and goals correct as of 6 June 2019, after the match against Sri Lanka.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | 1GK | Ho Man Fai | (1993-04-24) 24 April 1993 (age 29) | 33 | 0 | ![]() |
22 | 1GK | Fong Chi Hang | (1989-10-26) 26 October 1989 (age 33) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
23 | 1GK | U Wai Chon | (1999-03-19) 19 March 1999 (age 23) | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | 2DF | Lei Ka Him | (1991-08-16) 16 August 1991 (age 31) | 26 | 1 | ![]() |
4 | 2DF | Kam Chi Hou | (1995-04-04) 4 April 1995 (age 27) | 10 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | 2DF | Lei Chi Kin | (1990-10-24) 24 October 1990 (age 32) | 12 | 0 | ![]() |
5 | 2DF | Lam Ka Pou | (1985-07-10) 10 July 1985 (age 37) | 15 | 0 | ![]() |
6 | 2DF | Ng Wa Seng | (1999-08-02) 2 August 1999 (age 23) | 10 | 0 | ![]() |
7 | 2DF | Chan Man | (1993-10-04) 4 October 1993 (age 29) | 24 | 2 | ![]() |
8 | 2DF | Vernon Wong | (1989-11-19) 19 November 1989 (age 32) | 23 | 2 | ![]() |
13 | 2DF | Filipe Duarte | (1985-03-30) 30 March 1985 (age 37) | 9 | 3 | ![]() |
16 | 2DF | Lam Ngai Tong | (1990-01-13) 13 January 1990 (age 32) | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
19 | 2DF | Lei Ka Hou | (1989-07-23) 23 July 1989 (age 33) | 8 | 0 | ![]() |
20 | 2DF | Herculano Monteiro | (1983-11-05) 5 November 1983 (age 39) | 8 | 0 | ![]() |
11 | 3MF | Lam Ka Seng | (1994-05-28) 28 May 1994 (age 28) | 21 | 3 | ![]() |
15 | 3MF | Cheong Hoi San | (1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 (age 24) | 10 | 0 | ![]() |
17 | 3MF | Kong Cheng Hou | (1986-08-02) 2 August 1986 (age 36) | 39 | 0 | ![]() |
18 | 3MF | Ng Wa Keng | (1999-08-02) 2 August 1999 (age 23) | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
21 | 3MF | Pang Chi Hang | (1993-11-03) 3 November 1993 (age 29) | 22 | 0 | ![]() |
9 | 4FW | Ho Ka Seng | (1993-10-21) 21 October 1993 (age 29) | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
10 | 4FW | Niki Torrão | (1987-11-18) 18 November 1987 (age 34) | 16 | 8 | ![]() |
12 | 4FW | Ho Man Hou | (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 34) | 19 | 5 | ![]() |
14 | 4FW | Lee Keng Pan | (1990-02-28) 28 February 1990 (age 32) | 12 | 0 | ![]() |
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 |
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GK | Lo Weng Hou | (1996-01-31) 31 January 1996 (age 26) | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019 |
DF | Chan Pak Chun | (1985-12-05) 5 December 1985 (age 36) | 11 | 1 | ![]() |
EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019 |
MF | Ho Chi Fung | (1994-09-30) 30 September 1994 (age 28) | 16 | 0 | ![]() |
EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019 |
FW | Leong Ka Hang | (1992-11-22) 22 November 1992 (age 29) | 32 | 12 | Free agent | EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019 |
FW | Carlos Leonel | (1987-07-28) 28 July 1987 (age 35) | 6 | 4 | ![]() |
EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019 |
Most appearances
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Top goalscorers
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AFC Asian Cup | AFC Asian Cup qualification | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | ||
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![]() | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | ||||||||||
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
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8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | ||||||||||
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
Total | - | 0/18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 22 | 55 |
Asian Games Record | ||||||||
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2002–present | See Macau national under-23 football team | |||||||
Total | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
East Asian Football Championship Finals | Preliminary competition | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Place | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
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![]() | Did not qualify | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
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![]() | Did not qualify | 4th | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
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3rd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | |||||||||
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![]() | Did not qualify | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||
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2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
EAFF E-1 Football Championship | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | Did not qualify | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||
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2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
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Did not participate | Not held | ||||||||||||||
Total | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 36 |
AFC Challenge Cup record | AFC Challenge Cup qualification | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
![]() | Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | No qualification | ||||||
![]() | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
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5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||||||||
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Total | Group stage | 1/5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 29 | |
AFC Solidarity Cup | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
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Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
2020 | Cancelled | |||||||
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Total | Runners-up | 1/1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
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