Macau national football team

Macau

Association	Macau Football Association
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East Asia)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Tam Iao San
Captain	Cheang Cheng Ieong
Most caps	Cheang Cheng Ieong (34)
Top scorer	Chan Kin Seng (17)[1]
Home stadium	Estádio Campo Desportivo
FIFA code	MAC
FIFA ranking
Current	193 6 (1 October 2015)
Highest	156 (September 1997)
Lowest	204 (July 2014)
Elo ranking
Current	224
Highest	182 (13 February 2000)
Lowest	226 (21 March 2013, 23 May 2014)
First international
Macau 1–5 South Korea  (Macau; 25 January 1949)
Biggest win
Macau 5–1 Philippines  (Kowloon, Hong Kong; 4 February 1996) Macau 6–1 Northern Mariana Islands  (Yona, Guam; 2009)
Biggest defeat
Macau 0–10 Japan  (Muscat, Oman; 25 March 1997)  Japan 10–0 Macau (Tokyo, Japan; 22 June 1997)

The Macau 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 refer to the team as Macau, China.

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 the People's Republic of China in 1999. This team is separate from the China PR 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" (Chinese: 澳門隊), while the China PR national football team is referred as the "national team" (Chinese: 國家隊).

FIFA Suspension

Macau had been 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.^[2][3]

Competition records

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1978 – Did not enter
• 1982 to 1986 – Did not qualify
• 1990 – Did not enter
• 1994 to 2018 – Did not qualify

Asian Cup record

• 1956 to 1976 – Did not enter
• 1980 – Did not qualify
• 1984 to 1988 – Did not enter
• 1992 to 2004 – Did not qualify
• 2007 – Did not enter
• 2011 to 2019 – Did not qualify

East Asian Cup

• 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)

AFC Challenge Cup record

• 2006 – Round 1
• 2008 to 2014 – Did not qualify

Recent results and fixtures

2014

Guam  v  Macau

21 July 2014 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup preliminary round 1	Guam	0–0	Macau	Harmon, Guam
17:30				Stadium: GFA National Training Center Referee: Kao Jung-fang ( Chinese Taipei)

Macau  v  Mongolia

25 July 2014 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup preliminary round 1	Macau	3–2	Mongolia	Harmon, Guam
15:30	Lam Ka Seng Chan Man Tang Hou Fai			Stadium: GFA National Training Center Referee: Kao Jung-fang ( Chinese Taipei)

Macau  v  Singapore

14 October 2014 Friendly	Macau	2–2	Singapore	Taipa, Macau
19:00	Leong Ka Hang  53' Niki Torrão  90'		Khairul Amri  22'  36'	Stadium: Macau University of Science and Technology

2015

Cambodia  v  Macau

12 March 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round	Cambodia	3–0	Macau	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
	Chan  64, 81' Laboravy  90+4'			Stadium: Army Stadium, Phnom Penh

Macau  v  Cambodia

17 March 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round	Macau	1–1	Cambodia	Taipa, Macau
20:00	Leong Ka Hang  52'		Thierry Bin  28'	Stadium: Estádio Campo Desportivo

Chinese Taipei  v  Macau

9 October 2015 Friendly	Chinese Taipei	5–1	Macau	Taipei, Republic of China
19:00	Wen Chih-hao  22' Chen Hao-Wei  42', 71' Xavier Chen  61' Onur Dogan  68'		Lam Ka Seng  17'	Stadium: Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

Hong Kong  v  Macau

14 November 2015 2015 Hong Kong–Macau Interport	Hong Kong	v	Macau	Chai Wan, Hong Kong
15:00				Stadium: Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground

      Win       Draw       Loss

Squad

Current squad

Recent Callups

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Cheok Ka Meng (1988-06-02) 2 June 1988 0 0 Lai Chi v.  Cambodia, 17 Mar 2015 DF Kong Cheng Hou (1986-08-02) 2 August 1986 21 0 Windsor Arch Ka I v.  Cambodia, 17 Mar 2015 DF Lei Tin U (1993-04-02) 2 April 1993 6 0 Lai Chi v.  Cambodia, 17 Mar 2015 DF Alex Matos (1995-05-01) 1 May 1995 2 0 Windsor Arch Ka I v.  Cambodia, 17 Mar 2015 DF Chan Pak Chun (1985-12-05) 5 December 1985 1 0 Sporting Clube de Macau v.  Cambodia, 17 Mar 2015 DF Lo Chin Fong 0 0 Monte Carlo v.  Cambodia, 17 Mar 2015 DF Vernon Wong (1989-11-19) 19 November 1989 16 1 Windsor Arch Ka I v.  Singapore, 14 Oct 2014 DF Tang Hou Fai (1993-04-01) 1 April 1993 11 1 Lo Leong v.  Singapore, 14 Oct 2014 DF Chu Kai Wang (1995-07-29) 29 July 1995 1 0 MFA Develop v.  Singapore, 14 Oct 2014 MF Ho Man Hou (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 16 1 Windsor Arch Ka I v.  Cambodia, 17 Mar 2015 MF Sio Ka Un (1992-03-16) 16 March 1992 14 0 Lai Chi v.  Cambodia, 17 Mar 2015 MF Luis Manuel Amorim (1986-05-06) 6 May 1986 9 0 Benfica de Macau v.  Cambodia, 17 Mar 2015 MF Niki Torrão (1987-11-18) 18 November 1987 5 1 Benfica de Macau v.  Cambodia, 17 Mar 2015 MF Ho Chi Fung (1994-09-30) 30 September 1994 5 0 Monte Carlo v.  Cambodia, 17 Mar 2015 MF Eduardo Antonio Pedro Tong (1992-11-13) 13 November 1992 2 0 Chao Pak Kei v.  Singapore, 14 Oct 2014 FW Iuri Capelo (1992-10-27) 27 October 1992 6 0 Benfica de Macau v.  Cambodia, 12 Mar 2015 FW Alves Vinicio (1991-05-19) 19 May 1991 6 1 Benfica de Macau v.  Singapore, 14 Oct 2014

References

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