Macau national football team

Macau
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Selecção do Lótus (The Lotus' Team)
Verdes (The Greens)
AssociationAssociação de Futebol de Macau
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationEAFF (East Asia)
Head coachLázaro Oliveira
CaptainNiki Torrão
Most capsCheang Cheng Ieong (58)
Top scorerChan Kin Seng (17)[1]
Home stadiumEstádio Campo Desportivo
FIFA codeMAC
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 182 Steady (6 April 2023)[2]
Highest156 (September 1997)
Lowest204 (July 2014)
First international
 Macau 4–2 Hong Kong 
(Macau; 29 March 1948)[3]
Biggest win
 Macau 6–1 Northern Mariana Islands 
(Yona, Guam; 11 March 2009)
Biggest defeat
 Macau 0–10 Japan 
(Muscat, Oman; 25 March 1997)
 Japan 10–0 Macau 
(Tokyo, Japan; 22 June 1997)
AFC Solidarity Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2016)
Best resultRunners-up, (2016)
AFC Challenge Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage, (2006)
Macau national football team
Traditional Chinese澳門足球代表隊
Simplified Chinese澳门足球代表队
This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Macau women's national football team.

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).

Rivalries

FIFA suspension

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]

Results and fixtures
Main article: Macau national football team results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023
26 March 2023 (2023-03-26) Friendly Macau  0–1  Singapore Taipa, Macau
20:00 UTC+8 Report
  • Lionel Tan 66'
 Stadium: Estádio Campo Desportivo
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Tam Ping Wun (Hong Kong)
16 June 2023 (2023-06-16) Friendly Laos  v  Macau Vientiane, Laos
--:-- UTC+7 Stadium: New Laos National Stadium
19 June 2023 (2023-06-19) Friendly Macau  v  Myanmar Taipa, Macau
--:-- UTC+8 Stadium: Estádio Campo Desportivo
September 2023 Friendly Hong Kong  v  Macau So Kon Po, Hong Kong
20:00 UTC+8 Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium

Coaching staff
Position Name
Technical director Macau Iong Cho Ieng
Head coach Angola Lázaro Oliveira
Assistant coach Portugal Pedro Simões
Goalkeeper coach Macau William Chu

Coaching history

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players are selected for the match against Singapore on 26 March 2023.

Caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2023, after the match against Singapore.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Ho Man Fai (1993-04-24) 24 April 1993 39 0 Macau Monte Carlo
1GK Liu Kin Chou (1991-07-27) 27 July 1991 4 0 Macau Sporting Clube de Macau
1GK Fong Chi Hang (1989-10-26) 26 October 1989 1 0 Macau Cheng Fung
2DF Lei Ka Him (1991-08-16) 16 August 1991 31 2 Macau Chao Pak Kei
2DF Choi Chan In (1993-03-10) 10 March 1993 16 0 Macau Chao Pak Kei
2DF Filipe Duarte (1985-03-30) 30 March 1985 8 3 Macau Chao Pak Kei
2DF Vítor Almeida (1991-02-05) 5 February 1991 0 0 Macau Chao Pak Kei
2DF Chan Man (1993-10-04) 4 October 1993 26 2 Macau Benfica de Macau
2DF Vernon Wong (1989-11-19) 19 November 1989 25 2 Macau Ornament
2DF Lei Chi Kin (1990-10-24) 24 October 1990 15 0 Macau Lun Lok FC
2DF Ng Wa Seng (1999-08-02) 2 August 1999 7 0 Hong Kong Central and Western
2DF Ortega Rolon Ismael (1988-12-13) 13 December 1988 0 0 Macau Monte Carlo
3MF Lam Ka Seng (1994-05-28) 28 May 1994 26 6 Macau Chao Pak Kei
3MF Ho Chi Fung (1994-09-30) 30 September 1994 21 0 Macau Monte Carlo
3MF Cheong Hoi San (1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 14 0 Macau Monte Carlo
3MF Lee Keng Pan (1990-02-28) 28 February 1990 12 0 Macau Benfica de Macau
3MF Edgar Teixeira (1989-12-01) 1 December 1989 7 0 Retired
3MF Iuri Capelo (1992-10-27) 27 October 1992 6 0 Macau Benfica de Macau
3MF Lam Ngai Tong (1990-01-13) 13 January 1990 7 0 Hong Kong North District
4FW Leong Ka Hang (1992-11-22) 22 November 1992 30 12 Macau Chao Pak Kei
4FW Pang Chi Hang (1999-09-03) 3 September 1999 27 1 Macau Chao Pak Kei
4FW Niki Torrão (1987-11-18) 18 November 1987 16 8 Macau Chao Pak Kei
4FW Carlos Leonel (1987-07-28) 28 July 1987 8 4 Retired

Recent call-ups

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

Records
As of 26 March 2023
Players in bold are still active with Macau.

Most appearances
Rank Player Caps Goals Period
1 Cheang Cheng Ieong 58 0 2005–2018
2 Kong Cheng Hou 43 0 2006–2019
3 Ho Man Fai 39 0 2011–present
4 Che Chi Man 34 6 1996–2013
5 Geofredo Cheung 33 3 2001–2011
6 Lei Ka Him 31 1 2010–present
7 Lao Pak Kin 30 1 2005–2017
Leong Ka Hang 30 12 2010–present
9 Chan Kin Seng 29 17 2006–2013
10 Pang Chi Hang 27 1 2012–present

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Period
1 Chan Kin Seng 17 29 0.59 2006–2013
2 Leong Ka Hang 12 30 0.4 2010–present
3 Niki Torrão 8 16 0.5 2011–present
4 Lam Ka Seng 6 26 0.23 2014–present
Che Chi Man 6 34 0.18 1996–2013
6 Ho Man Hou 5 19 0.26 2006–2015
7 Carlos Leonel 4 8 0.5 2017–2018
Pelé 4 9 0.44 1996–1997
9 Filipe Duarte 3 8 0.38 2016–present
Chong In Leong 3 24 0.13 2001–2011
Geofredo Cheung 3 33 0.09 2001–2011

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 to Argentina 1978Did not enterDid not enter
Spain 1982Did not qualify300309
Mexico 19866204415
Italy 1990Did not enterDid not enter
United States 1994Did not qualify6006146
France 19986114328
South Korea Japan 20026006231
Germany 2006200216
South Africa 20102002213
Brazil 20142002113
Russia 2018201114
Qatar 2022210113
Canada Mexico United States 2026To be determined To be determined
Total–0/22–––––– 37423116168

AFC Asian Cup
AFC Asian Cup AFC Asian Cup qualification
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Hong Kong 1956Did not enterDid not enter
South Korea 1960
Israel 1964
Iran 1968
Thailand 1972
Iran 1976
Kuwait 1980Did not qualify310247
Singapore 1984 Did not enterDid not enter
Qatar 1988
Japan 1992Did not qualify311144
United Arab Emirates 19963102712
Lebanon 2000310214
China 2004200205
IndonesiaMalaysiaThailandVietnam 2007Did not enterDid not enter
Qatar 2011Did not qualifyAFC Challenge Cup
Australia 2015
United Arab Emirates 20198017520
Qatar 2023210113
Saudi Arabia 2027To be determinedTo be determined
Total-0/19------2452172255

East Asian Cup record
East Asian Football Championship Finals Preliminary competition
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Place Pld W D L GF GA
East Asian Football Championship
Japan 2003Did not qualify 3rd420255
South Korea 2005Did not enter Did not enter
China 2008Did not qualify 4th201117
Japan 2010 3rd311195
EAFF East Asian Cup
South Korea 2013Did not qualify 2nd210154
China 2015 2nd311144
EAFF E-1 Football Championship
Japan 2017Did not qualify 3rd311176
South Korea 2019 2nd311145
Japan 2022 Did not participate Not held
Total—–––––– –207583436

AFC Challenge Cup record
AFC Challenge Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Bangladesh 2006Group stage15th301228 No qualification
India 2008Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 3 6
Sri Lanka 2010 5 1 0 4 4 12
Nepal 2012 2 1 0 1 4 5
Maldives 2014 3 0 0 3 0 6
TotalGroup stage1/5301228122091129

AFC Solidarity Cup record
AFC Solidarity Cup
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Malaysia 2016 Runners-up 2nd 5 2 2 1 8 5
2020 Cancelled
2024 To be determined
Total Runners-up 1/1 5 2 2 1 8 5

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. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  3. "Macao matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: Macao. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  4. "Macau suspended by FIFA due to political interference". ESPN. 15 February 2005. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  5. "FIFA suspends the Macau Football Association". FIFA. 15 February 2005. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
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