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FEATURED - Africa Cup 2019 - Date switch makes African players more attractive

A two-day conference in Morocco has been looking at the future of football in Africa.

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23 Jul 2017
Africa Cup 2019 Qualifiers Fixtures+Results
AFRICA CUP 2019 QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - 1ST MATCHES - ALL RESULTS

Tunisia beat Egypt and Algeria beat Togo.

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11 Jun 2017
Africa Cup 2019 Qualifiers Fixtures+Results
Africa Cup 2019 Qualifiers - Group Stage - 1st matches - so far

Former winners Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Zambia lose at home.

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10 Jun 2017
Club Stars in Asia Transfers
STARS IN ASIA - MALI - CLUB - Mohamed Sissoko set for move to Indonesia's Mitra Kukar

Mohamed Sissoko is expected to move to Indonesia's Mitra Kukar on a one year deal

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17 Apr 2017
CAF Featured
CAF - Madagascar FA chief Ahmad elected as new CAF president

Ahmad won 34 of the 54 votes in the election.

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16 Mar 2017
Club Stars in Asia Transfers
STARS IN ASIA - NIGERIA - CLUB - Ideye moves to China

Brown Ideye has signed a three-year deal at Tianjin Teda.

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21 Feb 2017
Club Stars in Europe Transfers
STARS IN EUROPE - Mali - CLUB - Ternana sign ex-Liverpool, PSG and Valencia midfielder Sissoko

Mohamed Sissoko's move to Italian side Ternana.

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17 Feb 2017
Africa Cup 2017 Fixtures+Results
2017 AFRICA CUP - GROUP D - DAY 12 - Uganda vs Mali 1:1

Day 12 - 24th match - Mali and Uganda knocked out Africa Cup

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25 Jan 2017
Africa Cup 2017 Fixtures+Results Squad
2017 AFRICA CUP - GROUP D - DAY 08 - Ghana VS Mali 1:0

Day 08 - 15th match - Ghana beat Mali

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21 Jan 2017
Africa Cup 2017 Fixtures+Results
2017 AFRICA CUP - GROUP D - DAY 04 - MALI VS EGYPT 0:0

Day 04 - 8th match - Egypt goalkeeper became the oldest player

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17 Jan 2017
Mali

Mali
AFRICA CUP 2015 


GROUP D

 

Nations Cup appearances: 8 
Best result: Runners-up (1972) 
Coach: Henri Kasperczak (Poland) 
Key players: Seydou Keita 
Fifa ranking: 49

Mali have an excellent record once they have qualified for the finals - in their eight appearances they have reached the semi-finals on six occasions. 

They finished third at the last two tournaments. 

The Eagles pulled off an incredible fightback against Angola in the opening match in 2010, coming back from 4:0 down with 11 minutes to go to draw 4:4.