MACAU NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM


The 'Macau national football team' (Chinese: 中國澳門足球代表隊; Portuguese: ''Selecção Macaense de Futebol'') represents the Macao (Macau) Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China in international football (soccer) competitions such as the World Cup, Asian Cup and East Asian Cup under the team name "'Macau, China'". The team is supervised by the Macau Football Association (Chinese: 中國澳門足球總會; Portuguese: ''Associação de Futebol de Macau''). The Macau football team has a ranking that is one of the lowest among the FIFA members.
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 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 national football team is referred as the "national team" (Chinese: 國家隊).

Contents
World Cup record
Asian Cup record
East Asian Cup record
AFC Challenge Cup record
Last and next games
Current squad

World Cup record



1930 to 1978 - ''Did not enter''

1982 - ''Did not qualify''

1986 - ''Did not qualify''

1990 - ''Did not enter''

1994 to 2006 - ''Did not qualify''

Asian Cup record



1956 to 1976 - ''Did not enter''

1980 - ''Did not qualify''

1984 - ''Did not enter''

1988 - ''Did not enter''

1992 to 2004 - ''Did not qualify''

2007 - ''Did not enter''

East Asian Cup record



2003 - ''Did not qualify'' (3rd place in qualifiers)

2005 - ''Did not enter''

2008 - ''Did not qualify'' (4th place in qualifiers)

AFC Challenge Cup record



2006 - Round 1

Last and next games


August 9, 2006, Macau, Macau - '0 - 1' Friendly
June 10, 2007, Hong Kong, Hong Kong - '2 - 1' Friendly
June 17, 2007, Macau, Macau - '0 - 0' Friendly
June 21, 2007, Macau, Macau - '1 - 7' Friendly
June 24, 2007, Macau, Macau - '2 - 7' Friendly

Current squad


(May, 2007)
'Goalkeepers':


Domingos Chan

Chon Kit Leong

Hom Ming


'Defenders':


Chi Pang Ian

Lap Tak Ieong

Kee Yuen Au

Ka Koi Lam

Ting Sun Lau

Veng Fai Ho


'Midfielders':


Geofredo de Sousa Cheung

Armando Queiroz Manuel

Miguel Alexandre Bravo Heitor

Man Io Hoi

Wai Tong Ho

Iao Chio Kuok

Fu Weng Lei

Heng Let Wong


'Forwards':


Chon Man Cheang

Man Hei Chan

Kun Kan Chong

Chan Leong

Hon Fai Wong



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