Mali national under-23 football team

Mali U-23

Nickname(s)	The Eagles
Association	Malian Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Alou Badra Diallo
Home stadium	Stade du 26 Mars
FIFA code	MLI
First colours Second colours
First international
3–0  Senegal (Dakar, Senegal; March 7, 1964)
Biggest win
11–0  Mauritania (Abidjan, Ivory Coast; January 10, 1972)
Biggest defeat
Algeria  2–0   (M'Bour, Senegal; December 2, 2015)   0–2  Ghana (Cairo, Egypt; November 14, 2019) Senegal  3–1   (Dakar, Senegal; March 22, 2023)
Olympic Games
Appearances	2 (first in 2004)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2004)
U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	3 (first in 2015)
Best result	Third place (2023)
All-Africa Games
Appearances	4 (first in 1965)
Best result	Runners-up (1965)

Mali national under-23 football team, represents Mali in association football at an under-23 age level and is controlled by Malian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Mali.^[1][2][3]

The following players were called up for the 2023 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Lassine Diarra	(2002-11-11) 11 November 2002	Châteauroux
16	1GK	Alkalifa Coulibaly	(2001-12-03) 3 December 2001	Onze Créateurs
22	1GK	Madou Diakité	(2004-07-22) 22 July 2004	Terracina
2	2DF	Fodé Doucouré	(2001-02-03) 3 February 2001	Red Star
3	2DF	Hamidou Diallo	(2002-01-26) 26 January 2002	Farense
4	2DF	Lassine Soumaoro	(2002-12-19) 19 December 2002	Troyes
5	2DF	Ibrahima Cissé	(2001-02-15) 15 February 2001	Schalke 04
17	2DF	Hamed Diomandé	(2002-12-15) 15 December 2002	Afrique Football Élite
25	2DF	Koly Soumare	(2001-02-22) 22 February 2001	Valenciennes
26	2DF	Zoumana Coulibaly	(2001-09-04) 4 September 2001	Afrique Football Élite
6	3MF	Mamady Diambou	(2002-11-11) 11 November 2002	Salzburg
8	3MF	Boubacar Traoré	(2001-08-20) 20 August 2001	Wolverhampton
10	3MF	Mamadou Sangaré	(2002-06-26) 26 June 2002	Hartberg
12	3MF	Abdoulaye Bathily	(2002-08-07) 7 August 2002	Sète
13	3MF	Brahima Diarra	(2003-07-05) 5 July 2003	Huddersfield
19	3MF	Mohamadou Lamine Bah	(2001-10-23) 23 October 2001	Olympique Béja
21	3MF	Coli Saco	(2002-05-15) 15 May 2002	Pro Vercelli
9	4FW	Cheickna Doumbia	(2003-06-14) 14 June 2003	Shabab Al-Ahli
11	4FW	Issoufi Maïga	(2002-02-12) 12 February 2002	Académico
14	4FW	Ladji Mallé	(2001-11-12) 12 November 2001	Los Angeles FC
18	4FW	Cheickna Diakité	(2004-12-25) 25 December 2004	Real Bamako
20	4FW	Alhassane Tamboura	(2001-06-29) 29 June 2001	Al-Dhaid
24	4FW	Mohamed Guindo	(2003-08-01) 1 August 2003	Pro Vercelli

legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

Japan  v  

22 March Friendly	Japan	1–3		Kameoka, Japan
19:20 UTC+9	Hirakawa 2'	Report	Sangaré 34' Tounkara 53' Traoré 90'	Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera Attendance: 11,515 Referee: William Finney (England)

Uzbekistan  v  

7 June Friendly	Uzbekistan	1–1		Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:30 UTC+5	Odilov 23'	Report	Traoré 62'	Stadium: Bunyodkor Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Firdavs Norsafarov (Uzbekistan)

Uzbekistan  v  

10 June Friendly	Uzbekistan	1–2		Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:00 UTC+5	Norchaev 58'	Report	Diarra 48' Sameké 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Bunyodkor Stadium Attendance: 5,723 Referee: Asker Najafaliev (Uzbekistan)

  v  Israel

24 July 2024 Summer Olympic GS		1–1	Israel	Paris, France
21:00 UTC+2	Doumbia 63'	Report	H. Diallo 56' (o.g.)	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 10,637 Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)

Japan  v  

27 July 2024 Summer Olympic GS	Japan	1–0		Bordeaux, France
21:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Stade de Bordeaux

Paraguay  v  

30 July 2024 Summer Olympic GS	Paraguay	1–0		Paris, France
21:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes

Summer Olympic Games record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992 to 2000	Did not qualify
2004	Quarter-finals	5th	4	1	2	1	5	4
2008 to 2020	Did not qualify
2024	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	1	3
Total	Quarter-finals	2/20	7	1	3	3	6	7

U-23 Africa Cup of Nations record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2011	Did not qualify
2015	Group stage	5th	3	1	0	2	3	5
2019	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	0	4
2023	Third place	3rd	5	2	2	1	7	4
Total	3/4	Third place	11	3	2	6	10	13

African Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1965	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	10	5
1973	Did not qualify
1978	Group stage	3	0	2	1	3	5
1987	Did not qualify
1991	Group stage	4	1	2	1	6	2
1995	Did not qualify
1999	Group stage	4	2	0	2	8	6
2003 to 2015	Did not qualify
2019 to 2023	Under-20 tournament
Total	4/11	16	6	5	5	27	18

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.