Mozambique national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Os Mambas |
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| Association | Mozambique Football Federation |
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation |
COSAFA (Southern Africa) |
| Head coach | Abel Xavier |
| Captain | Dominguês |
| Top scorer | Tico-Tico (27) |
| Home stadium | Estádio do Zimpeto |
| FIFA code | MOZ |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 106  1 (6 April 2017)
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| Highest | 66 (November 1997) |
| Lowest | 134 (July 2005, September 2006) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 118 (21 December 2016) |
| Highest | 85 (September 1985) |
| Lowest | 147 (July 2000) |
| First international | |
 Mozambique 1–2 Tanzania  (Mozambique; 12 December 1977) |
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| Biggest win | |
Mozambique 6–1 Lesotho  (Mozambique; 10 August 1980)  Mozambique 5–0 South Sudan  (Mozambique; 18 May 2014) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Zimbabwe 6–0 Mozambique (Salisbury, Zimbabwe; 20 April 1980) |
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| Africa Cup of Nations | |
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1986) |
| Best result | Group stage, 1986, 1996, 1998 and 2010 |
The Mozambique national football team (Portuguese: Seleção Moçambicana de Futebol), popularly known as Os Mambas, represents Mozambique in association football and is controlled by the Federação Moçambicana de Futebol, the governing body for football in Mozambique. Mozambique have never qualified for a FIFA World Cup, but they have qualified for four Africa Cup of Nations in 1986, 1996, 1998 and most recently the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, being eliminated in the first round in all four. Mozambique are currently ranked 106th in the FIFA World Rankings, with their highest ever ranking of 66th in November 1996.
Mozambique's home ground is Estádio do Zimpeto in the capital city Maputo, and can hold 45,000 spectators. The team's current head coach is the former Portugal international Abel Xavier, who has been in charge since February 2016.
Mozambique played its first match against Tanzania in 1977, losing the match 2–1. They first qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations in 1986, but were knocked out in the first round. Mozambique never qualified for another 10 years until 1996. Again being knocked out in the first round of the tournament.
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