Cabo Verde Football Federation
Praia Cabo Verde FCF CX P.O Box 234 PRAIA
President: Mario SEMEDO, Vice President: Fernando Almeida, Secretary General: Adilson GONCALVES
Nickname: Blue Sharks
Appearances: 0
Cape Verde are making their debut at AFCON.
Their path to qualification:
Beat Madagascar (4-0, 3-1) in round 2, then Cameroon (2-0, 1-2) in the final round.
Key Players:
Odaïr Fortes, Ryan Mendes, Marco Soares
Head Coach: Lucio Antunes
Team Profile:
Blue Sharks looking to enjoy the swim with the continent’s biggest fish.
Newcomers on the continent’s highest football stage , Cape Verde are coming to South Africa first and foremost to learn and gain experience and won’t be too downbeat by many things as reaching the finals has been a wonderful achievement in itself. The debutants are drawn in Group A alongside hosts South Africa, Morocco and Angola all with more experience at this level than them but the Blue Sharks Blue Sharks will be looking to continue with their giant-killing act from the qualifiers in this group.
Fixtures
| Date/Time | Playing | Scores |
| 19-01-2013 18:00 | South Africa | ? |
| 23-01-2013 20:00 | Morocco | ? |
| 27-01-2013 19:00 | Angola | ? |
Players
Source: CAFonline
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