Association | Associação de Futebol de Macau | ||
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Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | EAFF (East Asia) | ||
Home stadium | Estádio Campo Desportivo | ||
FIFA code | MAC | ||
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First international | |||
South Korea B 12–0 Macau (Shanghai, China; 10 May 1993) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Macau 4–0 Mongolia (Osaka, Japan; 23 May 2001) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Japan B 19–0 Macau (Shanghai, China; 14 May 1993) |
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AFC U-23 Championship | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
Did not qualify | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | |||||||||
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 25 | ||||||||||
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | ||||||||||
2022 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
Total | – | 0/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 76 |
East Asian Games | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
1993 | Group stage | 6th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 52 |
1997 | Did not enter | |||||||
2001 | Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
2005 | 7th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | |
2009 | 6th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | |
2013 | Did not enter | |||||||
Total | Group stage | 4/6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 100 |
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