Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's fourth largest island, the second-largest island country and the 46th largest country overall. Its capital and largest city is Antananarivo.
Madagascar has diplomatic relations with many countries, both individual bilateral relations and by virtue of its membership of African and other regional blocs. International aid has been received from the IMF and the World Bank, and a national environmental plan supported by the World Bank and USAID began in 1990.
The Madagascar national football team, nicknamed Barea after the island's zebu, is the national team of Madagascar and is controlled by the Malagasy Football Federation. It has never qualified for the finals of the World Cup. It took part in its first Africa Cup of Nations in 2019. Among its biggest wins was a 1–0 home victory over Egypt in the qualification rounds of the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations until being surpassed by a recent 2–0 win over Nigeria in the group stage of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Reflecting the official name of the country at the time, the team was known as the Malagasy Republic national football team between 1958 and 1975.
The Malagasy Football Federation is the governing body of football in Madagascar. It was founded in 1961, affiliated to FIFA in 1964 and to CAF in 1963. It organizes the national football league and the national team.
AS ADEMA is a Malagasy football club based in Antananarivo, Madagascar. They have won the THB Champions League championship on four occasions, in 2002, 2006, 2012 and 2021. In 2002 they also advanced to the quarterfinals of the CAF Cup where they lost to Al-Masry of Egypt.
Paulin Voavy is a Malagasy professional footballer who plays for Réunion Premier League side Saint-Pauloise FC and the Madagascar national team.
Football is, along with rugby union, one of the most popular sports in the African island nation of Madagascar. The sport is governed in the country by the Malagasy Football Federation.
Anicet Abel Andrianantenaina is a Malagasy professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Bnei Reineh and captains the Madagascar national team.
Lalaïna Henintsoa Nomenjanahary is a former Malagasy professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Faneva Imà Andriatsima is a Malagasy professional footballer who plays as a forward.
AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne was an association football match played on October 31st, 2002 between two teams in Toamasina, Madagascar. It holds the world record for the highest scoreline in any association football match, recognised by The Guinness Book of Records. SO l'Emyrne (SOE) intentionally lost the game against their archrivals AS Adema in a pre-planned protest over refereeing decisions that had gone against them during a previous four-team playoff tournament. Prior to this match, the previous highest scoreline was 36–0, in which Arbroath beat Bon Accord in the Scottish Cup in 1885.
Marie-Laure Delie is a French football player who currently plays for Madrid CFF of the Primera Division. She plays as a striker and is a member of the France women's national football team having made her debut for the team on 23 September 2009.
Charles Carolus Andriamatsinoro, simply known as Andria, is a Malagasy professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi club Al-Rawdhah and the Madagascar national team.
Kenny Lala is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ligue 1 club Brest.
Romain Métanire is a professional footballer who plays as a defender. He has previously played in France for FC Metz and Stade de Reims, with whom he won Ligue 2 in 2017–18, as well as in Belgium with KV Kortrijk. Born in France, he plays for the Madagascar national team.
The Madagascar women's national football team is the FIFA recognised senior women's A team for Madagascar. The team played their first FIFA matches in 2015. They were runner-up to Réunion in the 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games. They have competed in the COSAFA Women's Championship, in which they won a game against Comoros in 2019.
Marco Ilaimaharitra is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. Born in France, he is a former member of its the under-19 and under-20 national teams but represents Madagascar at senior international level.
Kadidiatou Diani is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Première Ligue club Lyon and the France national team.
Rayan Ny Aina Arnaldo Raveloson is a Malagasy professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Auxerre. He also holds French nationality as he was raised in Réunion, where his mother is from.
Marie-Antoinette Oda Katoto is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Première Ligue club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. A youth academy graduate of Paris Saint-Germain, she became the team's all-time top scorer in February 2022 at the age of 23.
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