Cape Verde men's national football team
Enable an AI agent to recognise Cape Verde's senior men's national football team, assess its sporting and operational state, and identify justified actions within its authority.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Enable an AI agent to recognise Cape Verde's senior men's national football team, assess its sporting and operational state, and identify justified actions within its authority.
The Cape Verde men's national football team is the senior 11-a-side association-football representative of the Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol, entered in FIFA and CAF competition under the trigramme CPV, and is Cabo Verde's principal international football side, characteristically selecting a large share of its match-day squad from Cabo Verdean-origin players developed in Portugal and the wider diaspora rather than from the domestic island leagues.
It can be Resolve Cape Verde and Cabo Verde references to the registered senior men's team using authoritative identifiers.; Assemble a dated team-state briefing from official squad, fixture and competition records.; Flag unresolved eligibility, withdrawal or registration issues affecting a proposed squad.; Compare performance across explicitly defined opponents, competitions and coaching periods.; Identify preparation dependencies and propose follow-up actions to responsible team staff.; Draft evidence-backed selection or participation scenarios while reserving official decisions for authorised people..
Distinguishing features
The entity represents Cape Verde in senior men's association football; a shared country name does not establish that a record concerns this team.
It is an enduring representative team assembled through national selection, rather than a club with a permanent league roster.
Records under 'Cape Verde' and 'Cabo Verde' require an authoritative identity match before being attached to this registry entry.
A federation announcement concerns this team only when it identifies the senior men's side or an activity attributable to that side.
A particular squad, match lineup or tournament delegation is a dated manifestation of the team, rather than a replacement for its enduring identity.
Scope
+ Representative identity, recognised names and continuity across squads and coaching changes
+ Team mandate and accountability to the responsible Cape Verde football governing body
+ Player eligibility, call-ups, availability and squad composition for specified windows
+ Senior international fixtures, competition participation and sporting performance
+ Coaching responsibility, preparation and readiness for international duty
- The football federation's entire corporate structure, finances and domestic competitions
- Cape Verde's women's, youth, futsal and beach-soccer national teams
- Players' complete biographies, club careers and private medical records
- Opposing teams' internal organisation and development
- Tournament administration and stadium ownership
- Cape Verde's national identity, government and citizenship system beyond their relevance to representation
Characteristics
- Representative identity
- Cape Verde as represented territory; authoritative team identifiers and evidenced naming variants Prevents confusion with other Cape Verde teams and duplicate records under different country names.
- Mandating governing body
- Responsible organisation, basis of recognition and effective dates Establishes who can authorise representation, appointments and official team statements.
- Player eligibility status
- Unverified, under review, confirmed eligible or confirmed ineligible for a specified date and context Separates a possible Cape Verde player from one whose participation is supported by applicable rules and evidence.
- Selection and availability status
- Candidate, called up, accepted, joined camp, withdrawn, released or match-selected; dated and attributed Distinguishes an announced squad from the players actually available for a fixture.
- Competition standing
- Competition and edition, entry status, stage, points where applicable, and qualification status as of a date Shows what sporting objectives and participation obligations remain active.
- Sporting performance
- Results, goals scored and conceded, and points per match over an explicit fixture set Supports assessment without mixing friendlies, qualifiers and tournament matches indiscriminately.
- Fixture readiness
- Unknown, blocked, at risk or ready, with evidence for squad, travel, venue and registration dependencies Connects preparations involving Cape Verde and player departure locations to actionable fixture risks.
- Decision authority
- Actor or role, permitted decision, delegation basis and validity period Keeps an agent's analysis and recommendations distinct from authorised selection or official communication.
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 6 bundles · 11 layers · 18 findings · 28 questions.
Cape Verde representative identity Establishes which senior representative side the registry entry denotes and how its identity persists.
Country naming variants and neighbouring national sides can otherwise merge unrelated records or split this team into duplicates.
Names and team boundaries
Resolves references to the specific senior men's association-football team.
Authoritative team reference
An agent needs evidence connecting names and external identifiers to this team rather than merely to Cape Verde football.
- Which authoritative records identify this senior men's side under Cape Verde, Cabo Verde or other evidenced names? provenance
- What distinguishes this record from Cape Verde's youth, women's, futsal and beach-soccer sides? boundary
Mandate and continuity
Locates the authority behind national representation and preserves identity through personnel changes.
Representation mandate
The team's mandate and the organisation exercising it need an evidenced relationship with effective dates.
- Which governing body is recognised as responsible for fielding Cape Verde's senior men's team? provenance
- Which organisational changes would alter the team's recognised status, and which would simply begin a new operational period? definition
Cape Verde player pool and selection Tracks the route from potential Cape Verde representation to eligibility, call-up and actual participation.
An agent must distinguish national connection, sporting eligibility and availability, especially when considering players based outside Cape Verde.
Eligibility for Cape Verde
Establishes whether a player may represent this team in the relevant context.
Evidenced representation eligibility
Eligibility requires applicable rules and player-specific evidence; ancestry, birthplace or public interest alone cannot settle it.
- What evidence establishes each candidate's eligibility to represent Cape Verde under the rules applicable on the proposed participation date? provenance
- Does prior representation of another association require further review or an approved change before the player can appear for Cape Verde? boundary
International-window squad
Separates the announced selection from availability and the final match squad.
Call-up to participation
Each squad belongs to a dated window or competition and needs tracked changes between announcement and participation.
- Which players were officially called up for Cape Verde's specified window, and which later joined, withdrew or were replaced? measurement
- Which unresolved release, travel, fitness or registration issue needs follow-up before a called-up player can be treated as available? action
Cape Verde international campaigns Places fixtures and results within the team's continental, global and friendly activity.
Cape Verde's state cannot be judged from isolated scores without distinguishing competition editions, qualification conditions and fixture status.
Competition position
Determines the team's evidenced participation and remaining objectives in each campaign.
Campaign status and possibilities
Participation and qualification states must be anchored to an edition, date and applicable competition rules.
- For each relevant Africa Cup of Nations or World Cup campaign, what is Cape Verde's verified entry, stage and qualification status as of the assessment date? measurement
- Which remaining results and competition rules determine Cape Verde's possible progression from that state? action
Fixture and result integrity
Establishes which matches count toward which assessments.
Attributable international match
A fixture needs verified participants, designation and status before its result becomes evidence of this team's performance.
- Does the match record identify Cape Verde's senior men's side, and was it a qualifier, finals match, friendly or another type of encounter? boundary
- Which authoritative record confirms the match status and result, including any postponement, abandonment or administrative revision? provenance
Cape Verde playing state Connects coaching periods, available personnel and observed football to a defensible assessment of team capability.
The enduring team must remain distinguishable from the temporary form and approach of a particular Cape Verde squad.
Coaching and playing approach
Attributes sporting responsibility and tactical interpretations to dated evidence.
Observed playing approach
Coaching appointments and tactical observations should be recorded separately so an assumed style does not become a permanent property of Cape Verde.
- Who held responsibility for Cape Verde's senior men's team during the assessed matches, and what source establishes that period? provenance
- Which repeated match observations support a claimed playing approach, and how much does it vary with opponent or available players? measurement
Performance and squad coverage
Assesses results and the available squad against an explicit sporting task.
Contextual capability assessment
Capability judgments need a defined comparison window and evidence of how absences or selection changes affect required roles.
- How has Cape Verde performed over the selected fixture set when opponent strength, venue and match type are made explicit? measurement
- Which roles lack evidenced available cover for the next fixture, and what selection scenarios could authorised staff consider? action
Cape Verde fixture delivery Assesses whether the team can assemble, prepare and fulfil a specified international engagement.
Cape Verde's island geography and the actual locations of selected players make assembly and venue evidence relevant to operational readiness.
Assembly and match location
Connects player departure locations, camp arrangements and confirmed match venues.
Assembly dependency readiness
Readiness depends on the actual itinerary and approved venue, without assuming every home-designated match is played in Cape Verde.
- Where must the selected players assemble, from which departure locations, and by what verified reporting deadlines? measurement
- What confirmed venue, travel or entry dependency could prevent Cape Verde from assembling or fulfilling the fixture? action
Authorised team actions
Determines who may resolve readiness issues or commit the team to a decision.
Decision and communication authority
An agent needs explicit authority boundaries for squad changes, participation decisions and statements attributed to Cape Verde's team.
- Which evidenced roles can approve squad replacements, fixture arrangements and public statements for this team? provenance
- For the proposed action, may the agent execute it under an existing delegation, or must it prepare a recommendation for the responsible person? action
Evidence and external alignment What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.
A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.
Reported evidence
Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.
Kinds and varieties
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- Senior A team (Seleção A, nicknamed Tubarões Azuis / Blue Sharks)
- Men's under-23 / Olympic team
- Men's under-20 team
- Men's under-17 team
- Pre-FIFA unofficial national selection (matches played before 1986 affiliation)
- Diaspora-heavy competitive squad versus a locally based or amateur-leaning XI used when European-based players are not released
- Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Cape Verde men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Identifiers and schemes
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- FIFA association trigramme - CPV - The code used in FIFA competitions, rankings, and result sheets; identical in form to ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 but assigned here as a football association code.
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 (territory of the association) - CPV - Country code for Cabo Verde; not itself a team identifier, but the territory the FCF represents.
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 - CV - Used in some data feeds and domain names; not the FIFA match code.
- Wikidata item - Q330698 - Item for the senior men's national football team; confirm against the Wikipedia sitelink before treating the Q-id as canonical in a catalogue.
- IOC country code (Olympic football) - CPV - Applies to the Olympic/U-23 side at the Games, not to the senior FIFA A-team.
- National governing body - Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol (FCF) - The FIFA member association that selects and enters the team.
- Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Cape Verde men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Standards and regulation
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- Laws of the Game - International Football Association Board (IFAB)
- FIFA Statutes, including nationality and changing-association eligibility - FIFA
- FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (player release in international windows) - FIFA
- FIFA Regulations Governing International Matches - FIFA
- FIFA World Cup preliminary competition regulations, CAF zone - FIFA
- CAF Statutes and Africa Cup of Nations regulations - Confederation of African Football
- Stadium safety, lighting and pitch homologation for international matches - FIFA / CAF
- Statutes and selection rules of the Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol - FCF
- Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Cape Verde men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Real-world use
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- CAF qualifying and finals of the Africa Cup of Nations, the team's main senior tournament (first finals in 2013).
- FIFA World Cup qualifying in the CAF zone; the senior side is the vehicle for any World Cup entry.
- FIFA-date friendlies, frequently staged in Europe to gather diaspora-based players and spectators.
- Home internationals at Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde (Monte Agarro / Praia) when the ground is homologated.
- Public identity events around independence and diaspora communities in Lisbon, Rotterdam, Paris, and New England.
- Occasional West African Football Union (WAFU) and other CAF regional competitions.
- Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Cape Verde men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Typical measurements
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- FIFA Men's World Ranking position - about 40-80 in the 2010s-2020s; recorded peak 27 (January 2014) - rank (1 = strongest)
- Africa Cup of Nations finals appearances (senior men) - 0 before 2013; four finals through 2023 (2013, 2015, 2021, 2023) - tournaments
- FIFA World Cup finals appearances (senior men) - 0 through the 2022 cycle; 2026 not asserted here - tournaments
- Homologated national-stadium capacity (Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia) - about 15000 - spectators
- Resident population of the represented state (bound on the island-based player pool) - about 500000-600000 - persons
- AFCON / World Cup named squad size - 23 (some recent tournaments 24-26) - players
- Year of FIFA membership - 1986 - year
- Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of Cape Verde men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Failure modes and hazards
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- Elite dual-nationals choosing Portugal (or another European association) under FIFA eligibility rules, shrinking the available peak pool.
- European clubs delaying or refusing release of diaspora players outside, or even inside, FIFA windows.
- Island stadia failing FIFA/CAF lighting, pitch or safety homologation, so 'home' matches are moved, closed, or forfeited.
- Travel across the ten-island state and from European clubs disrupting camps and causing late withdrawals.
- Governance and funding fragility typical of a small member association (budget, refereeing, and domestic-league quality).
- Competitive stall: AFCON knockout runs that do not convert into World Cup qualification.
- Domestic political or federation interference in selection and coaching appointments.
- Standard match hazards: serious injury, crowd disorder, and integrity (match manipulation) risk as in other international football.
- Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Cape Verde men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Regional variation
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- FIFA and the state use Cabo Verde; older English usage and many news desks still say Cape Verde (UN name-change request 2013).
- Portuguese-language press: Seleção Nacional de Futebol de Cabo Verde / Tubarões Azuis; Cape Verdean Creole media use local forms of the nickname.
- Home fixtures in Praia versus occasional 'home' games in Portugal when logistics, stadium certification, or diaspora attendance dominate.
- Read in PALOP comparison sets (Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe) rather than only in a West African anglophone set.
- Kit and nickname draw on sea/blue-shark imagery; flag red-white-blue also appears, so colour identity is not unique in CAF.
- Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Cape Verde men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- Cabo Verde women's national football team - Same association and country code, different sex and FIFA/CAF women's competitions; do not reuse men's caps, rankings, or AFCON men's records.
- Portugal men's national football team - Many dual-eligible players; the separator is the FIFA association of the player's official cap (one-association rule), not ancestry or club nationality.
- Guinea-Bissau men's national football team - Fellow PALOP West African side with a Portuguese-language diaspora; separator is FIFA trigramme (GNB vs CPV) and the member association that enters the team.
- Cabo Verde Olympic / U-23 men's football team - Age-restricted (with over-age exceptions at the Games); not the senior A-team even when some players overlap.
- Cabo Verde national futsal or beach-soccer teams - Different IFAB/FIFA codes of the game (indoor five-a-side or sand); not 11-a-side outdoor association football.
- Cape Verdean clubs (e.g. Sporting Clube da Praia, Boavista da Praia) - Club sides in the Campeonato Nacional; they do not hold the FIFA CPV association slot and cannot enter AFCON or World Cup qualifying as Cabo Verde.
- Uncapped Cabo Verdean-origin professionals in European leagues - Ancestry or passport does not make a national-team member; membership is an FCF call-up plus, for official status, a FIFA-capped appearance.
- Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Cape Verde men's national football team this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Sources
- Cape Verde national football team - Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation) - Common English name, nickname Tubarões Azuis, FIFA code CPV, FCF administration, FIFA (1986) and CAF membership, AFCON history from 2013, peak ranking, and the diaspora-heavy selection pattern.
- FIFA association directory and Men's World Ranking - FIFA - Official association name Cabo Verde, trigramme CPV, ranking as the comparative strength measure, and the team's standing as a FIFA member association side rather than a club or regional select.
- Africa Cup of Nations and CAF member associations - Confederation of African Football - CAF jurisdiction, AFCON as the team's main finals tournament, and West African placement among CAF members.
- Laws of the Game - International Football Association Board - The on-field rules that define this as 11-a-side association football rather than futsal, beach soccer, or another code.
What the second pass must settle
- Does an existing Vercy world model already cover this exact senior men's team, requiring this registry entry to link to that publication?
- Which authoritative identifiers, naming variants and governing-body records establish the team's identity and mandate?
- What assessment date and international window should anchor the initial squad, coaching and competition state?
- Which player eligibility and availability claims have sufficient public evidence, and which must remain unresolved pending authorised confirmation?
- Which preparation arrangements and decision delegations can be verified for the next relevant fixture?