| team MALI | ||
| World cup history | ||
| Appearances: | 7 | |
| FIFA world cup appearances: | 0 | |
| Tournament | Result | |
| FIFA world cup 1930 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1934 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1934 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1938 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1938 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1950 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1950 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1954 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1954 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1958 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1958 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1962 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1962 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1966 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1966 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1970 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1970 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1974 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1974 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1978 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1978 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1982 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1982 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1986 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1986 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1990 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1990 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1994 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1994 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1998 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1998 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2002 | 2: + 1; = 0; - 1: 3 - 4 3 | |
| FIFA world cup 2002 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2006 | 12: + 4; = 2; - 6: 15 - 15 14 | |
| FIFA world cup 2006 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2010 | 12: + 6; = 3; - 3: 21 - 15 21 | |
| FIFA world cup 2010 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2014 | 6: + 2; = 2; - 2: 7 - 7 8 | |
| FIFA world cup 2014 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2018 | 8: + 1; = 4; - 3: 4 - 11 7 | |
| FIFA world cup 2018 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2022 | 8: + 5; = 2; - 1: 11 - 1 17 | |
| FIFA world cup 2022 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2026 | 10: + 5; = 3; - 2: 17 - 6 18 | |
| FIFA world cup 2026 | did not participate | |
| Best achievement: | Exit In Round 3 Play-Off Preliminaries CAF (2022) | |
| Indicators | ||
| MP: + W; =D; -L; GF‒ GA Pts (3 points for each win) | ||
| Qualifying campaigns | 58: +24: =16; -18; 78 ‒ 59 88 | |
| Percentage indicators | +41,38%; =27,59%; -31,03%; 1,34 ‒ 1,02 50,57% | |
| FIFA world cup | Didn't participate in final tournaments | |
| Percentage indicators | ||
| Total: | 58: +24: =16; -18; 78 ‒ 59 88 | |
| Percentage indicators | +41,38%; =27,59%; -31,03%; 1,34 ‒ 1,02 50,57% | |
| Matches played (on neutral field): | 58 (8) | |
| Goals scored - total: | 78 | |
| - home: | 42 (53,85%) | |
| - away: | 21 (26,92%) | |
| - neutral field: | 15 (19,23%) | |
| Goals against: - total: | 59 | |
| - home: | 22 (37,29%) | |
| - away: | 36 (61,02%) | |
| - neutral field: | 1 (1,69%) | |
| Average goals scored per match: | 1,34 | |
| Average goals against per match: | 1,02 | |
| Points scored (3 points for each win): - home: | 44/72 (61,11%) | |
| - away: | 24/78 (30,77%) | |
| - neutral field: | 20/24 (83,33%) | |
| Biggest win: | 5:0 - Kenya | |
| Biggest defeat: | 0:6 - Morocco | |
| Games without conceding goals: | 21 (36,21%) | |
| Games without goals scored: | 20 (34,48%) | |
| Wins with a big score: | 7 | |
| Defeats with a big score: | 3 | |
| Own goals (is scored/is passed) | 0 / 2 | |
| Cautions (on average per match) | 91 (1,57) | |
| Expulsions (on average per match) | 3 (0,05) | |
| - second yellow cards | 3 | |
| - straight red cards | 0 | |
| Players acted | 153 | |
| Attendance: in total (average) | 1 330 453 (25 586) | |
| Top scorer: | Frederic KANOUTE (06 10) - 10 goals scored | |
| The greatest number of matches: | Seydou KEITA (02 06 10 14) - 25 games | |