Cape Verde
AFRICA CUP 2015
Nations Cup appearances: 1
Best result: Quarter-finals (2013)
Coach: Rui Aguas (Portugal)
Key players: Babanco, Heldon, Mendes
Fifa ranking: 40
Cape Verde is the smallest country to ever compete at a Nations Cup.
Yet the 'Blue Sharks' reached the quarter-finals when making their Nations Cup finals debut in 2013.
All of their current squad play their club football outside of Cape Verde.
Tunisia had to settle for a point in their opener.
Cape Verde have named their final 23-man squad for January's Africa Cup of Nations finals in Equatorial Guinea.
Africa Cup of Nations contenders:
Equatorial Guinea (hosts), Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia and Zambia
Algeria - The Desert Foxes, who reached the second round of this year's World Cup, will face Senegal, Ghana and South Africa in Group C.
Guinea are Africa's highest risers in Fifa's world rankings for November.
Ivory Coast and Ghana reach finals
South Africa are among six teams to have booked their place at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after each won their penultimate qualifier on Saturday.
The Desert Foxes, who in June took over from Ivory Coast as the top-ranked team in Africa, moved up five places.
Algeria and Cape Verde became the first teams to qualify for January's Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco.
Cameroon on verge of qualification - Cameroon took a huge step towards qualification with a 2:0 victory over Sierra Leone on Wednesday.
