Mali national under-23 football team, represents Mali in association football at an under-23 age level and is controlled by Malian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Mali.^[1][2][3]

The following players were called up for the 2023 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Lassine Diarra	(2002-11-11) 11 November 2002 (age 22)	Châteauroux
16	1GK	Alkalifa Coulibaly	(2001-12-03) 3 December 2001 (age 23)	Onze Créateurs
22	1GK	Madou Diakité	(2004-07-22) 22 July 2004 (age 20)	Terracina
2	2DF	Fodé Doucouré	(2001-02-03) 3 February 2001 (age 24)	Red Star
3	2DF	Hamidou Diallo	(2002-01-26) 26 January 2002 (age 23)	Farense
4	2DF	Lassine Soumaoro	(2002-12-19) 19 December 2002 (age 22)	Troyes
5	2DF	Ibrahima Cissé	(2001-02-15) 15 February 2001 (age 24)	Schalke 04
17	2DF	Hamed Diomandé	(2002-12-15) 15 December 2002 (age 22)	Afrique Football Élite
25	2DF	Koly Soumare	(2001-02-22) 22 February 2001 (age 24)	Valenciennes
26	2DF	Zoumana Coulibaly	(2001-09-04) 4 September 2001 (age 23)	Afrique Football Élite
6	3MF	Mamady Diambou	(2002-11-11) 11 November 2002 (age 22)	Salzburg
8	3MF	Boubacar Traoré	(2001-08-20) 20 August 2001 (age 23)	Wolverhampton
10	3MF	Mamadou Sangaré	(2002-06-26) 26 June 2002 (age 22)	Hartberg
12	3MF	Abdoulaye Bathily	(2002-08-07) 7 August 2002 (age 22)	Sète
13	3MF	Brahima Diarra	(2003-07-05) 5 July 2003 (age 21)	Huddersfield
19	3MF	Mohamadou Lamine Bah	(2001-10-23) 23 October 2001 (age 23)	Olympique Béja
21	3MF	Coli Saco	(2002-05-15) 15 May 2002 (age 22)	Pro Vercelli
9	4FW	Cheickna Doumbia	(2003-06-14) 14 June 2003 (age 21)	Shabab Al-Ahli
11	4FW	Issoufi Maïga	(2002-02-12) 12 February 2002 (age 23)	Académico
14	4FW	Ladji Mallé	(2001-11-12) 12 November 2001 (age 23)	Los Angeles FC
18	4FW	Cheickna Diakité	(2004-12-25) 25 December 2004 (age 20)	Real Bamako
20	4FW	Alhassane Tamboura	(2001-06-29) 29 June 2001 (age 23)	Al-Dhaid
24	4FW	Mohamed Guindo	(2003-08-01) 1 August 2003 (age 21)	Pro Vercelli

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

Japan  v  Mali

22 March Friendly	Japan	1–3	Mali	Kameoka, Japan
19:20 UTC+9	Hirakawa 2'	Report	Sangaré 34' Tounkara 53' Traoré 90'	Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera Attendance: 11,515 Referee: William Finney (England)

Uzbekistan  v  Mali

7 June Friendly	Uzbekistan	1–1	Mali	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:30 UTC+5	Odilov 23'	Report	Traoré 62'	Stadium: Bunyodkor Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Firdavs Norsafarov (Uzbekistan)

Uzbekistan  v  Mali

10 June Friendly	Uzbekistan	1–2	Mali	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:00 UTC+5	Norchaev 58'	Report	Diarra 48' Sameké 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Bunyodkor Stadium Attendance: 5,723 Referee: Asker Najafaliev (Uzbekistan)

Mali  v  Israel

24 July 2024 Summer Olympic GS	Mali	1–1	Israel	Paris, France
21:00 UTC+2	Doumbia 63'	Report	H. Diallo 56' (o.g.)	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 10,637 Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)

Japan  v  Mali

27 July 2024 Summer Olympic GS	Japan	1–0	Mali	Bordeaux, France
21:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Stade de Bordeaux

Paraguay  v  Mali

30 July 2024 Summer Olympic GS	Paraguay	1–0	Mali	Paris, France
21:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes

Summer Olympic Games record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992 to 2000	Did not qualify
2004	Quarter-finals	5th	4	1	2	1	5	4
2008 to 2020	Did not qualify
2024	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	1	3
Total	Quarter-finals	2/20	7	1	3	3	6	7

U-23 Africa Cup of Nations record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2011	Did not qualify
2015	Group stage	5th	3	1	0	2	3	5
2019	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	0	4
2023	Third place	3rd	5	2	2	1	7	4
Total	3/4	Third place	11	3	2	6	10	13

African Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1965	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	10	5
1973	Did not qualify
1978	Group stage	3	0	2	1	3	5
1987	Did not qualify
1991	Group stage	4	1	2	1	6	2
1995	Did not qualify
1999	Group stage	4	2	0	2	8	6
2003 to 2015	Did not qualify
2019 to 2023	Under-20 tournament
Total	4/11	16	6	5	5	27	18

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.