Cape Verde sun rubuta sunayensu a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa, suna zama kasa ta huɗu kawai a Afirka da ta kai zagaye na fitar da mawasa a FIFA Kofin Duniya tun farkon shigarsu — nasara da ta sanya su a matsayi ɗaya da Nigeria, Ghana, da Senegal.

Blue Sharks sun tabbatar da wurinsu a zagaye na 32 bayan tashin hankalin 0-0 da Saudi Arabia a wasan ƙarshen Rukunin H a ƙarɓe na Asabar. Cape Verde sun gama na biyu a ƙungiyar da maki uku, ya isa don tabbatar da ci gaba da atomatik.

Spain sun kama matsayi na farko da maki bakwai bayan sun doke Uruguay 1-0 a wasan yanke na ƙarshen Rukunin H. Duka Uruguay da Saudi Arabia — kowanne da maki biyu — an fitar da su.

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Cape Verde yanzu suna raba wannan gata ta musamman da ƙungiyoyi uku na Afirka: Super Eagles na Nigeria, Black Stars na Ghana, da Teranga Lions na Senegal — duka sun wuce mataki na ƙungiyoyi a farkon shigarsu a Kofin Duniya.

Nigeria su ne farkon wannan nasara, suna fara shiga Kofin Duniya a shekarar 1994 a Amurka. Karkashin horon Clemens Westerhof dan Netherlands, Super Eagles sun jagoranci ƙungiyar da ta ƙunshi Argentina, Bulgaria, da masu fara shiga Greece kafin su sha kashi 2-1 a hannun Italy mai 'yan wasa goma a zagaye na 16.

Senegal sun fitar da wataƙila mafi kyawun farkon shiga duka a Kofin Duniya na 2002, wanda South Korea da Japan suka karbi baki tare. Teranga Lions sun buga masu rike da lakabi France 1-0, sun kuma yi daidai da Denmark (1-1) da Uruguay (3-3), kuma sun gama na biyu da maki biyar. Sun tafi fiye da sauran ukun, sun kai zagaye na kusa da kusa kafin su sha kashi 1-0 da Turkey ta hanyar gol na zinari.

Ghana sun biyo baya a 2006 a Jamus, suna cikin Rukunin E mai wahala tare da Italy, Czech Republic, da USA. Duk da hasarar farkon 2-0 da Italy, Black Stars sun dawo ƙarfi sun doke Czech Republic 2-0 da USA 2-1 don kai zagaye na 16. A can, ƙungiyar Brazil mai taurari — mai Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, da Kaká — ta tabbatar da karfinta, ta yi nasara 3-0.

Yanzu Cape Verde sun shiga wannan kamfanin na musamman, suna ƙara wani babi na alfahari a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka a Kofin Duniya.