Cape Verde sun isa gasar Kofin Duniya 2026 a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashe huɗu da ke yin baje kolin su na farko — kuma Blue Sharks sun yi sauri wajen nuna ƙarfinsu. Sun yi da'a ta 0-0 da Sifen, wanda ya lashe gasar a 2010 kuma shi ne Zakaran Turai na yanzu, a Mercedes-Benz Stadium a Atlanta — sakamakon da zai rayu a zukatan masoyaa ƙwallon ƙafa na Cape Verde tsawon shekaru.

Amma ta yaya wannan ƙaramar al'ummar tsibiri, da ke gabar yammacin Afirka, ta kai babban dandalin duniya a karon farko?

Yunƙuri bakwai, nasara ta tarihi

Cape Verde na shiga cancantar Kofin Duniya tun shekarar 2002, kuma ƙwarewarsu ta farko ta zo a yunƙurin bakwai — shaida ga ƙwarzancin al'ummar da ta ƙi mika wuya. Sun tabbatar da wurinsu a Rukunin H na Kofin Duniya 2026 ta hanyar lashe Rukunin D na cancantar CAF, suna fita da maki huɗu sama da Cameroon tare da nasara bakwai daga wasanni 10.

Tsarin cancanta na CAF ya ba da hanyoyi biyu zuwa matakin karshe. Ƙungiyoyi tara da suka zo na farko a rukunonin sun cancanta kai tsaye, yayin da mafi kyawun huɗu daga cikin waɗanda suka zo na biyu suka buga wasan share fage don neman wuri a zagayen ƙungiyoyin ƙasa da ƙasa — hanyar da a ƙarshe ta kai DR Congo zuwa gasar. Cape Verde bai bukaci wannan tashin hankali ba, sun ƙwace matsayi na farko kai tsaye.

Manyan 'yan wasan da suka jagoranci yaƙin neman cancantar

Dailon Livramento ya kasance fitaccen ɗan wasa a yayin cancantar ba tare da wata shakka ba. Dan wasan gaba ya ba da gudummawa ta ƙarshe a wasanni biyu masu muhimmanci — ya zura ƙwallon daya tilo a nasara ta 1-0 a gida da Cameroon, ya kuma zura a nasara ta 2-1 waje da Angola. Ya ɗauki wannan siffar zuwa gasar da kanta, yana buga wa Cape Verde a cikin tashin hankalin farko da Sifen.

Maneja Bubista, tsohon mai kare Blue Sharks, shi ma ya rubuta tarihin kansa. Mutumin mai shekaru 56 ya zama mutum na farko da ya kai Cape Verde zuwa Kofin Duniya, ya kulle cancantar da nasara mai ƙarfi ta 3-0 akan Eswatini a wasansu na ƙarshe na rukuni. An haife shi kuma ya girma a Cape Verde, nasararsa ta kasance mai zurfi sosai ga dukkan al'ummar.

Cameroon ita ce ƙungiyar da ta doke Cape Verde a cancantar, ta lashe 4-1 a Yaoundé — amma mutanen Bubista sun rama, sun kori Indomitable Lions 1-0 a wasan dawowa. Cape Verde kuma sun doke Eswatini da Mauritius sau biyu kowanne a yayin yaƙin.

Cikakken tarihin cancantar Cape Verde

Nuwamba 16, 2023: Cape Verde 0-0 Angola
Nuwamba 23, 2023: Eswatini 0-2 Cape Verde
Yuni 8, 2024: Cameroon 4-1 Cape Verde
Yuni 11, 2024: Cape Verde 1-0 Libya
Maris 20, 2025: Cape Verde 1-0 Mauritius
Maris 25, 2025: Angola 1-2 Cape Verde
Satumba 4, 2025: Mauritius 0-2 Cape Verde
Satumba 9, 2025: Cape Verde 1-0 Cameroon
Oktoba 8, 2025: Libya 3-3 Cape Verde
Oktoba 13, 2025: Cape Verde 3-0 Eswatini

Cape Verde sun haɗu da Curacao, Uzbekistan, da Jordan a matsayin ƙasashen da suka fara shiga Kofin Duniya 2026. Tashinsu na 0-0 da Sifen ya riga ya kafa ma'auni mai ban mamaki na yadda sabbi za su iya fafatawa a babban dandalin.