Mauritius national football team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use dmy dates

{{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox national football team with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 2ndRegional cup apps | 2ndRegional cup best | 2ndRegional cup first | 2ndRegional name | 3rdRegional cup apps | 3rdRegional cup best | 3rdRegional cup first | 3rdRegional name | 4thRegional cup apps | 4thRegional cup best | 4thRegional cup first | 4thRegional name | American | Association | Badge | Badge_size | body1 | body2 | body3 | BSWW Rank | Captain | Coach | Confederation | Confederations cup apps | Confederations cup best | Confederations cup first | Current | date | Elo max | Elo max date | Elo max year | Elo min | Elo min date | Elo min year | Elo Rank | FIFA max | FIFA max date | FIFA max year | FIFA min | FIFA min date | FIFA min year | FIFA Rank | FIFA Trigramme | filetype | filetype1 | filetype2 | filetype3 | First game | Home Stadium | Largest loss | Largest win | Last game | leftarm1 | leftarm2 | leftarm3 | medaltemplates | medaltemplates-expand | Most caps | Name | Nickname | Only game | Other-affiliation | pattern_b1 | pattern_b2 | pattern_b3 | pattern_la1 | pattern_la2 | pattern_la3 | pattern_name1 | pattern_name2 | pattern_name3 | pattern_ra1 | pattern_ra2 | pattern_ra3 | pattern_sh1 | pattern_sh2 | pattern_sh3 | pattern_so1 | pattern_so2 | pattern_so3 | Regional cup apps | Regional cup best | Regional cup first | Regional name | rightarm1 | rightarm2 | rightarm3 | shorts1 | shorts2 | shorts3 | socks1 | socks2 | socks3 | Sub-confederation | Top scorer | Type | type | U17WC apps | U17WC best | U17WC first | U20WC apps | U20WC best | U20WC first | UEFAu21Champ apps | UEFAu21Champ best | UEFAu21Champ first | Upright |website | World cup apps | World cup best | World cup first }}

The Mauritius national football team (Template:Langx), nicknamed Club M and Les Dodos (The Dodos), is the national team of Mauritius. They are overseen by the Mauritius Football Association, which is a member of FIFA, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). The head coach is Guillaume Moullec.

Their most significant achievements are qualification for the 1974 African Cup of Nations, and winning the Indian Ocean Island Games football tournament in 1985 and 2003. They have also been a finalist in this competition in 1990, 2011 and 2019.

History

Early years

Mauritius played its first competitive international game in 1947 against Réunion, which they won 2–1. For the next twenty years, they would only play Réunion and Madagascar (probably due to the proximity of the three islands to each other) in friendlies and the Indian Ocean Games Triangulaire, which existed from 1947 to 1963. Mauritius won the competition ten times over that time period, were runners-up twice, and came in third once.

1960s–1990s

Starting in 1967, Mauritius began competing against other countries, playing friendlies and entering in such competitions as the Africa Cup of Nations and the FIFA World Cup qualifiers, though they haven't found much success. While they have never qualified for the World Cup finals, they have qualified once for the Africa Cup of Nations, in 1974, however, they were eliminated in the group stages. Mauritius did manage to win the resurrected Indian Ocean Games in 1985. In 1999, after deadly riots caused by supporters of Scouts Club (renamed as Port Louis Sporting Club<ref name="Mauritius 2000/01"/>) angry about a controversial penalty awarded to Fire Brigade Sports Club (now renamed as Pamplemousses SC<ref name="Mauritius 2000/01">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>) in the championship deciding game, which gave Fire Brigade a 1–0 win, all domestic football was suspended for 18 months, and only the national team was allowed to play. This is regarded as the point at which Mauritian football, both on the domestic and international stage, started on a downward slope.

2000s–present

File:KevinBruIps.jpg
Kévin Bru made his debut for Mauritius in 2011
File:Lindsay Rose, VAFC.JPG
Lindsay Rose made his debut for Mauritius in 2018

Throughout the new millennium, the national team's performances progressively declined. From a high of the 116th place in the FIFA rankings in 2000, they tumbled down to an all-time low of the 195th place in the summer of 2011.

A peak was reached in 2003, when Mauritius convincingly won the 2003 Indian Ocean Island Games, on home soil, under head coach Akbar Patel. They followed up with a 3-1 home win over Uganda in the 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification (CAF) first round in November 2003, although Uganda progressed on aggregate. Mauritius then reached the quarterfinals of the 2004 COSAFA Cup, beating South Africa 2–0 in January 2004. Mauritius eventually lost out 3–1 to the tournament's favorites Zambia. In the next few years, the team would go through a slump in performance, suffering their biggest defeats in the process and recording few official wins. Mauritius have also cycled through many head coaches, especially since the new millennium, but none have had true success.

During the 2017 African Cup of Nations qualifiers, Les Dodos achieved their best results in a decade, defeating both Mozambique and Rwanda. However, they were unable to build on these wins, losing to Comoros and then São Tomé and Príncipe in the preliminary round of the next two editions. In the 2023 AFCoN qualifiers, Mauritius faced São Tomé again in the preliminary round and lost 1–0 in the first leg and drew 3–3 at home, failing to progress. Following the result, CAF ruled that one of the São Tomé players was not eligible, awarding Mauritius a 3–0 victory and sending them into the group stages for the first time since 2017.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, this decision was reversed, following an appeal by São Tomé.

In 2023, Mauritius recorded impressive wins vs Kenya (1-0), who were in the FIFA rankings' top 100, and Angola (1-0; 0-0). However, in the 2025 AFCoN qualifiers, Mauritius lost to Chad in the preliminary round, marking four consecutive unsuccessful attempts to reach the group stage of the qualification round.

Team image

Media coverage

For most home games of significant importance, the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation provides televised coverage.

Kit providers

Kit provider Period
Template:Flagicon Puma 1985–1998
Template:Flagicon Allsports 1998–2003
Template:Flagicon Nike 2003–2006
Template:Flagicon Allsports 2006–2009
Template:Flagicon Adidas 2009–2017
Template:Flagicon Joma 2017–2019
Template:Flagicon Adidas 2019–2022
Template:Flagicon Macron 2022–2023
Template:Flagicon Nivia 2023–Present

Supporters' groups

On 30 May 2011, the official fan club of Club M, Kop Moris, was launched. it was a massive moment for the entire country of Mauritius. The objective of this club is to build up excitement for Mauritius' games, fill up the stands as much as possible, and create a festive and family-friendly atmosphere. This fan club is officially sanctioned by the MFA.

Stadium

Mauritius now plays the majority of its games at the modern Complexe Sportif de Côte d'Or (cap. 7,000). Matches were previously hosted at Stade Anjalay (cap. 18,000) for high-profile matches, and Stade George V (cap. 6,200).

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Template:Legend2 Template:Legend2 Template:Legend2 Template:Legend2

2024

Template:Football box collapsible

2025

Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible Template:Footballbox collapsible Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible

Staff

File:Didier Six (1974, US Valenciennes).jpg
Didier Six became the manager of the Mauritius national football team in 2015

Current staff

Position Name
Head coach Template:Flagicon Guillaume Moullec
Assistant Coach Template:Flagicon Sanjay Ramchurn
Assistant coach Template:Flagicon Oliver Dufresne
Fitness Coach Template:Flagicon Sameer Chattarjee
Goalkeeper Coach Template:Flagicon Karan Jadhav
Match Analyst Template:Flagicon Manoj Desai
Doctors Template:Flagicon Pradeep Menon
Template:Flagicon Ashok Puran
Physiotherapists Template:Flagicon Jonas Gosselin
Template:Flagicon Neelesh Singh
Template:Flagicon Amit Pillay
Template:Flagicon Suresh Sharma
Team Coordinator Template:Flagicon Jonathan Bru
Technical Director Template:Flagicon Akbar Patel

Managerial history

Template:Div col

Template:Div col end

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Group D matches against Cameroon and Libya on 8 and 13 October 2025; respectively.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Caps and goals as of 8 October 2025, after the game against Cameroon.

Template:National football squad start (goals) Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs break Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs break Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs break Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs g player Template:Nat fs end

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Mauritius squad within the last twelve months.

Template:Nat fs r start Template:Nat fs r player Template:Nat fs break Template:Nat fs r player Template:Nat fs break Template:Nat fs break Template:Nat fs r player Template:Nat fs r player Template:Nat fs r player Template:Nat fs end

Player records

Template:Updated<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Players in bold are still active with Mauritius.

Most appearances

Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Henri Speville 72 1 1995–2007
2 Jimmy Cundasamy 69 4 1997–2014
3 Jean Gilbert Bayaram 64 1 1995–2008
4 Kevin Jean-Louis 63 0 2009–present
5 Andy Sophie 57 11 2007–2022
6 Daniel Imbert 53 17 1972–1983
7 Emmanuel Vincent 52 1 2015–present
8 Jean-Marc Ithier 50 11 1988–2003
Christopher Perle 50 11 1995–2007
Francis Rasolofonirina 50 2 2015–present

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Daniel Imbert 17 53 {{#expr:17/53 round 2}} 1972–1983
2 Jean-Yves L'Enflé 15 29 {{#expr:15/29 round 2}} 1976–1984
3 Regis Jean 13 – – 1947–1955
Roland Desvaux de Marigny 13 – – 1949–1955
5 France Martin 12 – – 1947–1950
Doona Raman 12 – – 1953–1957
7 Ashley Nazira 11 33 {{#expr:11/33 round 2}} 2015–present
Kersley Appou 11 46 {{#expr:11/46 round 2}} 1993–2014
Jean-Marc Ithier 11 50 {{#expr:11/50 round 2}} 1988–2003
Christopher Perle 11 50 {{#expr:11/50 round 2}} 1995–2007
Andy Sophie 11 57 {{#expr:11/57 round 2}} 2007–2022

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Qualification
Year Round Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
1930 to 1950 Part of Template:Flagu Part of Template:Flagu
1954 to 1962 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
1966 and 1970 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1974 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 3 5
1978 and 1982 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1986 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 5
Template:Flagicon 1990 Banned by FIFA Banned by FIFA
Template:Flagicon 1994 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1998 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 1 7
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002 2 0 0 2 2 6
Template:Flagicon 2006 2 1 0 1 3 4
Template:Flagicon 2010 6 0 1 5 3 17
Template:Flagicon 2014 Withdrew during qualifying Withdrew during qualifying
Template:Flagicon 2018 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 2 5
Template:Flagicon 2022 2 0 0 2 0 3
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026 10 1 3 6 7 17
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2030 To be determined To be determined
Template:Flagicon 2034
Total Template:Tooltip 30 2 6 22 21 69

Africa Cup of Nations

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}}

Africa Cup of Nations record
Year Round Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip* Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1957 Not affiliated to CAF
Template:Flagicon 1959
Template:Flagicon 1962
Template:Flagicon 1963
Template:Flagicon 1965
Template:Flagicon 1968 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1970
Template:Flagicon 1972
Template:Flagicon 1974 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 2 8
Template:Flagicon 1976 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1980
Template:Flagicon 1982
Template:Flagicon 1984
Template:Flagicon 1986
Template:Flagicon 1988 Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 1990 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1992
Template:Flagicon 1994
Template:Flagicon 1996
Template:Flagicon 1998
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2000
Template:Flagicon 2002
Template:Flagicon 2004
Template:Flagicon 2006
Template:Flagicon 2008
Template:Flagicon 2010
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2012
Template:Flagicon 2013 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 2015 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 2017
Template:Flagicon 2019
Template:Flagicon 2021
Template:Flagicon 2023
Template:Flagicon 2025
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2027 To be determined
Template:Flagicon 2029
Total Round 1 1/35 3 0 0 3 2 8

Template:Col-begin Template:Col-2

COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup

COSAFA Cup record
Year Round Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip* Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
1997 to 1999 Did not enter
2000 First round 1 0 0 1 0 3
2001 Quarter-final 2 1 0 1 1 1
2002 First round 1 0 0 1 2 3
2003 First round 1 0 0 1 1 2
2004 Quarter-final 2 1 0 1 3 3
2005 First round 2 1 0 1 2 1
2006 First round 1 0 0 1 5 1
2007 First round 2 0 1 1 0 2
Template:Flagicon 2008 Group stage 3 0 1 2 2 10
Template:Flagicon 2009 Group stage 2 0 0 2 0 4
2010 Cancelled
Template:Flagicon 2013 Group stage 2 1 0 1 5 2
Template:Flagicon 2015 Group stage 3 1 0 2 1 4
Template:Flagicon 2016 Group stage 3 1 0 2 2 4
Template:Flagicon 2017 Group stage 3 0 2 1 1 2
Template:Flagicon 2018 Group stage 3 0 2 1 1 2
Template:Flagicon 2019 Group stage 2 0 1 1 3 4
Template:Flagicon 2020 Cancelled
Template:Flagicon 2021 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 2022 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 7
Template:Flagicon 2023 Group stage 3 1 0 2 1 3
Template:Flagicon 2024 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 2025 Group stage 3 0 3 0 0 0
Total Quarter-final 19/24 42 7 10 25 31 58

Template:Col-2

African Nations Championship

African Nations Championship record
Year Round Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 2009 Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 2011 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 2014 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 2016
Template:Flagicon 2018
Template:Flagicon 2020
Template:Flagicon 2022
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2024
Appearances: 0

Template:Col-end

Head-to-head record

Template:Updated after the match vs. Template:Fb

Honours

Regional

See also

References

Template:Reflist

Template:Sister project

Template:Football in Mauritius Template:COSAFA Football {{#invoke:navbox|navbox | name = CAF teams | title = National football teams of Africa (CAF) |listclass = hlist |group1 = North Africa (UNAF) |list1 =

|group2 = West Africa (WAFU) |list2 =

|group3 = East Africa (CECAFA) |list3 =

|group4 = Central Africa (UNIFFAC) |list4 =

|group5 = Southern Africa (COSAFA) |list5 =

|group6 = Non-regional Members |list6 =

|below= 1 Regional team, an associate member of CAF but not a member of FIFA

{{#invoke:portal-inline|main|size=tiny|Football in Africa}} }} Template:National sports teams of Mauritius

Retrieved from "https://wiki.sarg.dev/index.php?title=Mauritius_national_football_team&oldid=694615"