Mauritanian national football team

Mauritania
al-Jumhuriyya al-Islamiyya al-Muritaniyah

Nickname (s)	Les Mourabitounes
Association	FFRIM
confederacy	CAF
Technical sponsor	adidas
Head coach	Corentin Martins (since 2014)
captain	Oumar N'Diaye
Record scorer	Omar Hassan (39)
Record player	Mohamed Harouna (79)
Home stadium	Stade Olympique
FIFA code	MTN
FIFA rank	100th (1223 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
154 games 21 wins 38 draws 95 losses
statistics
First international match DR Congo 6-0 Mauritania ( Senegal ; April 11, 1963)
Biggest win Mauritania 8-2 Somalia ( Beirut , Lebanon ; December 27, 2006)
Biggest defeat Guinea 14: 0 Mauritania ( Guinea ; May 20, 1972)
Successes in tournaments
African Championship
Participation in the finals	1 ( First : 2019 )
Best results	Preliminary round 2019
(Status: July 2nd, 2019)

The Mauritanian national football team is the first football selection of the African state of Mauritania . The Mauritanian Football Association, the Fédération de Football de la République Islamique de Mauritanie (FFRIM), is a member of FIFA and the CAF . It is only since the 1990s that Mauritania has regularly participated in qualifications for the World and African Championships .

The team has not yet qualified for a world championship. In 2019 , the team took part in the final round of the African Championship for the first time.

Tournaments

World Championship

year	Participation / placement
1930 to 1974	not participated
1978	not qualified
1982 to 1994	not participated
1998	not qualified
2002	not qualified
2006	not qualified
2010	not qualified
2014	not participated
2018	not qualified

African Championship

year	Participation / placement
1957 to 1978	not participated
1980	not qualified
1982	not qualified
1984	not participated
1986	not qualified
1988	not participated
1990	withdrawn
1992	not qualified
1994	withdrawn
1996	not qualified
1998	not qualified
2000	withdrawn
2002 to 2010	not qualified
2012	withdrawn
2013	not participated
2015	not qualified
2017	not qualified
2019	Preliminary round

African Nations Championship

year	Participation / placement
2009	not qualified
2011	not qualified
2014	Preliminary round
2016	not qualified
2018	Preliminary round

Amílcar-Cabral-Cup

year	Participation / placement
1979	Preliminary round
1980	Fourth
1981	Preliminary round
1982	Preliminary round
1983	Fourth
1984	Preliminary round
1985	Preliminary round
1986	Preliminary round
1987	Preliminary round
1988	Preliminary round
1989	Preliminary round
1991	not participated
1993	Preliminary round
1995	Second
1997	Preliminary round
2000	Preliminary round
2001	Preliminary round
2005	not participated
2007	withdrawn

Trainer

• Noël Tosi (2003-2004)
• Alain Moizan (2008)
• Moustapha Sall (2010-2012)
• Patrice Neveu (2012-2014)
• Corentin Martins (since 2014)

player

Only a few Mauritanian players are active in Europe . These then play almost exclusively in the French leagues and hardly achieve greater awareness.

Surname	Date of birth	Current club	annotation
Bertrand Ketchanke	June 14, 1980	FC Jeunesse Lorraine Arlon	Played at Stade Rennes and Stade Reims
Eric Descombes	June 25, 1971	End of career	At the beginning of his career he played for Olympique Lyon and FC Toulouse in Ligue 1 , later for several now-defunct US clubs and for Southend United
Pascal Gourville	January 12, 1975	End of career	Was active for five different French professional clubs from 1998 to 2004
Adama Ba	August 27, 1993	AJ Auxerre
Abdoul Ba	February 8, 1994	RC Lens
Diallo Guidileye	December 30, 1989	AS Nancy-Lorraine
Sally Sarr	May 6, 1986	FC Luzern
Khassa Camara	October 22, 1992	Skoda Xanthi

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .