Mauritian national football team

Mauritius

Nickname (s)	Club M
Association	Mauritius Football Association (MFA)
confederacy	CAF
Head coach	Boualem Mankour (since 2020)
Record scorer	Daniel Imbert (17)
Record player	Henri Speville (71)
Home stadium	Stade Anjalay
FIFA code	MRI
FIFA rank	172. (965 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
statistics
First international match Mauritius 2-1 Réunion ( Madagascar ; 1947)
Biggest victory Mauritius 15: 2 Réunion ( Madagascar ; 1950)
Biggest defeats Egypt 7-0 Mauritius ( Cairo , Egypt ; June 8, 2003) Senegal 7-0 Mauritius ( Dakar , Senegal ; October 9, 2010)
Successes in tournaments
African Championship
Participation in the finals	1 ( first : 1974 )
Best results	Preliminary round 1974
(As of October 9, 2010)

The Mauritian national football team represents the independent state of the island of Mauritius in football . The biggest success of Mauritius so far was participation in the Africa Cup in 1974 . Mauritius has never qualified for a World Cup.

Tournaments

World Championship

• 1930 to 1970 - did not participate
• 1974 - did not qualify
• 1978 to 1982 - did not participate
• 1986 - did not qualify
• 1990 - Refused participation due to debts with FIFA
• 1994 - did not participate
• 1998 to 2010 - not qualified
• 2014 - withdrawn
• 2018 to 2022 - not qualified

African Championship

• 1957 to 1965 - did not participate
• 1968 to 1972 - did not qualify
• 1974 - preliminary round
• 1978 to 1986 - not qualified
• 1988 - withdrawn
• 1990 - did not qualify
• 1992 - withdrawn
• 1994 to 2012 - not qualified
• 2013 - did not participate
• 2015 to 2022 - not qualified

African Nations Championship

• 2009 - withdrawn in qualification
• 2011 - did not participate
• 2014 - did not qualify
• 2016 - did not qualify

South African Championship ( COSAFA Cup )

• 1997 : did not participate
• 1998 : did not participate
• 1999 : did not participate
• 2000 : not qualified
• 2001 : quarter-finals
• 2002 : not qualified
• 2003 : not qualified
• 2004 : quarter-finals
• 2005 : not qualified
• 2006 : not qualified
• 2007 : not qualified
• 2008 : preliminary round
• 2009 : preliminary round
• 2010 : not held
• 2013 : not qualified
• 2015 : preliminary round
• 2016 : preliminary round
• 2017 : preliminary round
• 2018 : preliminary round
• 2019 : preliminary round

Indian Ocean Island Games

• 1985: Gold medal (under coach Helmut Kosmehl )

Record player

As of January 20, 2020

Bold players are still active.

Most missions

#	player	Games	Gates	Period
1	Henri Speville	71	00	1995-2007
2	Jimmy Cundasamy	067	04th	1997-2014
3	Jean-Gilbert Bayaram	63	01	1995-2008
4th	Daniel Imbert †	53	17th	1972-1983
5	Andy Sophie	51	11	2007–0000
6th	Jerry Louis	48	04th	1999-2011
7th	Christopher Pearl	47	11	1995-2007
	Kévin Jean-Louis	47	00	2015–0000
9	Maminiaina Rasolofonirina	46	02	2015–0000
10	Kersley Hesman Appou	44	12	1993-2014
	Cyril Mourgine	44	03	1997-2007

Record goal scorers

#	player	Gates	Games	Period
1	Daniel Imbert †	17th	53	1972-1983
2	Kersley Hesman Appou	12	44	1993-2014
3	Christopher Pearl	11	47	1995-2007
	Andy Sophie	11	51	2007–0000

Trainer

• Rudi Gutendorf (1993, 1997)
• Helmut Kosmehl (1985–1986)
• Akbar Patel (2009-2014)
• Didier Six (2015)
• Alain Happe (2015-2016)
• Joe Tshupula (2016-2017)
• Francisco Filho (2017-2018)
• Akbar Patel (2018-2019)
• Boualem Mankour (since 2020)

Lander games

• List of international matches for the Mauritian national soccer team

Web links

• Mauritius on the FIFA website
• Mauritius on the COSAFA website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 . 
2. ↑ cafouillage dans la surface. L'Express (Mauritius), October 8, 2008, accessed June 6, 2014 (French). 
3. ↑ Didier Pragassa: Hommage à Mamade Elahee: Monsieur Football n'est plus. L'Express (Mauritius), November 27, 2010, accessed June 6, 2014 (French). 
4. ↑ [vwww.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/mauri-recintlp.html rsssf.com: Mauritius - Record International Players] (last updated on June 10, 2020)
5. ↑ Including 6 games against Réunion and 1 game against Mayotte, which are not counted by FIFA.
6. ↑ Including 7 games against Réunion and 3 games against Mayotte, which are not counted by FIFA.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Including a goal against Réunion
8. ↑ ^{a b} Of which 5 games against Réunion and 1 game against Mayotte, which are not counted by FIFA.
9. ↑ Against Réunion
10. ↑ ^{a b} Of which 8 games against Réunion that are not counted by FIFA.
11. ↑ ^{a b} Including 4 goals against Réunion
12. ↑ ^{a b} Including 2 games against Réunion and 4 games against Mayotte, which are not counted by FIFA.
13. ↑ ^{a b} Including 2 goals against Mayotte
14. ↑ ^{a b} Including 2 games against Réunion , which are not counted by FIFA.
15. ↑ ^{a b} Including 1 game against Réunion and 1 game against Mayotte, which are not counted by FIFA.
16. ↑ ^{a b} Including 3 games against Réunion and 1 game against Mayotte, which are not counted by FIFA.
17. ↑ Including 6 Réunion games that are not counted by FIFA.