2011 Mauritian League

Mauritian League

Season	2011
Champions	ASPL 2000
Matches played	78
Goals scored	221 (2.83 per match)
Biggest home win	ASVP 6–0 CTNFB U-20 (3 April 2011) [1]
Biggest away win	Etoile de L'Ouest 0–13 CSSC (19 June 2011) [1]
Highest scoring	Etoile de L'Ouest 0–13 CSSC (19 June 2011) [1]
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The 2011 Mauritian League (also known as Barclays League for sponsorship reasons) was the sixty-seventh season of the Mauritian League since its establishment in 1935. The 2011 fixtures were released in February 2011. ^[2] The season began on 26 February 2011, and concluded on 26 June 2011. ASPL 2000 won the 2011 Mauritian League, winning their 5th title, their first since 2005. ^[3]

Due to the preparation of the Mauritius national football team for the 2011 edition of the Indian Ocean Games, the season was shortened. From the 14 teams originally competing (Etoile de L'Ouest was later removed from the league, see Controversies), the top eight qualified for a new professional league, named the Super League, to begin play after the conclusion of the Indian Ocean Island Games in 2012. The rest of the teams were placed into the new Premier Division, which will start play at the same time. Centre Technique National François-Blaquart are not subject to promotion or relegation. The restructuring of the Mauritian league system was done in an attempt to further professionalize Mauritian football. ^[4]

Rule changes

The league introduced a cap on the number of foreign players in a squad. From this season onwards, clubs will have to declare a squad of no more than three players of foreign origin, in an attempt to encourage the growth of Mauritian footballers. The league now also uses CD Narsil technologies to record transfers. This is in compliance with mandates issued by FIFA. ^[5]

To compete in the league, teams have to have either a club house or a room equipped with telephone, fax, and/or e-mail with a full-time administrative secretary. They must also have a permanent training ground, preferably equipped with projectors. The team must have at least 12 players signed to a professional contract, and each team must have a U-20 youth team. The MFA will also require that teams hire a qualified coach, holding at least a C license, a doctor and a physio. ^[6]

The allocation fees for each team also increased. 1,000,000 rupees were allocated to each team. ^[7]

Teams

All of the Mauritian League teams submitted their squads on the 31 January 2011 deadline. ^[8]

A total of fourteen teams competed in the league this year, including twelve sides from the 2010 Mauritian League and two promoted teams from the 2010 National Second Division. Late into the season, Etoile de L'Ouest was removed from the league (see Controversies).

U.S. Bassin-Beau/Rose Hill were relegated to their regional league. Cercle de Joachim and U.S. Highlands were promoted to the Mauritian league.

Stadia and locations

ASPL 2000

ASRR

ASVP

CTNFB U-20

Cercle de Joachim

CSSC

Entente Boulet Rouge

Etoile de L'Ouest

Faucon Flacq

Pamplemousses SC

Petite Rivière Noire SC

PAS Mates

Savanne SC

US Highlands

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Locations of the 2011 Mauritian League teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity
AS Port-Louis 2000	Port Louis	Stade St. François Xavier	2,000
AS Rivière du Rempart	Mapou	Stade Anjalay	30,000
AS de Vacoas-Phoenix	Vacoas-Phoenix	Stade George V	6,200
Centre Technique National François-Blaquart	Trianon	MFA Headquarters
Cercle de Joachim SC	Curepipe	Stade George V	6,200
Curepipe Starlight SC	Curepipe	Stade George V	6,200
Entente Boulet Rouge	Centre de Flacq	Stade Auguste Vollaire	4,000
Etoile de L'Ouest SC	Bambous	Stade Germain Comarmond	5,000
Faucon Flacq SC	Centre de Flacq	Stade Auguste Vollaire	4,000
Pamplemousses SC	Belle Vue Maurel	Stade Anjalay	30,000
Petite Rivière Noire SC	Petite Rivière Noire	Stade Germain Comarmond	5,000
Pointe-aux-Sables Mates	Pointe-aux-Sables	Stade Sir Gaëtan Duval	6,500
Savanne SC	Souillac	Stade Harry Latour	2,000
US Highlands	Highlands	Stade Quartier Militaire	4,000

Personnel

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain
AS Port-Louis 2000	Fidy Rasoanaivo	Jiovanni Jubeau
AS Rivière du Rempart	Tony François	Tony François
AS de Vacoas-Phoenix	Maurice Andriamandranto	Jean-Pierre Cerveaux
Centre Technique National François-Blaquart	Rajen Dorasami	Stéphan Nabab
Cercle de Joachim SC	Jean-Marc Chaton Deoduth Beekhun	Jean-Yves André
Curepipe Starlight SC	Sarjoo Gowreesunkur	Johan Candassamy
Entente Boulet Rouge	Gaëtan Poché	Stéphane Apollon
Etoile de L'Ouest SC	Dominique Fortuné Patrick Édouard	Pascal Dig-Dig
Faucon Flacq SC	Jean Jasmin Walter	Medar Ndriananampy
Pamplemousses SC	Henri Speville	Colin Bell
Petite Rivière Noire SC	Taleb Fatehmamode	Stéphane Pierre
Pointe-aux-Sables Mates	Bruno Randrianarivony	Rico Shocktorap
Savanne SC	Prakash Parmanund	Kurty Dessalles
US Highlands	Daniel Ramsamy	Sawan Kumar Sreeneebus

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Curepipe Starlight	Rajesh Gunesh	Resigned	19 January 2011 [9]	Pre-season	Sarjoo Gowreesunkur	19 January 2011 [10]
Etoile de L'Ouest	Curtis Calambé	Resigned	29 January 2011 [11]	Pre-season	Dominique Fortuné Patrick Édouard	29 January 2011 [12]
Cercle de Joachim	Sydney Caëtane	Resigned	14 April 2011 [13]	7th	Jean-Marc Chaton Deoduth Beekhun	14 April 2011 [14]

League table

• 1st to 8th qualify for the new Super League, beginning play in 2012
• 9th to 14th will compete in the new National 1st Division, beginning play in 2012 as well
• Centre Technique National François-Blaquart is not subject to promotion/relegation
• Results for all teams against Etoile de L'Ouest were nullified after the latter was removed from the league by the MFA (see Controversies)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Port-Louis 2000	12	10	0	2	29	8	+21	30	2012 Mauritian Premier League
2	Vacoas-Phoenix	12	9	2	1	29	5	+24	29
3	Savanne	12	7	1	4	23	17	+6	22
4	Pamplemousses	12	6	3	3	22	15	+7	21
5	Pointe-aux-Sables Mates	12	6	1	5	23	20	+3	19
6	Cercle de Joachim	12	5	3	4	13	15	−2	18
7	Rivière du Rempart	12	5	1	6	11	11	0	16
8	Petite Rivière Noire	12	4	3	5	16	16	0	15
9	Curepipe Starlight	12	3	4	5	11	15	−4	13	2012 National 1st Division
10	Entente Boulet Rouge	12	2	4	6	12	23	−11	10
11	CTNFB U-20	12	1	6	5	14	27	−13	9
12	Highlands	12	2	3	7	8	22	−14	9
13	Faucon Flacq	12	1	3	8	10	27	−17	6

Updated to match(es) played on 27 June 2011. Source: Mauritian League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Before Etoile de L'Ouest were removed from the league, each team was to play 13 games, for a total of 91 games. After Etoile de L'Ouest was removed, each team ended up playing a total of 12 games for a total of 78 games. All results involving Etoile de L'Ouest were nullified in relation to final standings.

Home \ Away	PL	RR	VP	CTN	CJ	CS	EBR	FF	PAM	PRN	PAS	SAV	HIG
Port-Louis 2000					2–1		3–0	5–0			2–1		3–0
Rivière du Rempart	0–1 (Replay)				0–1	0–1				1–2	3–2	0–2	3–0
Vacoas-Phoenix	1–0	2–0		6–0	0–1			2–0			4–2		3–0
CTNFB U-20	1–3	0–0				1–1	1–1	2–2		4–3	1–4	1–3	2–2
Cercle de Joachim				1–0		1–1			1–2	0–4	1–2	2–1
Curepipe Starlight	0–2		0–3				0–0				2–1	2–3	1–2
Entente Boulet Rouge		0–2	1–6		1–1				3–2		1–2		1–2
Faucon Flacq		0–1			2–2	0–2	0–1				2–5		2–1
Pamplemousses	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1		1–1		2–0		2–1	4–0	1–5	4–0
Petite Rivière Noire	0–3 (AWD)		0–1			1–0	1–1	1–1			0–2	2–0	1–1
Pointe-aux-Sables Mates
Savanne	2–4		0–0				3–2	3–1			0–2		1–0
Highlands					0–1						0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 27 June 2011. Source: FIFA Mauritius, Mauritian League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Controversies

On 5 March 2011, after a game in which ASPL 2000 beat AS Rivière du Rempart 2–0, ASRR accused ASPL 2000 of fielding an ineligible player, Jonathan Ernest, due to yellow card accumulation. The MFA looked into the matter, and ruled in favor of ASRR, suspending Ernest for two weeks and forcing the game to be replayed in May. ASPL 2000 won that game as well 1–0. ^[15]

On 8 June 2011, after a game in which Petite Rivière Noire SC beat ASPL 2000 2–1, ASPL 2000 accused Petite Rivière Noire of fielding an ineligible player, Stéphane Badul, due to yellow card accumulation. Ironically, ASPL 2000 had been accused of the same thing two months prior. The MFA once again looked into the case, and once again ruled in favor of the accuser. This time, however, the punishment was much harsher, as they suspended Badul for six months (putting his chances of representing Mauritius in the 2011 IOG in the air) and fining Petite Rivière Noire 3000 rupees. ASPL 2000 was also awarded the game 3–0. Petite Rivière Noire expressed outrage at how harsh the penalty was, while the Ernest incident resulted in far less consequences. After this case, the MFA agreed to look back into the Ernest case, which was very similar but much more lenient on the accused. ^[16]

On 22 June 2011, after a meeting was held by the National Managing Committee of the MFA, it was determined that Etoile de L'Ouest SC was not fit to compete in the Mauritian League after losing by wide margins in the previous few games and being very unprofessional, which included fielding only 8 players in one game. With immediate effect, the team was removed from the league and all games that the team played were nullified. ^[17]

Republic Cup

On 13 March 2011, the Republic Cup was played between Pamplemousses SC and Petite Rivière Noire SC.

13 March 2011

15:30 UTC+4

Pamplemousses SC	3–1	Petite Rivière Noire SC
Fricain 24' (o.g.) Ratovonirina 30', 39' Chavry  62'	(Report)	13' Calambé  14'  73' Pierre  73' Badul

Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Parmendra Nunkoo (Mauritius)

References

1. Results
2. "MPL Calendar". lemauricien.com. Mauritius Football Association. 23 February 2011. Archived from the original on 26 February 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
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8. "Squad Deadline". lemauricien.com. Mauritius Football Association. 4 February 2011. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
9. "Gunesh resigns". lemauricien.com. Mauritius Football Association. 22 January 2011. Archived from the original on 19 March 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
10. "Gowreesunkur in". lemauricien.com. Mauritius Football Association. 22 January 2011. Archived from the original on 19 March 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
11. "Calambé resigns". mauritius2day. Mauritius Football Association. 29 January 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
12. "Fortuné/Édouard in". mauritius2day. Mauritius Football Association. 29 January 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
13. "Caëtane resigns". defimedia.info. Mauritius Football Association. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
14. "Chaton/Beekhun in". defimedia.info. Mauritius Football Association. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
15. Ernest Suspension ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
16. Badul Suspension ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
17. "Etoile removed". grandbaie. Mauritius Football Association. 23 June 2011. Archived from the original on 7 November 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.

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