Association | Mauritius Football Association | ||
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Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | COSAFA (Southern Africa) | ||
Head coach | Anielle Collet | ||
FIFA code | MRI | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 194 1 (16 August 2024) [1] | ||
Highest | 117 (March 2018) | ||
Lowest | 194 (August 2024) | ||
First international | |||
Unofficial Mauritius 3–0 Rodrigues (Bambous, Mauritius; 3 April 2011) Official Réunion 3–0 Mauritius (Saint-Denis, Réunion; 3 June 2012) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Unofficial Mauritius 5–0 Rodrigues (Quatre Bornes, Mauritius; 7 July 2022) Official Mauritius 3–1 Seychelles (Saint Pierre, Mauritius; 5 December 2023) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Zambia 15–0 Mauritius (Ibhayi, South Africa; 1 August 2019) |
The Mauritius women's national football team is the first women's association football team that represents the country of Mauritius. They are controlled by the Mauritius Football Association and are members of FIFA, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). The development of women's football in the country and in Africa as a whole faces a number of challenges, with a programme for women's football not being created in the country until 1997. FIFA gives money to the Mauritius Football Association, 10% of which is aimed at developing football in the country in areas that include women's football, sport medicine and futsal.
In 1985, very few countries had a women's national football team [2] and Mauritius was no exception, with a women's football programme only being established in the country in 1997. [3] Their first match was against Réunion on 3 June 2012 in Saint-Denis. This match ended in a 3–0 defeat. A return match was planned for July 2012 in Mauritius, [4] but this was put back to November 2012. The match was played in Bambous on 25 November 2012, with Réunion winning again, this time by 2 goals to 1.
Mauritius was scheduled to take part in several competitions, which they ended up withdrawing from before playing a single match. [5] [6] The list includes the 2002 Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) women's tournament in Harare, Zimbabwe from which they withdrew. [6] In 2005, Zambia was supposed to host a regional COSAFA women's football tournament, with several countries agreeing to send teams including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland. [7] The tournament eventually took place in 2006, but Mauritius did not send a team. [8] Beyond that, they were scheduled to participate in the 2008 Women's U-20 World Cup qualification, where they were scheduled to play Zimbabwe in the preliminary round; however, Zimbabwe withdrew from the competition giving Mauritius an automatic bye into the first round. In that round Mauritius was supposed to play South Africa, but withdrew from the competition. [5]
They took part in the 2019 COSAFA Women's Championship, losing all three matches in their group. [9]
As of 2012 [update] , the head coach was Alain Jules. [10] As of March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA, as it had not yet participated in any matches against other FIFA members. [11] By June 2020, they were bottom of the FIFA rankings. [12]
Women's football in Africa as a whole faces several challenges, including limited access to education, poverty amongst women in the wider society, and fundamental gender inequality present in the society that occasionally allows for female specific human rights abuses. [13] Another problem with the development for the national team, one faced throughout the continent, is if quality female football players are found, many leave the country seeking greater opportunity in Northern Europe or the United States. [14]
Women's football was formally established in Mauritius in 1997. As of 2009, there was no national or regional women's competition but a school competition existed. There are 17 clubs for women over the age of 16 and four youth clubs in the country. The country has three national women's football teams: senior, under-15, and under-19. [3] [15] In the period between 2002 and 2006, none of them played even one international match. [16] 10% of the money from the FIFA Financial Assistance Programme (FAP) is targeted at the technical development of the game, which includes women's football, sport medicine and futsal. This compares to 15% for men's competitions and 4% for youth football development. [17] Between 1991 and 2010 in Mauritius, there was no FIFA FUTURO III regional course for women's coaching, no women's football seminar held in the country and no FIFA MA course held for women/youth football. [3]
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Lose Fixture
11 January 2023 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament | Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | Mauritius | Khobar, Saudi Arabia |
20:30 UTC+3 | Altameimi 44' (pen.) | Report | Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Shahenda Saad Ali ElMaghrabi (Egypt) |
15 January 2023 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament | Mauritius | 2–1 | Pakistan | Khobar, Saudi Arabia |
16:30 UTC+3 | Report |
| Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan) |
19 January 2023 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament | Mauritius | 1–2 | Comoros | Khobar, Saudi Arabia |
16:30 UTC+3 |
| Report |
| Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium |
21 September 2023 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg | Guinea | 8–0 | Mauritius | Conakry, Guinea |
16:00 UTC±0 | Stadium: General Lansana Conté Stadium |
26 September 2023 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg | Mauritius | 0–3 (0–11 agg.) | Guinea | Quatre Bornes, Mauritius |
18:00 UTC+4 | Report (FGF) | Stadium: Cote d'Or National Sports Complex | ||
Note: Guinea won 11–0 on aggregate. |
5 December 2023 International Friendly | Mauritius | 3–1 | Seychelles | Saint Pierre, Mauritius |
19:00 UTC+4 |
| Report (MFA) |
| Stadium: Côte d'Or National Sports Complex |
8 December 2023 International Friendly | Mauritius | 1–1 | Seychelles | Saint Pierre, Mauritius |
19:00 UTC+4 |
| Report (MFA) |
| Stadium: Côte d'Or National Sports Complex |
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Kersley Levrai |
Technical Director | |
Assistant coach | |
Goalkeeping Coach | |
Physical coach | |
Team Manager |
Name | Period |
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Pierre-Yves Bodineau | |
Anielle Collet | 2022–present |
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Sejal Teeluck | 29 June 2001 | ||||
GK | Chaya Chodoychurn | 28 November 2002 | ||||
GK | Sophie Marianne | |||||
DF | Anaelle Auguste | 28 November 2001 | ||||
DF | Hillary defoix | |||||
DF | Laeticia Dadard | 28 November 2003 | ||||
DF | Jocelyne Cupidon | |||||
DF | Eva Pierrot | 26 January 2005 | ||||
Jasmin Honorat | 2 May 2000 | |||||
Chloe Desveaux | 8 June 2001 | |||||
DF | Marianna Baptiste | |||||
DF | Coralie Verloppe | 3 October 2001 | ||||
MF | Ambre Apollon | 12 July 2006 | ||||
MF | Elodie Aliphon (captain) | 3 September 1999 | ||||
MF | Brooklyn Jheemla | 21 May 2005 | ||||
MF | Emilie Macaque | |||||
MF | Devishree Ramsurrun | |||||
MF | Maelie Cheung | |||||
MF | Fiona Felicite | |||||
MF | Clarineda Arlandoo | |||||
MF | Tracy Anais Fourneau | 4 June 2000 | ||||
MF | Chloe Zephir | |||||
FW | Jerusha Ramasawmy | 29 May 2001 | ||||
FW | Orphelie Marianne | |||||
Adriana Boulaye | 28 November 2002 | |||||
Charlotte Marie |
The following players have been called up to a Mauritius squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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DF | Anaelle Rassoie | 28 November 2001 | v. Guinea,26 September 2023 | |||
DF | Claudinette Cupidon | 28 November 1999 | v. Guinea,26 September 2023 | |||
MF | Macaque Emilie | 28 November 2000 | 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament | |||
MF | Julie Gopal | 10 April 2006 | v. Guinea,26 September 2023 | |||
FW | Fiona Felicite | 2 May 2000 | 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament | |||
Mugroo Missam | 1 January 2001 | 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament | ||||
Yrena Limbiraza | 3 August 2003 | 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament | ||||
Melissa Lauricourt | 28 November 2001 | 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament | ||||
Michelle Sadien Mari | 28 November 2003 | 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament | ||||
Clarineda Arlandoo | 28 November 2000 | 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament | ||||
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. |
*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 31 August 2021.
Most capped players
| Top goalscorers
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FIFA Women's World Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
1991 | did not exist | |||||||
1995 | ||||||||
1999 | ||||||||
2003 | ||||||||
2007 | did not enter | |||||||
2011 | ||||||||
2015 | did not qualify | |||||||
2019 | did not enter | |||||||
2023 | ||||||||
2027 | to be determined | |||||||
Appearances | 0/10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Summer Olympics record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
1996 | did not exist | |||||||
2000 | ||||||||
2004 | ||||||||
2008 | did not enter | |||||||
2012 | ||||||||
2016 | ||||||||
2020 | ||||||||
2024 | ||||||||
2028 | to be determined | |||||||
2032 | ||||||||
Appearances | 0/9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Africa Women Cup of Nations record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
1991 | did not exist | |||||||
1995 | ||||||||
1998 | ||||||||
2000 | ||||||||
2002 | ||||||||
2004 | ||||||||
2006 | did not enter | |||||||
2008 | ||||||||
2010 | ||||||||
2012 | ||||||||
2014 | ||||||||
2016 | did not qualify | |||||||
2018 | did not enter | |||||||
2020 | did not enter, tournament was later canceled | |||||||
2022 | did not enter | |||||||
2024 | Did not qualify | |||||||
Appearances | 0/12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
African Games record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
2003 | did not exist | |||||||
2007 | did not enter | |||||||
2011 | ||||||||
2015 | ||||||||
2019 | ||||||||
2023 | ||||||||
2027 | to be determined | |||||||
Appearances | 0/6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
COSAFA Women's Championship record | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
2002 | did not exist | |||||||
2006 | did not enter | |||||||
2008 | ||||||||
2011 | ||||||||
2017 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
2018 | did not enter | |||||||
2019 | Group stage | 11th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 |
2020 | did not enter | |||||||
2021 | ||||||||
2022 | Group stage | 11th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
Appearances | Group Stage | 11th | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 55 |
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