Seychelles women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Seychelles national football team.

Seychelles

Association	Seychelles Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coach	Chris Yip-Au
Top scorer	Natacha Bibi (13+)
FIFA code	SEY
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	174 (7 August 2025) [1]
Highest	160 (June 2022)
Lowest	174 (December 2024 – June 2025)
First international
Mozambique 7–3 Seychelles   (White River, South Africa; 5 July 2015)
Biggest win
Maldives 0–4 Seychelles   (Malé, Maldives; 18 February 2022)
Biggest defeat
Malawi 17–0 Seychelles   (Blantyre, Malawi; 25 September 2023)   Malawi 17–0 Seychelles   (Blantyre, Malawi; 28 September 2023)

The Seychelles women's national football team is the national team of the Seychelles.

The national team, captained by Abby Boone, played in two eighty-minute long games in 2005 in a youth tournament hosted by Mauritius, with the Seychelles losing both matches. An official under-17 national team exists and had regular training sessions in 2006.

The sport faces several development problems inside the country including a lack of popularity for the sport, and few female players and teams. Women have gained football leadership positions in the country with one coaching a men's team and another umpiring international matches. There are other development issues for the sport that are ones facing the whole of Africa.

History

See also: Women's football in Seychelles

The Seychelles Football Federation was founded in 1979, and became a FIFA affiliate in 1986. ^{[2] [3]} Women's football is represented in the federation by specific mandate and currently they employ one full-time employee to look after the women's game. ^[2]

In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team ^[4] including the Seychelles who did play in a single FIFA sanctioned match between 1950 and June 2012. ^[5]

In 2005, a youth team from Seychelles competed in a three nation tournament hosted by Mauritius, where all games were 80 minutes in length. They lost to Mauritius 1–4 and also to Réunion 0–9. Overall, they finished last, scoring only one goal in the competition. ^[6] In 2005, Zambia was supposed to host a regional COSAFA women's football tournament, with ten teams agreeing to send teams including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland. ^[7] Seychelles did not record a match in the event. ^[5]

In 2006, the country did not have an official FIFA recognised senior "A" team, ^[2] a situation unchanged by 2009. ^[3] However, according to FIFA's Women's Football Today, the country has an official under-17 team, the Seychelles women's national under-17 football team. In 2016, they had two training sessions a week but had yet to record an official FIFA recognised match. ^[2]

The country did not have a team competing in the 2010 African Women's Championship, ^[8] or at the 2011 All Africa Games. ^[9] In March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA due to inactivity. ^[10]

In 2022, Seychelles have entered the FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking for the first time under the Singaporean head coach Angeline Chua. ^[11] For a team to be ranked on the FIFA list, the team has to play a minimum of six international matches against ranked teams. On 4 April 2022, the Seychelles women's national team played its sixth international match in Singapore. ^[12]

In October 2023, Singaporean Chris Yip-Au joined the Seychelles Football Federation as its head of women's football and women's national team coach. ^[13]

Results and fixtures

Main article: Seychelles women's national football team results

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

Legend

  Win  Draw  Lose  Fixture

2025

Singapore   v   Seychelles

25 November 2025 (2025-11-25) Friendly match	Singapore	–	Seychelles	Bukit Gombak, Singapore
15:30 UTC+4				Stadium: Bukit Gombak Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors

Singapore   v   Seychelles

28 November 2025 (2025-11-28) Friendly match	Singapore	–	Seychelles	Bukit Gombak, Singapore
15:30 UTC+4				Stadium: Bukit Gombak Stadium

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of September 2023

Position	Name	Ref.
Team Manager	Peggy Freminot	[14]
Assistant Team Manager	Militna Marie	[14]
Technical Director	Osama Haroun	[14]
Head coach	Chris Yip-Au	[13]
Assistant coach	Florence Marie	[14]
Coach	Michel Renaud	[14]
Goalkeeping coach	Slim William	[14]

Head coaches

Caretaker head coaches/managers are listed in italics.

• Angeline Chua (2021–2023) ^{[15] [12]}
• Florence Marie (2023) ^[16]
• Chris Yip-Au (2023–present) ^[13]

Players

See also: Category: Seychelles women's international footballers

Current squad

• This is the selected squad for the two international friendlies vs Singapore on 25 and 28 November 2025. ^{[17] [ non-primary source needed ]}

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
		Kurchia Poris	(2004-06-06) 6 June 2004 (age 21)	Seychelles
		Samira Florentine	(1996-02-20) 20 February 1996 (age 29)	Marine Victoria City
		Sheryl Benoit	(2009-02-23) 23 February 2009 (age 16)	Young Kestrel
		Manuella Accouche
		Shannon Malvina
		Yara Radafison
		Chantina Esparon	(1998-12-09) 9 December 1998 (age 26)	Marine Victoria City
		Janella Moustache	(1991-05-24) 24 May 1991 (age 34)
		Kimbelly Chang Tak Hue	(2006-05-03) 3 May 2006 (age 19)	Seychelles U17
		Itarra Lagrenade	(2002-12-26) 26 December 2002 (age 22)	Mont Fleuri Rovers
		Elisha Adrienne
		Alisha Matatiken	(2003-03-13) 13 March 2003 (age 22)	Seychelles
		Rannia Chetty	(2003-04-07) 7 April 2003 (age 22)	Mont Fleuri Rovers
		Veena Cadeau
		Elvina Hoareau	(2008-07-21) 21 July 2008 (age 17)	Seychelles U16
		Lisa Dubois	(2007-05-31) 31 May 2007 (age 18)	Young Kestrel
		Nerlice Fred	(1999-05-18) 18 May 1999 (age 26)	Mont Fleuri Rovers
		Elielle Francoise	(2009-06-05) 5 June 2009 (age 16)	Young Kestrel
		Keisha Moustache	(2009-05-04) 4 May 2009 (age 16)	Young Kestrel
		Pascallina Moustache (Captain)	(1991-05-23) 23 May 1991 (age 34)	FK Saned  [ lt ]

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to a Seychelles squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

Previous squads

COSAFA Women's Championship

• 2024 COSAFA Women's Championship squad

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
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
Total	0/10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
1996	did not exist
2000
2004
2008	did not Qualify
2012	did not enter
2016
2020
2024
Total	0/8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991 to 2004	did not exist
2006 to 2012	did not enter
2014	did not qualify
2016	did not enter
2018
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
2022	did not enter
2024	Did not enter
Total	0/12	-	-	-	-	-	-

African Games

African Games record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA	GD
2003	Did Not exist
2007	Did not enter
2011
2015
2019
2023
Total	0/5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Regional

COSAFA Women's Championship

COSAFA Women's Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
2002	did not exist
2006	did not enter
2008
2011
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Total	Group stage	6	0	1	5	4	47	−43

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

See also

• Africa portal
• Sports portal
• Association football portal
• Women's association football portal

• Sport in Seychelles
  • Football in Seychelles
    • Women's football in Seychelles
• Seychelles men's national football team

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
2. "Women's Football Today" (PDF). FIFA. 2006: 171. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. "Goal! Football: Seychelles" (PDF). FIFA. 21 April 2009. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
4. Chrös McDougall (1 January 2012). Soccer. ABDO. p. 45. ISBN   978-1-61783-146-1 . Retrieved 13 April 2012.
5. "Seychelles: Fixtures and Results". FIFA. 2012. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
6. "Women Tournament (Mauritius) 2005". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 10 September 2005. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
7. Mukoka, Augustine (16 August 2005). "Zambia to Host Cosafa Women's Soccer Tourney". The Post. Lusaka, Zambia. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
8. "Fixtures — African Women Championship 2010 – CAF". CAF. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
9. "Groups & standings — All Africa Games women 2011 – CAF". CAF. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
10. "The FIFA Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
11. "Chua makes history with the Seychelles". FIFA. 24 June 2022.
12. Nicette, Sedrick (19 February 2023). "Women's football: Seychelles bids farewell to history-making Singaporean coach". Seychelles News Agency.
13. "Former Singapore footballer Chris Yip-Au relishes new challenge as Seychelles coach". The Straits Times . 19 November 2023.
14. "Women's International friendly football". Seychelles Nation. 17 November 2022.
15. "Football – Seychelles women's national team on another journey in quest for Fifa ranking". SFF. 12 January 2023.
16. "Malawi Scorch Seychelles". Football Association of Malawi. 25 September 2023.
17. "Check out our 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 squadlist for the two international friendlies vs Singapore on 25th and 28th November ! ✈️". Seychelles Football Federation. 23 November 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025– via Facebook.

External links

• Official website of the Seychelles Football Federation
• Seychelles on FIFA.com