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Association | Seychelles Football Federation | ||
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Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | COSAFA (Southern Africa) | ||
Head coach | Chris Yip-Au | ||
Top scorer | Natacha Bibi (13+) | ||
FIFA code | SEY | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 174 ![]() | ||
Highest | 160 (June 2022) | ||
Lowest | 174 (December 2024) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (White River, South Africa; 5 July 2015) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Malé, Maldives; 18 February 2022) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Blantyre, Malawi; 25 September 2023) ![]() ![]() (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.
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]
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
5 December 2023 International Friendly | Mauritius ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Saint Pierre, Mauritius |
19:00 UTC+4 |
| Report (MFA) |
| Stadium: Côte d'Or National Sports Complex |
8 December 2023 International Friendly | Mauritius ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Saint Pierre, Mauritius |
19:00 UTC+4 |
| Report (MFA) |
| Stadium: Côte d'Or National Sports Complex |
29 May 2024 Friendly | Mali ![]() | 9–0 | ![]() | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
13:00 UTC±0 | Stadium: Azam Complex Stadium |
31 May 2024 Friendly | Seychelles ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
16:00 UTC+3 |
| Stadium: Azam Complex Stadium |
22 October 2024 2024 COSAFA WC GS | Eswatini ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() | Gqeberha, South Africa |
14:00 UTC+2 |
| Report | Stadium: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa) |
25 October 2024 2024 COSAFA WC GS | Namibia ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() | Ibhayi, South Africa |
12:00 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Isaac Wolfson Stadium Referee: Eness Gumbo (Malawi) |
28 October 2024 2024 COSAFA WC GS | South Africa ![]() | 8–1 | ![]() | Gqeberha, South Africa |
15:00 UTC+2 |
| Report |
| Stadium: Madibaz Stadium Referee: Grace Gimo (Zimbabwe) |
As of September 2023
Position | Name | Ref. |
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Team Manager | ![]() | [14] |
Assistant Team Manager | ![]() | [14] |
Technical Director | ![]() | [14] |
Head coach | ![]() | [13] |
Assistant coach | ![]() | [14] |
Coach | ![]() | [14] |
Goalkeeping coach | ![]() | [14] |
Caretaker head coaches/managers are listed in italics.
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 |
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GK | Elvina Marie | 15 April 2003 | ![]() | .v![]() | ||
GK | Mendy Gabriel | 16 January 1983 | ![]() | .v![]() | ||
GK | Rahimah Moumou | 10 November 2008 | ![]() | .v![]() | ||
DF | Junna Philo | 23 July 1980 | ![]() | .v![]() | ||
DF | Rannia Chetty | 7 April 2003 | ![]() | .v![]() | ||
DF | Esca Belle | 12 January 2006 | ![]() | .v![]() | ||
DF | Janella Moustache | 24 May 1991 | ![]() | .v![]() | ||
MF | Cheryl Vidot | 27 September 2006 | ![]() | .v![]() | ||
MF | Pascallina Moustache (captain) | 23 May 1991 | 5 | 1 | ![]() | .v![]() |
MF | Jahkira Harrison | 10 February 2003 | ![]() | .v![]() | ||
MF | Chantina Esparon | 9 December 1998 | ![]() | .v![]() | ||
MF | Vesna Cesar | 8 September 1985 | ![]() | .v![]() | ||
FW | Natacha Bibi | 20 June 1984 | 5 | 3 | ![]() | .v![]() |
FW | Berina Ladouce | 28 January 1993 | ![]() | .v![]() | ||
FW | Farisha Hertel | 31 March 2003 | ![]() | .v![]() | ||
FW | Reena Esther | 20 June 2005 | 5 | 1 | ![]() | .v![]() |
Marhasias Labrosse | ![]() | .v![]() |
FIFA Women's World Cup record | ||||||||
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Total | 0/10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Summer Olympics record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD |
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Total | 0/8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Africa Women Cup of Nations record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | |
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Total | 0/12 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
African Games record | ||||||||
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Total | 0/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COSAFA Women's Championship record | ||||||||
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Total | Group stage | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 47 | −43 |
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