Mauritania national football team

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Mauritania

Nickname(s)

Mourabitounes

Association

Fédération de Foot-Ball
de la Républic
Islamique de Mauritanie

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Head coach

Home stadium

MTN

137

Highest FIFA ranking

85 (December 1995)

Lowest FIFA ranking

182 (May 2003)

Elo ranking

151





First kit





Second kit

First international

Congo DR 1 - 0 Mauritania

(Senegal; April 11, 1963)

Biggest win

Mauritania 8 - 2

Somalia
(Beirut, Lebanon; December 27, 2006)

Biggest defeat

Guinea 12 - 0 Mauritania

(Guinea; May 20, 1972)

The Mauritania national football team, nicknamed Mourabitounes, is the national team of Mauritania and is controlled by the Fédération de Foot-Ball de la Républic Islamique de Mauritanie and is a member of CAF. As of 2007, there are only two football stadiums in the country. [1]

1 Mauritania Football Achievements
2 World Cup record
3 African Nations Cup record
4 Current squad

[edit] Mauritania Football Achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :

1 Time Runners-up

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1974 - Did not enter
1978 - Did not qualify
1982 to 1994 - Did not enter
1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] African Nations Cup record

1957 to 1978 - Did not enter
1980 - Did not qualify
1982 - Did not qualify
1984 - Did not enter
1986 - Did not qualify
1988 - Did not enter
1990 - Withdrew
1992 - Did not qualify
1994 - Withdrew
1996 - Did not qualify
1998 - Did not qualify
2000 - Withdrew
2002 to 2008 - Did not qualify

[edit] Current squad

(May, 2007)

Goalkeepers:

Bertrand Ketchanke
Samba Gaye

Defenders:

Pascal Gourville
Sidi Sow
Bilal Sidibé
Yaya Barry
Yacoub Fall
Eric Descombes

Midfielders:

Yoann Langlet
Moise Kandé

Antonio Tavares
Oumar Timbo
Mohamed Benyachou
Ould Achour Sidi
Mamadou Kassy

Forwards:

Ahmed Dabo
Ahmed Moussa Sidibé
Mohamed Ould Wedad
Gaston Diame
Abdelaziz Kamara