Mauritius national football team

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Mauritius

Nickname(s)

Club M, Les Dodos

Association

Mauritius Football Association

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Head coach

Ashok Chundunsing

Home stadium

Stade George V

FIFA code

MRI

FIFA ranking

158

Highest FIFA ranking

116 (August 2000)

Lowest FIFA ranking

174 (April 2008)

Elo ranking

161





First kit





Second kit

First international

Mauritius 2 - 1 Réunion

(Madagascar; Date Unknown, 1947)

Biggest win

Mauritius 15 - 2 Réunion

(Madagascar; Date unknown, 1950)

Biggest defeat

Egypt 7 - 0 Mauritius

(Cairo, Egypt; June 8, 2003)

African Nations Cup

Appearances

1 (First in 1974)

Best result

Round 1, 1974

The Mauritius national football team, nicknamed Club M, is the national team of Mauritius and is controlled by the Mauritius Football Association. It has never qualified for the World Cup finals.

The best result so far has been in reaching the quarter finals of the COSAFA Cup, beating South Africa 2-0 in January 2004.

1 Mauritius Football Achievements
2 World Cup record
3 African Nations Cup record
4 Notable players
5 Current squad

[edit] Mauritius Football Achievements

Indian Ocean Games :

2 Times Champion (1985) (2003)

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
1974 - Did not qualify
1978 - Did not enter
1982 - Did not enter
1986 - Did not qualify
1990 - Entry rejected due to debts to FIFA
1994 - Did not qualify
1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] African Nations Cup record

1957 to 1965 - Did not enter
1968 to 1972 - Did not qualify
1974 - Round 1
1976 to 1986 - Did not qualify
1988 - Withdrew
1990 - Did not qualify
1992 - Withdrew
1994 to 2008 - Did not qualify

[edit] Notable players

[edit] Current squad

(May, 2007)

Goalkeepers:

Pravesh Lollman
Akash Choolun

Defenders:

Cyril Mourgine
Jerome Ithier
Henri Speville

Midfielders:

Jacques-Désiré Periatambee
Anoop Sharma Pem