Seychelles national football team

Seychelles

Nickname(s)	The Pirates[1]
Association	Seychelles Football Federation
Sub-confederation	COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Ulrich Mathiot
Top scorer	Philip Zialor (11)
Home stadium	Stade Linité
FIFA code	SEY
FIFA ranking	189 11 (9 April 2015)
Highest FIFA ranking	129 (October 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking	200 (July 2013, November 2013)
Elo ranking	187
Highest Elo ranking	168 (July 2008)
Lowest Elo ranking	194 (June 1998)
First colours Second colours
First international
Réunion 2–0 Seychelles (Réunion; 13 February 1974)
Biggest win
Seychelles 9–0 Maldives  (Réunion; 27 August 1979)
Biggest defeat
Madagascar 6–0 Seychelles (Antananarivo, Madagascar; 30 August 1990)

The Seychelles national football team is controlled by the Seychelles Football Federation (SFF). SFF is a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The home turf of the team is the 10,000 capacity stadium, Stade Linité situated at Roche Caiman in the outskirts of Victoria, the capital of Seychelles.

History

Seychelles have never qualified for the finals of the African Nations Cup or the World Cup but they made their debut in qualifiers for the Africa Cup of Nations in 1986, losing to Mauritius.

Under Yugoslav coach Vojo Gardasevic, the Seychelles team made their debut in the World Cup qualifiers in 2001. Philip Zialor got the equaliser for Seychelles in a 1-1 draw against Namibia at Stade Linité. In the preliminary round return leg match, Seychelles lost 0-3.

In their second attempt to qualify, for the 2006 World Cup, Seychelles lost 0-4 at home to Zambia but played a 1-1 draw in the away match. Robert Suzette was the scorer of Seychelles’ goal in Lusaka. Seychelles’ biggest competitive win came against Zimbabwe in the African Nations Cup 2004 qualifiers. Goals by strikers Alpha Baldé and Philip Zialor gave Seychelles a 2-1 win at Stade Linité against Zimbabwe captained by professional striker Peter Ndlovu. German coach Michael Nees was at the helm of the team at that time. Under Frenchman Dominique Bathenay, Seychelles also beat Eritrea 1-0 at Stade Linité by a goal by veteran Roddy Victor in the same qualifiers.

In 2011, Seychelles hosted the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games and beat Mauritius in the finals, on penalties.

Competition records

Indian Ocean Island Games Indian Ocean Island Games Record Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA 1979 Runners-Up 2nd 4 1 1 2 11 6 1985 Group Stage 6th 2 0 0 2 1 4 1990 Third Place 3rd 3 1 0 2 3 9 1993 Fourth Place 4th 4 0 0 4 3 12 1998 Third Place 3rd 4 2 0 2 9 10 2003 Third Place 3rd 4 1 2 1 3 6 2007 Group Stage 5th 2 1 0 1 2 4 2011 Champions 1st 5 3 2 0 10 4 2015 To Be Determined Total 8/8 1 Title 28 9 5 14 42 55

COSAFA Cup COSAFA Cup Record Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA 2000 Excluded 2001 2002 Did Not Enter 2003 2004 2005 Round 1 11th 1 0 0 1 0 3 2006 Round 1 7th 2 0 1 1 1 3 2007 Round 1 13th 2 0 0 2 0 7 2008 Group Stage 11th 3 1 1 1 8 2 2009 Group Stage 13th 3 0 0 3 2 6 2013 Group Stage 13th 2 0 0 2 2 8 2014 To Be Determined Total 6/14 0 Titles 13 1 2 10 13 29

2011 Indian Ocean Island Games

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Seychelles	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Mauritius	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Comoros	3	0	2	1	2	4	-2	2
Maldives	3	0	2	1	4	8	-4	2

Knockout Stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 August (15:00 UTC+4), Stade Linité
	Seychelles	2
	Réunion	1
					13 August (17:30 UTC+4), Stade Linité
					Seychelles	1 (4)
					Mauritius	1 (3)
					Third place
	11 August (18:30 UTC+4), Stade Linité			13 August (15:00 UTC+4), Stade Linité
	Mayotte	0 (4)		Réunion	1
	Mauritius	0 (5)			Mayotte	0

Schedule

Recent Results

2011 IOIG August 4, 2011	Seychelles	0–0	Comoros	Praslin
14:00 UTC+4		(Report)		Stadium: Stade d'Amitié Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Steeve Dubec

2011 IOIG August 6, 2011	Seychelles	2–1	Mauritius	Roche Caïman, Mahé
16:30 UTC+4	Laurence  1' Henriette  28'	(Report)	Pithia  77'	Stadium: Stade Linité Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Harouna Rassuhi

2011 IOIG August 9, 2011	Seychelles	5–1	Maldives	Roche Caïman, Mahé
18:00 UTC+4	Laurence  16' Anacoura  23' Henriette  62' Baldé  75', 80'	(Report)	Qasim  26'	Stadium: Stade Linité Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Jean-Pierre Rakotonjanahary

2011 IOIG Semifinal August 11, 2011	Seychelles	2–1 (aet)	Réunion	Roche Caïman, Mahé
15:00 UTC+4	Nibourette  77' Hall  118'	(Report)	Farro  64'	Stadium: Stade Linité Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Ali Saleem

2011 IOIG Final August 13, 2011	Seychelles	1–1 (4–3 p)	Mauritius	Roche Caïman, Mahé
17:30 UTC+4	Betsy  16'	(Report)	Louis  62'	Stadium: Stade Linité Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Steeve Dubec
		Penalties
	Betsy Henriette Bibi Nibourette Anacoura		Veeranah Cundasamy Sophie Bru Bell	|

2014 WC Qual. November 11, 2011	Seychelles	0–3	Kenya	Victoria, Seychelles
17:00 UTC+4		Report	Ochieng  41' Oliech  75', 81'	Stadium: Stade Linité Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dennis Batte (Uganda)

2014 WC Qual. November 15, 2011	Kenya	4–0	Seychelles	Nairobi, Kenya
16:00 UTC+3	Mandela  19' Oliech  36' Mulama  45+1' Wanyama  74'	Report		Stadium: Nyayo National Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

2013 ACoN qual January 6, 2012	Seychelles	w/o	Swaziland
		Report

2013 ACoN qual January 20, 2012	Swaziland	w/o	Seychelles
		Report

2013 ACoN qual February 29, 2012	Seychelles	0–4	DR Congo	Stade Linité, Victoria
17:30 UTC+4		Report	Kaluyituka  11', 47' Mputu  28' Basilua  90'	Referee: Aboubacar Bangoura (Guinea)

2013 ACoN qual June 17, 2012	DR Congo	3–0	Seychelles	Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
15:30 UTC+1	Mbokani  ?' Mpeka  ?' Kanda  84'			Referee: Fredrick Kayindi-Ngobi (Uganda)

Friendly August 26, 2014	Seychelles	1–2	Sri Lanka	Stade Linité, Mahé
15:30 UTC+4

Upcoming Fixtures

TBA

Current squad

The following 24-man squad for the Seychelles is below.^[2] Caps and goals correct as of last game vs Kenya on November 15, 2011.^[3]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 16 1GK Nelson Sopha (1974-09-13) September 13, 1974 32 0 St Michel United FC 1 1GK Vincent Euphrasie N/A 2 0 La Passe FC 22 1GK Ronny Françoise N/A 2 0 Foresters (Mont Fleuri) 4 2DF Jonathan Bibi (1984-07-28) July 28, 1984 25 0 Saint Louis Suns United 12 2DF Nigel Freminot (1980-06-05) June 5, 1980 18 0 St Michel United FC 2 2DF Allen Larue (1981-06-16) June 16, 1981 13 0 St Michel United FC 5 2DF Jones Joubert N/A 9 0 The Lions FC 3 2DF Ronny Marengo (1990-08-30) August 30, 1990 4 0 Northern Dynamo 15 3MF Henny Dufresne (1980-10-10) October 10, 1980 24 0 St Michel United FC 10 3MF Don Annacoura (1981-05-06) May 6, 1981 23 3 St Michel United FC 7 3MF Alex Nibourette (1983-12-26) December 26, 1983 23 1 St Michel United FC 13 3MF Archille Henriette (1987-04-25) April 25, 1987 13 1 La Passe FC 6 3MF Kevin Betsy (1978-03-20) March 20, 1978 7 1 Woking 24 3MF Daniel Moorehead (1996-01-27) January 27, 1996 1 1 Durham 8 3MF Trevor Poiret (1988-10-15) October 15, 1988 6 1 Saint Louis Suns United 17 3MF Brian Dorby N/A 6 0 Saint Louis Suns United 20 3MF Karl Hall (1988-07-04) July 4, 1988 4 1 St Michel United FC 19 3MF Dine Suzette N/A 1 0 9 4FW Nelson Laurence (1984-10-19) October 19, 1984 11 2 St Michel United FC 11 4FW Alpha Baldé (1973-02-25) February 25, 1973 11 1 Saint Louis Suns United 18 4FW Wilnes Brutus (1986-01-13) January 13, 1986 10 3 St Michel United FC 14 4FW Jude Nancy N/A 1 0 23 4FW Leeroy Corallie N/A 1 0 Saint Louis Suns United 21 4FW Gervais Waye-Hive (1988-06-11) June 11, 1988 1 0 St Michel United FC

Coaches

References

External links

• Seychelles Football Federation official website
• Seychelles at FIFA.com

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