Mauritius
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationMauritius Football Association
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationCOSAFA
(Southern Africa)
Head coachAnielle Collet
FIFA codeMRI
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 192 Decrease 6 (15 December 2023)[1]
Highest117 (March 2018)
Lowest192 (December 2023)
First international
Unofficial
 Mauritius 3–0 Rodrigues Rodrigues
(Bambous, Mauritius; 3 April 2011)
Official
 Réunion 3–0 Mauritius 
(Saint-Denis, Réunion; 3 June 2012)
Biggest win
Unofficial
 Mauritius 5–0 Rodrigues Rodrigues
(Quatre Bornes, Mauritius; 7 July 2022)
Official
 Mauritius 3–1 Seychelles 
(Saint Pierre, Mauritius; 5 December 2023)
Biggest defeat
 Zambia 15–0 Mauritius 
(Ibhayi, South Africa; 1 August 2019)

The Mauritius women's national football team is the first women's association football team that represents the country of Mauritius. They are controlled by the Mauritius Football Association and are members of FIFA, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). The development of women's football in the country and in Africa as a whole faces a number of challenges, with a programme for women's football not being created in the country until 1997. FIFA gives money to the Mauritius Football Association, 10% of which is aimed at developing football in the country in areas that include women's football, sport medicine and futsal.

History

In 1985, very few countries had a women's national football team[2] and Mauritius was no exception, with a women's football programme only being established in the country in 1997.[3] Their first match was against Réunion on 3 June 2012 in Saint-Denis. This match ended in a 3–0 defeat. A return match was planned for July 2012 in Mauritius,[4] but this was put back to November 2012. The match was played in Bambous on 25 November 2012, with Réunion winning again, this time by 2 goals to 1.

Mauritius was scheduled to take part in several competitions, which they ended up withdrawing from before playing a single match.[5][6] The list includes the 2002 Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) women's tournament in Harare, Zimbabwe from which they withdrew.[6] In 2005, Zambia was supposed to host a regional COSAFA women's football tournament, with several countries agreeing to send teams including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland.[7] The tournament eventually took place in 2006, but Mauritius did not send a team.[8] Beyond that, they were scheduled to participate in the 2008 Women's U-20 World Cup qualification, where they were scheduled to play Zimbabwe in the preliminary round; however, Zimbabwe withdrew from the competition giving Mauritius an automatic bye into the first round. In that round Mauritius was supposed to play South Africa, but withdrew from the competition.[5]

They took part in the 2019 COSAFA Women's Championship, losing all three matches in their group.[9]

As of 2012, the head coach was Alain Jules.[10] As of March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA, as it had not yet participated in any matches against other FIFA members.[11] By June 2020, they were bottom of the FIFA rankings.[12]

Recruitment and organisation

Women's football in Africa as a whole faces several challenges, including limited access to education, poverty amongst women in the wider society, and fundamental gender inequality present in the society that occasionally allows for female specific human rights abuses.[13] Another problem with the development for the national team, one faced throughout the continent, is if quality female football players are found, many leave the country seeking greater opportunity in Northern Europe or the United States.[14]

Women's football was formally established in Mauritius in 1997. As of 2009, there was no national or regional women's competition but a school competition existed. There are 17 clubs for women over the age of 16 and four youth clubs in the country. The country has three national women's football teams: senior, under-15, and under-19.[3][15] In the period between 2002 and 2006, none of them played even one international match.[16] 10% of the money from the FIFA Financial Assistance Programme (FAP) is targeted at the technical development of the game, which includes women's football, sport medicine and futsal. This compares to 15% for men's competitions and 4% for youth football development.[17] Between 1991 and 2010 in Mauritius, there was no FIFA FUTURO III regional course for women's coaching, no women's football seminar held in the country and no FIFA MA course held for women/youth football.[3]

Results and fixtures

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

2023

11 January 2023 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament Saudi Arabia  1–0  Mauritius Khobar, Saudi Arabia
20:30 UTC+3 Altameimi 44' (pen.) Report Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium
Referee: Shahenda Saad Ali ElMaghrabi (Egypt)
15 January 2023 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament Mauritius  2–1  Pakistan Khobar, Saudi Arabia
16:30 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium
Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)
19 January 2023 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament Mauritius  1–2  Comoros Khobar, Saudi Arabia
16:30 UTC+3
  • Verloppe 63'
 Report
  • Hadhirami Ali 19', 31'
 Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium
21 September 2023 (2023-09-21) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg Guinea  8–0  Mauritius Conakry, Guinea
16:00 UTC±0
  • Kourouma 9', 75'
  • Fancinandouno 40', 66'
  • M. Camara 54'
  • Lamah 59'
  • A. Camara 77'
  • N. Camara 90'
 Stadium: General Lansana Conté Stadium
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg Mauritius  0–3
(0–11 agg.)		  Guinea Quatre Bornes, Mauritius
18:00 UTC+4 Report (FGF)
  • A. Camara 5', 38'
  • M. Camara 32'
 Stadium: Cote d'Or National Sports Complex
Note: Guinea won 11–0 on aggregate.
5 December 2023 International Friendly Mauritius  3–1  Seychelles Saint Pierre, Mauritius
19:00 UTC+4
  • Ramasawmy 21'
  • Pierrot 56'
  • Lam kam cheung 64'
 Report (MFA)
  • P. Moustache 46'
 Stadium: Côte d'Or National Sports Complex
8 December 2023 International Friendly Mauritius  1–1  Seychelles Saint Pierre, Mauritius
19:00 UTC+4
  • Fourneau 17'
 Report (MFA)
  • P. Moustache 89'
 Stadium: Côte d'Or National Sports Complex

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 7 December 2023
Position Name
Head coachMauritius Kersley Levrai
Technical Director
Assistant coach
Goalkeeping Coach
Physical coach
Team Manager

Manager history

Name Period
France Pierre-Yves Bodineau 20??-20??
Mauritius Anielle Collet 2022–present

Players

Current squad

Caps and goals correct as of 7 July 2022
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Sejal Teeluck (2001-06-29) 29 June 2001 Mauritius
1GK Chaya Chodoychurn (2002-11-28) 28 November 2002 Mauritius
1GK Sophie Marianne Mauritius
2DF Anaelle Auguste (2001-11-28) 28 November 2001 Mauritius
2DF Hillary defoix Mauritius
2DF Laeticia Dadard (2003-11-28) 28 November 2003 Mauritius
2DF Jocelyne Cupidon Mauritius
2DF Eva Pierrot (2000-06-19) 19 June 2000 Mauritius
Jasmin Honorat (2000-05-02) 2 May 2000 Mauritius
Chloe Dasvaux (2001-06-08) 8 June 2001 Mauritius
2DF Marianna Baptiste Mauritius
2DF Coralie Verloppe (2001-10-03) 3 October 2001 Mauritius
3MF Ambre Apollon (2003-11-28) 28 November 2003 Mauritius
3MF Elodie Aliphon (captain) (1999-09-03) 3 September 1999 Mauritius
3MF Brooklyn Jheemla (2000-03-29) 29 March 2000 Mauritius
3MF Emilie Macaque
3MF Devishree Ramsurrun
3MF Maelie Cheung
3MF Fiona Felicite
3MF Clarindeda Arlandoo
3MF Tracy Anais Fourneau (2000-06-04) 4 June 2000 Mauritius
3MF Chloe Zephir
4FW Jerusha Ramasawmy (2001-05-29) 29 May 2001 Mauritius
4FW Orphelie Marianne
Adriana Boulaye (2002-11-28) 28 November 2002 Mauritius
Charlotte Marie Mauritius

Recent call-ups

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

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Anaelle Rassoie (2001-11-28) 28 November 2001 Mauritius v. Guinea,26 September 2023
DF Claudinette Cupidon (1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 Mauritius v. Guinea,26 September 2023
MF Macaque Emilie (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 Mauritius 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament
MF Julie Gopal (1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 Mauritius v. Guinea,26 September 2023
FW Fiona Felicite (2000-05-02) 2 May 2000 Mauritius 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament
Mugroo Missam (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 Mauritius 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament
Yrena Limbiraza (2003-08-03) 3 August 2003 Mauritius 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament
Melissa Lauricourt (2001-11-28) 28 November 2001 Mauritius 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament
Michelle Sadien Mari (2003-11-28) 28 November 2003 Mauritius 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament
Clarineda Arlandoo (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 Mauritius 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament

INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
SUS Player is serving a suspension.
WD Player withdrew for personal reasons.

Previous squads

COSAFA Women's Championship

Records

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 31 August 2021.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GS GA
China 1991did not exist
Sweden 1995
United States 1999
United States 2003
China 2007did not enter
Germany 2011
Canada 2015did not qualify
France 2019did not enter
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023
Appearances 0/9 – – – – – – –

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GS GA
United States 1996did not exist
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008did not enter
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024to be determined
United States 2028
Appearances 0/7 – – – – – – –
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GS GA
1991did not exist
1995
Nigeria 1998
South Africa 2000
Nigeria 2002
South Africa 2004
Nigeria 2006did not enter
Equatorial Guinea 2008
South Africa 2010
Equatorial Guinea 2012
Namibia 2014
Cameroon 2016did not qualify
Ghana 2018did not enter
2020did not enter, tournament was later canceled
Morocco 2022did not enter
Appearances 0/12 – – – – – – –

African Games

African Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GS GA
Nigeria 2003did not exist
Algeria 2007did not enter
Mozambique 2011
Republic of the Congo 2015
Morocco 2019
Ghana 2023to be determined
Appearances 0/5 – – – – – – –

COSAFA Women's Championship

COSAFA Women's Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GS GA
Zimbabwe 2002did not exist
Zambia 2006did not enter
Angola 2008
Zimbabwe 2011
Zimbabwe 2017Group stage12th3003017
South Africa 2018did not enter
South Africa 2019Group stage11th3003026
South Africa 2020did not enter
South Africa 2021
South Africa 2022Group stage11th3003012
Appearances Group Stage 11th 9 0 0 9 0 55
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Chrös McDougall (2012). Soccer. ABDO. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-61783-146-1.
  3. 1 2 3 "Goal! Football: Mauritius" (PDF). FIFA. 21 April 2009. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "Site officiel Ligue de la Réunion : FEMININ : REUNION - MAURICE 3 - 0". Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  5. 1 2 "African Women U-20 World Cup 2008 Qualifying". RSSSF. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  6. 1 2 "COSAFA Women Tournaments". RSSSF. 7 September 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  7. ↑ Mukoka, Augustine (16 August 2005). "The Post (Zambia) – AAGM: Zambia to Host Cosafa Women's Soccer Tourney". The Post. Lusaka, Zambia. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  8. ↑ "COSAFA Women Tournaments".
  9. ↑ "2019 COSAFA women's snr". COSAFA. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "Mauritius". FIFA. Archived from the original on 14 June 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  11. ↑ "FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 March 2012. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  12. ↑ "Women's Ranking". www.fifa.com.
  13. ↑ Jean Williams (2007). A Beautiful Game: International Perspectives on Women's Football. Berg. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-84520-674-1.
  14. ↑ Gabriel Kuhn (2011). Soccer Vs. the State: Tackling Football and Radical Politics. PM Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-60486-053-5.
  15. ↑ Saavedra, Martha; Center for African Studies, University of California, Berkeley (December 2007). "Women's Football in Africa" (PDF). Third Transnational Meeting on Sport and Gender, Urbino. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2012.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ↑ FIFA (2006). "Women's Football Today" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  17. ↑ "Goal! Football: Mauritius" (PDF). FIFA. 21 April 2009. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  18. ↑ International Friendly
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