Mauritius women's national football team
Association | Mauritius Football Association | ||
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Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | COSAFA (Southern Africa) | ||
Head coach | Anielle Collet | ||
FIFA code | MRI | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 194 1 (16 August 2024)[1] | ||
Highest | 117 (March 2018) | ||
Lowest | 194 (August 2024) | ||
First international | |||
Unofficial Mauritius 3–0 Rodrigues (Bambous, Mauritius; 3 April 2011) Official Réunion 3–0 Mauritius (Saint-Denis, Réunion; 3 June 2012) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Unofficial Mauritius 5–0 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
[edit]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[update], 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]5 December 2023 International Friendly | Mauritius | 3–1 | Seychelles | Saint Pierre, Mauritius |
19:00 UTC+4 |
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Report (MFA) |
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Stadium: Côte d'Or National Sports Complex |
8 December 2023 International Friendly | Mauritius | 1–1 | Seychelles | Saint Pierre, Mauritius |
19:00 UTC+4 |
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Report (MFA) |
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Stadium: Côte d'Or National Sports Complex |
2024
[edit]23 October 2024 2024 COSAFA WC GS | Madagascar | 5–1 | Mauritius | Ibhayi, South Africa |
14:00 UTC+2 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Isaac Wolfson Stadium Referee: Gloria Sambumba (Zambia) |
25 October 2024 Training Match | Comoros | 4–0 | Mauritius | Gqeberha, South Africa |
13:00 UTC+2 |
26 October 2024 2024 COSAFA WC GS | Botswana | 5–0 | Mauritius | Gqeberha, South Africa |
12:00 UTC+2 |
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Report | Stadium: Madibaz Stadium Referee: Tania Marisa Duarte (Angola) |
28 October 2024 2024 COSAFA WC GS | Mauritius | 0–9 | Malawi | Gqeberha, South Africa |
12:00 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Madibaz Stadium Referee: Nteboheleng Setoko (Lesotho) |
Coaching staff
[edit]Current coaching staff
[edit]- As of 7 December 2023
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Kersley Levrai |
Technical Director | |
Assistant coach | |
Goalkeeping Coach | |
Physical coach | |
Team Manager |
Manager history
[edit]Name | Period |
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Pierre-Yves Bodineau | |
Anielle Collet | 2022–2023 |
Kersley Levrai- | 2023–present |
Players
[edit]Current squad
[edit]- The following 24 players were called up for the 2024 COSAFA Women's Championship on 18 October 2024.[18]
- Caps and goals correct as of 7 July 2022
Recent call-ups
[edit]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
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INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. |
Previous squads
[edit]- COSAFA Women's Championship
Records
[edit]*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 31 August 2021.
Most capped players[edit]
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Top goalscorers[edit]
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Competitive record
[edit]FIFA Women's World Cup
[edit]FIFA Women's World Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
1991 | did not exist | |||||||
1995 | ||||||||
1999 | ||||||||
2003 | ||||||||
2007 | did not enter | |||||||
2011 | ||||||||
2015 | did not qualify | |||||||
2019 | did not enter | |||||||
2023 | ||||||||
2027 | to be determined | |||||||
Appearances | 0/10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Olympic Games
[edit]Summer Olympics record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
1996 | did not exist | |||||||
2000 | ||||||||
2004 | ||||||||
2008 | did not enter | |||||||
2012 | ||||||||
2016 | ||||||||
2020 | ||||||||
2024 | ||||||||
2028 | to be determined | |||||||
2032 | ||||||||
Appearances | 0/9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Africa Women Cup of Nations
[edit]Africa Women Cup of Nations record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
1991 | did not exist | |||||||
1995 | ||||||||
1998 | ||||||||
2000 | ||||||||
2002 | ||||||||
2004 | ||||||||
2006 | did not enter | |||||||
2008 | ||||||||
2010 | ||||||||
2012 | ||||||||
2014 | ||||||||
2016 | did not qualify | |||||||
2018 | did not enter | |||||||
2020 | did not enter, tournament was later canceled | |||||||
2022 | did not enter | |||||||
2024 | Did not qualify | |||||||
Appearances | 0/12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
African Games
[edit]African Games record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
2003 | did not exist | |||||||
2007 | did not enter | |||||||
2011 | ||||||||
2015 | ||||||||
2019 | ||||||||
2023 | ||||||||
2027 | to be determined | |||||||
Appearances | 0/6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
COSAFA Women's Championship
[edit]COSAFA Women's Championship record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
2002 | did not exist | |||||||
2006 | did not enter | |||||||
2008 | ||||||||
2011 | ||||||||
2017 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
2018 | did not enter | |||||||
2019 | Group stage | 11th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 |
2020 | did not enter | |||||||
2021 | ||||||||
2022 | Group stage | 11th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
Appearances | Group Stage | 11th | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 55 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ Chrös McDougall (2012). Soccer. ABDO. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-61783-146-1.
- ^ a b c "Goal! Football: Mauritius" (PDF). FIFA. 21 April 2009. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ^ "Site officiel Ligue de la Réunion : FEMININ : REUNION - MAURICE 3 - 0". Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- ^ a b "African Women U-20 World Cup 2008 Qualifying". RSSSF. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ a b "COSAFA Women Tournaments". RSSSF. 7 September 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "COSAFA Women Tournaments".
- ^ "2019 COSAFA women's snr". COSAFA. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Mauritius". FIFA. Archived from the original on 14 June 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 March 2012. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ "Women's Ranking". www.fifa.com.
- ^ Jean Williams (2007). A Beautiful Game: International Perspectives on Women's Football. Berg. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-84520-674-1.
- ^ Gabriel Kuhn (2011). Soccer Vs. the State: Tackling Football and Radical Politics. PM Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-60486-053-5.
- ^ 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.
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(help) - ^ "Goal! Football: Mauritius" (PDF). FIFA. 21 April 2009. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ^ "COSAFA Women's Championship 2024: Lady Club M - Squad list". Mauritius Football Association. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024 – via facebook.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Mauritius at the FIFA.com
- Mauritius at CAFonline.com
- Mauritius Fixtures and Results – Soccerway.com