Mauritius women's national football team

Mauritius

Association	Mauritius Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coach	Anielle Collet
FIFA code	MRI
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	193 1 (15 March 2024)[1]
Highest	117 (March 2018)
Lowest	193 (March 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

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

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

Saudi Arabia  v  Mauritius

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)

Mauritius  v  Pakistan

15 January 2023 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament	Mauritius	2–1	Pakistan	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
16:30 UTC+3	Jheemla 4' Gopal 64'	Report	M. Khan 9'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)

Mauritius  v  Comoros

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

Guinea  v  Mauritius

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

Mauritius  v  Guinea

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.

Mauritius  v  Seychelles

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

Mauritius  v  Seychelles

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 coach	Kersley Levrai
Technical Director
Assistant coach
Goalkeeping Coach
Physical coach
Team Manager

Manager history

Name	Period
Pierre-Yves Bodineau
Anielle Collet	2022–present

Players

Current squad

• The following 24 players were called up for the International Friendly against  Seychelles in December 2023.^[18]

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 (age 22)
	1GK	Chaya Chodoychurn	(2002-11-28) 28 November 2002 (age 21)
	1GK	Sophie Marianne
	2DF	Anaelle Auguste	(2001-11-28) 28 November 2001 (age 22)
	2DF	Hillary defoix
	2DF	Laeticia Dadard	(2003-11-28) 28 November 2003 (age 20)
	2DF	Jocelyne Cupidon
	2DF	Eva Pierrot	(2005-01-26) 26 January 2005 (age 19)
		Jasmin Honorat	(2000-05-02) 2 May 2000 (age 23)
		Chloe Desveaux	(2001-06-08) 8 June 2001 (age 22)
	2DF	Marianna Baptiste
	2DF	Coralie Verloppe	(2001-10-03) 3 October 2001 (age 22)
	3MF	Ambre Apollon	(2006-07-12) 12 July 2006 (age 17)
	3MF	Elodie Aliphon (captain)	(1999-09-03) 3 September 1999 (age 24)
	3MF	Brooklyn Jheemla	(2005-05-21) 21 May 2005 (age 18)
	3MF	Emilie Macaque
	3MF	Devishree Ramsurrun
	3MF	Maelie Cheung
	3MF	Fiona Felicite
	3MF	Clarineda Arlandoo
	3MF	Tracy Anais Fourneau	(2000-06-04) 4 June 2000 (age 23)
	3MF	Chloe Zephir
	4FW	Jerusha Ramasawmy	(2001-05-29) 29 May 2001 (age 22)
	4FW	Orphelie Marianne
		Adriana Boulaye	(2002-11-28) 28 November 2002 (age 21)
		Charlotte Marie

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 (age 22)				v. Guinea,26 September 2023
DF	Claudinette Cupidon	(1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 (age 24)				v. Guinea,26 September 2023
MF	Macaque Emilie	(2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 23)				2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament
MF	Julie Gopal	(2006-04-10) 10 April 2006 (age 18)				v. Guinea,26 September 2023
FW	Fiona Felicite	(2000-05-02) 2 May 2000 (age 23)				2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament
	Mugroo Missam	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23)				2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament
	Yrena Limbiraza	(2003-08-03) 3 August 2003 (age 20)				2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament
	Melissa Lauricourt	(2001-11-28) 28 November 2001 (age 22)				2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament
	Michelle Sadien Mari	(2003-11-28) 28 November 2003 (age 20)				2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament
	Clarineda Arlandoo	(2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 23)				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

• 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship squad

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
1991	did not exist
1995
1999
2003
2007	did not enter
2011
2015	did not qualify
2019	did not enter
2023
Appearances	0/9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1996	did not exist
2000
2004
2008	did not enter
2012
2016
2020
2024	to be determined
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
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

African Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2003	did not exist
2007	did not enter
2011
2015
2019
2023	to be determined
Appearances	0/5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

COSAFA Women's Championship

COSAFA Women's Championship record
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

• Sport in Mauritius
  • Football in Mauritius
• Mauritius men's national football team

References

External links

• Official website
• Mauritius at the FIFA.com
• Mauritius at CAFonline.com
• Mauritius Fixtures and Results – Soccerway.com

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