Mauritius national football team
The Mauritius national football team, nicknamed Club M and Les Dodos, is the national team of Mauritius. They are overseen by the Mauritius Football Association and are members of FIFA, the Confederation of African Football, and the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. The head coach is Boualem Mankour.
Their most significant achievements are qualification for the 1974 African Cup of Nations, and winning the Indian Ocean Island Games football tournament in 1985 and 2003. They have also been a finalist in this competition in 1990 and 2011.
History
Early years
Mauritius played its first competitive international game in 1947 against Réunion, which they won 2–1. For the next twenty years, they would only play Réunion and Madagascar in friendlies and the Indian Ocean Games Triangulaire, which existed from 1947–1963. Mauritius won the competition ten times over that time period, were runners-up twice, and came in third once.1960s–1990s
Starting in 1967, Mauritius began competing against other countries, playing friendlies and entering in such competitions as the Africa Cup of Nations and the FIFA World Cup qualifiers, though they haven't found much success. While they have never qualified for the World Cup finals, they have qualified once for the Africa Cup of Nations, in 1974, however, they were eliminated in the group stages. Mauritius did manage to win the resurrected Indian Ocean Games in 1985. In 1999, after deadly riots caused by supporters of Scouts Club angry about a controversial penalty awarded to Fire Brigade Sports Club in the championship deciding game, which gave Fire Brigade a 1–0 win, all domestic football was suspended for 18 months, and only the national team was allowed to play. This is regarded as the point at which Mauritian football, both on the domestic and international stage, started on a downward slope.The new millennium to present day
Throughout the new millennium, the national team's performances progressively declined. From a high of the 116th place in the FIFA rankings in 2000, they tumbled down to an all-time low of the 195th place in the Summer of 2011. The best result since the 1974 CAN Championship has been reaching the quarterfinals of the 2004 COSAFA Cup, beating South Africa 2–0 in January 2004. Mauritius eventually lost out 3–1 to the tournament's favourites Zambia. Mauritius has also cycled through many head coaches, especially since the new millennium, but none have had true success. Mauritius did win its second IOG championship in the 2003 edition, held in Mauritius, under head coach Akbar Patel. Besides that, Mauritius has lost a majority of its matches.During 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, Les Dodos achieved their best results in many year, defeating both Mozambique and Rwanda. However, they were unable to build on these wins, losing to Comoros and then São Tomé and Príncipe in the preliminary round of the next two editions.
Awards and records
Indian Ocean Games Triangulaire :Indian Ocean Games :
- Winners : 1985, 2003
World Cup record
Africa Cup of Nations record
COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup record
- 1997 to 1999 – Did not enter
- 2000 – First round knockout
- 2001 – Quarter-finals
- 2002 to 2003 – First round knockout
- 2004 – Quarter-finals
- 2005 – Group A final
- 2006 – Group A 3rd place
- 2007 – Group B final
- 2008 – Group A 4th place
- 2009 – Group A 3rd place
- 2010 – Cancelled
- 2013 – Group A 2nd place
- 2015 – Group A 3rd place
- 2016 – Group B 3rd place
- 2017 – Group A 3rd place
- 2018 – Group B 3rd place
COSAFA Cup
African Nations Championship record
International matches record
| Opponent | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Last Played | Best Result |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 29 April 2006 | 0–2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25 March 2015 | 2–2 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 10 June 1990 | 0–1 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 3 September 2011 | 1–3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 22 June 2008 | 0–1 | |
| 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | +21 | 15 December 2012 | 5–0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 June 2001 | 0–0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 5 June 2011 | 1–2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 21 March 2007 | 1–2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 2 October 2009 | 0–1 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 24 April 1983 | 1–0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 20 June 1999 | 2–2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 March 1974 | 2–1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 12 October 1999 | 4–3 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 20 August 2017 | 2–1 | |
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 12 July 1981 | 0–0 2–2 | |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 21 October 2009 | 5–1 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 16 June 2001 | 0–2 | |
| 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 74 | 53 | +21 | 23 July 2008 | 7–0 | |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 21 June 1997 | 3–2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 August 2011 | 1–1 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 20 April 2014 | 1–0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 11 August 2011 | 0–0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 30 April 2006 | 0–0 0–0 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 July 2013 | 1–2 1–0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 5 September 2013 | 3–0 | |
| 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 102 | 40 | +62 | 15 September 2012 | 15–2 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 26 November 1967 | 1–2 2–3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 9 October 2011 | 2–0 | |
| 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 10 July 2013 | 2–6 0–4 | |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 30 May 2009 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 2 June 2007 | 1–2 | |
| 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 22 | −9 | 6 September 2008 | 3–2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 March 2015 | 1–1 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 16 June 2007 | 0–0 | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 16 November 2003 | 3–1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 16 June 1996 | 2–0 | |
| 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 28 | −22 | 31 July 2004 | 2–2 0–0 | |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 4 August 2013 | 2–0 | |
| Total | 240 | 70 | 55 | 115 | 335 | 394 | −59 | 28 March 2015 | 15–2 |
Team image
Media coverage
For most home games of significant importance, the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation provides televised coverage.Uniforms
Mauritius had relied on local clothing manufacturers to provide their uniforms before switching to Adidas in 2009. For home matches, Mauritius has white uniforms with red trim, while for road matches, the colors are switched. Emblazoned on the front is the MFA badge on the left and the Mauritian flag on the right. As from 2017, Spanish sportswear company Joma took over as their new kit supplier. In 2019 however, they switched back to Adidas.Supporters' groups
On 30 May 2011, the official fan club of Club M, Kop Moris, was launched. The objective of this club is to build up excitement for Mauritius' games, fill up the stands as much as possible, and create a festive and family-friendly atmosphere. This fan club is officially sanctioned by the MFA.Stadia
Mauritius plays the majority of their games at Stade George V. Games at Stade Anjalay are reserved for higher profile matches. A new modern stadium Complexe Sportif de Côte d'Or, part of a larger sports complex, is currently under construction and is scheduled to be opened in July 2019. Once completed, the stadium will have a capacity of 30,000 seats.Schedule
Recent results
Players
Current squad
The following is the 18-man squad for the friendly match against Singapore on 7 September 2018.Caps and goals as of 12 November 2017, after the game against.