Mauritius national football team
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| Nickname | Club M, Les Dodos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Association | Mauritius Football Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Sarjoo Gowreesungkur | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Stade George V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | MRI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 144 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 116 (August 2000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 158 (May 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 136 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international Mauritius 2 - 1 Réunion  (Madagascar; Date Unknown, 1947) |
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| Biggest win Mauritius 15 - 2 Réunion (Madagascar; Date unknown, 1950) |
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Biggest defeat Egypt 7 - 0 Mauritius  (Cairo, Egypt; June 8, 2003) |
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| Appearances | 1 (First in 1974) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Round 1, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Mauritius national football team, nicknamed Club M, is the national team of Mauritius and is controlled by the Mauritius Football Association. It has never qualified for the World Cup finals.
[edit] Mauritius Football Achievements
- Indian Ocean Games :
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- 2 Times Champion (1985) (2003)
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Founded by Aatish Dudani in 1904 he was a man visiting the country and saw some youths kicking a football and decided to form a team.
First game consisted of the use of a coconut to replicate a soccer ball. The first game was also played on a beach rather tham grass because the players requested to play near the tomato plants and be close to the sea and fish.
The best result so far has been in reaching the quarter finals of the Cosafa Cup, beating South Africa 2-0 along the way.
[edit] World Cup record
- 1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
- 1974 - Did not qualify
- 1978 - Did not enter
- 1982 - Did not enter
- 1986 - Did not qualify
- 1990 - Entry rejected due to debts to FIFA
- 1994 - Did not qualify
- 1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify
- 2010 - Champions, England to fail under Steve Maclaren!
[edit] African Nations Cup record
- 1957 to 1965 - Did not enter
- 1968 to 1972 - Did not qualify
- 1974 - Round 1
- 1976 to 1986 - Did not qualify
- 1988 - Withdrew
- 1990 - Did not qualify
- 1992 - Winners
- 1994 to 2006 - Did not qualify
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