The Mauritius national football team (), nicknamed Club M and Les Dodos (The Dodos), is the national team of Mauritius. They are overseen by the Mauritius Football Association, which is a member of FIFA, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). The head coach is Guillaume Moullec.
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, 2011 and 2019.
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 (probably due to the proximity of the three islands to each other) in friendlies and the Indian Ocean Games Triangulaire, which existed from 1947 to 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 (renamed as Port Louis Sporting Club) angry about a controversial penalty awarded to Fire Brigade Sports Club (now renamed as Pamplemousses SC) 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.
2000s–present
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.
A peak was reached in 2003, when Mauritius convincingly won the 2003 Indian Ocean Island Games, on home soil, under head coach Akbar Patel. They followed up with a 3-1 home win over Uganda in the 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification (CAF) first round in November 2003, although Uganda progressed on aggregate. Mauritius then reached 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 favorites Zambia. In the next few years, the team would go through a slump in performance, suffering their biggest defeats in the process and recording few official wins. Mauritius have also cycled through many head coaches, especially since the new millennium, but none have had true success.
During the 2017 African Cup of Nations qualifiers, Les Dodos achieved their best results in a decade, 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. In the 2023 AFCoN qualifiers, Mauritius faced São Tomé again in the preliminary round and lost 1–0 in the first leg and drew 3–3 at home, failing to progress. Following the result, CAF ruled that one of the São Tomé players was not eligible, awarding Mauritius a 3–0 victory and sending them into the group stages for the first time since 2017. However, this decision was reversed, following an appeal by São Tomé.
In 2023, Mauritius recorded impressive wins vs Kenya (1-0), who were in the FIFA rankings' top 100, and Angola (1-0; 0-0). However, in the 2025 AFCoN qualifiers, Mauritius lost to Chad in the preliminary round, marking four consecutive unsuccessful attempts to reach the group stage of the qualification round.
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Media coverage For most home games of significant importance, the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation provides televised coverage.
Kit providers
Kit provider Period Puma 1985–1998 Allsports 1998–2003 Nike 2003–2006 Allsports 2006–2009 Adidas 2009–2017 Joma 2017–2019 Adidas 2019–2022 Macron 2022–2023 Nivia2023–Present
Supporters' groups On 30 May 2011, the official fan club of Club M, Kop Moris, was launched. it was a massive moment for the entire country of Mauritius. 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.
Stadium Mauritius now plays the majority of its games at the modern Complexe Sportif de Côte d'Or (cap. 7,000). Matches were previously hosted at Stade Anjalay (cap. 18,000) for high-profile matches, and Stade George V (cap. 6,200).
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.
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2026
Staff
Current staff PositionNameHead coach Guillaume MoullecAssistant Coach Sanjay RamchurnAssistant coach Oliver DufresneFitness Coach Sameer ChattarjeeGoalkeeper Coach Karan JadhavMatch Analyst Manoj DesaiDoctors Pradeep Menon Ashok PuranPhysiotherapists Jonas Gosselin Neelesh Singh Amit Pillay Suresh SharmaTeam Coordinator Jonathan BruTechnical Director Akbar Patel
Managerial history
Harry Brophy (1957–59) Joseph Le Roy (1959–63) Danny McLennan (1963–64) Mohammad Anwar Elahee (1970–88) Helmut Kosmehl (1976–88) Rudi Gutendorf (1993) Mohammad Anwar Elahee (1994–96) Akbar Patel (1996-97) Rudi Gutendorf (1997) Ashok Chundunsing (1998) Rajen Dorasami & France L'Aiguille (1998–02) Patrick Parizon (2002–03) Akbar Patel & Saoud Lallmahomed (2003) Elvis Antoine & Rajesh Gunesh (2003–05) Sarjoo Gowreesunkur (2006) Rajen Dorasami & France L'Aiguille (2006) Akbar Patel (2007) Ashok Chundunsing (2007–08) Benjamin Théodore (2008–09) Akbar Patel (2009–14) Didier Six (2015) Alain Happe (2015–16) Joe Tshupula (2016–17) Francisco Filho (2017–18) Akbar Patel (2018–19) Boualem Mankour (2020–2021) Tony François (2021–2023) Fidy Rasoanaivo (2023–2024) Guillaume Moullec (2024–present)
Players
Current squad The following players were selected for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualification preliminary round matches against Somalia on 27 and 31 March 2026.
Caps and goals as of 13 October 2025, after the game against Libya.
Recent call-ups The following players have also been called up to the Mauritius squad within the last twelve months.
Player records
Players in bold are still active with Mauritius.
Most appearances
RankPlayerCapsGoalsCareer 1Henri Speville 72 1 1995–2007 2Jimmy Cundasamy 69 4 1997–2014 3Jean Gilbert Bayaram 64 1 1995–2008 4Kevin Jean-Louis 63 0 2009–present 5Andy Sophie 57 11 2007–2022 6Daniel Imbert 53 17 1972–1983 7Emmanuel Vincent 52 1 2015–present8Jean-Marc Ithier 50 11 1988–2003Christopher Perle 50 11 1995–2007Francis Rasolofonirina 50 2 2015–2023
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerGoalsCapsRatioCareer 1 Daniel Imbert 17 53 1972–1983 2 Jean-Yves L'Enflé 15 29 1976–19843 Regis Jean 13 – – 1947–1955 Roland Desvaux de Marigny 13 – – 1949–19555 France Martin 12 – – 1947–1950 Doona Raman 12 – – 1953–19577 Ashley Nazira 11 33 2015–present Kersley Appou 11 46 1993–2014 Jean-Marc Ithier 11 50 1988–2003 Christopher Perle 11 50 1995–2007 Andy Sophie 11 57 2007–2022
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup FIFA World CupQualificationYearRoundPosition1930 to 1950Part of Part of 1954 to 1962Not a FIFA memberNot a FIFA member1966 and 1970Did not enterDid not enter 1974Did not qualify2011351978 and 1982Did not enterDid not enter 1986Did not qualify200205 1990Banned by FIFABanned by FIFA 1994Did not enterDid not enter 1998Did not qualify200217 2002200226 2006210134 20106015317 2014Withdrew during qualifyingWithdrew during qualifying 2018Did not qualify201125 2022200203 202610136717 2030To be determinedTo be determined 2034Total3026222169
Africa Cup of Nations
Africa Cup of Nations recordYearRoundPosition* 1957Not affiliated to CAF 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968Did not qualify 1970 1972 1974Group stage8th300328 1976Did not qualify 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988Withdrew 1990Did not qualify 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013Did not enter 2015Did not qualify 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 2027 2029To be determinedTotalRound 11/35300328
COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup COSAFA Cup recordYearRoundPosition*1997 to 1999 Did not enter2000First round 1 0 0 1 0 3 2001Quarter-final 2 1 0 1 1 1 2002First round 1 0 0 1 2 3 2003First round 1 0 0 1 1 2 2004Quarter-final 2 1 0 1 3 3 2005 First round 2 1 0 1 2 1 2006 First round 1 0 0 1 5 1 2007 First round 2 0 1 1 0 2 2008 Group stage 3 0 1 2 2 10 2009 Group stage 2 0 0 2 0 4 2010 Cancelled 2013 Group stage 2 1 0 1 5 2 2015 Group stage 3 1 0 2 1 4 2016 Group stage 3 1 0 2 2 4 2017 Group stage 3 0 2 1 1 2 2018 Group stage 3 0 2 1 1 2 2019 Group stage 2 0 1 1 3 4 2020 Cancelled 2021 Did not enter 2022 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 7 2023 Group stage 3 1 0 2 1 3 2024 Did not enter 2025 Group stage 3 0 3 0 0 0TotalQuarter-final 19/24 42 7 10 25 31 58
African Nations Championship African Nations Championship recordYearRoundPosition 2009 Withdrew 2011 Did not enter 2014 Did not qualify 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024Appearances: 0
Head-to-head record after the match vs.