Seychelles national football team

Seychelles
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	The Pirates
Association	Seychelles Football Federation
Sub-confederation	COSAFA; (Southern Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Ralph Jean-Louis
Top scorer	Philip Zialor (11)
Home stadium	Stade Popiler
FIFA code	SEY
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	189 5 (5 November 2015)
Highest	129 (October 2006)
Lowest	200 (July 2013, November 2013)
First international
	Réunion 2–0 Seychelles ; (Réunion; 13 February 1974)

The Seychelles national football team is controlled by the Seychelles Football Federation (SFF). SFF is a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The home turf of the team is the 10,000 capacity stadium, Stade Linité situated at Roche Caiman in the outskirts of Victoria, the capital of Seychelles.

History

Seychelles have never qualified for the finals of the African Nations Cup or the World Cup but they made their debut in qualifiers for the Africa Cup of Nations in 1986, losing to Mauritius.

Under Yugoslav coach Vojo Gardasevic, the Seychelles team made their debut in the World Cup qualifiers in 2001. Philip Zialor got the equaliser for Seychelles in a 1-1 draw against Namibia at Stade Linité. In the preliminary round return leg match, Seychelles lost 0-3.

In their second attempt to qualify, for the 2006 World Cup, Seychelles lost 0-4 at home to Zambia but played a 1-1 draw in the away match. Robert Suzette was the scorer of Seychelles’ goal in Lusaka. Seychelles’ biggest competitive win came against Zimbabwe in the African Nations Cup 2004 qualifiers. Goals by strikers Alpha Baldé and Philip Zialor gave Seychelles a 2-1 win at Stade Linité against Zimbabwe captained by professional striker Peter Ndlovu. German coach Michael Nees was at the helm of the team at that time. Under Frenchman Dominique Bathenay, Seychelles also beat Eritrea 1-0 at Stade Linité by a goal by veteran Roddy Victor in the same qualifiers.

In 2011, Seychelles hosted the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games and beat Mauritius in the finals, on penalties.

Competition records

World Cup record

1930 to 1998 - Did not enter
2002 to 2018 - Did not qualify

Africa Cup of Nations record

1957 to 1988 – Did not enter
1990 – Did not qualify
1992 – Withdrew
1994 – Did not enter
1996 – Withdrew
1998 – Did not qualify
2000 to 2002 – Did not enter
2004 to 2010 – Did not qualify
2012 – Did not enter
2013 – Did not qualify
2015 – Withdrew

Indian Ocean Island Games

Indian Ocean Island Games Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1979	Runners-Up	2nd	4	1	1	2	11	6
1985	Group Stage	6th	2	0	0	2	1	4
1990	Third Place	3rd	3	1	0	2	3	9
1993	Fourth Place	4th	4	0	0	4	3	12
1998	Third Place	3rd	4	2	0	2	9	10
2003	Third Place	3rd	4	1	2	1	3	6
2007	Group Stage	5th	2	1	0	1	2	4
2011	Champions	1st	5	3	2	0	10	4
2015	To Be Determined
Total	8/8	1 Title	28	9	5	14	42	55

COSAFA Cup

COSAFA Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2000	Excluded
2001	Excluded
2002	Did Not Enter
2003
2004
2005	Round 1	11th	1	0	0	1	0	3
2006	Round 1	7th	2	0	1	1	1	3
2007	Round 1	13th	2	0	0	2	0	7
2008	Group Stage	11th	3	1	1	1	8	2
2009	Group Stage	13th	3	0	0	3	2	6
2013	Group Stage	13th	2	0	0	2	2	8
2014	To Be Determined
Total	6/14	0 Titles	13	1	2	10	13	29

2011 Indian Ocean Island Games

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Seychelles	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Mauritius	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Comoros	3	0	2	1	2	4	-2	2
Maldives	3	0	2	1	4	8	-4	2

Knockout Stage

Semi-finals			Final

11 August (15:00 UTC+4), Stade Linité
Seychelles	2
Réunion	1

			13 August (17:30 UTC+4), Stade Linité
			Seychelles	1 (4)
			Mauritius	1 (3)


			Third place
11 August (18:30 UTC+4), Stade Linité		13 August (15:00 UTC+4), Stade Linité
Mayotte	0 (4)	Réunion	1
Mauritius	0 (5)		Mayotte	0

Schedule

Recent Results

4 August 2011 2011 IOIG	Seychelles	0–0	Comoros	Praslin
14:00 UTC+4		(Report)		Stadium: Stade d'Amitié Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Steeve Dubec

6 August 2011 2011 IOIG	Seychelles	2–1	Mauritius	Roche Caïman, Mahé
16:30 UTC+4	Laurence 1' Henriette 28'	(Report)	Pithia 77'	Stadium: Stade Linité Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Harouna Rassuhi

9 August 2011 2011 IOIG	Seychelles	5–1	Maldives	Roche Caïman, Mahé
18:00 UTC+4	Laurence 16' Anacoura 23' Henriette 62' Baldé 75', 80'	(Report)	Qasim 26'	Stadium: Stade Linité Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Jean-Pierre Rakotonjanahary

11 August 2011 2011 IOIG Semifinal	Seychelles	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Réunion	Roche Caïman, Mahé
15:00 UTC+4	Nibourette 77' Hall 118'	(Report)	Farro 64'	Stadium: Stade Linité Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Ali Saleem

13 August 2011 2011 IOIG Final	Seychelles	1–1 (4–3 p)	Mauritius	Roche Caïman, Mahé
17:30 UTC+4	Betsy 16'	(Report)	Louis 62'	Stadium: Stade Linité Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Steeve Dubec
		Penalties
	Betsy Henriette Bibi Nibourette Anacoura		Veeranah Cundasamy Sophie Bru Bell

11 November 2011 2014 WC Qual.	Seychelles	0–3	Kenya	Victoria, Seychelles
17:00 UTC+4		Report	Ochieng 41' Oliech 75', 81'	Stadium: Stade Linité Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dennis Batte (Uganda)

15 November 2011 2014 WC Qual.	Kenya	4–0	Seychelles	Nairobi, Kenya
16:00 UTC+3	Mandela 19' Oliech 36' Mulama 45+1' Wanyama 74'	Report		Stadium: Nyayo National Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

6 January 2012 2013 ACoN qual	Seychelles	w/o	Swaziland
		Report

20 January 2012 2013 ACoN qual	Swaziland	w/o	Seychelles
		Report

29 February 2012 2013 ACoN qual	Seychelles	0–4	DR Congo	Stade Linité, Victoria
17:30 UTC+4		Report	Kaluyituka 11', 47' Mputu 28' Basilua 90'	Referee: Aboubacar Bangoura (Guinea)

17 June 2012 2013 ACoN qual	DR Congo	3–0	Seychelles	Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
15:30 UTC+1	Mbokani ?' Mpeka ?' Kanda 84'			Referee: Fredrick Kayindi-Ngobi (Uganda)

26 August 2014 Friendly	Seychelles	1–2	Sri Lanka	Stade Linité, Mahé
15:30 UTC+4

Upcoming Fixtures

TBA

Current squad

The following 24-man squad for the Seychelles is below.^[2] Caps and goals correct as of last game vs Kenya on 15 November 2011.^[3]

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
16	1GK	Nelson Sopha	(1974-09-13) 13 September 1974 (age 50)	32	0	St Michel United FC
1	1GK	Vincent Euphrasie	N/A	2	0	La Passe FC
22	1GK	Ronny Françoise	N/A	2	0	Foresters (Mont Fleuri)

4	2DF	Jonathan Bibi	(1984-07-28) 28 July 1984 (age 40)	25	0	Saint Louis Suns United
12	2DF	Nigel Freminot	(1980-06-05) 5 June 1980 (age 44)	18	0	St Michel United FC
2	2DF	Allen Larue	(1981-06-16) 16 June 1981 (age 43)	13	0	St Michel United FC
5	2DF	Jones Joubert	N/A	9	0	The Lions FC
3	2DF	Ronny Marengo	(1990-08-30) 30 August 1990 (age 34)	4	0	Northern Dynamo

15	3MF	Henny Dufresne	(1980-10-10) 10 October 1980 (age 44)	24	0	St Michel United FC
10	3MF	Don Annacoura	(1981-05-06) 6 May 1981 (age 43)	23	3	St Michel United FC
7	3MF	Alex Nibourette	(1983-12-26) 26 December 1983 (age 41)	23	1	St Michel United FC
13	3MF	Archille Henriette	(1987-04-25) 25 April 1987 (age 37)	13	1	La Passe FC
6	3MF	Kevin Betsy	(1978-03-20) 20 March 1978 (age 46)	7	1	Woking
24	3MF	Daniel Moorehead	(1996-01-27) 27 January 1996 (age 28)	1	1	Durham
8	3MF	Trevor Poiret	(1988-10-15) 15 October 1988 (age 36)	6	1	Saint Louis Suns United
17	3MF	Brian Dorby	N/A	6	0	Saint Louis Suns United
20	3MF	Karl Hall	(1988-07-04) 4 July 1988 (age 36)	4	1	St Michel United FC
19	3MF	Dine Suzette	N/A	1	0

9	4FW	Nelson Laurence	(1984-10-19) 19 October 1984 (age 40)	11	2	St Michel United FC
11	4FW	Alpha Baldé	(1973-02-25) 25 February 1973 (age 51)	11	1	Saint Louis Suns United
18	4FW	Wilnes Brutus	(1986-01-13) 13 January 1986 (age 38)	10	3	St Michel United FC
14	4FW	Jude Nancy	N/A	1	0
23	4FW	Leeroy Corallie	N/A	1	0	Saint Louis Suns United
21	4FW	Gervais Waye-Hive	(1988-06-11) 11 June 1988 (age 36)	1	0	St Michel United FC

Coaches

Helmut Kosmehl (1992–93)
Vojo Gardaševic (1997–00)
Dominique Bathenay (2002)
Michael Nees (2002–04)
Raoul Shungu (2006–07)

Jan Mak (2008)
Ulrich Mathiot (2008)
Richard Holmlund (2009)
Jan Mak (2010)
Michael Nees (2010)

Andrew Amers-Morrison (2010)
Ralph Jean-Louis (2011)
Gavin Jeanne (2012)
Cliff Nolin (2012, caretaker)
Jan Mak (2013–2014)

Ulrich Mathiot (2014-2015)
Bruno Saindini (2015, caretaker)
Ralph Jean-Louis (2015-)

References

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External links

Seychelles Football Federation official website
Seychelles at FIFA.com

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Seychelles national football team

Contents

History

Competition records

World Cup record

Africa Cup of Nations record

Indian Ocean Island Games

COSAFA Cup

2011 Indian Ocean Island Games

Group A

Knockout Stage

Schedule

Recent Results

Upcoming Fixtures

Current squad

Coaches

References

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