Seychelles national football team

Seychelles
Nickname(s) The Pirates[1]
Association Seychelles Football Federation
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation COSAFA
(Southern Africa)
Head coach Ralph Jean-Louis
Top scorer Philip Zialor (11)
Home stadium Stade Linité
FIFA code SEY
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 186 Decrease 2 (24 November 2016)
Highest 129 (October 2006)
Lowest 200 (July 2013, November 2013)
Elo ranking
Current 187
Highest 168 (July 2008)
Lowest 194 (June 1998)
First international
 Réunion 2–0 Seychelles Seychelles
(Réunion; 13 February 1974)
Biggest win
Seychelles Seychelles 9–0 Maldives 
(Réunion; 27 August 1979)
Biggest defeat
 Madagascar 6–0 Seychelles Seychelles
(Antananarivo, Madagascar; 30 August 1990)

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

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
Réunion 1979 Runners-Up 2nd 4 1 1 2 11 6
Mauritius 1985 Group Stage 6th 2 0 0 2 1 4
Madagascar 1990 Third Place 3rd 3 1 0 2 3 9
Seychelles 1993 Fourth Place 4th 4 0 0 4 3 12
Réunion 1998 Third Place 3rd 4 2 0 2 9 10
Mauritius 2003 Third Place 3rd 4 1 2 1 3 6
Madagascar 2007 Group Stage 5th 2 1 0 1 2 4
Seychelles 2011 Champions 1st 5 3 2 0 10 4
Réunion 2015 Group Stage 3rd 3 1 0 2 4 3
Total 9/9 1 Title 31 10 5 16 46 58

COSAFA Cup

COSAFA Cup Record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
2000 Excluded
2001
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
South Africa 2008 Group Stage 11th 3 1 1 1 8 2
Zimbabwe 2009 Group Stage 13th 3 0 0 3 2 6
Zambia 2013 Group Stage 13th 2 0 0 2 2 8
South Africa 2015 Group Stage 13th 3 0 1 2 0 2
Total 6/14 0 Titles 13 1 2 10 13 29

2015 Indian Ocean Island Games

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mayotte 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Madagascar 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
3  Seychelles 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 3
4  Maldives 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
Source: IOCS
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

July 31, 2015
Seychelles  3–0

W.O Madagascar

  Madagascar
Report

August 2, 2015
Seychelles  1–2  Maldives
Esther  5' Report Umair  28' (pen.)
Imaz  43'
Stade Baby-Larivière, Saint-André, Réunion
Referee: Mauritius Imtehaz Heeralall

August 4, 2015
Seychelles  0–1  Mayotte
Report Rasolofo  66' (pen.)

Schedule

Recent Results

Upcoming Fixtures

TBA

Coaches

References

  1. ↑ Mugabe, Bonnie (4 January 2008). "Rwanda: Shungu Sacked By Seychelles".
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