Comoros national football team

Comoros
Nickname(s)	Les Coelacantes
Association	Fédération Comorienne de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	COSAFA ; (Southern Africa)
Head coach	Amir Abdou
Captain	Nadjim Abdou
Most caps	Youssouf M'Changama (26)
Top scorer	Youssouf M'Changama (5) / El Fardou Ben Nabouhane (5)
Home stadium	Stade Said Mohamed Cheikh
FIFA code	COM
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	149 (20 September 2018)
Highest	127 (October 2017)
Lowest	207 (December 2006)
First international
	Mauritius 3–0 Comoros ; (Réunion; August 26, 1979)
Biggest win
	Comoros 4–2 Djibouti ; (Sana'a, Yemen; December 17, 2006)
Biggest defeat
	Mauritius 6–1 Comoros ; (Réunion; August 31, 1979) ; Madagascar 5–0 Comoros ; (Seychelles; August 20, 1993) ; Mauritius 5–0 Comoros ; (Mauritius; September 4, 2003)

The Comoros national football team is the national football team of Comoros, which is controlled by the Fédération Comorienne de Football.^[1] It was formed in 1979, joined the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in 2003, and became a FIFA member in 2005.

History

Comoros played their first matches in the 1979 Indian Ocean Island Games. Those were the only games they played until qualification for the 2009 Arab Nations Cup in 2006. Those two matches were their first two matches with full FIFA recognition, and included a 4–2 victory over Djibouti, which is considered the largest win in the Comorian team's history. In 2007, Comoros first entered qualification for the World Cup and the Africa Cup of Nations for the 2010 tournaments, but lost in the preliminary round 2–10 on aggregate to Madagascar.

Comoros only plays in a few tournaments, including the Indian Ocean Island Games since 1979, in all eight times; the COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup in 2008 and 2009; and the Arab Nations Cup only in 2009. There has not been an Arab Nations Cup since.

Competition records

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup
Appearances: 0
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 – 1974	Part of France
1978	Did not enter
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010	Did not qualify
2014
2018
2022	To be determined
2026	To be determined
Total		0/21

Olympic Games record

Olympic Games
Appearances: 0
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1896 – 1972	Part of France (FRA)
1976	Did not enter
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020	To be determined
Total		0/25

Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since the 1992 edition.

Africa Cup of Nations record

Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances: 0
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1957 – 1974	Part of France
1976	Did not enter
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010	Did not qualify
2012
2013
2015
2017
2019	To be determined
2021
2023
Total		0/31

All-Africa Games record

All-Africa Games
Appearances: 0
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1965	Part of France (FRA)
1973	Part of France (FRA)
1978	Did not enter
1987
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019	To be determined
Total		0/11

Prior to the Cairo 1991 campaign, the Football at the All-Africa Games was open to full senior national teams.

African Nations Championship record

African Nations Championship
Appearances: 0
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2009	Did not enter
2011	Did not enter
2014	Did not qualify
2016
2018
Total		0/5

COSAFA Cup record

COSAFA Cup
Appearances: 3
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1997	Did not enter
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008	Group stage	11th	3	0	0	3	0	5
2009	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	2	4
2010	Cancelled
2013	Did not enter
2015
2016
2017
2018	Group stage	12th	3	0	1	2	1	5
Total	Group stage	3/19	9	1	2	6	3	14

Indian Ocean Island Games record

Indian Ocean Island Games
Appearances: 9
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1979	Bronze Medal	3rd	4	1	0	3	4	12
1985	Bronze Medal	3rd	3	1	1	1	4	3
1990	Fourth Place	4th	4	1	0	3	2	8
1993	Group Stage	5th	2	0	0	2	0	8
1998	Group Stage	5th	2	0	0	2	0	6
2003	Fourth Place	4th	4	0	0	4	0	12
2007	Group Stage	6th	2	0	1	1	1	4
2011		5th	3	0	2	1	2	4
2015		7th	2	0	0	2	0	6
Total	Bronze Medal	9/9	26	3	4	19	13	63

Arab Nations Cup record

Arab Nations Cup
Appearances: 0
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1963	Part of France
1964
1966
1985	Did not enter
1988
1992
1998	Withdrew
2002	Did not enter
2009	Did not qualify ¹
2012	Did not enter
Total		0/9

^1 The 2009 edition was cancelled during qualification.

Pan Arab Games record

Pan Arab Games
Appearances: 0
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1953	Part of France (FRA)
1957
1961
1965
1976	Did not enter
1985
1992
1997
1999
2004	No tournament
2007	Did not enter
2011	Did not enter
Total		0/11

Schedule

Recent results

15 July 2017 2018 CHANQ	Comoros	2–0	Lesotho	Moroni, Comoros
15:00 EAT	I. Youssouf 47' Bacar 78'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Moroni Referee: Ganesh Chutooree (Mauritius)

23 July 2017 2018 CHANQ	Lesotho	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	Comoros	Maseru, Lesotho
15:00 SAST	Koloti 10'	Report		Stadium: Setsoto Stadium Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

13 August 2017 2018 CHANQ	Comoros	2–1	Namibia	Moroni, Comoros
15:00 EAT	Mradabi 41' M. Youssouf 45+1'	Report	Somaeb 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de Moroni Referee: Christopher Harrison (South Africa)

20 August 2017 2018 CHANQ	Namibia	2–0 (3–2 agg.)	Comoros	Windhoek, Namibia
15:00 WAT	Katupose 55', 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Sam Nujoma Stadium Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

6 October 2017 Friendly	Mauritania	0–1	Comoros	Tunis, Tunisia
19:00 UTC+01			M'Changama 84'	Stadium: Stade El Menzah

11 November 2017 Friendly	Madagascar	1–1	Comoros	Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, France
	Razakanantenaina 6'		M'Changama 61'	Stadium: Stade Municipale Saint Leu la Forêt

24 March 2018 Friendly	Kenya	2–2	Comoros	Marrakesh, Morocco
18:00 WEST	Wanyama 4' (pen.) Miheso 83'	Report	M'Changama 7' Bakar 72'	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Karim Sabri (Morocco)

27 May 2018 2018 COSAFA Cup	Comoros	1–1	Seychelles	Polokwane, South Africa
16:30 SAST	M'Changama 60'	Report	Coralie 83'	Stadium: Old Peter Mokaba Stadium Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)

29 May 2018 2018 COSAFA Cup	Mozambique	3–0	Comoros	Polokwane, South Africa
17:00 SAST	Jeitoso 39' Luís 44', 72'	Report		Stadium: Seshego Stadium Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

31 May 2018 2018 COSAFA Cup	Madagascar	1–0	Comoros	Polokwane, South Africa
17:30 SAST	Jaotombo 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Old Peter Mokaba Stadium Referee: Tirelo Mositwane (Botswana)

8 September 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Comoros	1–1	Cameroon	Mitsamiouli, Comoros
15:00 EAT	Ben Nabouhane 15'	Report	Bahoken 80'	Stadium: Stade Said Mohamed Cheikh Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

13 October 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Morocco	1–0	Comoros	Casablanca, Morocco
19:00 WEST	Fajr 90+7' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

16 October 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Comoros	v	Morocco	Mitsamiouli, Comoros
15:00 EAT		Report		Stadium: Stade Said Mohamed Cheikh

16 November 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Comoros	v	Malawi	Comoros
		Report

22 March 2019 2019 AFCONQ	Cameroon	v	Comoros	Cameroon
		Report

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

2012 African Cup of Nations (Qualification)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zambia	6	4	1	1	11	2	+9	13
Libya	6	3	3	0	6	1	+5	12
Mozambique	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7
Comoros	6	0	1	5	2	14	−12	1

Head-to-Head Records against other countries

As of September 4, 2011

Opponent	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Differential
Botswana	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Djibouti	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2
Lesotho	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Libya	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3
Madagascar	6	0	0	6	2	22	−20
Malawi	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Maldives	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1
Mauritius	6	0	0	6	1	20	−19
Mozambique	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5
Namibia	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Réunion	6	1	1	4	3	13	−10
Seychelles	5	1	1	3	3	9	−6
Eswatini	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Yemen	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Zambia	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5
14 Countries	40	4	6	30	21	96	−75

Players

Current squad

The following players were called for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifyier against Morocco on 13 & 16 October 2018.
Caps and goals updated as of 8 September 2018, after the game against Cameroon.^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Salim Ben Boina	(1991-07-19) 19 July 1991 (age 32)	7	0	Martigues
23	1GK	Ali Ahamada	(1991-08-16) 16 August 1991 (age 32)	13	0	Free agent

2	2DF	Abdallah Imamo	(1993-04-19) 19 April 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Drancy
3	2DF	Chaker Alhadhur	(1991-12-04) 4 December 1991 (age 32)	19	1	Caen
6	2DF	Nadjim Abdou	(1984-07-13) 13 July 1984 (age 39)	21	0	Martigues
27	2DF	Kassim Abdallah	(1987-04-09) 9 April 1987 (age 37)	17	0	Free agent
	2DF	Kassim M'Dahoma	(1997-01-26) 26 January 1997 (age 27)	1	0	Boulogne
	2DF	Ahmed Soilihi	(1996-07-01) 1 July 1996 (age 27)	2	0	Athlético Marseille
	2DF	Abdallah Ali Mohamed	(1999-04-11) 11 April 1999 (age 25)	2	0	Olympique de Marseille B

8	3MF	Fouad Bachirou	(1990-04-15) 15 April 1990 (age 34)	15	0	Malmö
10	3MF	Youssouf M'Changama	(1990-08-29) 29 August 1990 (age 33)	26	5	Grenoble
13	3MF	Rafidine Abdullah	(1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 30)	5	0	Waasland-Beveren
18	3MF	Aadil Assana	(1993-01-18) 18 January 1993 (age 31)	1	0	Marignane Gignac
	3MF	Salim Mramboini	(1984-08-26) 26 August 1984 (age 39)	12	0	Martigues

7	4FW	Faïz Selemani	(1993-11-14) 14 November 1993 (age 30)	2	0	Lorient
11	4FW	Djamel Bakar	(1989-04-06) 6 April 1989 (age 35)	14	2	Free agent
14	4FW	Ali M'Madi	(1990-04-21) 21 April 1990 (age 34)	15	0	FC Villefranche
17	4FW	Nasser Chamed	(1993-10-04) 4 October 1993 (age 30)	13	0	Gaz Metan Mediaș
22	4FW	Saïd Bakari	(1994-09-22) 22 September 1994 (age 29)	5	0	Waalwijk
31	4FW	El Fardou Ben Nabouhane	(1989-06-10) 10 June 1989 (age 34)	13	5	Red Star Belgrade

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Salimo Velonjara	(1988-11-10) 10 November 1988 (age 35)	5	0	Volcan Club	v. Cameroon, 8 September 2018
GK	Fahardine Hassani	(1993-11-07) 7 November 1993 (age 30)	2	0	Bourgoin-Jallieu	v. Cameroon, 8 September 2018

DF	Benjaloud Youssouf	(1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 (age 30)	12	1	Auxerre	v. Cameroon, 8 September 2018
DF	Camal Youssoufa	(1994-11-03) 3 November 1994 (age 29)	6	0	Amiens AC	v. Cameroon, 8 September 2018
DF	Faouz Faidine Attoumane	(1994-01-04) 4 January 1994 (age 30)	13	0	Élan Club	v. Cameroon, 8 September 2018
DF	Habib Youssouf	(1998-02-19) 19 February 1998 (age 26)	5	0	Volcan Club	v. Cameroon, 8 September 2018

MF	Fasoiha Goula Soilihi	(1990-09-25) 25 September 1990 (age 33)	8	0	Zilimadjou	v. Cameroon, 8 September 2018
MF	Ali Andhumdine Simba	(1993-12-26) 26 December 1993 (age 30)	6	0	Volcan Club	v. Cameroon, 8 September 2018
MF	Ancoub Mze Ali	(1996-02-11) 11 February 1996 (age 28)	7	0	Nice B	v. Kenya, 24 March 2018
MF	Halifa Soulé	(1990-11-12) 12 November 1990 (age 33)	10	0	Ayia Napa	v. Kenya, 24 March 2018
MF	Omar M'Dahoma	(1987-09-10) 10 September 1987 (age 36)	4	0	Aubagne	v. Kenya, 24 March 2018
MF	Nakibou Aboubakari	(1993-03-10) 10 March 1993 (age 31)	2	0	Guingamp B	v. Cameroon, 8 September 2018 ^PRE

FW	Mohamed Youssouf	(1988-03-26) 26 March 1988 (age 36)	20	1	Ajaccio	v. Cameroon, 8 September 2018 ^INJ
FW	Nordine Ibouroi	(1998-07-30) 30 July 1998 (age 25)	2	0	Auxerre	v. Kenya, 24 March 2018
FW	Nabil Ali M'Changama	(1996-09-23) 23 September 1996 (age 27)	0	0	Volcan Club	v. Cameroon, 8 September 2018
FW	Mohamed M'Changama	(1987-06-09) 9 June 1987 (age 36)	16	2	Annecy	v. Cameroon, 8 September 2018 ^PRE
^INJ = Withdrew from this squad due to injury ^SUS = Serving suspension ^PRE = Preliminary squad / standby ^RET = Retired from international football

References

^ Vickers, Steve (2009-10-24). "BBC SPORT | Football | African | Comoros make steps forward". BBC News. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
^ "Comoros Team 2018". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams.

External links

FFC official website
Comoros at FIFA.com
Bourtney, Barri. Comoros – List of International Matches± at RSSSF.com (Last updated: January 31, 2008)

[1] Vickers, Steve (2009-10-24). "BBC SPORT | Football | African | Comoros make steps forward". BBC News. Retrieved 2013-12-03.

[2] "Comoros Team 2018". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams.

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