Seychelles national football team

Seychelles

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Association	Seychelles Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coach	Gavin Jeanne
Top scorer	Philip Zialor (11)
Home stadium	Stade Linité
FIFA code	SEY
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	189 1 (20 September 2018)
Highest	129 (October 2006)
Lowest	200 (July 2013, November 2013)
First international
Réunion 2–0 Seychelles (Réunion; 13 February 1974)
Biggest win
Seychelles 9–0 Maldives (Réunion; 27 August 1979)
Biggest defeat
South Africa 6–0 Seychelles (FNB Stadium, South Africa; 13 October 2018)

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 v Ethiopia at Stade Linité, 5 September 2015

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

Under Montenegrin coach Vojo Gardasevic, the Seychelles team made their debut in the World Cup qualifiers in April 2000. 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 qualifiers of the 2004 African Cup of Nations. 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

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter									Did not enter
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	1	4
2006										2	0	1	1	1	5
2010										6	0	0	6	4	17
2014										2	0	0	2	0	7
2018										2	0	0	2	0	3
2022	To be determined									To be determined
2026	To be determined									To be determined
Total	-	0/21	-	-	-	-	-	-		14	0	2	12	6	36

Africa Cup of Nations record

Host nation(s) / Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1957	Did not enter
1959
1962
1963
1965
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990	Did not qualify
1992	Withdrew
1994	Did not enter
1996	Withdrew
1998	Did not qualify
2000	Did not enter
2002
2004	Did not qualify
2006
2008
2010
2012	Did not enter
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Withdrew
2017	Did not qualify
2019	To be determined
2021	To be determined
2023	To be determined
Total	-	0/31	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Group stage	3rd	3	1	0	2	4	3
Total	1 Title	9/9	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
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
2015	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	0	2
2016	Group stage	14th	3	0	0	3	0	10
2017	Group stage	14th	3	0	0	3	1	10
2018	Group stage	12th	3	0	2	1	2	3
Total	Group stage	10/18	25	1	5	19	16	54

2015 Indian Ocean Island Games

Main article: Football at the 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

Stade Jean-Ivoula, Saint-Denis, Réunion

Referee: Steeve Dubec

August 2, 2015

Seychelles	1–2	Maldives
Esther 5'	Report	Umair 28' (pen.) Imaz 43'

Stade Baby-Larivière, Saint-André, Réunion

Referee: Imtehaz Heeralall

August 4, 2015

Seychelles	0–1	Mayotte
	Report	Rasolofo 66' (pen.)

Stade Michel Volnay, Saint-Pierre, Réunion

Referee: Didier Ringuin

Recent results and fixtures

Madagascar v Seychelles

26 June 2017 2017 COSAFA Cup GS	Madagascar	2–0	Seychelles	Moruleng, South Africa
19:30 SAST	Raveloarisona 45+1' Raherinaivo 75'	Report		Stadium: Moruleng Stadium Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

Seychelles v Mozambique

28 June 2017 2017 COSAFA Cup GS	Seychelles	1–2	Mozambique	Phokeng, South Africa
19:30 SAST	Melanie 63'	Report	Teca 48' Simango 70'	Stadium: Royal Bafokeng Stadium Referee: Pilan Ncube (Zimbabwe)

Zimbabwe v Seychelles

30 June 2017 2017 COSAFA Cup GS	Zimbabwe	6–0	Seychelles	Phokeng, South Africa
17:00 SAST	Karuru 24', 26', 67' Dube 57' Mushure 85', 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Royal Bafokeng Stadium Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

Comoros v Seychelles

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)

Seychelles v Madagascar

29 May 2018 2018 COSAFA Cup	Seychelles	1–1	Madagascar	Polokwane, South Africa
19:00 SAST	Mellie 35'	Report	Jaotombo 24'	Stadium: Seshego Stadium Referee: Thando Ndzandzeka (South Africa)

Mozambique v Seychelles

31 May 2018 2018 COSAFA Cup	Mozambique	2–1	Seychelles	Polokwane, South Africa
17:30 SAST	Luís 11' (pen.) Jeitoso 74'	Report	Tamboo 52'	Stadium: Peter Mokaba Stadium Referee: Thando Ndzandzeka (South Africa)

Seychelles v Nigeria

8 September 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Seychelles	0–3	Nigeria	Victoria, Seychelles
16:30 SCT		Report	Musa 15' Awaziem 34' Ighalo 57'	Stadium: Stade Linité Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)

South Africa v Seychelles

13 October 2018 2019 AFCONQ	South Africa	6–0	Seychelles	Johannesburg, South Africa
15:00 SAST	Hoareau 23' (o.g.) Hlatshwayo 25' Mothiba 27' Tau 74' Ndlovu 81' Mokoena 90+3'	Report		Stadium: FNB Stadium Referee: Ring Nyier Akech Malong (South Sudan)

Seychelles v South Africa

16 October 2018 2019 AFCONQ	Seychelles	v	South Africa	Victoria, Seychelles
17:30 SCT		Report		Stadium: Stade Linité Referee: Mfaume Ali Nassoro (Tanzania)

Seychelles v Libya

Nigeria v Seychelles

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 (caretaker) (2012)
• Jan Mak (2013–2014)

• Ulrich Mathiot (2014–2015)
• Bruno Saindini (2015, caretaker)
• Ralph Jean-Louis (2015–2016)
• Joel de Commarmond (2017, caretaker)
• Rodney Choisy(2017, caretaker)
• Gavin Jeanne (2018-)

External links

• Seychelles at FIFA.com