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Association | Seychelles Football Federation | ||
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Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | COSAFA (Southern Africa) | ||
Top scorer | Natacha Bibi (13+) | ||
FIFA code | SEY | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 170 (15 March 2024) [1] | ||
Highest | 160 (June 2022) | ||
Lowest | 170 (December 2023 – March 2024) | ||
First international | |||
Mozambique 7–3 Seychelles (White River, South Africa; 5 July 2015) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Maldives 0–4 Seychelles (Malé, Maldives; 18 February 2022) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Malawi 17–0 Seychelles (Blantyre, Malawi; 25 September 2023) Malawi 17–0 Seychelles (Blantyre, Malawi; 28 September 2023) |
The Seychelles women's national football team is the national team of the Seychelles.
The national team, captained by Abby Boone, played in two eighty-minute long games in 2005 in a tournament hosted by Mauritius, with the Seychelles losing both matches. An official under-17 national team exists and had regular training sessions in 2006.
The sport faces several development problems inside the country including a lack of popularity for the sport, and few female players and teams. Women have gained football leadership positions in the country with one coaching a men's team and another umpiring international matches. There are other development issues for the sport that are ones facing the whole of Africa.
The Seychelles Football Federation was founded in 1979, and became a FIFA affiliate in 1986. [2] [3] Women's football is represented in the federation by specific mandate and currently they employ one full-time employee to look after the women's game. [2]
In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team [4] including the Seychelles who did play in a single FIFA sanctioned match between 1950 and June 2012. [5] In 2006, the country did not have an official FIFA recognised senior A team, [2] a situation unchanged by 2009. [3]
In 2005, they competed in a three nation tournament hosted by Mauritius, where all games were 80 minutes in length. They lost to Mauritius 1–4 and also to Réunion 0–9. Overall, they finished last, scoring only one goal in the competition. [6] In 2005, Zambia was supposed to host a regional COSAFA women's football tournament, with ten teams agreeing to send teams including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland. [7] Seychelles did not record a match in the event. [5]
The country did not have a team competing in the 2010 African Women's Championship, [8] or at the 2011 All Africa Games. [9] In March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA due to inactivity. [10]
The country has an official under-17 team, the Seychelles women's national under-17 football team. In 2006, they had two training sessions a week but had yet to record an official FIFA recognised match. [2]
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Lose Fixture
7 July 2023 Friendly | Ethiopia | v | Seychelles | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
Stadium: Abebe Bikila Stadium | ||||
Note: Cancelled. [11] |
25 September 2023 Friendly | Malawi | 17–0 | Seychelles | Blantyre, Malawi |
15:00 UTC+2 |
| Report | Stadium: Mpira Stadium |
28 September 2023 Friendly | Malawi | 17–0 | Seychelles | Blantyre, Malawi |
15:00 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Mpira Stadium Referee: Rose Zimba (Malawi) |
5 December 2023 International Friendly | Mauritius | 3–1 | Seychelles | Saint Pierre, Mauritius |
19:00 UTC+4 |
| Report (MFA) |
| Stadium: Côte d'Or National Sports Complex |
8 December 2023 International Friendly | Mauritius | 1–1 | Seychelles | Saint Pierre, Mauritius |
19:00 UTC+4 |
| Report (MFA) |
| Stadium: Côte d'Or National Sports Complex |
As of September 2023
Position | Name | Ref. |
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Head coach | Florence Marie | |
The following players were called up for the friendly matches against the Mauritius on 5 and 8 December 2023. [14]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Julie Dinara | |||||
GK | Poris Kurchia | |||||
8 | DF | Rachel Cadeau | 8 November 1998 | 4 | 0 | Marine Maintenance |
6 | DF | Samira Florentine | 20 February 1998 | 4 | 0 | Marine Maintenance |
4 | DF | Alisha Matatiken | 13 March 2003 | 5 | 0 | Mont Fleuri Rovers |
10 | MF | Kimbelly Chang-Tak Hue | 3 May 2006 | 5 | 0 | Marine Maintenance |
7 | MF | Pascallina Moustache (captain) | 23 May 1991 | 5 | 1 | Mont Fleuri Rovers |
9 | FW | Natacha Bibi | 20 June 1984 | 5 | 3 | Mont Fleuri Rovers |
16 | FW | Reena Esther | 20 June 2005 | 5 | 1 | Mont Fleuri Rovers} |
Marhasias Labrosse | ||||||
Rannia Chetty | ||||||
Vesna Cesar | ||||||
Esca Belle | ||||||
Lisa Dubois | ||||||
Emma Esparon | ||||||
Elvina Hoaneau | ||||||
Janella Moustache | ||||||
Guyra Boniface | ||||||
Nerlice Fred |
The following players have been called up to a Seychelles squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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FW | Itarra Lagrenade | 26 December 2002 | 3 | 0 | United Sisters | .v Malawi, 28 September 2023 |
Rannia Ccherry | .v Malawi, 28 September 2023 | |||||
Rahima Moumou | .v Malawi, 28 September 2023 | |||||
Clara Libanotis | .v Malawi, 28 September 2023 | |||||
Chantina Esparon | .v Malawi, 28 September 2023 | |||||
Azarelle Rose | .v Malawi, 28 September 2023 | |||||
Sherina Radegonde | .v Malawi, 28 September 2023 |
FIFA Women's World Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD |
1991 | did not exist | |||||||
1995 | ||||||||
1999 | ||||||||
2003 | ||||||||
2007 | did not enter | |||||||
2011 | ||||||||
2015 | did not qualify | |||||||
2019 | did not enter | |||||||
2023 | ||||||||
Total | 0/9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Summer Olympics record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD |
1996 | did not exist | |||||||
2000 | ||||||||
2004 | ||||||||
2008 | did not Qualify | |||||||
2012 | did not enter | |||||||
2016 | ||||||||
2020 | ||||||||
Total | 0/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Africa Women Cup of Nations record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | |
1991 to 2004 | did not exist | |||||||
2006 to 2012 | did not enter | |||||||
2014 | did not qualify | |||||||
2016 | did not enter | |||||||
2018 | ||||||||
2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | |||||||
2022 | did not enter | |||||||
2024 | Did not enter | |||||||
Total | 0/12 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
African Games record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | GD |
2003 | Did Not exist | |||||||
2007 | Did Not enter | |||||||
2011 | ||||||||
2015 | ||||||||
2019 | ||||||||
2023 | to be determined | |||||||
Total | 0/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COSAFA Women's Championship record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD |
2002 | did not exist | |||||||
2006 | did not enter | |||||||
2008 | ||||||||
2011 | ||||||||
2017 | ||||||||
2018 | ||||||||
2019 | ||||||||
2020 | ||||||||
2021 | ||||||||
Total | Group stage | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 47 | −43 |
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