Mayotte national football team

Mayotte
Nickname(s)	Seahorses
Association	Ligue de Football de Mayotte (LFM)
Sub-confederation	UIOFF ; (Indian Ocean Islands)
Head coach	Bacar Allaoui
Captain	Djardji Nadhoime
Most caps	Abdou Lihariti Antoissi (15)
Top scorer	Chamsidine Attoumani (6)
Home stadium	Complexe de Kawani
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Mayotte 1–0 Madagascar ; (Mamoudzou, Mayotte; 1 April 2000)
Biggest win
	Mayotte 10–0 Saint Pierre and Miquelon ; (Franconville, France; 28 September 2010)
Biggest defeat
	Mayotte 1–6 Réunion ; (Franconville, France; 25 September 2008)
Coupe de l'Outre-Mer
Appearances	3 (first in 2008)
Best result	Fourth place (2010, 2012)
Indian Ocean Island Games
Appearances	5 (first in 2007)
Best result	Runners-up (2015)
Medal record
Men's Football
Indian Ocean Island Games

The Mayotte national football team represents the French overseas department and region of Mayotte in international football.

Mayotte is a member of neither FIFA nor CAF, so it is not eligible to enter the World Cup or the African Cup of Nations.

History

Between 2000–06, Mayotte had played two friendly matches against the French overseas island of Réunion and three against Madagascar.

In 2007, the team competed for the first time in the Indian Ocean Games, finishing in third position after losing against Madagascar in the semi-final and beating Mauritius in the third-place playoff after a penalty-shootout.

In 2012, the team in Coupe de l'Outre-Mer Beat Tahiti champions of OFC Nations Cup 3–1. also beat New Caledonia champions of Pacific Games and Runners-Up of OFC Nations Cup 2–0.

Mayotte Football Achievements

Indian Ocean Island Games

Indian Ocean Island Games Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1979	Part of Comoros
1985
1990
1993
1998
2003	Part of Réunion
2007	Third Place	3rd	4	2	0	2	3	7
2011	Fourth Place	4th	4	1	1	2	3	2
2015	Runners-Up	2nd	5	3	1	1	8	6
2019	Third Place	3rd	5	3	0	2	8	4
2023	Group Stage	5th	2	0	2	0	0	0
Total			20	9	4	7	22	19

Coupe de l'Outre-Mer

Coupe de l'Outre-Mer Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2008	5th Place Match	6th	3	0	0	3	5	13
2010	Third-place match	4th	4	1	1	2	13	8
2012	Third-place match	4th	4	2	0	2	5	5
Total			11	3	1	7	23	26

Fixtures and results

1 April 2000 Friendly	Mayotte	1–0	Madagascar	Mamoudzou, Mayotte
				Stadium: Complexe de Kawani

21 January 2001 Friendly	Madagascar	1–0	Mayotte	Antananarivo, Madagascar
				Stadium: Mahamasina Stadium

16 August 2003 Friendly	Réunion	1–1	Mayotte	Saint-Denis, Réunion
				Stadium: Stade Jean-Ivoula

15 December 2006 Friendly	Réunion	3–1	Mayotte	Saint-Denis, Réunion
				Stadium: Stade Jean-Ivoula

19 July 2007 Friendly	Madagascar	2–2	Mayotte	Antananarivo, Madagascar
	Ramiadamanana 47' Miradji 53'		Houdhouna 38' Nadhoime 85'	Stadium: Mahamasina Stadium

10 August 2007 2007 Indian Ocean Island Games	Seychelles	2–1	Mayotte	Antananarivo, Madagascar
	Zialor 18' Denis 27' (pen.)		Nadhoime 40' (pen.)	Stadium: Mahamasina Stadium

12 August 2007 2007 Indian Ocean Island Games	Mauritius	0–1	Mayotte	Antananarivo, Madagascar
			Houdhouna 55'	Stadium: Mahamasina Stadium

16 August 2007 2007 Indian Ocean Island Games	Madagascar	4–0	Mayotte	Antananarivo, Madagascar
	Ramiadamanana 13' Voavy 61', 85' Miradji 65'			Stadium: Mahamasina Stadium

18 August 2007 2007 Indian Ocean Island Games	Mauritius	1–1 (2–4 p)	Mayotte	Antananarivo, Madagascar
	Sophie 101'		Rafion 96'	Stadium: Mahamasina Stadium

25 September 2008 2008 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer	Mayotte	1–6	Réunion	Franconville, France
	Abdou 73'		Diallo 15', 55', 80' Boesso 36', 87' Farro 50'	Stadium: Stade Jean Rolland

28 September 2008 2008 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer	French Guiana	4–2	Mayotte	Bonneuil-sur-Marne, France
	Lecante ?', ?' Martinon Clothilde			Stadium: Complexe sportif Léo Lagrange

3 October 2008 2008 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer	New Caledonia	3–2	Mayotte	La Courneuve, France
	Wajoka 53', 87' (pen.) Kai 58'		Hamada 12' Houmadi 50'	Stadium: Stade Marville Referee: Phillippe Touraine

22 June 2009 Friendly	Madagascar	2–0	Mayotte	Antananarivo, Madagascar
				Stadium: Mahamasina Stadium

12 July 2009 Friendly	Mayotte	2–2	Madagascar	Mamoudzou, Mayotte
	Ben Ahmed 75', 90'		Rakotondramanana 13' Tsaralaza 29'	Stadium: Complexe de Kawani

20 August 2010 Friendly	Madagascar	0–0	Mayotte	Antananarivo, Madagascar
				Stadium: Mahamasina Stadium

22 September 2010 2010 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer	French Guiana	2–2 (2–4 p)	Mayotte	Saint-Gratien, Val-d'Oise, France
23:00 UTC+3	Tuinfort 47', 85'		Filomar 25' Ramia 33'	Stadium: Stade Michel Hidalgo Referee: Bruno Fouquet

25 September 2010 2010 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer	Mayotte	1–2	Réunion	Gennevilliers, Hauts de Seine, France
17:00 UTC+3	Bamana 5'		Elcaman 48' Boulard 54'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Louis Boury Referee: Guy Prevot

28 September 2010 2010 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer	Mayotte	10–0	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Franconville, Val d'Oise, France
22:00 UTC+3	N'Daka 14', 47', 72', 84' Antoissi 25', 59', 81' Ibrahim 40', 44' Bourahima 67'			Stadium: Stade Jean Rolland Referee: Stephane Tetauira

1 October 2010 2010 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer	Mayotte	0–4	Guadeloupe	Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
22:00 UTC+3			Gotin 11', 24', 47' Gomez 25'	Stadium: Stade Bauer Referee: David Hoarau

29 July 2011 Friendly	Mauritius	0–2	Mayotte	Curepipe, Mauritius
				Stadium: Stade George V

4 August 2011 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games	Madagascar	1–1	Mayotte	Praslin, Seychelles
18:30 UTC+3	Rajoarimanana 36'		Soihirin 42'	Stadium: Stade d'Amitié Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Bernard Camille

8 August 2011 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games	Mayotte	2–0	Réunion	Roche Caïman, Mahé, Seychelles
15:00 UTC+3	Yazidou 56' Antoissi 78'			Stadium: Stade Linité Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ali Adelaïd

11 August 2011 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games	Mayotte	0–0 (4–5 p)	Mauritius	Roche Caïman, Mahé, Seychelles
17:30 UTC+3				Stadium: Stade Linité Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ali Adelaïd
	Penalties
	Mihidjai Souffou Rasolofonirina Ben-Hamadi Djadid		Veeranah Cundasamy Sophie Ravina Bell

13 August 2011 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games	Réunion	1–0	Mayotte	Roche Caïman, Mahé, Seychelles
14:00 UTC+3	El Madaghri 74'			Stadium: Stade Linité Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Jean-Pierre Rakotonjanahary

22 September 2012 2012 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer	Tahiti	1–3	Mayotte	Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
17:00 UTC+3	Degage 84'		Attoumani 29', 45', 59'	Stadium: Stade Jean-Bouin Referee: Steeve Zabeau

24 September 2012 2012 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer	New Caledonia	0–2	Mayotte	Corbeil-Essonnes, France
20:30 UTC+3			Attoumani 73', 90'	Stadium: Complexe Sportif Léo Lagrange Referee: Guy Prevot

26 September 2012 2012 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer	Martinique	3–0	Mayotte	Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, France
19:00 UTC+3	Parsemain 29' Tresfield 32' Abaul 48'			Stadium: Parc des Sports Referee: Marius Quenet

29 September 2012 2012 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer	Guadeloupe	1–0	Mayotte	Saint-Gratien, France
17:00 UTC+3	Pascal 74'			Stadium: Stade de Michel Hidalgo Referee: Marius Quenet

31 July 2015 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games	Maldives	1–3	Mayotte	Saint-Benoît, Réunion, Réunion
	Umair 12'		Ben Yahaya 54' Rasolofo 83' Noussoura 88'	Stadium: Stade Jean-Allane Referee: Dharamveer Hurbungs

2 August 2015 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games	Mayotte	1–1	Madagascar	Saint-Pierre, Réunion, Réunion
	Faya 28'		Vombola 77'	Stadium: Stade Michel Volnay Referee: Steeve Dubec

4 August 2015 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games	Seychelles	0–1	Mayotte	Saint-Pierre, Réunion, Réunion
			Rasolofo 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Michel Volnay Referee: Didier Ringuin

6 August 2015 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games	Mayotte	2–1	Mauritius	Saint-Denis, Réunion, Réunion
	Ben Yahaya 61' Kamal 68'		Sophie 55'	Stadium: Stade Jean-Ivoula Referee: Steeve Dubec

8 August 2015 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games	Mayotte	1–3	Réunion	Saint-Denis, Réunion, Réunion
	Attoumani 90+1'		Fontaine 7', 17' Boesso 67'	Stadium: Stade Jean-Ivoula Referee: Adboul Kanoso

8 July 2019 2019 Indian Ocean Island Games	Mayotte	2–0	Comoros	Centre de Flacq, Mauritius
	Ben Djadid 50' Mouhtar 83'			Stadium: Stade Auguste Vollaire

20 July 2019 2019 Indian Ocean Island Games	Réunion	1–0	Mayotte	Curepipe, Mauritius
	Assoumani 77'			Stadium: Stade George V

22 July 2019 2019 Indian Ocean Island Games	Mayotte	3–1	Maldives	Centre de Flacq, Mauritius
	Habib 14' Ben Yahaya 26' Mouritaza 56'		Naim 22'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Vollaire

24 July 2019 2019 Indian Ocean Island Games	Mauritius	1–0	Mayotte	Curepipe, Mauritius
	Perticots 117'			Stadium: Stade George V

26 July 2019 2019 Indian Ocean Island Games	Seychelles	1–3	Mayotte	Centre de Flacq, Mauritius
	Damoo 34'		Rasolofonirina 22' Ben Yahaya 74', 83'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Vollaire

30 July 2023 Friendly

Madagascar

3–1

Mayotte

Madagascar

24 August 2023 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games

Mayotte

0–0

Comoros

26 August 2023 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games

Réunion

0–0

Mayotte

Head-to-Head Records against other countries

As of 11 August 2019^[update]

Opponent	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Madagascar	9	1	5	3	7	13	–6
Réunion	8	1	1	6	7	17	–10
Mauritius	6	3	2	1	6	3	3
Seychelles	3	2	0	1	5	3	2
Maldives	2	2	0	0	6	2	4
New Caledonia	2	1	0	1	4	3	1
French Guiana	2	0	1	1	4	6	–2
Guadeloupe	2	0	0	2	0	5	–5
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1	1	0	0	10	0	10
Tahiti	1	1	0	0	3	1	2
Comoros	1	1	0	0	2	0	2
Martinique	1	0	0	1	0	3	–3
12 Countries	38	13	9	16	54	56	−2

Team

Current squad

The following The players were selected to the squad for the 2019 Indian Ocean Island Games:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Attoumani Hanafi	(1995-11-28) 28 November 1995 (age 29)	3	0	UCS Sada
99	1GK	Mickaël Salim	(1995-04-27) 27 April 1995 (age 29)	4	0	FC Mtsapéré

2	2DF	Ahmed Faissoil	(1990-04-28) 28 April 1990 (age 34)	5	0	AJ Petite-Île
4	2DF	Abdou Said Raffion	(1996-11-28) 28 November 1996 (age 28)	8	1	Jumeaux Mzouazia
5	2DF	Boinali Said Dine	(1997-11-28) 28 November 1997 (age 27)	5	0	US Sainte-Marienne
9	2DF	Soilihi Faydine	(1998-11-28) 28 November 1998 (age 26)	4	0	US Sainte-Marienne
12	2DF	Ali Abdou Abdallah	(2000-04-04) 4 April 2000 (age 24)	1	0	Jumeaux Mzouazia

7	3MF	Adifane Noussoura	(1992-06-15) 15 June 1992 (age 32)	5	0	Tchanga SC
13	3MF	Maoulida Habib	(1999-04-04) 4 April 1999 (age 25)	5	1	SS Saint-Louisienne
14	3MF	Ridjali Souffou	(1992-06-08) 8 June 1992 (age 32)	5	0	FC Mtsapéré
15	3MF	Houmadi Mouritaza		2	1	US Sainte-Marienne
17	3MF	Ansar Ben Combo	(1995-03-19) 19 March 1995 (age 29)	2	0	Avoine OCC
22	3MF	Laurent Garcia		3	0	Abeilles M'tsamboro
54	3MF	Kamal Ben Djadid	(1986-06-02) 2 June 1986 (age 38)	7	2	Jumeaux Mzouazia

0	4FW	Moudhoihirou Ben Yahaya	(1990-04-18) 18 April 1990 (age 34)	11	4	US Sainte-Marienne
3	4FW	Chamsidine Attoumani		10	6	UCS Sada
23	4FW	Antoine Rasolofonirina	(1982-01-02) 2 January 1982 (age 42)	13	1	Saint-Pauloise FC
31	4FW	Antoissi Loutoufi	(1987-11-28) 28 November 1987 (age 37)	5	0	Jumeaux Mzouazia
101	4FW	Madi Ali Mouhtar		3	1	FC Mtsapéré

Notable players

Adifane Noussoura – played for professional team Lincoln City ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Honours

Regional

Indian Ocean Island Games
- Silver Medal (1): 2015
- Bronze Medal (2): 2007, 2019

References

^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
^ "Agathe place un jeune mahorais dans le football anglais". zinfos974.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
^ "Coupe de France: comment un joueur a ruiné son ami après un pari hasardeux ?". sport.gentside.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
^ "quel niveau ont les Jumeaux de M'Zoisia, l'équipe de Mayotte qui affrontera Plancoët-Arguenon ?". letelegramme.fr. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
^ "l'exploit mahorais". Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
^ "Adifane signs for City". lincoln.vitalfootball.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

External links

Official website (in French)
Mayotte at Elo Ratings

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-1] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.

[2] "Agathe place un jeune mahorais dans le football anglais". zinfos974.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

[3] "Coupe de France: comment un joueur a ruiné son ami après un pari hasardeux ?". sport.gentside.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

[4] "quel niveau ont les Jumeaux de M'Zoisia, l'équipe de Mayotte qui affrontera Plancoët-Arguenon ?". letelegramme.fr. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

[5] "l'exploit mahorais". Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

[6] "Adifane signs for City". lincoln.vitalfootball.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

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