Seychelles women's national football team

Seychelles
Association	Seychelles Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	COSAFA ; (Southern Africa)
Head coach	Angeline Chua
Top scorer	Natacha Bibi (10+)
FIFA code	SEY
	First colours
	First colours
FIFA ranking
Current	NR (25 March 2022)[1]
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
	Seychelles 0–9 Papua New Guinea ; (Kallang, Singapore; 8 April 2022)

The Seychelles women's national football team is the national team of the Seychelles.

The national team 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.

History

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]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2021

15 September 2021 Friendly	United Arab Emirates	4–1	Seychelles	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
	Asma Al-Muntaser 33' Laila Al-Muhairi 37' Fatima Jassim 80' Shahad Khaled 90'		Bibi 64'	Stadium: Theyab Awana Stadium

18 September 2021 Friendly	United Arab Emirates	4–0	Seychelles	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
	Rawan Al Hammadi 14' Nouf Al Adwan 52' Sarah Nouabi 56' Amal Wael 90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Theyab Awana Stadium

2022

15 February 2022 (2022-02-15) Friendly	Maldives	1–0	Seychelles	Malé, Maldives
--:-- UTC+5	Noora 10'			Stadium: National Football Stadium

18 February 2022 (2022-02-18) Friendly	Maldives	0–4	Seychelles	Malé, Maldives
--:-- UTC+5			Esther 12' Bibi 71', 88' Moustache 74'	Stadium: National Football Stadium

20 February 2022 (2022-02-20) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	2–0	Seychelles	Malé, Maldives
17:00 UTC+5	Mubarak 34' Al Tamimi 49' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: National Football Stadium Referee: Javiz Mohamed (Maldives)

4 April 2022 2022 FAS Tri-Nations Series	Singapore	6–2	Seychelles	Kallang, Singapore
20:30 UTC+8	Domingues 19', 25' Danelle 53', 90+6' (pen.) Farhanah 73' Nurerwadah 90+3'	Report	Bibi 31', 72'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

8 April 2022 2022 FAS Tri-Nations Series	Seychelles	0–9	Papua New Guinea	Kallang, Singapore
20:30 UTC+8				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against the Maldives and Saudi Arabia on 15, 18 and 20 February 2022.

Caps and goals correct as of 27 February 2022

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Kurchia Poris	(2004-06-06) 6 June 2004	3	0	Marine Maintenance
18	1GK	Elvina Marie	(2003-04-15) 15 April 2003	0	0	Mont Fleuri Rovers
23	1GK	Mendy Gabriel	(1983-01-16) 16 January 1983	2	0	United Sisters

2	2DF	Stephanie Wong	(1994-10-11) 11 October 1994	1	0	United Sisters
3	2DF	Avril Ally	(2005-03-31) 31 March 2005	2	0	Marine Maintenance
4	2DF	Alisha Matatiken	(2003-03-13) 13 March 2003	5	0	Mont Fleuri Rovers
6	2DF	Samira Florentine	(1998-02-20) 20 February 1998	4	0	Marine Maintenance
8	2DF	Rachel Cadeau	(1998-11-08) 8 November 1998	4	0	Marine Maintenance
11	2DF	Florence Marie	(1980-10-24) 24 October 1980	3	0	Mont Fleuri Rovers
13	2DF	Mikella Savy	(2005-04-18) 18 April 2005	1	0	Mont Fleuri Rovers
15	2DF	Nelly Larue	(2004-03-13) 13 March 2004	4	0	Marine Maintenance
17	2DF	Junna Philo	(1980-07-23) 23 July 1980	1	0	Mont Fleuri Rovers

5	3MF	Nerlice Fred	(1999-05-18) 18 May 1999	5	0	Mont Fleuri Rovers
7	3MF	Pascallina Moustache (captain)	(1991-05-23) 23 May 1991	5	1	Mont Fleuri Rovers
10	3MF	Kimbelly Chang-Tak Hue	(2006-05-03) 3 May 2006	5	0	Marine Maintenance
12	3MF	Guyra Boniface	(1997-12-04) 4 December 1997	3	0	Marine Maintenance
20	3MF	Berina Ladouce	(1993-01-28) 28 January 1993	1	0	Marine Maintenance
21	3MF	Shirley Jeannevol	(1994-10-31) 31 October 1994	4	0	Mont Fleuri Rovers

9	4FW	Natacha Bibi	(1984-06-20) 20 June 1984	5	3	Mont Fleuri Rovers
14	4FW	Itarra Lagrenade	(2002-12-26) 26 December 2002	3	0	United Sisters
16	4FW	Reena Esther	(2005-06-20) 20 June 2005	5	1	Mont Fleuri Rovers
19	4FW	Rannia Chetty	(2003-04-07) 7 April 2003	3	0	Marine Maintenance

Recent call-ups

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

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did not exist
1995
1999
2003
2007	Did not enter
2011	Did not enter
2015	Did not qualify
2019	Did not enter
2023	Did not enter
Total	0/9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
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

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations record
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	Did not enter
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
2022	Did not enter
Total	0/12	-	-	-	-	-	-

African Games

African Games record
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

COSAFA Women's Championship record
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