Mauritius national football team

Mauritius played its first competitive international game in 1947 against Réunion, which they won 2–1. For the next twenty years, they would only play Réunion and Madagascar (probably due to the close proximity of the three islands to each other) in friendlies and the Indian Ocean Games Triangulaire, which existed from 1947 to 1963. Mauritius won the competition ten times over that time period, were runners-up twice, and came in third once.

Starting in 1967, Mauritius began competing against other countries, playing friendlies and entering in such competitions as the Africa Cup of Nations and the FIFA World Cup qualifiers, though they haven't found much success. While they have never qualified for the World Cup finals, they have qualified once for the Africa Cup of Nations, in 1974, however, they were eliminated in the group stages. Mauritius did manage to win the resurrected Indian Ocean Games in 1985. In 1999, after deadly riots caused by supporters of Scouts Club (renamed as Port Louis Sporting Club[2]) angry about a controversial penalty awarded to Fire Brigade Sports Club (now renamed as Pamplemousses SC[2]) in the championship deciding game, which gave Fire Brigade a 1–0 win, all domestic football was suspended for 18 months, and only the national team was allowed to play. This is regarded as the point at which Mauritian football, both on the domestic and international stage, started on a downward slope.

Throughout the new millennium, the national team's performances progressively declined. From a high of the 116th place in the FIFA rankings in 2000, they tumbled down to an all-time low of the 195th place in the Summer of 2011. The best result since the 1974 CAN Championship has been reaching the quarterfinals of the 2004 COSAFA Cup, beating South Africa 2–0 in January 2004. Mauritius eventually lost out 3–1 to the tournament's favourites Zambia. Mauritius has also cycled through many head coaches, especially since the new millennium, but none have had true success. Mauritius did win its second IOG championship in the 2003 edition, held in Mauritius, under head coach Akbar Patel. Besides that, Mauritius has lost a majority of its matches.

During 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, Les Dodos achieved their best results in many year, defeating both Mozambique and Rwanda. However, they were unable to build on these wins, losing to Comoros and then São Tomé and Príncipe in the preliminary round of the next two editions. During the 2023 qualifiers, Mauritius faced São Tomé again and lost 1–0 in the first leg and drew 3–3 at home, failing to progress. Following the result, CAF ruled that one of the São Tomé players was not eligible, awarding Mauritius a 3–0 victory and sending them into the group stages for the first time since 2017.[3]

For most home games of significant importance, the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation provides televised coverage.

On 30 May 2011, the official fan club of Club M, Kop Moris, was launched. The objective of this club is to build up excitement for Mauritius' games, fill up the stands as much as possible, and create a festive and family-friendly atmosphere. This fan club is officially sanctioned by the MFA.

The following players were selected for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against São Tomé and Príncipe on 23 and 27 March 2022.[4][5]

Caps and goals as of 10 July 2022, after the game against Malawi.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Kevin Jean-Louis	(1989-06-27) 27 June 1989	55	0	Pamplemousses
	1GK	Xavier Darbon	(2003-11-07) 7 November 2003	0	0	Unattached
	2DF	Marco Dorza	(1988-10-08) 8 October 1988	44	2	Cercle de Joachim
	2DF	Damien Balisson	(1996-10-28) 28 October 1996	35	1	Cercle de Joachim
	2DF	Emmanuel Vincent	(1997-08-27) 27 August 1997	35	1	Pamplemousses
	2DF	Lindsay Rose (captain)	(1992-02-08) 8 February 1992	7	0	Legia Warsaw
	2DF	Fernando Jackson	(1999-03-11) 11 March 1999	7	0	Cercle de Joachim
	2DF	Dylan Collard	(2000-04-16) 16 April 2000	2	1	Marítimo
	3MF	Kevin Perticots	(1996-05-01) 1 May 1996	46	6	Pamplemousses
	3MF	Adel Langue	(1997-09-17) 17 September 1997	29	0	Vitry-sur-Seine
	3MF	Kévin Bru	(1988-12-12) 12 December 1988	21	2	C'Chartres
	3MF	Adrien François	(1999-08-26) 26 August 1999	21	4	GRSE Wanderers
	3MF	Hans Patate	(1998-09-09) 9 September 1998	17	0	GRSE Wanderers
	3MF	Yannick Aristide	(2001-03-15) 15 March 2001	8	1	Cercle de Joachim
	3MF	David Aristide	(2002-02-01) 1 February 2002	8	0	GRSE Wanderers
	3MF	Nilesh Rasdarising	(1994-02-08) 8 February 1994	5	0	Rivière di Rempart
	3MF	Wilson Moutou	(2002-04-08) 8 April 2002	5	0	CTN MFA
	3MF	Pascal Colin	(1996-04-07) 7 April 1996	4	0	Starlight
	3MF	Jordan François	(2002-05-05) 5 May 2002	0	0	Lusitano
	4FW	Andy Sophie	(1987-06-26) 26 June 1987	57	11	GRSE Wanderers
	4FW	Ashley Nazira	(1995-11-11) 11 November 1995	21	8	Saint-Pauloise
	4FW	Jeremie Villeneuve	(1994-04-25) 25 April 1994	14	0	Andrézieux-Bouthéon