Seychelles women's national football team

Seychelles
Association	Seychelles Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	COSAFA ; (Southern Africa)
Top scorer	Natacha Bibi (13+)
FIFA code	SEY
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	170 7 (15 December 2023)
Highest	160 (June 2022)
Lowest	170 (December 2023)
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.

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

2023

7 July 2023 (2023-07-07) Friendly	Ethiopia	v	Seychelles	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
				Stadium: Abebe Bikila Stadium
Note: Cancelled.^[11]

25 September 2023 (2023-09-25) Friendly	Malawi	17–0	Seychelles	Blantyre, Malawi
15:00 UTC+2	Khumalo 9' Kabzere 16' Thom 18', 26' Chikupira 31', 36', 43' Mlimbika 40' Mathyola 53' Chinyamula 55', 84' Gondwe 60', 81', 87' Te. Chawinga 62', 76', 78'	Report		Stadium: Mpira Stadium

28 September 2023 (2023-09-28) Friendly	Malawi	17–0	Seychelles	Blantyre, Malawi
15:00 UTC+2	Simwaka 6', 41' Chavinda 7', 21', 44', 50', 79' Kandodo 9' Madise 19' Nyirongo 25' Sani 28' Mathyola 53' Mlimbika 58', 61', 72' Yosefe 79' Nyenga 90+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	Ramasawmy 21' Pierrot 56' Lam kam cheung 64'	Report (MFA)	P. Moustache 46'	Stadium: Côte d'Or National Sports Complex

8 December 2023 International Friendly	Mauritius	1–1	Seychelles	Saint Pierre, Mauritius
19:00 UTC+4	Fourneau 17'	Report (MFA)	P. Moustache 89'	Stadium: Côte d'Or National Sports Complex

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of September 2023

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Florence Marie

Manager history

Florence Marie(??-present)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against the Mauritius on 5 and 8 December 2023.^[12]

Caps and goals correct as of 27 February 2022

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Julie Dinara
	1GK	Poris Kurchia

8	2DF	Rachel Cadeau	(1998-11-08) 8 November 1998	4	0	Marine Maintenance
6	2DF	Samira Florentine	(1998-02-20) 20 February 1998	4	0	Marine Maintenance
4	2DF	Alisha Matatiken	(2003-03-13) 13 March 2003	5	0	Mont Fleuri Rovers

10	3MF	Kimbelly Chang-Tak Hue	(2006-05-03) 3 May 2006	5	0	Marine Maintenance
7	3MF	Pascallina Moustache (captain)	(1991-05-23) 23 May 1991	5	1	Mont Fleuri Rovers

9	4FW	Natacha Bibi	(1984-06-20) 20 June 1984	5	3	Mont Fleuri Rovers
16	4FW	Reena Esther	(2005-06-20) 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

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



FW	Itarra Lagrenade	(2002-12-26) 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

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

Regional

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