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 COSAFA Cup.[4]

Caps and goals as of 12 July 2023, after the game against Mozambique.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Kevin Jean-Louis	(1989-06-27) 27 June 1989	59	0	Pamplemousses
	1GK	Loïc Michel	(2002-07-06) 6 July 2002	7	0	Roche-Bois Bolton City
	1GK	Jininio Darbon	(2003-11-07) 7 November 2003	2	0	Centre Technique National
	2DF	Emmanuel Vincent	(1997-08-27) 27 August 1997	44	1	Saint-Denis FC
	2DF	Damien Balisson	(1996-10-28) 28 October 1996	43	1	Cercle de Joachim
	2DF	Walter Duprey St. Martin	(1984-07-07) 7 July 1984	23	1	Pamplemousses
	2DF	Yannick Aristide	(2001-03-15) 15 March 2001	14	1	Cercle de Joachim
	2DF	Jordan François	(2002-05-05) 5 May 2002	8	0	Centre Technique National
	3MF	Francis Rasolofonirina	(1986-07-22) 22 July 1986	48	2	AS Vacoas-Phoenix
	3MF	Adel Langue	(1997-09-17) 17 September 1997	35	0	Red Star F.C. B
	3MF	Adrien Botlar	(1996-09-19) 19 September 1996	22	0	Pamplemousses
	3MF	Hans Patate	(1998-09-09) 9 September 1998	20	1	Petite Rivière Noire
	3MF	Stéphan Nabab	(1992-02-29) 29 February 1992	18	1	Port-Louis 2000
	3MF	David Aristide	(2002-02-01) 1 February 2002	15	0	GRSE Wanderers
	3MF	Wilson Moutou	(2002-04-08) 8 April 2002	14	0	Centre Technique National
	3MF	Fabrice Brasse	(1996-07-15) 15 July 1996	13	0	Roche-Bois Bolton City
	3MF	Fernando Jackson	(1999-03-11) 11 March 1999	12	0	ACF Piton Saint-Leu
	3MF	Kengy Saramandif	(1997-05-10) 10 May 1997	10	1	Pamplemousses
	3MF	Pascal Colin	(1996-04-07) 7 April 1996	8	0	Starlight
	3MF	Keane Steeler Hortense	(1997-11-28) 28 November 1997	0	0
	4FW	Adrien François	(1999-08-26) 26 August 1999	28	4	GRSE Wanderers
	4FW	Ashley Nazira	(1995-11-11) 11 November 1995	27	10	Saint-Pauloise
	4FW	Aurélien François	(2003-10-29) 29 October 2003	5	1	Centre Technique National

The following players have also been called up to the Mauritius squad within the last twelve months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Mervyn Jocelyn	(1991-08-21) 21 August 1991	19	1	Pamplemousses	2023 Mauritius Four Nations Cup
DF	Lindsay Rose (captain)	(1992-02-08) 8 February 1992	10	0	Legia Warsaw	2023 Mauritius Four Nations Cup
DF	Dylan Collard	(2000-04-16) 16 April 2000	4	1	Marítimo	2023 Mauritius Four Nations Cup
MF	Kévin Bru	(1988-12-12) 12 December 1988	24	2	C'Chartres	2023 Mauritius Four Nations Cup
MF	Jeremie Villeneuve	(1994-04-25) 25 April 1994	17	1	Créteil	2023 Mauritius Four Nations Cup
MF	Jean Denis Desrougere	(1998-12-28) 28 December 1998	0	0	Port-Louis 2000	2023 Mauritius Four Nations Cup