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Mauritania

Nickname(s)	Al-Murabitun (المرابطون) Lions of Chinguetti
Association	Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Amir Abdou
Captain	Aboubakar Kamara
Most caps	Ismail Diakhité (64)
Top scorer	Bessam (12)
Home stadium	Stade Olympique
FIFA code	MTN
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current	103 4 (6 October 2022)[1]
Highest	81 (July 2017)
Lowest	206 (November 2012 – January 2013)
First international
Malagasy Republic 5–1 Mauritania  (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; 25 December 1961)
Biggest win
Somalia 2–8 Mauritania  (Beirut, Lebanon; 27 December 2006)
Biggest defeat
Guinea 14–0 Mauritania  (Guinea; 20 May 1972)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	2 (first in 2019)
Best result	Group stage (2019, 2021)
FIFA Arab Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1985)
Best result	Group stage (1985)

The Mauritania national football team (French: Équipe de Mauritanie de football; Arabic: منتخب موريتانيا لكرة القدم), nicknamed Al-Murabitun in reference to Almoravid dynasty, represents Mauritania in men's international football. It is controlled by the Fédération de Football de la République Islamique de Mauritanie, and is a member of the Confederation of African Football. They have not qualified for the FIFA World Cup. However, in the Amílcar Cabral Cup, a regional tournament for West Africa, Mauritania came fourth in 1980 on hosting the competition. The national football team of Mauritania were later runners-up in 1995, losing on penalties to Sierra Leone after the final finished 0–0.

On 18 November 2018, Mauritania qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in their history, after they won 2–1 against Botswana to seal a spot in the 2019 tournament.

History

1963–80

Mauritania played its first match after independence from France on 11 April 1963, against Congo Kinshasa (also making their debut) and lost 6–0.[2] The match was held in Dakar, Senegal as part of the L'Amitié tournament between African sides. It also saw the debuts of Chad, Liberia and Niger. Mauritania lost its three other matches in the tournament: 2–0 to the Ivory Coast, 4–0 to Tunisia and 7–0 to Congo Brazzaville.

Mauritania's first goal and avoidance of defeat came four years after their debut, in 1967 with a 1–1 draw away in Tanzania. This was their first match since the L'Amitié tournament in 1963.

Mauritania entered their first African Games qualification campaign, in an aim to reach the 1973 finals in Nigeria. They were drawn in a group against Mali and Guinea in Guinea. The first game was lost 11–0 to Mali, and on 20 May Mauritania lost 14–0 to Guinea. Mauritania did not qualify.

In May 1976 Mauritania entered qualification for the football at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Canada. They were drawn against neighbouring Mali in a two-legged qualifier. The first leg was lost 6–0 away on 1 May, and the second leg was lost 1–0 at home on 18 May. Mali did not qualify for the finals.

Mauritania's first entrance into World Cup qualification was an attempt to reach the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina. In March 1976 they were one of four countries put into two preliminary matches at the start of the African qualification campaign. Mauritania's preliminary was a two-legged match against the Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and they drew the first match 1–1 away in Ouagadougou on 13 March. This was their first competitive avoidance of defeat, and their first avoidance of defeat since 1967. On 28 March, Mauritania lost their home leg in Nouakchott 2–0 and the Upper Volta advanced 3–1 on aggregate.

On 12 October 1980, seventeen years after their first game, Mauritania won for the first time by beating Mali 2–1 at home in a qualifier for the African Cup of Nations.[3] Mali won 3–2 on aggregate having won the first leg 2–0.

1998 FIFA World Cup qualification

Mauritania entered qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, which was their first entry in twenty years and second overall. Again, they were drawn to face Burkina Faso in a two-legged preliminary. The first leg was played at home in Nouakchott in front of 15,000 people on 31 May 1996, one day before any other matches in the round. The match finished 0–0.[4] The second leg was played at the Stade du 4-Aout in Ouagadougou on 16 June 1996 in front of 13,000 people. Burkina Faso won 2–0 to advance to the final group phase.

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

Mauritania entered the qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and were placed in a preliminary against Tunisia, who had qualified for the previous tournament. On 7 April 2000 they hosted Tunisia at the Stade Olympique in Nouakchott. A crowd of 10,000 saw Tunisia win 2–1 with second-half goals from Radhi Jaidi and Hassen Gabsi.[5] In the second leg on 22 April 2000, Mauritania were beaten 3–0 at the Stade El Menzah in Tunis. The match was watched by only 3,000, despite a capacity of 45,000 in the ground.[6] Tunisia won 5–1 on aggregate and later qualified for the finals in South Korea and Japan.

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Mauritania were drawn with Zimbabwe in the preliminary of the African section of the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification. On 12 October 2003 they lost the away leg 3–0 at the National Sports Stadium in Harare in front of 55,000 people.[7] In the home return at the Stade Olympique on 14 November 2003, Mauritania scored twice in the opening ten minutes to win 2–1, their first victory in a World Cup match. However, Zimbabwe advanced 4–2 on aggregate.

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

The African qualification process was altered for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Only the six lowest-ranked nations played a preliminary, a selection which for the first time did not include Mauritania. Mauritania played in Group 8 of the second qualifying round against Rwanda, Morocco and Ethiopia, and started with an away match at the Stade Regional Nyamirambo in Kigali, Rwanda on 31 May 2008. They lost 3–0 in front of 12,000 people.[8] The first home match was on 7 June at the Stade Nacional in Nouakchott against Morocco. The Moroccans scored two in each half before a late penalty by Dominique da Silva of Mauritania made the game 4–1.

On 13 June 2008 Mauritania hosted Ethiopia at the Stade Nacional and lost 1–0 after an injury-time winner from Saladin Said. On 22 June Mauritania lost 6–1 in the away match versus Ethiopia at the Addis Ababa Stadium. The Ethiopian forwards Fikru Tefera and Andualem Nigussie scored two goals each in a match which also saw Ba Yaoub of Mauritania sent off after 37 minutes, conceding a penalty to Fikru. The game was 1–1 at half time.[9] In September 2008 Ethiopia were expelled from the tournament due to government interferences in their football association and all of their results annulled.

Only 1,000 people saw Mauritania's next game at the Stade Nacional as they were beaten 1–0 by Rwanda on 6 September with a late goal by Bobo Bola. Mauritania finished their group campaign at the Stade Moulay Abdellah in Rabat, Morocco. Like the home game against the Moroccans, Mauritania were 4–0 down but scored the last goal, this time by Dahmed Ould Teguedi. Although the Moroccan stadium had a capacity of 52,000, only 1,472 saw the match.[10]

2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Mauritania beat Mauritius 1–0 in the first leg of a preliminary round qualifier for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Nouakchott. SC Bastia's midfielder Adama Ba scored the only goal midway through the first half.[11] The return leg in Curepipe ended 2–0 in favour of Mauritania. Scorers were Demba Sow and Moulaye Ahmed Bessam.[12]

In the first round, first leg match, Mauritania beat visitors Equatorial Guinea 1–0 in Nouakchott. The two sides headed into the break scoreless in their match played at Office du Complexe Olympique de Nouakchott. Hosts Mauritania broke the deadlock in the 76th minute through their Tunisian-based striker Ismaël Diakité. In the return match Equatorial Guinea beat Mauritania 3–0 in Malabo.[13] Equatorial Guinea won 3–1 on aggregate. However, on 3 July 2014, the CAF announced that Equatorial Guinea were disqualified for fielding the ineligible player Thierry Fidjeu in the tie, and as a result, Mauritania advanced to the second round.[14] Equatorial Guinea later qualified for the final tournament as replacement hosts.

2019 Africa Cup of Nations

On 18 November 2018, Mauritania qualified to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in their history, after they won 2–1 against Botswana, coming second in qualification Group I.

Team image

The Mauritania national team home kit is all green yellow red trim, and the away kit is all white with green trim.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

2021

2022

2023

Coaches

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches.[15]
• Match dates: 4 and 8 June 2022
• Opposition:  Sudan and  Gabon
• Caps and goals correct as of: 8 June 2022, after the match against  Gabon

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Babacar Diop	(1995-09-17) 17 September 1995 (age 27)	13	0	Nouadhibou
	1GK	Babacar Niasse	(1996-12-20) 20 December 1996 (age 25)	4	0	Tondela
	1GK	M'Backé N'Diaye	(1994-12-19) 19 December 1994 (age 27)	3	0	Nouakchott Kings
	2DF	Aly Abeid	(1997-12-11) 11 December 1997 (age 24)	51	2	UTA Arad
	2DF	Houssen Abderrahmane	(1995-02-03) 3 February 1995 (age 27)	17	0	Francs Borains
	2DF	Hassan Houbeib	(1993-10-31) 31 October 1993 (age 29)	9	0	Al-Zawraa
	2DF	Lamine Ba	(1997-08-24) 24 August 1997 (age 25)	4	1	Varaždin
	2DF	Ibrahima Keita	(2001-11-08) 8 November 2001 (age 21)	4	0	Bobigny
	2DF	Soukrana Mheimid	(1999-06-19) 19 June 1999 (age 23)	4	0	Nouadhibou
	2DF	Abdoulaye Ousmane	(2000-02-22) 22 February 2000 (age 22)	1	0	Lille
	3MF	Mohamed Dellahi Yali	(1997-11-01) 1 November 1997 (age 25)	62	2	Nouadhibou
	3MF	Abdallahi Mahmoud	(2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 22)	21	1	Alavés
	3MF	Bodda Mouhsine	(1994-06-18) 18 June 1994 (age 28)	17	0	Nouadhibou
	3MF	Ibréhima Coulibaly	(1989-08-30) 30 August 1989 (age 33)	16	0	Free agent
	3MF	Mouhamed Soueid	(1991-12-31) 31 December 1991 (age 30)	15	2	Al-Hudood
	3MF	Guessouma Fofana	(1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 29)	10	0	CFR Cluj
	3MF	El Hadji Ba	(1993-03-05) 5 March 1993 (age 29)	2	0	Apollon Limassol
	3MF	Mohamed El Abd	(2001-05-05) 5 May 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Nouakchott Kings
	4FW	Hemeya Tanjy	(1998-05-01) 1 May 1998 (age 24)	30	4	Nouadhibou
	4FW	Idrissa Thiam	(2000-09-02) 2 September 2000 (age 22)	16	0	Lugo
	4FW	Oumar Camara	(1992-08-19) 19 August 1992 (age 30)	13	0	Nantong Zhiyun
	4FW	Aboubakar Kamara	(1995-03-07) 7 March 1995 (age 27)	13	5	Olympiacos
	4FW	Pape Ibnou Ba	(1993-01-05) 5 January 1993 (age 29)	9	1	Pau
	4FW	Dawda Camara	(2002-11-04) 4 November 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Girona
	4FW	El Mami Tetah	(2001-11-12) 12 November 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Arda Kardzhali

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for Mauritania in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Mohamed El Mokhtar	(2002-10-10) 10 October 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Douanes	v.  Mali, 20 January 2022
GK	Namori Diaw	(1994-12-30) 30 December 1994 (age 27)	20	0	Tevragh-Zeina	2021 FIFA Arab Cup
DF	Souleymane Karamoko	(1992-07-29) 29 July 1992 (age 30)	5	0	Free agent	v.  Mali, 20 January 2022
DF	Harouna Abou Demba	(1991-12-31) 31 December 1991 (age 30)	22	0	Martigues	v.  Mali, 20 January 2022
DF	Abdoul Ba	(1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 (age 28)	51	0	Al-Ahli Tripoli	v.  Mali, 20 January 2022
DF	Diadié Diarra	(1993-01-23) 23 January 1993 (age 29)	11	0	Lyon Duchère	v.  Mali, 20 January 2022
DF	Abdoulkader Thiam	(1998-10-03) 3 October 1998 (age 24)	12	0	Cholet	v.  Mali, 20 January 2022
DF	Bakary N'Diaye	(1998-11-26) 26 November 1998 (age 23)	38	1	Rodos	2021 Africa Cup of NationsPRE
DF	Moustapha Diaw	(1996-12-31) 31 December 1996 (age 25)	47	1	Manama	2021 FIFA Arab Cup
DF	Oumar Mangane	(1992-12-31) 31 December 1992 (age 29)	7	0	Nouadhibou	2021 FIFA Arab Cup
MF	Khassa Camara	(1992-10-22) 22 October 1992 (age 30)	44	2	Chania	v.  Mali, 20 January 2022
MF	Almike N'Diaye	(1996-10-26) 26 October 1996 (age 26)	12	1	Vaulx-en-Velin	v.  Mali, 20 January 2022
MF	Yacoub Sidi Ethmane	(1995-12-10) 10 December 1995 (age 26)	8	1	AS Vita	v.  Mali, 20 January 2022
MF	Beyatt Lekweiry	(2005-04-11) 11 April 2005 (age 17)	1	0	Douanes	v.  Mali, 20 January 2022
FW	Adama Ba	(1993-08-27) 27 August 1993 (age 29)	49	6	RS Berkane	v.  Mali, 20 January 2022
FW	Souleymane Doukara	(1991-09-29) 29 September 1991 (age 31)	4	0	Levadiakos	v.  Mali, 20 January 2022
FW	Mamadou Niass	(1994-06-04) 4 June 1994 (age 28)	43	5	El Entag El Harby	2021 FIFA Arab Cup
FW	Yassin Cheikh El Welly	(1998-10-10) 10 October 1998 (age 24)	3	0	US Tataouine	2021 FIFA Arab Cup
DEC Player refused to join the team after the call-up. INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. PRE Preliminary squad. RET Player has retired from international football. SUS Suspended from the national team.

Records

As of 27 September 2022[16]

Players in bold are still active with Mauritania.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Part of  France									Part of  France
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962	Did not enter									Did not enter
1966
1970
1974
1978	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	1	3
1982	Did not enter									Did not enter
1986
1990
1994	Withdrew									Withdrew
1998	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	0	2
2002										2	0	0	2	1	5
2006										2	1	0	1	2	4
2010										4	0	0	4	2	12
2014	Did not enter									Did not enter
2018	Did not qualify									4	1	1	2	7	5
2022										6	0	2	4	2	11
2026	To be determined									To be determined
Total		0/22								22	2	5	15	15	42

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Appearances: 0
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1896 – 1960	Part of  France (FRA)
1964	Did not enter
1968
1972
1976	Did not qualify
1980	Did not enter
1984	Did not qualify
1988	Did not enter
1992	Did not qualify
1996	Did not enter
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016	Did not qualify
2020
Total		0/27

• Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since the 1992 edition.

Other records

Year	Stage	Position
7th November Cup 1995	Group stage	3rd
Jeux de l’Amitié 1963	Group stage	16th
Total	0 title

References

External links

• Mauritania at National-Football-Teams.com.
• Fédération de Football de Mauritanie
• Mauritanie Football^{[permanent dead link]}
• National football team of Mauritania team picture

На других языках

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[ru] Сборная Мавритании по футболу

Сборная Мавритании по футболу (фр. Équipe de Mauritanie de football; араб. منتخب موريتانيا لكرة القدم‎) представляет Мавританию на международных футбольных турнирах и в товарищеских матчах. Управляющая организация — Федерация футбола Мавритании. До 2018 года сборная Мавритании ни разу не проходила квалификацию ни на чемпионат мира ни на Кубок африканских наций.

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