MAURITIUS

Year of formation: 1952 Affiliation FIFA: 1962 Affiliation CAF: 1963 National Stadium: Sir Anerood Jugnauth Stadium, Belle Vue (50 000) National Colours: Red / Red / Red

 

Mauritius caused arguably the biggest upset in Cosafa Castle Cup history in 2004 when they beat South Africa, who had a full-strength team headed to the African Nations Cup finals in Tunisia, in the first round in Curepipe last year. But Club M are still seeking to get past the quarter-final stage of the southern African championship. In 2001, Mauritius were quarter-finalists after beating Namibia and but then lost 1-0 to Angola in Luanda. In 2004 year their hopes were dashed in the last eight when they went down 3-1 to Zambia. Club M won the gold medal at the 2003 Indian Ocean Island Games, beating Reunion in the final at their newly refurbished stadium at Curepipe. Mauritius only joined Cosafa in 1999 and played in the Cosafa Castle Cup for the first time in 2000. A long-time participant in all African competitions, Mauritius have been finalists at the African Nations Cup once before, participating in the 1974 tournament. The country also hosted the first-ever African under-20 championships.

 

DATE	VENUE	OPPONENT	RESULT	GOALSCORERS
29-4-00	Phokeng	SOUTH AFRICA	0-3
8-4-01	Bellevue	NAMIBIA	1-0	Appou
10-6-01	Luanda	ANGOLA	0-1
16-3-02	Bellevue	MADAGASCAR	2-3	Razafindrakoto (og), Bax
22-2-03	Antananarivo	MADAGASCAR	1-2	Appou
10-1-04	Curepipe	SOUTH AFRICA	2-0	Lekgetho (og), Perle
31-7-04	Lusaka	ZAMBIA	1-3	Appou
26-02-05	Curepipe	MADAGASCAR	2-0	Appou, Louis
27-03-05	Curepipe	SOUTH AFRICA	0-1
29-04-06	Maseru	ANGOLA	1-5	Louis
30-04-06	Maseru	MOZAMBIQUE	0-0

 

RECORD

	P	W	D	L	F	A
Home	5	3	0	2	7	4
Away	6	0	1	5	3	14
Total	11	3	1	7	10	18