SEYCHELLES FOOTBALL FEDERATION

President Elvis Chetty
Address
PO Box 843
Mahe
SEYCHELLES
Website www.sff.sc
Established 1979
Affiliated to FIFA 1986
Affiliated to CAF 1986
Honours 2011 Indian Ocean Games winners

Seychelles have been regular competitors in COSAFA competitions and have steadily improved their showings as the years have gone by. Their victory in the 2011 Indian Ocean Games will have come as a huge boost in confidence to the team. The current side is coached by Ulrich Mathiot, who is in his third spell with the team.

SEYCHELLES COSAFA CUP HISTORY

The Seychelles competed in the COSAFA Cup for the first time in 2005 when they played in the mini tournament in Mauritius, but were beaten 3-0 by South Africa on a pond-like pitch in Curepipe.

The island nation, who were granted membership of COSAFA in 1999, had been excluded from previous editions of the competition because of their failure to send a team to all of COSAFA’s youth tournaments, which was prerequisite for participation in the COSAFA Cup.

After a disappointing showing in 2006 and 2007, they won their first-ever match in the competition as they hammered Mauritius 7-0, in no small part thanks to four goals from Philip Zialor, the only player to score four times in a COSAFA Cup match.

It also remains the largest victory in the history of the COSAFA Cup.

However, a draw against Madagascar and a defeat to Swaziland meant they failed to make the quarterfinals.

They lost all three of their matches in the 2009 event to Swaziland, Comoros and Botswana, and were also ousted from the 2013 event after a pair of defeats to Namibia and Mauritius.

The side put up a spirited showing in 2015, earning a 0-0 draw with eventual champions Namibia, but losing matches to Zimbabwe and Mauritius.

They could not build on that in 2016, losing all three of their games.

The Seychelles is the smallest country in Africa but have made strides at full international level, winning two of their matches in the 2004 African Nations Cup qualifying group, when they beat both Zimbabwe and Eritrea at home.

In 2001, the country also hosted the African under-17 championships.

COSAFA CUP RESULT RECORD

OVERALL RECORD