The Seychelles national football team, nicknamed the Pirates, is the national team of the Seychelles

Seychelles

Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....

 and is controlled by the Seychelles Football Federation

Seychelles Football Federation

The Seychelles Football Federation is the governing body of football in the Seychelles. The current president is Suketu Patel and it was founded in 1979, and affiliated to FIFA and to CAF in 1986. It organizes the national football league and the national team.- External links : * at the FIFA...

 (SFF). It is a member of Confederation of African Football

Confederation of African Football

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 (CAF) and they play most home games at the 10,000 capacity stadium, Stade Linité

Stade Linité

Stade Linité is a multi-use stadium in Victoria, Seychelles. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 10,000 and was built in 1992...

 in Roche Caiman

Roche Caiman

Roche Caiman is an administrative district of Seychelles located on the island of Mahé. It is also quite beautiful, densely populated with groves of wine grapes, used in the most coveted wines in all of Australia...

.

History

Seychelles have never qualified for the finals of the African Nations Cup or the World Cup

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 but they made their debut in qualifiers for the Africa Cup of Nations in 1986, losing to Mauritius

Mauritius national football team

The Mauritius national football team, nicknamed Club M, is the national team of Mauritius and is controlled by the Mauritius Football Association.-Early years:...

.

Under Yugoslav

Yugoslavia

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 coach Vojo Gardasevic

Vojo Gardašević

Vojo Gardašević is a Montenegrin association football coach and former player.-Playing career:Gardašević played club football in the Netherlands for PEC Zwolle.-Coaching career:Gardašević has coached the national teams of Iraq, Kenya, and the Seychelles....

, the Seychelles team made their debut in the World Cup qualifiers in 2001. Philip Zialor got the equaliser for Seychelles in a 1-1 draw against Namibia

Namibia national football team

The Namibia national football team, nicknamed the Brave Warriors, is the national team of Namibia and is controlled by the Namibia Football Association...

 at Stade Linité

Stade Linité

Stade Linité is a multi-use stadium in Victoria, Seychelles. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 10,000 and was built in 1992...

. In the preliminary round return leg match, Seychelles lost 0-3.

In their second attempt to qualify, for the 2006 World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup

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, Seychelles lost 0-4 at home to Zambia

Zambia national football team

The Zambia national football team represents the country of Zambia in the sport of association football and is governed by the Football Association of Zambia. Before independence they were known as the Northern Rhodesia national football team. The side is nicknamed Chipolopolo as copper is one of...

 but played a 1-1 draw in the away match. Robert Suzette was the scorer of Seychelles’ goal in Lusaka. Seychelles’ biggest competitive win came against Zimbabwe in the African Nations Cup 2004 qualifiers. Goals by strikers Alpha Baldé and Philip Zialor gave Seychelles a 2-1 win at Stade Linité

Stade Linité

Stade Linité is a multi-use stadium in Victoria, Seychelles. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 10,000 and was built in 1992...

 against Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe national football team

The Zimbabwe national football team, nicknamed The Warriors, is the national team of Zimbabwe and is controlled by the Zimbabwe Football Association. They were known as the Southern Rhodesia national football team from 1939–1964, then the Rhodesia national football team until 1980, when Rhodesia...

 captained by professional striker Peter Ndlovu

Peter Ndlovu

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. German coach Michael Nees was at the helm of the team at that time. Under Frenchman Dominique Bathenay, Seychelles also beat Eritrea

Eritrea national football team

The Eritrea national football team is controlled by the Eritrean National Football Federation . It is nicknamed the Red Sea Boys. It has not qualified for the finals of the FIFA World Cup or the African Nations Cup...

 1-0 at Stade Linité

Stade Linité

Stade Linité is a multi-use stadium in Victoria, Seychelles. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 10,000 and was built in 1992...

 by a goal by veteran Roddy Victor in the same qualifiers.

In 2011, Seychelles hosted the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games

Football at the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games

The men's association football tournament at the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games was held in Seychelles...

 and beat Mauritius

Mauritius national football team

The Mauritius national football team, nicknamed Club M, is the national team of Mauritius and is controlled by the Mauritius Football Association.-Early years:...

 in the finals, on penalties.

World Cup record

• 1930
  1930 FIFA World Cup
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   to 1998
  1998 FIFA World Cup
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   - Did not enter
• 2002
  2002 FIFA World Cup
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   to 2014
  2014 FIFA World Cup
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   - Did not qualify

African Cup of Nations record

• 1957 to 1988 - Did not enter
• 1990 - Did not qualify
• 1992 - Withdrew
• 1994 - Did not enter
• 1996 - Withdrew
• 1998 - Did not qualify
• 2000 to 2002 - Did not enter
• 2004 to 2010 - Did not qualify
• 2012 - Did not enter

Indian Ocean Island Games

• 1979 2nd Place
• 1985 Group Stage
• 1990 3rd Place
• 1993 4th Place
• 1998 3rd Place
• 2003 3rd Place
• 2007 Group Stage
• 2011
  Football at the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games
  The men's association football tournament at the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games was held in Seychelles...
  
   Champions

Recent Results

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Upcoming Fixtures

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Group A

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	3	0	2	1	4	8
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Knockout Stage

Current squad

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External links

• Seychelles Football Federation official website
• Seychelles at FIFA.com