Mauritius women's national football team
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| Association | Mauritius Football Association |
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| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation |
COSAFA (Southern Africa) |
| Head coach | Alain Jules |
| FIFA code | MRI |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | NR (23 June 2017) |
| First international | |
 Réunion 3 − 0  Mauritius(Saint-Denis; 3 June 2012) |
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| Biggest win | |
| no wins | |
| Biggest defeat | |
 Botswana 7–0 Mauritius (Lobatse, Botswana; March 5, 2016) |
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The Mauritius women's national football team is a women's association football team that represents the country of Mauritius. They have played two matches in their history, playing Réunion on 3 June 2012 and 25 November 2012. As Réunion are not a FIFA member, this match was not recognised by FIFA. They are controlled by the Mauritius Football Association and are members of FIFA, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). As of 2012[update] the head coach is Alain Jules. The development of women's football in the country and in Africa as a whole faces a number of challenges, with a programme for women's football not being created in the country until 1997. FIFA gives money to the Mauritius Football Association, 10% of which is aimed at developing football in the country in areas that include women's football, sport medicine and futsal.
In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team and Mauritius was no exception with a women's football programme only being established in the country in 1997. As of January 2013, the team has not played in, nor have they scheduled, any FIFA sanctioned matches. The only match they have played to date was against Réunion on 3 June 2012 in Saint-Denis. This match ended in a 3–0 defeat. A return match was planned for July 2012 in Mauritius, but this was put back to November 2012. The match was played in Bambous on 25 November 2012, with Réunion winning again, this time by 2 goals to 1.
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