Seychelles national football team
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| Nickname(s) | The Pirates |
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| Association | Seychelles Football Federation |
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation |
COSAFA (Southern Africa) |
| Head coach | Ralph Jean-Louis |
| Top scorer | Philip Zialor (11) |
| Home stadium | Stade Linité |
| FIFA code | SEY |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 186  1 (9 February 2017)
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| Highest | 129 (October 2006) |
| Lowest | 200 (July 2013, November 2013) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 187 |
| Highest | 168 (July 2008) |
| Lowest | 194 (June 1998) |
| First international | |
 Réunion 2–0 Seychelles  (Réunion; 13 February 1974) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Seychelles 9–0 Maldives  (Réunion; 27 August 1979) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Madagascar 6–0 Seychelles (Antananarivo, Madagascar; 30 August 1990) |
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The Seychelles national football team is controlled by the Seychelles Football Federation (SFF). SFF is a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The home turf of the team is the 10,000 capacity stadium, Stade Linité situated at Roche Caiman in the outskirts of Victoria, the capital of Seychelles.
Seychelles have never qualified for the finals of the African Nations Cup or the World Cup but they made their debut in qualifiers for the Africa Cup of Nations in 1986, losing to Mauritius.
Under Yugoslav coach Vojo Gardasevic, 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 at Stade Linité. In the preliminary round return leg match, Seychelles lost 0–3.
In their second attempt to qualify, for the 2006 World Cup, Seychelles lost 0–4 at home to Zambia 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 against Zimbabwe captained by professional striker Peter Ndlovu. German coach Michael Nees was at the helm of the team at that time. Under Frenchman Dominique Bathenay, Seychelles also beat Eritrea 1–0 at Stade Linité by a goal by veteran Roddy Victor in the same qualifiers.
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