Mauritania

Nickname(s)	Mourabitounes
Association	Fédération de Foot-Ball de la Républic Islamique de Mauritanie
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Mohamed Harouna
Home stadium	Stade Nacional
FIFA code	MTN
FIFA ranking	169
Highest FIFA ranking	85 (December 1995)
Lowest FIFA ranking	182 (May 2003)
Elo ranking	165
Home colours Away colours
First international
Congo DR 6 - 0 Mauritania (Senegal; April 11, 1963)
Biggest win
Mauritania 8 - 2 Somalia (Beirut, Lebanon; December 27, 2006)
Biggest defeat
Guinea 14 - 0 Mauritania (Guinea; 1 January 1972)

The Mauritania national football team, nicknamed Mourabitounes, is the national team of Mauritania and is controlled by the Fédération de Foot-Ball de la Républic Islamique de Mauritanie and is a member of CAF. As of 2007, there are only two football stadiums in the country. [1]

[edit] Mauritania Football Achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :

• 1 Time Runners-up

[edit] World Cup record

• 1930 to 1974 - Did not enter
• 1978 - Did not qualify
• 1982 to 1994 - Did not enter
• 1998 to 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] African Nations Cup record

• 1957 to 1978 - Did not enter
• 1980 - Did not qualify
• 1982 - Did not qualify
• 1984 - Did not enter
• 1986 - Did not qualify
• 1988 - Did not enter
• 1990 - Withdrew
• 1992 - Did not qualify
• 1994 - Withdrew
• 1996 - Did not qualify
• 1998 - Did not qualify
• 2000 - Withdrew
• 2002 to 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called up for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Morocco on 11 October 2008.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Souleymane Diallo ASC Concorde 2 Ould Maleck 3 DF Yacoub Fall December 31, 1980 FC Nouadhibou 4 DF Ibrahima Mamadou Sy ASC Concorde 5 DF Cheikhani Ould Mohamed ASC El Ahmedi FC de Sebkha 6 Mohamed Hamrud 7 MF Boubou N'diaye ASC Mauritel 8 MF Djibi Ahmed Samba ASC Mauritel 9 MF Karamoko Moussa Traore October 28, 1988 European Football University 10 MF Ahmed Teguedi November 15, 1984 MC Saida 11 FW Khatry Abdallahi ASC Nasr de Sebkha 12 Mohamed Lamine Khattri 13 DF Brahim Ould Boubacar ASC Mauritel 14 MF Mohamed Ould Lamine ASC El Ahmedi FC de Sebkha 15 Babacar Dieng 16 GK M'baye Lamine SNIM 17 Oumar Fall 18 Ely Voulani ASC Ksar

[edit] Recent call-ups

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Abdel Kader Saadbou (WCQ v. Rwanda, 6 September) SNIM 5 MF Yacoub Ba (WCQ v. Ethiopia, 22 June) January 20, 1984 Dijon 6 DF Seydou Nourou M'bodj (WCQ v. Ethiopia, 22 June) December 12, 1979 Choisy-le-Roi 7 FW Marabott Sow (WCQ v. Ethiopia, 22 June) ASC Concorde 8 MF Lemine Balla Cherif (WCQ v. Ethiopia, 22 June) ASC Concorde 13 MF Moise Kandé (WCQ v. Ethiopia, 22 June) August 1, 1978 PAEEK 18 DF Abdelaziz Kamara (WCQ v. Ethiopia, 22 June) April 10, 1984 Stade Nyonnais 6 DF Pascar Gourville (v. Ethiopia on June 13) January 12, 1975 Bois-Guillaume 7 FW Boubacar Jiddou (v. Ethiopia on June 13) Al Jazeera Zuwarah 12 MF Yoann Langlet (v. Ethiopia on June 13) December 25, 1982 Ionikos 15 DF Bilal Sidibé (v. Ethiopia on June 13) December 31, 1978 GSI Pontivy 17 FW Ahmed Sidibé (v. Ethiopia on June 13) December 25, 1974 Al-Mesaimeer 7 FW Ismael Diakite (v. Morocco on June 7) ASC Concorde 9 FW Dominique da Silva (v. Morocco on June 7) April 10, 1986 CS Sfaxien 17 MF Taghiyoullah Denna (v. Morocco on June 7) June 15, 1986 ASC Mauritel 11 FW Daouda Sow (v. Rwanda on May 31) December 4, 1978 Crystal Palace 14 MF Silli Camara (v. Rwanda on May 31) July 31, 1985 Les Lilas

(May, 2007)

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