Comoros national football team

Comoros
Nickname(s)	Les Coelacantes
Association	Comoros Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	COSAFA ; (Southern Africa)
Head coach	Amir Abdou
Captain	Nadjim Abdou
Most caps	Youssouf M'Changama (38)
Top scorer	El Fardou Ben Nabouhane (10)
Home stadium	Stade Said Mohamed Cheikh
FIFA code	COM
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	130 2 (27 November 2020)
Highest	127 (October 2017)
Lowest	207 (December 2006)
Elo ranking
Current	149 14 (29 November 2020)
Highest	172 (August 1979)
Lowest	208 (September 2003)
First international
	Mauritius 3–0 Comoros ; (Réunion; August 26, 1979)
Biggest win
	Comoros 3–0 Maldives ; (Mauritius; July 20, 2019)
Biggest defeat
	Réunion 6–1 Comoros ; (Réunion; August 31, 1979) ; Madagascar 5–0 Comoros ; (Seychelles; August 20, 1993) ; Mauritius 5–0 Comoros ; (Mauritius; September 4, 2003)

The Comoros national football team represents the Comoros in international football and is controlled by the Comoros Football Federation.^[3] It was formed in 1979, joined the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in 2003, and became a FIFA member in 2005.

HistoryEdit

Comoros played their first matches in the 1979 Indian Ocean Island Games. Those were the only games they played until qualification for the 2009 Arab Nations Cup in 2006. Those two matches were their first two matches with full FIFA recognition, and included a 4–2 victory over Djibouti. In 2007, Comoros first entered qualification for the World Cup and the Africa Cup of Nations for the 2010 tournaments, but lost in the preliminary round 2–10 on aggregate to Madagascar.

During the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in October 2015, Les Coelacantes advanced past the first round for the first time ever by beating Lesotho on away goals after two draws. Since then results have improved steadily, including home wins against Botswana, Mauritius and Malawi in Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

On 14 November 2019, Comoros opened their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification campaign with a 0–1 win away to Togo, their first away win in a major qualifier.

Competitive recordEdit

FIFA World Cup recordEdit

FIFA World Cup record									FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1974	Part of France								Part of France
1978 to 2006	Not affiliated with FIFA								Not affiliated with FIFA
2010	Did not qualify								2	0	0	2	2	10
2014									2	0	0	2	1	5
2018									4	0	3	1	1	3
2022									2	0	1	1	1	3
2026	To be determined
Total		0/22							10	0	4	6	5	21

Olympic Games recordEdit

Olympic Games
Appearances: 0
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1900 to 1972	Part of France (FRA)
1976 to 1992	Not affiliated with the IOC
1996 to 2004	Not affiliated with FIFA
2008	Did not enter
2012
2016
2020
2024	To be determined
Total		0/27

Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since the 1992 edition.

Africa Cup of Nations recordEdit

Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances: 0
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1957 to 1974	Part of France
1976 to 2002	Not affiliated with CAF
2004	Did not enter
2006
2008
2010	Did not qualify
2012
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	To be determined
2023
2025
Total		0/32

African Games recordEdit

All-Africa Games
Appearances: 0
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1965 to 1973	Part of France (FRA)
1978 to 1991	Not affiliated with the IOC
1995	Did not enter
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
Total		0/12

Prior to the Cairo 1991 campaign, Football at the All-Africa Games was open to full senior national teams.

African Nations Championship recordEdit

African Nations Championship
Appearances: 0
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2009	Did not enter
2011	Did not enter
2014	Did not qualify
2016
2018
2020
2022	To be determined
Total		0/6

COSAFA Cup recordEdit

COSAFA Cup
Appearances: 4
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1997 to 2007	Not affiliated with COSAFA
2008	Group stage	11th	3	0	0	3	0	5
2009	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	2	4
2010	Cancelled
2013	Did not enter
2015
2016
2017
2018	Group stage	12th	3	0	1	2	1	5
2019	Quarter-finals	8th	3	1	1	1	4	5
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Total	Quarter-finals	4/19	12	2	3	7	7	19

Indian Ocean Island Games recordEdit

Indian Ocean Island Games
Appearances: 9
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1979	Bronze Medal	3rd	4	1	0	3	4	12
1985	Bronze Medal	3rd	3	1	1	1	4	3
1990	Fourth Place	4th	4	1	0	3	2	8
1993	Group Stage	5th	2	0	0	2	0	8
1998	Group Stage	5th	2	0	0	2	0	6
2003	Fourth Place	4th	4	0	0	4	0	12
2007	Group Stage	6th	2	0	1	1	1	4
2011		5th	3	0	2	1	2	4
2015		7th	2	0	0	2	0	6
Total	Bronze Medal	9/9	26	3	4	19	13	63

Arab Nations Cup recordEdit

Arab Nations Cup
Appearances: 0
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1963	Part of France
1964
1966
1985	Did not enter
1988
1992
1998	Withdrew
2002	Did not enter
2009	Did not qualify ¹
2012	Did not enter
Total		0/9

^1 The 2009 edition was cancelled during qualification.

Pan Arab Games recordEdit

Pan Arab Games
Appearances: 0
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1953 to 1965	Part of France (FRA)
1976 to 1992	Not affiliated with the IOC
1997	Did not enter
1999	Did not enter
2004	No tournament
2007	Did not enter
2011	Did not enter
Total		0/11

ScheduleEdit

Recent resultsEdit

2019Edit

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 2021 AFCONQ	Togo	0–1	Comoros	Lomé, Togo
16:00 UTC±0		Report	Selemani 51'	Stadium: Stade de Kégué Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

18 November 2019 (2019-11-18) 2021 AFCONQ	Comoros	0–0	Egypt	Moroni, Comoros
16:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Stade Omnisports de Malouzini Referee: Bienvenu Sinko (Ivory Coast)

2020Edit

11 October 2020 (2020-10-11) Friendly	Libya	1–2	Comoros	Radès, Tunisia
	Soilihi 45' (o.g.)		Ibouroi 71' M'Changama 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de Radès

11 November 2020 (2020-11-11) 2021 AFCONQ	Kenya	1–1	Comoros	Kasarani, Kenya
19:00 UTC+3	Juma 65'	Report	M'Changama 26'	Stadium: Moi International Sports Centre Referee: Mutaz Ibrahim (Libya)

17 November 2020 (2020-11-17) 2021 AFCONQ	Comoros	2–1	Kenya	Moroni, Comoros
19:00 UTC+3	Ben 21' Mattoir 49'	Report	Nyakeya 35'	Stadium: Stade Omnisports de Malouzini Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

2021Edit

21 March 2021 (2021-03-21) 2021 AFCONQ	Comoros	v	Togo	Comoros
--:-- UTC+3

20 March 2021 (2021-03-20) 2021 AFCONQ	Egypt	v	Comoros	Egypt
--:-- UTC+2

Head-to-Head Records against other countriesEdit

As of 15 November 2020

Opponent	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Differential
Botswana	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
Burkina Faso	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3
Cameroon	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3
Djibouti	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2
Egypt	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Eswatini	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3
Gabon	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Ghana	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2
Guinea	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Ivory Coast	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Kenya	5	1	3	1	6	6	0
Lesotho	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1
Libya	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2
Madagascar	9	0	1	8	3	25	−22
Malawi	4	1	0	3	3	5	−2
Maldives	4	2	2	0	9	5	+4
Mauritania	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Mauritius	9	2	1	6	6	22	−16
Mayotte	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Morocco	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1
Mozambique	5	0	0	5	1	12	−11
Namibia	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4
Réunion	7	2	1	4	4	13	−9
Seychelles	6	1	2	3	4	10	−6
Togo	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1
Uganda	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2
Yemen	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Zambia	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5
Zimbabwe	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
29 Countries	88	16	22	50	61	154	−92

PlayersEdit

Current squadEdit

The following players were called for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Kenya.^[4]
Caps and goals updated as of 18 November 2019, after the game against Egypt.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Salim Ben Boina	(1991-07-19) 19 July 1991 (age 29)	11	0	Martigues
23	1GK	Ali Ahamada	(1991-08-16) 16 August 1991 (age 29)	24	0	Brann

2	2DF	Kassim Abdallah	(1987-04-09) 9 April 1987 (age 33)	21	0	Athlético Marseille
4	2DF	Younn Zahary	(1998-10-20) 20 October 1998 (age 22)	1	0	Pau
5	2DF	Ahmed Soilihi	(1996-07-01) 1 July 1996 (age 24)	4	0	Quevilly-Rouen
6	2DF	Nadjim Abdou (C)	(1984-07-13) 13 July 1984 (age 36)	29	0	Martigues
12	2DF	Kassim M'Dahoma	(1997-01-26) 26 January 1997 (age 23)	9	0	Bourg-en-Bresse
15	2DF	Benjaloud Youssouf	(1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 (age 26)	19	1	Le Mans

8	3MF	Ahmed Mogni	(1991-10-10) 10 October 1991 (age 29)	10	3	Annecy
10	3MF	Youssouf M'Changama	(1990-08-29) 29 August 1990 (age 30)	36	6	Grenoble
11	3MF	Nakibou Aboubakari	(1993-03-10) 10 March 1993 (age 27)	5	0	Saint-Brieuc
13	3MF	Rafidine Abdullah	(1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 26)	9	0	Stade Lausanne-Ouchy
18	3MF	Yacine Bourhane	(1998-09-30) 30 September 1998 (age 22)	2	0	Niort
19	3MF	Mohamed Youssouf	(1988-03-26) 26 March 1988 (age 32)	26	3	Ajaccio

7	4FW	Housseine Zakouani	(1998-04-30) 30 April 1998 (age 22)	1	0	Aubagne
9	4FW	Ibroihim Djoudja	(1994-05-06) 6 May 1994 (age 26)	15	4	African Stars F.C.
14	4FW	Ali M'Madi	(1990-04-21) 21 April 1990 (age 30)	24	0	Andrézieux
20	4FW	Faiz Mattoir	(2000-07-12) 12 July 2000 (age 20)	1	0	Ajaccio
21	4FW	El Fardou Ben Nabouhane	(1989-06-10) 10 June 1989 (age 31)	21	9	Red Star Belgrade
22	4FW	Saïd Bakari	(1994-09-22) 22 September 1994 (age 26)	10	0	Waalwijk

Recent call-upsEdit

The following players have been called up within the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Clément Daoudou	(1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 26)	0	0	GSI Pontivy	v. Egypt, 18 November 2019

DF	Chaker Alhadhur	(1991-12-04) 4 December 1991 (age 28)	28	1	Châteauroux	v. Libya, 11 October 2020
DF	Abdallah Ali Mohamed	(1999-04-11) 11 April 1999 (age 21)	11	0	Zulte Waregem	v. Egypt, 18 November 2019

MF	Fouad Bachirou	(1990-04-15) 15 April 1990 (age 30)	24	0	Nottingham Forest	v. Egypt, 18 November 2019
MF	Faouz Faidine Attoumane	(1994-01-04) 4 January 1994 (age 26)	14	0	Fomboni FC	v. Egypt, 18 November 2019
MF	Ancoub Mze Ali	(1996-02-11) 11 February 1996 (age 24)	9	0	Lens B	v. Egypt, 18 November 2019
MF	Fasoiha Goula Soilihi	(1990-09-25) 25 September 1990 (age 30)	8	0	Zilimadjou	v. Egypt, 18 November 2019
MF	Salim Moizini	(1985-10-17) 17 October 1985 (age 35)	2	0	AS Lyon-Duchère	v. Egypt, 18 November 2019

FW	Nasser Chamed	(1993-10-04) 4 October 1993 (age 27)	19	1	Gaz Metan Mediaș	v. Libya, 11 October 2020
FW	Faïz Selemani	(1993-11-14) 14 November 1993 (age 27)	10	1	Kortrijk	v. Libya, 11 October 2020
FW	Nordine Ibouroi	(1998-07-30) 30 July 1998 (age 22)	6	0	Unattached	v. Egypt, 18 November 2019
^INJ = Withdrew from this squad due to injury ^SUS = Serving suspension ^PRE = Preliminary squad / standby ^RET = Retired from international football

ReferencesEdit

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
^ Vickers, Steve (2009-10-24). "BBC SPORT | Football | African | Comoros make steps forward". BBC News. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
^ Houssamdine, Boina (23 August 2019). "Mondial 2022 – Comores / Togo : la liste des Cœlacanthes d'Amir Abdou" (in French). Comoros Football 269. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

External linksEdit

FFC official website
Comoros at FIFA.com
Bourtney, Barri. Comoros – List of International Matches± at RSSSF.com (Last updated: January 31, 2008)

[FIFA_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-2] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

[3] Vickers, Steve (2009-10-24). "BBC SPORT | Football | African | Comoros make steps forward". BBC News. Retrieved 2013-12-03.

[4] Houssamdine, Boina (23 August 2019). "Mondial 2022 – Comores / Togo : la liste des Cœlacanthes d'Amir Abdou" (in French). Comoros Football 269. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

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