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 (10 December 2020)[1]
Highest	127 (October 2017)
Lowest	207 (December 2006)
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.

History

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 record

FIFA World Cup record

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 record

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.

Schedule

Recent results

2020

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

11 November 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 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)

2021

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

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

Head-to-Head Records against other countries

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

Players

Current squad

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	GK	Salim Ben Boina	19 July 1991	11	0	Martigues
23	GK	Ali Ahamada	16 August 1991	24	0	Brann
2	DF	Kassim Abdallah	9 April 1987	21	0	Athlético Marseille
4	DF	Younn Zahary	20 October 1998	1	0	Pau
5	DF	Ahmed Soilihi	1 July 1996	4	0	Quevilly-Rouen
6	DF	Nadjim Abdou (C)	13 July 1984	29	0	Martigues
12	DF	Kassim M'Dahoma	26 January 1997	9	0	Bourg-en-Bresse
15	DF	Benjaloud Youssouf	11 February 1994	19	1	Le Mans
8	MF	Ahmed Mogni	10 October 1991	10	3	Annecy
10	MF	Youssouf M'Changama	29 August 1990	36	6	Grenoble
11	MF	Nakibou Aboubakari	10 March 1993	5	0	Saint-Brieuc
13	MF	Rafidine Abdullah	15 January 1994	9	0	Stade Lausanne-Ouchy
18	MF	Yacine Bourhane	30 September 1998	2	0	Niort
19	MF	Mohamed Youssouf	26 March 1988	26	3	Ajaccio
7	FW	Housseine Zakouani	30 April 1998	1	0	Aubagne
9	FW	Ibroihim Djoudja	6 May 1994	15	4	African Stars F.C.
14	FW	Ali M'Madi	21 April 1990	24	0	Andrézieux
20	FW	Faiz Mattoir	12 July 2000	1	0	Ajaccio
21	FW	El Fardou Ben Nabouhane	10 June 1989	21	9	Red Star Belgrade
22	FW	Saïd Bakari	22 September 1994	10	0	Waalwijk

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Chaker Alhadhur	4 December 1991	28	1	Châteauroux	v. Libya, 11 October 2020
FW	Nasser Chamed	4 October 1993	19	1	Gaz Metan Mediaș	v. Libya, 11 October 2020
FW	Faïz Selemani	14 November 1993	10	1	Kortrijk	v. Libya, 11 October 2020
INJ = Withdrew from this squad due to injury SUS = Serving suspension PRE = Preliminary squad / standby RET = Retired from international football

References

External links

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