Réunion national football team

The Réunion national football team (French: Sélection de la Réunion de football) is the regional team of the French overseas department and region of Réunion and is controlled by the Réunionese Football League, local branch of the French Football Federation. Réunion is not a member of FIFA and is only an associate member of CAF, and is therefore not eligible to enter either the World Cup or the Africa Cup of Nations. However, it has played numerous matches, most of them against the island nations of Madagascar, Mauritius, and the Seychelles.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Réunion women's national football team.
Réunion
Nickname(s)Club R
AssociationLigue Réunionnaise de Football
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationCOSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coachJean-Pierre Bade
CaptainMamoudou Diallo
Most capsGérard Hubert (27)
Top scorerJean-Michel Fontaine (15)
Home stadiumStade Jean-Ivoula
FIFA codeREU
First colours
Second colours
First international
Madagascar 4–2 Réunion
(Madagascar; Date Unknown, 1947)
Biggest win
Unofficial
 Réunion 11–0 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 
(Saint-Gratien, France; 22 September 2010)
Official
Réunion 9–0 Maldives 
(Saint-Denis, Réunion; 28 August 1979)
Réunion 9–0 Maldives 
(Curepipe, Mauritius; 30 August 1985)
Biggest defeat
 Mauritius 15–2 Réunion
(Madagascar; Date Unknown, 1950)

History

Réunion's first international came in the 1947 Triangulaire, losing twice against Mauritius (2–1) and Madagascar (4–2). Réunion won their first match in the 1950 edition, beating Madagascar 3–2.

In the 1979 Indian Ocean Island Games, Réunion qualified top of their group, beating Seychelles (3–0) and Maldives (9–0). In the semi-finals, they beat Comoros (6–1), leading to a rematch against Seychelles in the final. Réunion won 2–1.

Réunion qualified for the final of the 1985 Indian Ocean Island Games, losing on penalties to Mauritius after a 4–4 draw. Réunion got out of the group stage again at the 1993 Games, beating Mauritius in the semi-finals 1–0 with Jimmy Moultanin scoring their only goal. They lost 1–0 to Madagascar in the final. They got their revenge against Madagascar in the 1998 final, drawing 3–3 in regular time before winning 7–6 on penalties.

Réunion made it to the final of the 2003 Indian Ocean Island Games losing to the hosts Mauritius 2–1. In the 2007 Games, Réunion won the competition despite scoring only two goals.

Réunion entered the inaugural 2008 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer, winning their group against Mayotte (6–1) and French Guiana (2–0), qualifying for the final, where they beat Martinique (1–0). They entered the 2010 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer, facing Martinique again in the final, losing on penalties.

Réunion advanced to the knock-out stages of the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games, losing to Seychelles (2–1) in extra-time. They beat Mayotte 1–0 to claim third place. In the 2012 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer Réunion qualified for the final match, beating French Guiana (2–0), Saint Pierre and Miquelon (10–0) and Guadeloupe (2–1) before meeting Martinique for the third consequtive final, defeating them 10–9 on penalties. In the 2015 Games Réunion beat Mayotte 3–1 in the final and in the 2019 competition they beat Mauritius on penalties, with Mathieu Pélops saving all five attempts in the penalty shoot-out.[1]

Current squad

The following 20 players were selected to the squad for the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games:' [2]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Fabrice Marbois (1976-07-25) 25 July 1976 1 0 US Sainte-Marienne
1GK Mathieu Pélops (1986-11-07) 7 November 1986 1 0 Saint-Pauloise FC
2DF Yohan Boulard (1977-06-15) 15 June 1977 6 1 JS Saint-Pierroise
2DF John Elcaman (1987-09-11) 11 September 1987 15 1 JS Saint-Pierroise
2DF Sébastien K'Bidi (1981-11-13) 13 November 1981 2 0 US Sainte-Marienne
2DF Yohan Lionel (1981-11-13) 13 November 1981 14 0 JS Saint-Pierroise
2DF William Mounoussamy (1980-11-23) 23 November 1980 15 1 US Stade Tamponnaise
2DF Gaël Payet (1984-02-10) 10 February 1984 14 0 US Stade Tamponnaise
2DF Thomas Souevamanien (1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 1 0 JS Saint-Pierroise
3MF Kévin Androge (1990-01-24) 24 January 1990 2 0 US Sainte-Marienne
3MF Roberto Elcaman (1983-07-07) 7 July 1983 7 0 US Stade Tamponnaise
3MF Éric Farro (1977-06-26) 26 June 1977 12 5 SS Saint-Louisienne
3MF Nicolas Hoarau (1983-09-27) 27 September 1983 12 1 Saint-Pauloise FC
3MF Gérard Hubert (1980-10-14) 14 October 1980 15 0 Saint-Pauloise FC
3MF Pascal N'Gongué (1986-03-26) 26 March 1986 10 1 SS Saint-Louisienne
4FW Mamoudou Diallo (1985-05-10) 10 May 1985 5 8 JS Saint-Pierroise
4FW Mohamed El Madaghri (1987-04-27) 27 April 1987 1 0 US Stade Tamponnaise
4FW Jean-Michel Fontaine (1988-08-28) 28 August 1988 9 1 AS Excelsior
4FW Mickaël Vallant (1987-07-14) 14 July 1987 1 3 Saint-Denis FC
4FW Willy Visnelda (1975-04-12) 12 April 1975 12 5 SS Saint-Louisienne

Records
As of 28 June 2019
Players in bold are still active with Réunion.

Competitive record

Indian Ocean Island Games
Indian Ocean Island Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
1979 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 20 2
1985 Runners-up 2nd 3 2 1 0 14 4
1990 Group stage 5th 2 0 1 1 0 1
1993 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 5 1
1998 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 10 3
2003 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 7 2
2007 Champions 1st 4 1 3 0 2 1
2011 Third place 3rd 4 2 0 2 4 5
2015 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 8 1
2019 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 10 2
Total 5 Titles 10/10 38 26 6 6 80 22

Coupe de l'Outre-Mer
Coupe de l'Outre-Mer record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
2008 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 9 1
2010 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 1 0 14 1
2012 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 16 3
Total 2 Titles 3/3 11 9 2 0 39 5

Triangulaire
Triangulaire record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
1947 Third place 3rd 2 0 0 2 3 6
1948 Third place 3rd 2 0 0 2 2 7
1949 Third place 3rd 2 0 0 2 1 9
1950 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 5 17
1951 Third place 3rd 2 0 0 2 3 13
1952 Third place 3rd 2 0 0 2 0 7
1953 Third place 3rd 2 0 0 2 8 15
1954 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 6 13
1955 Third place 3rd 2 0 0 2 3 7
1956 Third place 3rd 2 0 0 2 5 12
1957 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 1 1
1958 Third Place 3rd 2 0 0 2 1 5
1963 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 3 6
Total Runners-up 13/13 26 4 0 22 41 118

Head-to-head record
Opponent M W D L GF GA
 Comoros6411133
 Congo210135
 French Guiana321030
 Gabon100103
 Guadeloupe210133
 Kenya300327
 Madagascar2134143053
 Malawi100128
 Maldives2200180
 Martinique211010
 Mauritius35791939101
 Mayotte4310124
 New Caledonia220073
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon1100110
 Seychelles1512123010
 Tanzania101011
 Togo110010
 Zaire110021
 Zimbabwe301235

References
  1. "Goalkeeper saves ALL FIVE spot kicks in a bizarre penalty shootout in tropical island Mauritius". Yahoo.
  2. "Selection of The Reunion". Retrieved 2011-08-03.
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