Football national side

Comoros

National team · Comoros

«The Coelacanths»

72 Matches

28 wins

13 draws

31 losses

85–92 Goals

−7 Difference

1.2 Scored per game

Form D D L W L W

Comoros head into the next round of African qualifying still chasing a first World Cup finals appearance. The 2025 season closed with a bronze medal at the COSAFA Cup, a 1-0 win over Madagascar in the third-place match.

Nothing the team does now is measured against much history — the federation only joined CAF in 2003 and FIFA in 2005, a quarter-century after the national side had first taken shape in 1979. El Fardou Ben Nabouhane and Ahmed Mogni, who scored twice, did the damage that night.

Stefano Cusin took over in October 2023 and stayed through the 2025 AFCON before stepping down in April 2026, with Hubert Velud now in the dugout. Youssouf M'Changama, the captain, holds the appearance record, while Ben Nabouhane's 20 goals lead the scoring charts — his and Mogni's names both attached, inevitably, to the Ghana match. Madagascar remains the team Comoros measures itself against most often, a rivalry kept alive through the Indian Ocean Island Games, where Comoros has taken bronze three times, most recently in 2023, and through CAF qualifying draws.

Home games are played in green, the colour of the flag, at the Stade Omnisports de Malouzini, and the side travels into its next qualifying window still looking for the result that would finally open the door to a World Cup finals.

Latest results

Fixtures and results

4 Oct	Friendlies	Senegal H
29 Sep	Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification	Namibia H	1:0	W
24 Sep	Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification	Cameroon A	1:3	L
8 Jun	Friendlies	Equatorial Guinea A	1:0	W
6 Jun	Friendlies	Rwanda H
31 Mar	FIFA Series	Kazakhstan A	0:1	L

Standing

Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification

Group stage · Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification - Group G

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Cameroon	2	1	1	0	4:2	4
2	Namibia	2	1	0	1	1:1	3
3	Comoros	2	1	0	1	2:3	3
4	Congo	2	0	1	1	1:2	1

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 72

72 Matches

28 wins

13 draws

31 losses

85–92 Goals

−7 Difference

1.2 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 72

28 13 31

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	72	32	40
Scored	85	40	45
Conceded	92	28	64
Scored per game	1.2	1.2	1.1
Conceded per game	1.3	0.9	1.6
Difference	−7	+12	−19

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Kassim Hadji Midfielder 2 Matches

Kenan Toibibou Defender 2 Matches

Bendjaloud Salmata Youssouf Defender 2 Matches

I. Mohamed Defender 2 Matches

Ben-Chayeel Hamada Midfielder 2 Matches

Yacine Bourhane Midfielder 2 Matches

Iyad Inomse M'Vourani Mohamed Midfielder 2 Matches

Warmed Omari Defender 2 Matches

Squad of Comoros

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
26	Kassim Hadji	Midfielder		2
4	Kenan Toibibou	Defender	21	2
15	Bendjaloud Salmata Youssouf	Defender	32	2
19	I. Mohamed	Defender	22	2
17	Ben-Chayeel Hamada	Midfielder	23	2
18	Yacine Bourhane	Midfielder	28	2
6	Iyad Inomse M'Vourani Mohamed	Midfielder		2
29	Warmed Omari	Defender		2
3	Abdel-Hakim Abdallah	Defender		2
27	Rayan Lutin	Midfielder		2
1	Naima Said Mchinda	Goalkeeper		2
28	Zaydou-Dine Youssouf	Midfielder		2
7	Housseine Saïd Zakouani	Forward		2
8	Yannis kari	Defender		2
9	A. Ali	Forward		2
5	Abdallah Ali Mohamed Abdallah	Defender		2
14	Y. Said M'Madi	Defender		2
16	Y. Pandor	Goalkeeper		2
13	A. Ahmed	Midfielder		2
23	A. Anzimati-Aboudou	Goalkeeper		2
21	A. Mahamoud	Forward		2
22	Z. Amir	Forward		1