Mauritania national football team results (1961–2019)
These are the Mauritania national football team all time results:
1985
| 8 March 1985 1986 CANQ | Algeria  | 4–0 |  Mauritania | Algiers, Algeria |
Belloumi  6' (pen.) Bouiche 27' Cissé 58' (o.g.) Menad 68' |
Report | Stadium: 5 July Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Habib Mimouni (Tunisia) |
| 22 March 1985 1986 CANQ | Mauritania | 1–1 | Algeria | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| Dieng 19' |
Report | Bouiche 43' |
Stadium: Stade Olympique Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Cheikh D'Jibril M'Baye (Senegal) |
1987
| 13 December 1987 1988 Arab Q | Tunisia  | 2–1 | Mauritania | Algiers, Algeria |
| Maâloul 37' (pen.) Mahjoubi 84' |
Sikki 16' |
Stadium: 5 July Stadium |
| 15 December 1987 1988 Arab Q | Algeria | 3–0 | Mauritania | Algiers, Algeria |
| Boukar 44' Djahmoune 52'Dahmani 85' |
Stadium: 5 July Stadium Attendance: 3,000 |
1995
| 3 November 1995 Friendly | Algeria | 4–0 | Mauritania | Tunis, Tunisia |
| Zekri 24' Dahleb 42'Meftah 53'Belatoui 74' (pen.) |
Report | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Zubeir Nuira (Tunisia) |
2012
| 15 April 2012 | Mauritania | 0–3 |  Egypt | Abu Dhabi, UAE |
| 18 April 2012 | Mauritania | 0–2 |  Iran | Tehran, Iran |
| 16:00 | Attendance: 100 |
| 15 May 2012 | Mauritania | 1–3 |  Kurdistan Region | Hebron, Palestine |
| 16:00 |
| 17 May 2012 | Mauritania | 0–2 |  Indonesia | Nablus, Palestine |
| 16:00 | Attendance: 90 |
2013
| 8 September 2013 Friendly | Canada  | 0–0 | Mauritania | Oliva, Spain |
| 17:30 | Report | Stadium: Oliva Nova Beach & Golf Resort Campo 1 Attendance: 300 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain) |
| 10 September 2013 Friendly | Canada | 0–1 | Mauritania | Oliva, Spain |
| 17:30 | Report | Ba 53' |
Stadium: Oliva Nova Beach & Golf Resort Campo 1 Attendance: 200 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) |
| 9 October 2013 Friendly | Oman  | 0–0 | Mauritania | Muscat, Oman |
| 18:30 UTC+4 | Report | Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex |
2014
| 5 March 2014 Friendly | Mauritania | 1–1 |  Niger | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| 17:00 | Boureima 3' (o.g.) |
Report | Daouda 86' |
Stadium: Stade Olympique Referee: Daouda Guèye (Senegal) |
| 12 April 2014 2015 ACN Q | Mauritania | 1–0 |  Mauritius | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| 17:00 | Ba 23' |
Report | Stadium: Stade Olympique Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal) |
| 20 April 2014 2015 ACN Q | Mauritius | 0–2 | Mauritania | Curepipe, Mauritius |
| Report | Sow 38' Bessam 90+2' |
Stadium: Stade George V Referee: Samuel Chirindza (Mozambique) |
| 19 July 2014 2015 ACN Q | Uganda  | 2–0 | Mauritania | Kampala, Uganda |
| 17:00 | Majwega 48' Massa 70' |
Report | Stadium: Mandela National Stadium Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda) |
| 3 August 2014 2015 ACN Q | Mauritania | 0–1 | Uganda | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| 17:00 | Report | Ssentongo 90+2' |
Stadium: Stade Olympique Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria) |
2015
| 14 June 2015 2017 ACN Q | Cameroon  | 1–0 | Mauritania | Yaoundé, Cameroon |
| 15:00 UTC+1 | Aboubakar 89' |
Report (CAF) | Stadium: Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo Referee: Yakhouba Keita (Guinea) |
| 5 September 2015 2017 ACN Q | Mauritania | 3–1 |  South Africa | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| 17:00 UTC±0 | Abeid 5' Bagili 77'Moulaye Ahmed 85' |
Report (CAF) | Gabuza 68' |
Stadium: Stade Olympique Referee: Daouda Guèye (Senegal) |
| 7 October 2015 2018 World Cup Q first round | South Sudan  | 1–1 | Mauritania | Juba, South Sudan |
| 16:30 UTC+3 | Abui Pretino 5' |
Report (FIFA) Report (CAF) |
Bagili 3' |
Stadium: Juba Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Rajab Bakasambe (Uganda) |
| 13 October 2015 2018 World Cup Q first round | Mauritania | 4–0 | South Sudan | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| 17:00 UTC±0 | Moulaye Ahmed 3' Bagili 61'M. Samba 84'Diakité 90+2' |
Report (FIFA) Report (CAF) |
Stadium: Stade Olympique Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Fidel Gomes (Guinea-Bissau) |
| 13 November 2015 2018 World Cup Q second round | Mauritania | 1–2 |  Tunisia | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| 17:00 UTC±0 | N'Diaye 22' |
Report (FIFA) Report (CAF) |
Khazri 62' Chikhaoui 68' |
Stadium: Stade Olympique Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon) |
| 17 November 2015 2018 World Cup Q second round | Tunisia | 2–1 | Mauritania | Radès, Tunisia |
| 18:00 UTC+1 | Ben Youssef 51' Bguir 84' |
Report (FIFA) Report (CAF) |
Moulaye Ahmed 71' |
Stadium: Stade Olympique de Radès Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda) |
2017
| 7 January 2017 Friendly | Algeria | 3–1 | Mauritania | Blida, Algeria |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Boubou Traore (Mali) |
| 24 March 2017 Friendly | Mauritania | 1–0 |  Benin | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Olympique Referee: Sékou Touré (Guinea) |
| 27 March 2017 Friendly | Mauritania | 2–1 |  Congo | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Olympique Referee: Maudo Jallaow (Gambia) |
| 12 May 2017 Friendly | Senegal  | 2–0 | Mauritania | Dakar, Senegal |
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Report | Stadium: Stade Demba Diop |
| 4 June 2017 Friendly | Lesotho  | 1–0 | Mauritania | Maseru, Lesotho |
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Report | Stadium: Setsoto Stadium Referee: Tinyiko Hlungwani (South Africa) |
| 9 June 2017 2019 AFCONQ | Botswana  | 0–1 | Mauritania | Francistown, Botswana |
| 15:30 UTC+2 | Report |
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Stadium: Francistown Stadium Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya) |
| 8 July 2017 Friendly | Mauritania | 2–1 | Senegal | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| Stadium: Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya |
| 16 July 2017 2018 CHANQ | Liberia  | 0–2 | Mauritania | Monrovia, Liberia |
| 16:00 GMT | Report | Stadium: Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex Referee: Baba Leno (Guinea) |
| 23 July 2017 2018 CHANQ | Mauritania | 0–1 (2–1 agg.) | Liberia | Zouérat, Mauritania |
| 17:00 GMT | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Municipal Zouérate Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali) |
| 12 August 2017 2018 CHANQ | Mauritania | 2–2 |  Mali | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| 17:00 GMT | Report | Stadium: Stade Olympique Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea) |
| 19 August 2017 2018 CHANQ | Mali | 0–1 (2–3 agg.) |  Mauritania | Bamako, Mali |
| 16:30 GMT | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Modibo Kéïta Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt) |
| 5 September 2017 Friendly | Niger | 2–0 | Mauritania | Agadir, Morocco |
| 17:00 WEST | Report | Stadium: Stade Adrar |
| 11 September 2017 2017 WAFU Nations Cup 1st round | Mali | 3–1 | Mauritania | Cape Coast, Ghana |
| 15:00 GMT | Report |
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Stadium: Cape Coast Sports Stadium Referee: Daouda Gueye (Senegal) |
| 6 October 2017 Friendly | Mauritania | 0–1 |  Comoros | Tunis, Tunisia |
| 19:00 UTC+1 |
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Stadium: Stade El Menzah |
2018
| 24 March 2018 Friendly | Mauritania | 2–0 |  Guinea | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| 17:00 GMT |
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Report | Stadium: Stade Olympique |
| 8 September 2018 2019 AFCONQ | Mauritania | 2–0 |  Burkina Faso | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| 17:00 GMT | Report | Stadium: Stade Olympique Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda) |
| 12 October 2018 2019 AFCONQ | Angola  | 4–1 | Mauritania | Luanda, Angola |
| 16:00 WAT | Report |
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Stadium: Estádio 11 de Novembro Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi) |
| 16 October 2018 2019 AFCONQ | Mauritania | 1–0 | Angola | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| 17:00 GMT |
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Report | Stadium: Stade Olympique Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia) |
| 18 November 2018 2019 AFCONQ | Mauritania | 2–1 | Botswana | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| 17:00 GMT | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia) |
2019
| 22 March 2019 2019 AFCONQ | Burkina Faso | 1–0 | Mauritania | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
| 17:00 GMT | Traoré 19' |
Report | Stadium: Stade du 4 Août Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo) |
| 14 June 2019 Friendly | Mauritania | 3–1 |  Madagascar | Marrakech, Morocco |
| 16:30 GMT | Report | Stadium: Stade de Marrakech |
| 18 June 2019 Friendly | Benin | 3–1 | Mauritania | Marrakech, Morocco |
| 16:30 GMT | Mounié 42', 61', 81' |
Report | Hacen 47' (pen.) |
Stadium: Stade de Marrakech |
| 24 June 2019 2019 AFCON | Mali | 4–1 | Mauritania | Suez, Egypt |
| 22:00 CAT | Diaby 37' Marega 45' (pen.)A. Traoré 55'A. Traoré 74' |
Report | Hacen 72' (pen.) |
Stadium: Suez Stadium Attendance: 6,202 Referee: Jean Jacques Ngambo (DR Congo) |
| 29 June 2019 2019 AFCON | Mauritania | 0–0 | Angola | Suez, Egypt |
| 16:30 CAT | Report | Stadium: Suez Stadium Attendance: 10,120 Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt) |
| 2 July 2019 2019 AFCON | Mauritania | 0–0 | Tunisia | Suez, Egypt |
| 21:00 CAT | Report | Stadium: Suez Stadium Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda) |
| 27 July 2019 2020 CHAN Q | Cape Verde  | 0–0 | Mauritania | Praia, Cape Verde |
| 16:30 | Report | Stadium: Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde Referee: Bonifacio Julio da Silva (Guinea-Bissau) |
| 3 August 2019 2020 CHAN Q | Mauritania | 2–1 (2–1 agg.) | Cape Verde | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| 17:00 | Touda 2', 68' |
Report | Papalélé 90' |
Stadium: Stade Olympique Referee: Adissa Abdul Raphiou Ligali (Benin) |
| 6 September 2019 Friendly | Tunisia | 1–0 | Mauritania | Radès, Tunisia |
| 18:15 | Layouni 78' |
Report | Stadium: Stade Olympique de Radès Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt) |
| 21 September 2019 2020 CHAN Q | Mauritania | 0–0 | Mali | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| 17:00 | Report | Stadium: Stade Olympique Referee: Slim Belkhaouas (Tunisia) |
| 28 September 2019 2019 WAFU | Burkina Faso | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Mauritania | Thiès, Senegal |
| 20:00 | Pognongo 85' (pen.) |
Denne 73' |
Stadium: Stade Lat-Dior Referee: Bangaly Konate (Guinea) |
| 4 October 2019 2019 WAFU | Mauritania | 0–0 (2–4 p) |  Gambia | Thiès, Senegal |
| 20:00 | Stadium: Stade Lat-Dior Referee: Salisu Basheer (Nigeria) |
| 15 October 2019 Friendly | Mauritania | 0–0 |  Libya | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| 18:00 | Report | Stadium: Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali) |
| 20 October 2019 2020 CHAN Q | Mali | 2–0 | Mauritania | Bamako, Mali |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Stade Modibo Kéïta |
| 15 November 2019 2021 AFCONQ | Morocco  | 0–0 | Mauritania | Rabat, Morocco |
| 20:00 | Report | Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda) |
| 19 November 2019 2021 AFCONQ | Mauritania | 2–0 |  Central African Republic | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia) |