| team MAURITANIA | ||
| World cup history | ||
| Appearances: | 8 | |
| FIFA world cup appearances: | 0 | |
| Tournament | Result | |
| FIFA world cup 1930 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1934 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1934 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1938 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1938 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1950 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1950 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1954 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1954 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1958 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1958 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1962 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1962 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1966 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1966 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1970 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1970 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1974 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1974 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1978 | 2: + 0; = 1; - 1: 1 - 3 1 | |
| FIFA world cup 1978 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1982 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1982 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1986 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1986 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1990 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1990 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1994 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1994 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1998 | 2: + 0; = 1; - 1: 0 - 2 1 | |
| FIFA world cup 1998 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2002 | 2: + 0; = 0; - 2: 1 - 5 0 | |
| FIFA world cup 2002 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2006 | 2: + 1; = 0; - 1: 2 - 4 3 | |
| FIFA world cup 2006 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2010 | 6: + 0; = 0; - 6: 3 - 19 0 | |
| FIFA world cup 2010 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2014 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 2014 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2018 | 4: + 1; = 1; - 2: 7 - 5 4 | |
| FIFA world cup 2018 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2022 | 6: + 0; = 2; - 4: 2 - 11 2 | |
| FIFA world cup 2022 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2026 | 10: + 1; = 4; - 5: 4 - 13 7 | |
| FIFA world cup 2026 | did not participate | |
| Best achievement: | Round 2 Preliminaries CAF (2018) | |
| Indicators | ||
| MP: + W; =D; -L; GF‒ GA Pts (3 points for each win) | ||
| Qualifying campaigns | 34: +3: =9; -22; 20 ‒ 62 18 | |
| Percentage indicators | +8,82%; =26,47%; -64,71%; 0,59 ‒ 1,82 17,65% | |
| FIFA world cup | Didn't participate in final tournaments | |
| Percentage indicators | ||
| Total: | 34: +3: =9; -22; 20 ‒ 62 18 | |
| Percentage indicators | +8,82%; =26,47%; -64,71%; 0,59 ‒ 1,82 17,65% | |
| Matches played (on neutral field): | 34 (2) | |
| Goals scored - total: | 20 | |
| - home: | 13 (65%) | |
| - away: | 7 (35%) | |
| - neutral field: | 0 (0,00%) | |
| Goals against: - total: | 62 | |
| - home: | 21 (33,87%) | |
| - away: | 41 (66,13%) | |
| - neutral field: | 0 (0,00%) | |
| Average goals scored per match: | 0,59 | |
| Average goals against per match: | 1,82 | |
| Points scored (3 points for each win): - home: | 13/51 (25,49%) | |
| - away: | 3/45 (6,67%) | |
| - neutral field: | 2/6 (33,33%) | |
| Biggest win: | 4:0 - South Sudan | |
| Biggest defeat: | 1:6 - Ethiopia | |
| Games without conceding goals: | 7 (20,59%) | |
| Games without goals scored: | 20 (58,82%) | |
| Wins with a big score: | 1 | |
| Defeats with a big score: | 9 | |
| Own goals (is scored/is passed) | 0 / 2 | |
| Cautions (on average per match) | 56 (1,65) | |
| Expulsions (on average per match) | 0 (0) | |
| - second yellow cards | 0 | |
| - straight red cards | 0 | |
| Players acted | 162 | |
| Attendance: in total (average) | 336 808 (10 865) | |
| Top scorer: | Moulaye Ahmed EL KHALIL (18 22) and Ahmed TEGUEDI (10) - 2 goals scored each | |
| The greatest number of matches: | Aly ABEID (18 22 26) - 14 games | |