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Women's national association football team representing Guinea-Bissau From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Guinea-Bissau women's national football team represents Guinea-Bissau in international women's football. It is governed by the Football Federation of Guinea-Bissau. It has played in two FIFA-recognised matches, both in 2006 against Guinea. The country also has a national under-17 side which participated in the 2012 Confederation of African Football qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Football is the most popular women's sport in the country. A women's football programme was established in 2004, followed by the creation of a women's national league.
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| Association | Football Federation of Guinea-Bissau | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Lassana Cassama | ||
| FIFA code | GNB | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 177  (16 August 2024)[1] | ||
| Highest | 129 (December 2006) | ||
| Lowest | 177 (March – August 2024) | ||
| First international | |||
 Guinea-Bissau 1–1 Guinea  (Bissau, Guinea-Bissau; 28 October 2006) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Guinea-Bissau 1–0 Mauritania  (Bissau, Guinea-Bissau; 20 October 2021) Mauritania 0–1 Guinea-Bissau (Nouakchott, Mauritania; 26 October 2021) Guinea-Bissau 1–0 Mauritania (Espargos, Cape Verde; 22 January 2023) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Guinea-Bissau 0–6 Burkina Faso  (Bissau, Guinea-Bissau; 16 February 2022) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
| African Women's Championship | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
In 1985, few countries had women's national football teams.[2][3] While the sport gained popularity worldwide in the ensuing years, Guinea-Bissau's team only began playing more than two decades later. By the end of 2006, the team had played in two FIFA-recognised matches.[4] The first was on 28 October 2006 against Guinea in Bissau, which ended in a 1–1 tie after Guinea-Bissau led 1–0 at half-time. On 12 November 2006, the team played in their second FIFA-recognised match in Conakry, where Guinea-Bissau lost to Guinea 1–3.[4] At the time, the team held three training sessions a week.[3] The team has not participated in some of the major international and regional football competitions, including the Women's World Cup, the 2010 African Women's Championship and the 2011 All-Africa Games.[5][6][7]
The team's average FIFA world ranking since 2006 is 119th. Its highest-ever ranking was 92nd in December 2009, and its lowest ranking was 144th in December 2007. Guinea-Bissau's best-ever rise in the rankings came in March 2008, when the team climbed 23 places compared to its previous FIFA ranking.[8] In March 2012, the team was ranked the 135th in the world by FIFA and 30th in the Confederation of African Football (CAF).[9] In June 2012, they moved up five spots to 130th in the world but fell to 33rd in Africa.[8]
Guinea-Bissau has a FIFA-recognised under-17 football team, which was established in 2006 but did not play any matches that year.[3][10] The team competed in the CAF qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup to be held in Azerbaijan in September 2012. They did not advance beyond regional qualifiers.[11]
The development of women's football in Africa faces several challenges, including limited access to education, poverty amongst women, inequalities and human rights abuses targeting women.[12][13][14][15] Many quality football players leave to seek greater opportunities in Europe or the United States.[16] Funding for women's football in Africa is also an issue with most of the financial assistance for women's football coming from FIFA, and not the national football associations.[16]
Guinea-Bissau won its independence in 1974, the same year its national football federation, Football Federation of Guinea-Bissau, was founded.[5] The federation became a FIFA affiliate in 1986.[3][17] Women's football is provided for in the constitution of the Football Federation of Guinea-Bissau, and the organisation has four full-time staff members focusing on it.[3]
Football is the country's most popular sport for women and is supported by football programmes in schools.[3] A national women's football programme was established in 2004.[10] By 2006, the country had 80 total football clubs, five of which were mixed and three of which were for women only.[3] There were 380 registered female players, and a women's team played in a national football championship.[3] Three years later, there were 24 active women's teams in Guinea-Bissau.[10]
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The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Lose Fixture
| 20 January 2023 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup GS | Cape Verde  | 4–0 | Guinea-Bissau | Sal, Cape Verde |
| 16:00 |
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Report (FCF) Report (CAF) |
Stadium: Estádio Marcelo Leitão |
| 22 January 2023 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup GS | Guinea-Bissau | 1–0 | Mauritania | Sal, Cape Verde |
| 16:00 | Paulo Mendes  55' |
Report (FCF) | Stadium: Estádio Marcelo Leitão |
| 27 January 2023 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup SF | Senegal  | 4–0 | Guinea-Bissau | Sal, Cape Verde |
| 18:00 | Report (FCF) | Stadium: Estádio Marcelo Leitão Referee: Aissata Diarra (Mali) |
| 29 January 2023 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup 3rd place | Gambia  | 3–2 | Guinea-Bissau | Sal, Cape Verde |
| 15:00 |
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Stadium: Estádio Marcelo Leitão |
| 14 July 2023 2024 Olympic qualifying | Guinea-Bissau | 2–2 |  Benin | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau |
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Stadium: Estádio 24 de Setembro |
| 18 July 2023 2024 Olympic qualifying | Benin | 3–2 (5–4 agg.) | Guinea-Bissau | Cotonou, Benin |
| Stadium: Stade de l'Amitié | ||||
| Note: Benin won 5–4 on aggregate. | ||||
| 21 September 2023 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg | Guinea-Bissau | 0–1 |  Congo | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau |
| --:-- UTC±0 | Report |
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Stadium: Estádio 24 de Setembro |
| 26 September 2023 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg | Congo | 2–0 (3–0 agg.) | Guinea-Bissau | Brazzaville, Congo |
| 15:30 UTC+1 |
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Stadium: Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat | ||
| Note: Congo won 3–0 on aggregate. | ||||
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| Position | Name | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Romão dos Santos |
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Lassana Cassamá(???–2021)Romão dos Santos(2021–present)| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Sãozinha Mendes Pereira | 14 November 2002 | | ||
| 12 | GK | Nandinha Almeida | 4 April 2003 | | ||
| 5 | DF | Indira Agostinho Indi (captain) | 28 November 2003 | | ||
| 14 | DF | Itcha Cesário Gomes | 20 August 2001 | | ||
| 15 | DF | Nani Coli | 3 September 2002 | | ||
| 6 | DF | Pasfah Nhaga | 28 November 2002 | | ||
| 18 | MF | Luisa Paulo Mendes | 28 November 2001 | | ||
| 16 | MF | Ami Samba N'Dong | 4 June 2001 | | ||
| 17 | MF | Teresa Luís Sambu | 8 January 2003 | | ||
| 7 | FW | Nadi Quadé | 29 May 2002 |  Mogbwemo Queens | ||
| 8 | FW | Safiatu Baldé | 29 June 2001 | | ||
| 10 | FW | Mariama Sambu | 28 November 2002 | | ||
| 11 | FW | Suraia da Silva | 1 May 2002 | | ||
| 13 | Julia Mendes | 3 March 2003 | | |||
| 4 | Fatumata Zacarias Ba' | 20 February 2003 | | |||
| 22 | Sarr Latifa Fati Gomes | 28 November 2003 | | |||
| 19 | Julieta Iala Nquitcha | 28 January 2004 | | |||
| 4 | Cátia José Cali | 29 April 2004 | | |||
| 4 | Cadidjatu Demba | 29 October 2002 | | |||
| 2 | Binta Anssumane Mane | 30 November 2003 | | |||
The following players have been called up to a Guinea-Bissau squad in the past 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Most capped players
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Top goalscorers
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| WAFU Zone A Women's Cup | ||||||||
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| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2020 | Group stage | 7th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Total | Group Stage | 1/1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
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The list shown below shows the Djibouti national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.
*As of xxxxxx after match against xxxx.
| Against | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Confederation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
*As ofxxxxx after match against xxxxx.
The following table shows Djibouti's all-time official international record per opponent:
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W% | Confederation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | — |
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