Benin_women's_national_football_team

Benin women's national football team

Benin women's national football team

Women's national association football team representing Benin

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Benin national football team.

The Benin women's national football team represents Benin in international women's football. It is governed by the Benin Football Federation. It never reached the African Championship or the World Cup finals.

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Benin's participation in the African Championships consists of only one qualification tournament, in 2006. Benin beat Malawi at home, and therefore moved through the first qualification round. They then drew 1–1 with Ivory Coast, and won in a penalty shootout. In the second round, Benin met Mali, and lost both matches.

Benin also entered the 2008 African Championships, but then pulled out before the tournament began. Their home defeat to Mali was therefore the last match Benin has played in so far.

History

2006 African Women's Championship

The national team of Benin played its first match against Malawi on February 19, 2006; in the qualifying tournament of the 2006 African Women's Championship, which was held in Nigeria. Benin won the match by a score of 1–0, but the goalscorer was unknown. The second leg was played on February 26, 2006; this time it ended with a 0–0 draw. Benin advanced to the First Round due to an aggregate score of 1–0. In the First Round, Benin was paired with Ivory Coast and drew both matches by scores of 1–1. In the second match when it was still 1–1 after extra time, Benin won in a penalty shoot-out by a score of 4–3 and they advanced to the Second Round. In the Second Round, Benin met Mali. In the first leg, on July 22, 2006; Benin lost the match 3–1, and their only goal in the game was scored by Bouraïma Bathily, the only known goalscorer for Benin. The second leg, played on August 6, 2006, was a 1–0 loss and also so far the last match that Benin played, in which they lost by one goal. Thus, Benin was eliminated from the tournament by an aggregate score of 4–1.

2008 Olympic Games qualifying

Benin was paired with Namibia in the preliminary round for the 2008 Olympic Games Football Tournament in China, but they withdrew.

2008 African Women's Championship

Once again Benin withdrew from a tournament, after being paired with Guinea in the First Round of the 2008 African Women's Championship qualification. The tournament was held in Equatorial Guinea.

2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations

Benin did not qualify for the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.

Team image

Nicknames

The Benin women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the " ".[clarification needed]

Home stadium

The Benin women's national football team plays their home matches at the Stade de l'Amitié.

Rivalries

Results and fixtures

Main article: Benin women's national football team results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Partial results are shown in parentheses.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture


2023

19 February 2023 (2023-02-19) Friendly Benin  0–3  Ghana Cotonou, Benin
16:00 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Stade de l'Amitié
Referee: Aurore Ligan (Benin)
22 February 2023 (2023-02-22) Friendly Benin  1–3  Togo Cotonou, Benin
16:00 UTC+1 Ahouassou 15'
  • Adinda-Apko 6', 44'
  • Kayaba 56'
 Stadium: Stade de l'Amitié
9 July 2023 (2023-07-09) Friendly Benin  1–4  Burkina Faso Cotonou, Benin
15:30 UTC+1 Report
  • O. Konaté 16'
  • Kabre 19'
  • Tamboura 36'
  • Sedogo 57'
 Stadium: Stade de l'Amitié
14 July 2023 (2023-07-14) 2024 Olympic qualifying Guinea-Bissau  2–2  Benin Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
  • Quade 45'
  • Soares 60'
  • Gnammi 14'
  • Gbedjissi 76'
 Stadium: Estádio 24 de Setembro
18 July 2023 (2023-07-18) 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.
22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg DR Congo  2–1  Benin Kinshasa, DR Congo
15:30 UTC+1
Report (FECOFA)
  • Gnammi 30'
 Stadium: Stade des Martyrs
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg Benin  1–2
(2–4 agg.)		  DR Congo Cotonou, Benin
17:00 UTC+1
  • Gnammi 5'
 Report (FECOFA)
Stadium: Stade de l'Amitié
Note: DR Congo won 4–2 on aggregate.
27 October 2023 (2023-10-27) 2024 Olympic qualifying Benin  0–3  Ghana Cotonou
18:00 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Stade de l'Amitié
31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) 2024 Olympic qualifying Ghana  2–0
(5–0 agg.)		  Benin Accra
 Stadium: Accra Sports Stadium
Note: Ghana won 5–0 on aggregate

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 1 July 2023
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Manager history

  • Unknown (2006)
  • Vacant (20??–2021)
  • Symphorien Téhou(2021-2023)
  • Benin Immaculée Agbakou(2023-

Players

Current squad

More information No., Pos. ...

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to a Benin squad in the past 12 months.

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Records

Individual records

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 6 September 2021.

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Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

More information FIFA Women's World Cup, Year ...
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

More information Summer Olympics, Year ...

Africa Women Cup of Nations

More information Africa Women Cup of Nations, Year ...

African Games

More information African Games, Year ...

WAFU Women's Cup record

More information WAFU Zone B Women's Cup, Year ...

Head-to-head record

As of 5 November 2014
More information Against, Played ...

Honours

Continental

Regional

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    "Bénin : Immaculée Agbakou, sélectionneure de l'équipe nationale olympique féminine". 4 July 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Benin 🇧🇯 squad for CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying 2nd Round". twitter. 15 October 2023.
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