Burundi women's national football team

The Burundi women's national football team represents Burundi in women's international football competitions. The team has competed since 2016 in matches recognised by FIFA, the sport's international governing body. A senior national team has been continually inactive, but an under-20 team has played in numerous matches. Further development of football in the country faces challenges found across Africa, including inequality and limited access to education for women. A women's football programme did not exist in Burundi until 2000, and only 455 players had registered for participation on the national level by 2006.

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

Burundi
Nickname(s)Swallows
AssociationFootball Federation of Burundi
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationCECAFA (East & Central Africa)
FIFA codeBDI
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
CurrentNR (10 December 2021)[1]
First international
Biggest win
Biggest defeat
 Kenya 5–0 Burundi 
(Njeru, Uganda; 23 November 2019)
World Cup
Appearances0
Olympic Games
Appearances0
African Women's Championship
Appearances0

History

In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team.[2][3] While the sport grew in popularity worldwide in the ensuing years, Burundi did not have an official team until more than two decades later.[3][4] By 2009, however, Burundi had a FIFA-recognised senior national team nicknamed the Swallows and a FIFA-recognised Burundi women's under-20 national team.[5][6] The under-20 team played one international match in 2002, one in 2004 and one in 2006.[4]

The senior national football team has never competed in a FIFA-sanctioned fixture and has not competed at the Women's World Cup. The team was one of 200 preparing for a qualification tournament for the cup in 2007, but did not play in the competition.[3][7][8] The team has withdrawn from numerous other events.[9][10][11] Burundi was to play in the 2008 African Women's Championship but withdrew from the tournament, giving the Democratic Republic of the Congo an automatic qualification.[9] The team also withdrew from the 2010 and 2012 editions of the Africa Women Cup of Nations before the first-round qualifiers.[10][11] Burundi has not participated in other major events on the continent, including the 2011 All-Africa Games.[12] As of March 2012, the team was not ranked by FIFA.[13][14][15]

Burundi was scheduled to participate in a competition in 2007 organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Zanzibar. Nicholas Musonye, the secretary of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (Cecafa), said of the event, "CAF wants to develop women's football in this region in recognition of the milestones Cecafa has achieved over the years. CAF appreciates what Cecafa has done despite the hardships the association has gone through, from financial problems to political instability in member states and poor management of associations. Member states in the Cecafa region have not taken women's football seriously. CAF now wants to sponsor a long-term campaign to attract women from this region into the game."[16] The competition was canceled due to lack of funds.[17]

Background and development

Women's football is now [a] big deal. The standard that we have attained in Africa is good enough. Soon, an African team will challenge seriously for the World Cup. But we need far more support from governments and big business.

Lydia Nsekera, president of the Football Federation of Burundi[18]

The development of women's football in Africa faces several challenges, including limited access to education, poverty amongst women, inequalities and human rights abuses.[19][20][21][22]

The Football Federation of Burundi, the country's national association, created a woman's football programme in 2000.[3][5][23] By 2006, there were just 455 registered women players, and the absence of a thriving women's game has been an obstacle for the national team.[24] Lydia Nsekera is the head of the national football association.[25]

Outside the national federation, the Commission nationale du football féminin was established by the 1990s, and a league and women's teams were organised in the same period in Bujumbura.[26][27]

Coaching staff
PositionNameRef.

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

  Win   Draw   Lose   Void or Postponed   Fixture

2021
20 October 2022 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg Eritrea  0–5  Burundi Asmara, Eritrea
Report Stadium: Denden Stadium
26 October 2022 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg Burundi  1–0
(6–0 agg.)		  Eritrea Ngozi, Burundi
  • Bukuru  45'
 Report Stadium: Stade Urukundo
Note: Burundi won 6–0 on aggregate.

2022
14 February 2022 AFWCON qualification Second round 1st leg Burundi  v  Djibouti
23 February 2022 AFWCON qualification Second round 2nd leg Djibouti  v  Burundi

Players

Current squad
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club

Recent call-ups

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

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

Individual records
  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.


Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Africa Women Cup of Nations
Africa Women Cup of Nations
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA GD
1991 to 2006 Did not exist
2008 Withdrew
2010 Did not enter
2012 Withdrew
2014 to 2018 Did not enter
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
2022 To be determined
Total0/70000000

(The former format was amended as it did not comply with MOS:FLAG as discussed here)

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

African Games
African Games record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
2003 Did Not Enter
2007
2011 Did Not Qualify
2015 To Be Determined
Total0/4000000

FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA GD
1991Did not enter
1995Did not qualify
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023To be determined
Total0/90000000
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games
Summer Olympics record
Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA GD
1996Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020|
Total0/70000000
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CECAFA Women's Championship
CECAFA Women's Championship
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA GD
1986
2016Groupe stage3003033-33
2018did not enter
20194th3003033-33
2021To be determined
Total1/50000000

See also
  •  Sports portal
  •  Association football portal

References
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