Guinea-Bissau women's national football team

Guinea-Bissau
AssociationFootball Federation of Guinea-Bissau
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
Head coachLassana Cassama
FIFA codeGNB
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
CurrentNR (10 December 2021)[1]
Highest92 (2009)
Lowest148 (September 2015)
First international
 Guinea-Bissau 1−1 Guinea 
(Bissau; 28 October 2006)
Biggest defeat
 Guinea 3−1 Guinea-Bissau 
(Conakry; 12 November 2006)
World Cup
Appearances0
Olympic Games
Appearances0
African Women's Championship
Appearances0
This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Guinea-Bissau national football team.

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.

History

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 play 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.[9] In June 2012, they moved up five spots to 130th in the world but fell to the 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 Confederation of African Football qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup to be held in Azerbaijan in September 2012. They did not advance beyond regional qualifiers.[11]

Background and development

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: Most of the financial assistance for women's football comes from FIFA, 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 teams played in a national football championship.[3] Three years later, there were 24 active women's teams in Guinea-Bissau.[10]

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.

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021
20 October 2021 (2021-10-20) 2022 AFWCON qualification first round 1st leg Guinea-Bissau  1–0  Mauritania Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
  • Mané  73'
 Report Stadium: Estádio 24 de Setembro
Referee: Sylvina Garnett (Liberia)
26 October 2021 (2021-10-26) 2022 AFWCON qualification first round 2nd leg Mauritania  0–1
(0–2 agg.)		  Guinea-Bissau Nouakchott , Mauritania
Report Stadium: Stade Olympique
Referee: Félicité Kourouma (Guinea)
Note: Guinea-Bissau won 2–0 on aggregate.

2022
14 February 2022 AFWCON qualification Second round 1st leg Guinea-Bissau  v  Burkina Faso
23 February 2022 AFWCON qualification Second round 2nd leg Burkina Faso  v  Guinea-Bissau

Coaching staff
PositionNameRef.
Head coach Lassana Cassamá

Players

Current squad
  • Caps and goals accurate up to and including 30 October 2021.
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

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

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
1991 Did not enter
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015 Did not qualify
2019
2023 To be determined
Total0/9000000

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.


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


Africa Women Cup of Nations record
Africa Women Cup of Nations record
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA GD
1991 to 2006 Did not exist
2008 to 2012 Did not enter
2014 Withdrew
2016 to 2018 Did not enter
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
2022 To be determined
Total0/70000000
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

WAFU Women's Cup record
WAFU Zone A Women's Cup
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
2020Group Stage7th3003117
TotalGroup Stage1/13003117

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

Managers

See also
  •  Sports portal
  •  Association football portal

References
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  2. Chrös McDougall (1 January 2012). Soccer. ABDO. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-61783-146-1. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  3. FIFA (2006). "Women's Football Today" (PDF): 88. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 14, 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Guinea-Bissau: Fixtures and Results". FIFA. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  5. Ballard, John; Suff, Paul (1999). The dictionary of football : the complete A-Z of international football from Ajax to Zinedine Zidane. London: Boxtree. p. 284. ISBN 0752224344. OCLC 59442612.
  6. "Fixtures - African Women Championship 2010". CAF. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  7. "Groups & standings - All Africa Games women 2011". Africa: CAF. 2011. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  8. "Guinea-Bissau: FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". Switzerland: FIFA. 2012. Archived from the original on October 20, 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  9. "The FIFA Women's World Ranking". Switzerland: FIFA. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  10. "Goal! Football: Guinea-Bissau" (PDF). FIFA. 4 November 2009. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  11. "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: Qualifiers". Switzerland: FIFA. Archived from the original on July 11, 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  12. Jean Williams (15 December 2007). A Beautiful Game: International Perspectives on Women's Football. Berg. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-84520-674-1. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  13. Richard Giulianotti; David McArdle (2006). Sport, Civil Liberties and Human Rights. Routledge. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-7146-5344-0. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  14. Chris Hallinan; Steven J. Jackson (31 August 2008). Social And Cultural Diversity In A Sporting World. Emerald Group Publishing. pp. 40–41. ISBN 978-0-7623-1456-0. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  15. Jean Williams (18 December 2003). A Game for Rough Girls?: A History of Women's Football in Britain. Routledge. pp. 173–175. ISBN 978-0-415-26338-2. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  16. Gabriel Kuhn (24 February 2011). Soccer Vs. the State: Tackling Football and Radical Politics. PM Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-60486-053-5. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  17. "Goal! Football: Guinea-Bissau" (PDF). FIFA. 4 November 2009. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
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