Benin women's national football team

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.

Benin

Association	Benin Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Vacant
Captain	None
Most caps	Unknown
Top scorer	Bouraïma Bathily (1)
Home stadium	Stade de l'Amitié
FIFA code	BEN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	152 (15 March 2024)^[1]
Highest	96 (September 2006)
Lowest	152 (December 2023 – March 2024)
First international
Benin 1–0 Malawi  (Benin; 19 February 2006)
Biggest win
Benin 1–0 Malawi  (Benin; 19 February 2006)  Benin 3–2 Guinea  (Dakar, Senegal; 17 May 2006)  Benin 3–2 (a.e.t.) Ivory Coast  (Dakar, Senegal; 21 May 2006)  Benin 3–2 Guinea-Bissau  (Cotonou, Benin; 18 July 2023)
Biggest defeat
Senegal 5–1 Benin  (Dakar, Senegal; 19 May 2006)

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

Benin   v   Ghana

19 February 2023 (2023-02-19) Friendly	Benin	0–3	Ghana	Cotonou, Benin
16:00 UTC+1		Report	Adubea   28' Owusu-Ansah   37' Badu   45+3'	Stadium: Stade de l'Amitié Referee: Aurore Ligan (Benin)

Benin   v   Togo

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

Benin   v   Burkina Faso

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

Guinea-Bissau   v   Benin

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

Benin   v   Guinea-Bissau

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.

DR Congo   v   Benin

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	Pambani   14' Kaba-Kaba   56'	Report (FECOFA)	Gnammi   30'	Stadium: Stade des Martyrs

Benin   v   DR Congo

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)	Kanjinga   31' Kaba-Kaba   34'	Stadium: Stade de l'Amitié
Note: DR Congo won 4–2 on aggregate.

Benin   v   Ghana

27 October 2023 (2023-10-27) 2024 Olympic qualifying	Benin	0–3	Ghana	Cotonou
18:00 UTC+1		Report	Boaduwaa   44' (pen.) Assifuah   73', 78'	Stadium: Stade de l'Amitié

Ghana   v   Benin

31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) 2024 Olympic qualifying	Ghana	2–0 (5–0 agg.)	Benin	Accra
	Badu   65' Orou Karo   75' (o.g.)			Stadium: Accra Sports Stadium
Note: Ghana won 5–0 on aggregate

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 1 July 2023

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Immaculée Agbakou ^[2]
Assistant coach	Frédéric Hounkponou

Manager history

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

Players

Current squad

• The following players were named on 15 October 2023 for 2024 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament in October 2023 .^[3]
• Caps and goals accurate up to and including 30 October 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Diane Ogoun		Inter FC Abidjan
16	1GK	Sourakatou Allassané		Ainvonvi FC
	1GK	Larissa Godui		OyemFC
15	2DF	Kadidjath Orou Karo		Elite FC
10	2DF	Olivia Awonon		Naja FC
25	2DF	Rachidatou Moumouni		Naja FC
05	2DF	Dalilath Amadou		Sam Nelly
05	2DF	Damilola Okpara		ASSABA
4	2DF	Saoudath Imorou		Elite AC
4	2DF	Cathérine Challa		DYnamique FC
3	2DF	Laura Abikou
21	2DF	Faridatou Mama		Espoir FC
10	3MF	Noelie Abamon		FC Tarascon
6	3MF	Yasminath Djibril		Ainonvi
14	3MF	Ziadath Boukari		AS Gamia
6	3MF	Lucienne Zohoungbogbo		Espoir FC
11	4FW	Léa Fachinan		Clermont foot
5	3MF	Martine Hessanon
8	3MF	Valentine Clotoe		Sam Nelly
8	3MF	Mistourath Seibou		AS Gamia
9	4FW	Yolande Gnammi		Club Raja
12	4FW	Kadidjatou Imorou		Elite AC
17	4FW	Aude Gbedjissi		Yzeure Aillier
22	4FW	Milhad Sadikou		ASS Sarcelles
12	4FW	Germaine Honfo		AS TRP

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Aurélie N'Kouanti		-	-	Sam Nelly	v.   Togo, 22 February 2023
GK	Rafiato Kinno		-	-	Ainvonvi FC	v.   DR Congo, 26 September 2023
DF	Edwige Kokodoko		-	-	Naja FC	v.   Togo, 22 February 2023
DF	Awaou Chitou		-	-	Ainonvi FC	v.   Togo, 22 February 2023
DF	Nourath Lamidi		-	-	AS Galaxie	v.   Togo, 22 February 2023
DF	Noëlle Amouzoun		-	-	E16eme	2024 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournamen
DF	Jocelyne Techri		-	-	AS Gamia	v.   DR Congo, 26 September 2023
DF	Abibath Zato		-	-	Elite FC	v.   DR Congo, 26 September 2023
DF	Lamato Assamou		-	-	AS Gamia	v.   DR Congo, 26 September 2023
DF	Claudine Tossou		-	-	Ainonvi FC	v.   DR Congo, 26 September 2023
MF	Pamela Dahou		-	-	Dynamique FC	v.   Togo, 22 February 2023
MF	Pierrette Chigblo		-	-	Cefos FC	v.   Togo, 22 February 2023
MF	Marguerite Ahouassou		-	-	AS USMA	v.   DR Congo, 26 September 2023
MF	Ruth Hounhoue		-	-	Dynamique FC	v.   DR Congo, 26 September 2023
MF	Leitlatou Affo		-	-		v.   DR Congo, 26 September 2023
MF	Merveille Zinsou		-	-	Naja FC	v.   DR Congo, 26 September 2023
FW	Yvette Saizonou		-	-	AS USMA	v.   Togo, 22 February 2023
FW	Rachidath Moumouni		-	-	Naja FC	v.   Togo, 22 February 2023
FW	Mael Kassi		-	-	Dynamique FC	v.   Togo, 22 February 2023
FW	Gloria Zanmenou		-	-	Naja FC	v.   Togo, 22 February 2023
FW	Edwige kedokpo		-	-	Cefos FC	2024 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournamen
	Fachinan Lea		-	-	FC Tarascon	2024 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournamen

Records

Individual records

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

Most appearances # Player Year(s) Caps

Top goalscorers # Player Year(s) Goals Caps 1 Bouraïma Bathily 20??–20?? 1 ??

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1996	Did Not Enter
2000
2004
2008	Withdrew
2012	Did Not Enter
2016
2021
2024	To be determined
Total	0/7	0	0	0	0	0	0

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Did Not Enter
1995
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006	Did not qualify
2008	Withdrew
2010	Did Not Enter
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020	Cancelled
2022	Did not qualify
2024	Did not qualify
Total	0/14	-	-	-	-	-	-

African Games

African Games
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
2003	Did Not Enter
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023	To be determined
Total	0/5	0	0	0	0	0	0

WAFU Women's Cup record

WAFU Zone B Women's Cup
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2018	did not enter
2019
Total	Group Stage	1/1	3	0	0	3	1	17

Head-to-head record

As of 5 November 2014

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Congo	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Equatorial Guinea	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1
Guinea	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1
Ivory Coast	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1
Malawi	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Mali	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3
Senegal	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4
Total	11	3	3	5	14	20	−6

Honours

Continental

Regional

See also

• Sport in Benin
  • Football in Benin
    • Women's football in Benin
• Benin national football team
• Africa Women Cup of Nations
• List of women's national association football teams

References

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

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