Equatorial Guinea women's national football team

The Equatorial Guinea women's national football team, nicknamed the Nzalang Femenino, has represented Equatorial Guinea in senior international women's football competition since 2000. It is controlled by the Equatoguinean Football Federation, the governing body for football in Equatorial Guinea.^{[citation needed]}

Equatorial Guinea

Nickname(s)

Nzalang Femenino^[1]

Association

Equatoguinean Football Federation

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Sub-confederation

UNIFFAC (Central Africa)

Head coach

José David Ekang (interim)

Captain

Dorine Chuigoué

Most caps

Genoveva Añonman (32)

Top scorer

Genoveva Añonman (24)

FIFA code

EQG

First colours

Second colours

FIFA ranking

Current

79 9 (25 August 2023)^[2]

Highest

50 (September 2015, December 2016 – March 2017)

Lowest

119 (March 2006)

First international

Equatorial Guinea 0–3 Gabon
(Equatorial Guinea; 10 June 2000)

Biggest win

Luxembourg 0–8 Equatorial Guinea
(Hostert, Luxembourg; 18 June 2011)

Biggest defeat

Nigeria 9–0 Equatorial Guinea
(Ilıca, Turkey; 23 February 2021)

World Cup

Appearances

1 (first in 2011)

Best result

Group Stage (2011)

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Appearances

4 (first in 2006)

Best result

Winners (2008 & 2012)

In the 2008 Women's African Football Championship they defeated the seven-time champions Nigeria 1–0 in the semifinal and went on to win the championship beating South Africa 2–1. They became the first nation other than Nigeria to win the Women's African Football Championship. Equatorial Guinea played at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.^{[citation needed]}

The team won the 2012 African Women's Championship, winning 4–0 in the final against South Africa.

Equatorial Guinea is the third women's team (out of eight) from the Confederation of African Football to qualify for a FIFA Women's World Cup (Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, South Africa, Morocco and Zambia being the others).^[3]

History Edit

They defeated South Africa 2–1 in an Olympic Games Qualifier on 18 February 2007, but lost the return leg 4–2. In the 2008 Women's African Football Championship (which they hosted), they went undefeated in Group A which featured Cameroon, Congo, and Mali. They defeated Nigeria 1–0 in the semifinal and went on to win the championship beating South Africa 2–1. They became the first (and, so far, only) nation other than Nigeria to win the Women's African Football Championship. They made their debut in an international tournament at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, losing all three of their group stage matches against Norway, Australia and Brazil.

In 2012, Equatorial Guinea hosted and won the 2012 African Women's Championship. They won the semi-final 2–0 versus Cameroon, and the final 4–0 against South Africa, with two goals by Gloria Chinasa and one each by Tiga (Adriana Aparecida Costa) and the captain Genoveva Añonman.

Due to fielding Jade Boho without completing her one-time switch (from Spain), Equatorial Guinea was disqualified from the Women's Football tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games.^[4]

Problems with naturalised players (mainly from Brazil) caused a ban from the 2020 Olympic women's football tournament^[5] and the 2019 World Cup.^[6]

Between 2006 and 2010, Bilguissa and Salimata Simporé, a sibling duo from Burkina Faso, used to play for Equatorial Guinea – the first as a central defender and the latter as a centre forward. Beyond the mechanism by which they were naturalized (similar to the Brazilians),^{[clarification needed]} the main controversy about the Simporés arose regarding whether they were actually two men. Around April 2011, they were removed from national team by the Italian-born Brazilian coach Marcelo Frigerio, who had recently assumed, just a few months before participating in the World Cup. Since then, the Simporé siblings never were called-up. In 2015, Frigerio, now a former national team coach, told the Brazilian press they are men.^[7]

Team image Edit

Nicknames Edit

The Equatorial Guinea women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Nzalang Femenino".

Results and fixtures Edit

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 Fixture

2023 Edit

13 July 2024 Olympic qualifying	Namibia	2–0	Equatorial Guinea	Nasrec, South Africa
15:00 UTC+2	Coleman 34' Kooper 55'			Stadium: FNB Stadium Referee: Gloria Sambumba (Zambia) Assistant referees: Mercy Zulu (Zambia) Assistant referees: Nancy Kasitu (Zambia) Fourth official: Mercy Kayira (Malawi)

18 July 2024 Olympic qualifying	Equatorial Guinea	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Namibia	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
				Stadium: Estadio de Malabo
Note: Namibia won 2–0 on aggregate.

September 2023 (2023-09) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg	Equatorial Guinea	Cancelled	Libya	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
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September 2023 (2023-09) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg	Libya	Cancelled	Equatorial Guinea
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Note: Libya withdrew prior to the first leg due to the aftermath of the 2023 Libya floods.

Coaching staff Edit

Current coaching staff Edit

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	José David Ekang (interim)

Manager history Edit

As of 18 February 2021, after the match against Uzbekistan.

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Winning %	Notes
Jean-Paul Mpila	2018–2022	0	0	0	0	00.0%

Players Edit

Current squad Edit

The following players were called up for two matches against Libya in September 2023.^[8]

Caps and goals as of 18 July 2023, after the match against Namibia.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Dolores Hernández (vice-captain)	(2001-10-24) 24 October 2001 (age 21)	8	0	Huracanes
1GK	Antonina Ayingono	(2003-03-03) 3 March 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Santa Bibiana
1GK	Verónica Mbang	(2002-04-22) 22 April 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Huracanes

2DF	Dorine Chuigoué (captain)	(1988-11-28) 28 November 1988 (age 34)	18	9	Betis
2DF	Laetitia Chapeh	(1987-04-07) 7 April 1987 (age 36)	10	0	Hénin-Beaumont
2DF	Avelina Abang	(2003-12-08) 8 December 2003 (age 19)	9	0	Maccabi Kishronot Hadera
2DF	Angelina Obono	(2002-06-17) 17 June 2002 (age 21)	7	0	Huracanes
2DF	Raquel Etopa	(2004-06-05) 5 June 2004 (age 19)	2	0	Abuela Mercedes
2DF	Lola Okenve	(1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 (age 26)	2	0	Viajes InterRías
2DF	Generosa Ayingono	(1995-12-27) 27 December 1995 (age 27)	1	0	Huracanes
2DF	Ruth Álvarez	(2000-06-05) 5 June 2000 (age 23)	0	0	Madrid CFF
2DF	Reina Mansogo	(2000-08-04) 4 August 2000 (age 23)	0	0	Cébazat

3MF	Catalina Andeme	(1999-07-14) 14 July 1999 (age 24)	7	0	Huracanes
3MF	Luz Milagrosa Obono	(1996-04-07) 7 April 1996 (age 27)	5+	0	Valdefierro
3MF	Muriel Mendoua	(1994-06-26) 26 June 1994 (age 29)	3+	0+	PM Friol
3MF	Marie Ovah	(1986-06-18) 18 June 1986 (age 37)	3+	0+	Huracanes
3MF	Rocío Coffi	(2005-04-05) 5 April 2005 (age 18)	1	0	Huracanes
3MF	Ariel Asunción Liso	(2002-11-28) 28 November 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Atlético Malabo
3MF	Helena Jesusa Obono	(2008-05-04) 4 May 2008 (age 15)	0	0	Huracanes

4FW	Elena Obono	(1999-11-13) 13 November 1999 (age 23)	7	4	Huracanes
4FW	Restituta Abeme	(2002-02-25) 25 February 2002 (age 21)	7	0	Santa Bibiana
4FW	Claudia Teresa Mayé	(2006-01-07) 7 January 2006 (age 17)	5	0	Atlético Malabo
4FW	Asunción Oye	(2004-04-22) 22 April 2004 (age 19)	2	0	Oasis Errachidia
4FW	Mari Cruz Ebula	(2005-07-30) 30 July 2005 (age 18)	0	0	Hilal Temara
4FW	Cristina Hernández	(2001-07-12) 12 July 2001 (age 22)	0	0	UD Logroñés

Recent call-ups Edit

The following players have been called up to an Equatorial Guinea squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Rita Afang	(2006-12-03) 3 December 2006 (age 16)	0	0	Super Leonas	v. Namibia, 18 July 2023

DF	Genoveva Abegue	(2006-06-30) 30 June 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Super Leonas	v. Namibia, 18 July 2023
DF	Seyla Lopelo	(2000-12-11) 11 December 2000 (age 22)	0	0	CD Móstoles URJC	v. Namibia, 18 July 2023
DF	Cecilia Akeng	(2002-11-08) 8 November 2002 (age 20)	8	0	Huracanes	v. Namibia, 18 July 2023 ^PRE

MF	Celestina Manga	(2002-09-12) 12 September 2002 (age 21)	11	0	Aris	v. Namibia, 18 July 2023

FW	Sandra González	(2001-05-28) 28 May 2001 (age 22)	2	0	Fontsanta-Fatjó	v. Libya, 17 September 2023 ^PRE
FW	Salomé Nke	(1989-06-08) 8 June 1989 (age 34)	10+	0+	Leones Vegetarianos	v. Namibia, 18 July 2023
FW	Marta Borico	(2000-06-15) 15 June 2000 (age 23)	1	0	Haringey Borough	v. Namibia, 18 July 2023
FW	Jenayra Bitorosa	(1990-05-04) 4 May 1990 (age 33)	0	0	Lakua	v. Namibia, 18 July 2023
^DCL Player refused to join the team after the call-up. ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. ^PRE Preliminary squad. ^RET Player has retired from international football. ^SUS Suspended from the national team.

Records Edit

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

As of 25 January 2021

Most capped players Edit

#	Name	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Genoveva Añonman	32	24	2002–2018

Top goalscorers Edit

#	Name	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Genoveva Añonman	24	32	0.75	2002–2018

Competitive record Edit

Worldwide Edit

FIFA Women's World Cup Edit

FIFA Women's World Cup finals record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5
2015	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	Banned^[6]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/9	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA Women's World Cup finals history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
2011	Group stage	29 June	Norway	L 0–1	Impuls Arena, Augsburg
		3 July	Australia	L 2–3	Ruhrstadion, Bochum
		6 July	Brazil	L 0–3	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt

Olympic Games Edit

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1996	Did Not Enter
2000	Did Not Enter
2004	Did not qualify
2008	Did not qualify
2012	Disqualified^[4]
2016	Did not qualify
2021	Banned^[5]
Total	0/6	0	0	0	0	0	0

Africa Women Cup of Nations Edit

Africa Women Cup of Nations record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Did Not Enter
1995	Did Not Enter
1998	Did Not Enter
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Did not qualify
2004	Did not qualify
2006	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	5	9
2008	Champions	5	5	0	0	11	4
2010	Runners-Up	5	3	1	1	11	8
2012	Champions	5	5	0	0	18	0
2014	Did not qualify
2016	Disqualified^[9]
2018	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	18
2020	Banned^[9]
2022	Did not qualify
Total	2 Titles	21	13	2	6	46	39

African Games Edit

African Games record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
2003	Did Not Enter
2007	Did Not Enter
2011	Did not qualify
2015	Did Not Enter
2019	Did not qualify
2023	Did not qualify
Total	0/4	0	0	0	0	0	0

Regional Edit

UNIFFAC Women's Cup Edit

UNIFFAC Women's Cup
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA	GD
2020	winner	5	3	2	0	8	4	+4
Total	1/1	5	3	2	0	12	6	+6

Turkish Women's Cup Edit

Turkish Women's Cup record
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2021	4th Place	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16
Total	1/5	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16

Honours Edit

Continental Edit

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Champions (2): 2008, 2012
Runners-up (1): 2010

Regional Edit

UNIFFAC Women's Cup

Champions (1): 2020

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations Edit

The list shown below shows the Equatorial Guinea women's national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.
*As of xxxxxx after match against xxxx.

Key

Positive balance (more wins than losses)

Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)

Negative balance (more losses than wins)

Against	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Confederation

Record per opponent Edit

*As ofxxxxx after match against xxxxx.

Key

Positive balance (more wins than losses)

Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)

Negative balance (more losses than wins)

The following table shows Equatorial Guinea's all-time official international record per opponent:

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Confederation

Total									—

Notes Edit

References Edit

^ "Selección femenina absoluta (Nzalang Femenino)". Equatorial Guinean Football Federation (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | African | Equatorial Guinea lift AWC trophy". BBC News. 30 November 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
^ ^a ^b "E. Guinea women's team disqualified from Olympics". Usatoday.Com. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Equatorial Guinea expelled from Women's Olympic Football Tournament 2020". FIFA.com. 11 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Equatorial Guinea expelled from FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019". FIFA.com. 5 October 2017.
^ De Matos, José Edgar; Bianchini, Vladimir (11 September 2015). "Técnico do São Paulo conta como barrou dois homens em seleção feminina às vésperas de Copa" [São Paulo coach tells how he banned two men in women's national team on the World Cup eve] (in Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
^ Squad for Second round
^ ^a ^b "Equatorial Guinea disqualified, Mali in". CAF. 4 August 2016.

External links Edit

Official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by 2006 Nigeria	African Women's Champions 2008 (First title)	Succeeded by 2010 Nigeria
Preceded by 2010 Nigeria	African Women's Champions 2012 (Second title)	Succeeded by 2014 Nigeria

[1] "Selección femenina absoluta (Nzalang Femenino)". Equatorial Guinean Football Federation (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2021.

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-2] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[3] "BBC SPORT | Football | African | Equatorial Guinea lift AWC trophy". BBC News. 30 November 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

[usa2011-4] "E. Guinea women's team disqualified from Olympics". Usatoday.Com. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

[fifa2016-5] "Equatorial Guinea expelled from Women's Olympic Football Tournament 2020". FIFA.com. 11 April 2016.

[fifa2017-6] "Equatorial Guinea expelled from FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019". FIFA.com. 5 October 2017.

[7] De Matos, José Edgar; Bianchini, Vladimir (11 September 2015). "Técnico do São Paulo conta como barrou dois homens em seleção feminina às vésperas de Copa" [São Paulo coach tells how he banned two men in women's national team on the World Cup eve] (in Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

[8] Squad for Second round

[disqualified-9] "Equatorial Guinea disqualified, Mali in". CAF. 4 August 2016.

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History Edit

Team image Edit

Nicknames Edit

Results and fixtures Edit

2023 Edit

Coaching staff Edit

Current coaching staff Edit

Manager history Edit

Players Edit

Current squad Edit

Recent call-ups Edit

Records Edit

Most capped players Edit

Top goalscorers Edit

Competitive record Edit

Worldwide Edit

FIFA Women's World Cup Edit

Olympic Games Edit

Africa Women Cup of Nations Edit

African Games Edit

Regional Edit

UNIFFAC Women's Cup Edit

Turkish Women's Cup Edit

Honours Edit

Continental Edit

Regional Edit

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations Edit

Record per opponent Edit

See also Edit

Notes Edit

References Edit

External links Edit

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