Benin women's national football team

Benin
AssociationBenin Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
Head coachVacant
CaptainNone
Most capsUnknown
Top scorerBouraïma Bathily (1)
Home stadiumStade de l'Amitié
FIFA codeBEN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 143 1 (25 March 2022)[1]
Highest92 (December 2009)
Lowest148 (September 2015)
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)
Biggest defeat
 Senegal 5–1 Benin 
(Dakar, Senegal; 19 May 2006)
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'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.

Team image

Nicknames

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

Home stadium

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

Results and fixtures
See also: 2022 in association football, 2022 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

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

DateLocationHome teamScoreAway teamSource
19 February 2006 Benin Benin 1–0 Malawi
26 February 2006 Malawi Malawi 0–0 Benin
12 March 2006 Cotonou Benin 1–1 (1–0) Ivory Coast [2]
24 March 2006 Abidjan Ivory Coast 1–1 (0–0) 3–4 PSO Benin [2]
17 May 2006 Dakar Benin 3–2 Guinea
19 May 2006 Dakar Senegal 5–1 Benin
21 May 2006 Dakar Benin 3–2 (a.e.t.) Ivory Coast [2]
29 May 2006 Cotonou Benin 2–3 (2–2) Equatorial Guinea
22 July 2006 Bamako Mali 3–1 (1–0) Benin
27 July 2006 Cotonou Benin 1–2 Congo
6 August 2006 Cotonou Benin 0–1 (0–0) Mali
27–29 October 2007 Benin (w/o) Namibia
30 November 2007 Guinea (w/o) Benin
17 December 2019 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 6-2 Benin
19 December 2019 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 4-0 Benin
23 December 2019 Lomé Togo 2-1 Benin

2021
20 October 2021 (2021-10-20) 2022 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg Burkina Faso  2–1  Benin Abidjan, Ivory Coast
  • Millogo 48'
  • Nikiéma 78'
 Report
  • Fachina 40'
 Stadium: Stade National de la Côte d'Ivoire
24 October 2021 (2021-10-24) 2022 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg Benin  1–3
(2–5 agg.)		  Burkina Faso Cotonou, Benin
  • Abamon 89'
 Report
Stadium: Stade de l'Amitié
Note: Burkina Faso won 5–2 on aggregate.

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff
As of 1 october 2021
Position Name Ref.
Head coach Symphorien Téhou

Manager history
  • Unknown (2006)
  • Vacant (20??–2021)
  • Symphorien Téhou(2021-)

Players

Current squad
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Diane Ogoun
1GK Chérita Koba
1GK Sébastienne Kpovihouede
2DF Faridatou Mama
2DF Cathérine Challa
2DF Olivia Awonon
2DF Abibath Zato
2DF Martine Hessanon
2DF Nouratou Lamidi
3MF Blandine Baba
3MF Valentine Clotoe
3MF Nadège Atanhloueto
3MF Catherine Zinsou
3MF Noëlie Abamon
3MF Claudine Tossou
4FW Yolande Gnammi
4FW Léa Fachinan
4FW Aube Bedjissi
4FW Idah Azonsou
4FW Milhad Sadikou
4FW Maissarath Daboutou

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

Records

Individual records

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

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
1991Did Not Enter-------
1995Did Not Enter-------
1999Did Not Enter-------
2003Did Not Enter-------
2007Did Not Qualify-------
2011Did Not Enter-------
2015Did Not Enter-------
2019Did Not Qualify-------
2023Did Not Qualify-------
Total0/9-------
*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
2024To be determined
Total0/7000000

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
2020Cancelled
2022Did Not Qualify
Total0/14------

African Games
African Games
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
2003 Did Not Enter
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023To be determined
Total0/5000000

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
TotalGroup Stage1/13003117

Head-to-head record
As of 5 November 2014
Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Congo100112-1
 Equatorial Guinea100123-1
 Guinea110032+1
 Ivory Coast312054+1
 Malawi211010+1
 Mali200214-3
 Senegal100115−4
Total113351420−6

Honours

See also

References
  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. "Results: Côte d'Ivoire". FIFA. 29 September 2009. Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  3. "Benin - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics - Global Sports Archive".
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