Benin women's 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.

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 " ".

Home stadium

The Benin women's national football team plays their home matches at the Stade de l'Amitié (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 .
* Caps and goals accurate up to and including 30 October 2021.

Recent call-ups

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

Records

Individual records

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

Most appearances

Top goalscorers

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''

Olympic Games

Africa Women Cup of Nations

African Games

WAFU Women's Cup record

Head-to-head record

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

External links

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African women's national association football teams
Benin women's national football team