Cameroon women's national football team

The Cameroon national women's football team, also known as the Indomitable Lionesses, is the national team of Cameroon and is controlled by the Cameroon Football Association. They finished second in the 1991, 2004, 2014, and 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations, participated in the 2012 Olympic Games and have competed in their first ever FIFA Women's World Cup in 2015.

History

Back in the 1970s, Cameroon was one of very few countries to have a woman play for a men’s team in the top league. A true flag bearer, Emilienne Mbango was a starter for legendary Cameroonian club Leopard of Douala between 1970–1973 where she formed a sensational strike duo with a talented teenager called Roger Milla. Despite this success for Mbango it was not until the late 1980s that a national team was set up with Regine Mvoue captaining the squad to a maiden final at the Africa Cup of Nations in 1991.
It would take time but women’s football began to properly blossom when Cameroon qualified for the 2012 Olympics. The Indomitable Lionesses were also hailed for finishing second at the 2014 Africa Cup of Nations, qualifying for their maiden Women’s World Cup in Canada in 2015 and eventually exiting the event in the last 16 after a 1–0 loss to China.
In 2016, Cameroon hosted the country’s first Women’s Africa Cup of Nations amid great fanfare. The tournament was staged in Yaounde and Limbe and boasted record crowds at the stadiums. The hosts lost 1–0 against Nigeria in the final.
However, the success of the national team has yet to make an impact on the national scene with an underfunded domestic championship staged in appalling conditions.

Team image

Home stadium

The Cameroon women's national football team plays their home matches on the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo.

Overall competitive record

¹ Equatorial Guinea was disqualified from the competition for fielding an ineligible player, so Cameroon advanced to the final qualifying round instead.

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.

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2022

2023

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Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

* Carl Enow (2003–2018)
* Alain Djeumfa (????–2022)
* Gabriel Zabo (2022–present)

Players

Current squad

* The following list is th final squad for 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations in June 2022.
* Caps and goals as of 10 March 2020 after the match against .

Recent call-ups

* The following players were named to a Cameroon squad in the last 12 months.
This list may be incomplete.

Previous squads

;FIFA Women's World Cup
* 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup squad
* 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup squad
;Summer Olympics
* 2012 Summer Olympics squad
;Africa Women Cup of Nations
* 2000 African Women's Championship squad
* 2010 African Women's Championship squad
* 2012 African Women's Championship squad
* 2014 African Women's Championship squad
* 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations squad
* 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations squad
* 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations squad

Captains

*Christine Manie (????–)

Honours

Regional

* COSAFA Women's Championship
: ''Runners-up:'' 2018

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

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

Olympic Games

For 2012 Cameroon qualified for the first time to the Olympics.

Africa Women Cup of Nations

African Games

UNIFFAC Women's Cup

Honours

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations

The list shown below shows the Djibouti national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.

''*As of xxxxxx after match against xxxx.''
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Record per opponent

''*As ofxxxxx after match against xxxxx.''
;Key

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

See also

* Sport in Cameroon
** Football in Cameroon
*** Women's football in Cameroon
* Cameroon women's national under-20 football team
* Cameroon women's national under-17 football team
* Cameroon men's national football team

References

External links

Official website

FIFA profile
FIFA.com

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Football in Cameroon
African women's national association football teams