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Senegal Women's National Football Team
The Senegal women's national football team represents Senegal in international women's football. The team is governed by the Senegalese Football Federation. History The Senegal women’s national football team, governed by the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF), was formally organised in the early 2000s to represent the country in international women’s football. Initial efforts to develop the team faced challenges such as limited resources and infrastructure. The establishment of domestic women’s leagues in 2009 and grassroots programs in subsequent years created pathways for player development. The team qualified for its first Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) in 2012, held in Equatorial Guinea, but did not advance beyond the group stage. After a decade-long absence, Senegal returned to the AWCON in 2022, hosted by Morocco, where they reached the quarterfinals before being eliminated. Senegal has also competed in regional tournaments, such as the West African Footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Senegalese Football Federation
The Senegalese Football Federation (; FSF) is the governing body of football in Senegal. It is based in the capital of Senegal, Dakar, and was founded in 1960. The FSF aided in the development of football in Senegal, specifically for its professional and amateur leagues, youth and women's football and academies. Currently the FSF oversees the professional leagues, run by the ''Ligue Sénégalaise de Football Professionnel'' (LSFP) and fully organises the national teams, youth, women's and amateur football and all football administration. History Pre-2000s A former colony of France, football was introduced to Senegal by French soldiers who played to remain fit and healthy.Gerard Akindes, “What Model for football club management in Africa?” in ''Africa's Elite Football: Structure, Politics and Everyday Challenges,'' ed. Chuka Onwumechili. (London: Routledge, 2020), 179. Soon after, football spread and became an important aspect of Senegalese culture, and the FSF was establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Noxolo Cesane
Noxolo Cesane (born 11 October 2000) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies and the South Africa women's national team. She was part of the national team when they won their maiden continental title at the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations. Cesane was part of the University of the Western Cape team when they became the first university to win the COSAFA Women's Champions League and qualify for the CAF Women's Champions League. She was selected in the tournament Best XI. Personal life Cesane has a twin sister, Sinoxolo Cesane. Early life Cesane was born in 2000 in Cape Town, South Africa, and grew up in Gugulethu. Cesane grew up playing football with boys before joining girls' club Cape Town Roses with her twin sister Sinoxolo, both rising to the club's senior team by age 12. College career Cesane spent four years at the University of the Western Cape, where she played in the SAFA Women's League. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2026 Women's Africa Cup Of Nations Qualification
The 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification is a women's football competition that will determine the 11 teams joining the automatically qualified host Morocco in the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations final tournament. Format The African qualifiers commenced in February 2025 and will feature two rounds of competition. In the first round, the 32 teams ranked 7th and below played home-and-away two-legged ties. The 16 winners advanced to the second round, where they will be joined by the 6 teams that received a bye. The winners of the 11 second round home-and-away ties will qualify for the final tournament in Morocco. Tiebreakers If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule will have been applied, and if still tied, a penalty shoot-out will be held (no extra time). Schedule Entrants All 53 CAF national teams were eligible to enter the competition; however, excluding Morocco, who qualified automatically as hosts of the final tournament, 38 tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Malian Football Federation
The Malian Football Federation () is the governing body of football in Mali. Founded in 1960, it joined the Confederation of African Football, CAF in 1963 and has been affiliated with FIFA since 1964. Its first general secretary was Garan Fabou Kouyate. The federation bureau was dissolved in July 2005 due to the Mali national football team, Malian national football team's poor performance during the FIFA World Cup and the African Nations Cup qualifying. The federation was suspended by FIFA on 17 March 2017. References External links * * Mali FFat the FIFA website. Mali FF at CAF Online National members of the Confederation of African Football, Mali Football in Mali Sports organizations established in 1960 Sports governing bodies in Mali, Football Association football governing bodies in Africa {{footy-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rania Boutiebi
Rania Boutiebi (; born 4 March 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian Women's Super League (BWSL) club Club Brugge. Born in Belgium, she represents Morocco internationally. International career Boutiebi is eligible to represent either Belgium (her country of birth) or Morocco (through her Moroccan ancestry). Morocco Boutiebi was first called up for Morocco for a two-legged tie against rivals Tunisia in the third round of qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics in France. Boutiebi was not part of Morocco's 24-player squad for the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations The 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (), officially known as the 2024 TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes and as WAFCON 2024 for short, will be the 15th edition of the biennial African women's football tourname ... on home soil, but was listed as a reserve player. References External links * 2004 births Women's association football forward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kenza Chapelle
Kenza Chapelle (; born 22 August 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Première Ligue The Première Ligue ( ; sponsor name Arkema Première Ligue) is a professional women's association football league at the highest level of the French football league system, and is run by the Ligue féminine de football professionnel (LFFP). ... club Strasbourg. Born in France, she plays for the Morocco national team. References External links * 2002 births People from Seine-Saint-Denis Living people Moroccan women's footballers 21st-century Moroccan sportswomen Seconde Ligue players FC Nantes (women) players FC Fleury 91 (women) players Women's association football forwards Morocco women's international footballers Moroccan expatriate women's footballers France women's youth international footballers 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players French women's footballers 21st-century French sportswomen {{France-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fatima Tagnaout
Fatima Zahra Tagnaout (; born 20 January 1999) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for AS FAR and the Morocco women's national team. Early life Originally from the Tata region, Tagnaout was born in Casablanca. After having spent a long time around boys, and playing with the AJS club in Sidi Maârouf, she received offers to participate in detection days in Rabat where she quickly integrated into the AS FAR women's team. Club career Tagnaout has played for AS FAR in Morocco since she was 15. She has won 8 Championships and 6 Throne Cups. Tagnaout played in the inaugural CAF Women's Champions League which took place in Egypt in 2021. She participated in all of the games. She recorded a goal in the third-place match and provided several assists throughout the tournament. She was named to the Team of the Tournament. She was chosen by the CAF Awards Committee as a finalist for the African Club Player of the Year 2022 but did not win the award. Morocco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sarah Kassi
Sarah Kassi (born 9 September 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Première Ligue club Fleury. Born in France, she plays for the Morocco national team. She has played for the France women's U-16, U-17 and U-19 squads. She competed at the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in which France reached finished third. She also played in qualifications for the 2022 Euro with the U-19 team. She was chosen as part of Morocco's squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's association football, football championship contested by List of women's national association football teams, women's nat .... She plays for FC Fleury 91. References External links Sarah kassi cares about Elodie Nakkach injuryGermany Women v Morocco Women, 2023 * https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/347208/sarah-kassi Living people 2003 bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yasmin Mrabet
Yasmin-Katie M'rabet (; born 8 August 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Valencia. Born in Spain, she operates as a centre-back for the Morocco national team. She previously represented her country of birth at under-19 level. Early life Mrabet was born in Madrid to a Moroccan father and an English mother. She is fluent in Spanish, English, French and Catalan. Club career Mrabet has played for Madrid CFF, Rayo Vallecano and Levante Las Planas in Spain. As a teenager, Mrabet was a regular in the Madrid CFF side playing in the Liga Iberdrola and made over 50 appearances in the top-flight before leaving to join Rayo Vallecano in 2020. However, following a serious injury shortly after her arrival, her debut for her new club would only come in February 2021. In the 2021–22 season, Mrabet scored eight goals in 27 appearances to help Levante Las Planas win the Reto Iberdrola title and earn promotion to the Liga F for the following season. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ibtissam Jraïdi
Ibtissam Jraïdi (; born 9 December 1992) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Women's Premier League club Al Ahli, which she captains, and the Morocco women's national team. She was the first Moroccan and Arab player to score at the FIFA Women's World Cup. Early life Jraïdi began playing football at the age of 7 on neighborhood teams. She then played in her school tournament. She received support from her family to play football. Club career Jraïdi played for Nassim Sidi Moumen before joining AS FAR in 2012. With AS FAR, she won the Moroccan Championship nine times, and the Throne Cup eight times. She was the top scorer in the league four times: 2017-18, 2019–20, 2020–21, and 2021-22. In 2022, she won the CAF Champions League with AS FAR after finishing third in 2021. She was the top scorer in the tournament, scoring six goals including a hat trick in the final. In 2023, Jraïdi joined Al Ahli SFC on a two-year deal for the de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Père Jégo Stadium
The Père Jégo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Casablanca Casablanca (, ) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a populatio ..., Morocco. It is used mostly for Association football, football matches and is the Home team, home ground of Racing Casablanca. The stadium was named after Moroccan footballer and manager Père Jégo. The stadium currently holds 10,000 spectators. References External linksStade Père Jego {{DEFAULTSORT:Stade Pere Jego Football venues in Morocco Sports venues in Casablanca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Opa Clement
Opah Clement Tukumbuke Sanga (; born 14 February 2001) is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil club Juárez and the Tanzania national team. Club career Clement began her career with Simba Queens, playing in the Serengeti Lite Women's Premier League. She won the league in both 2019/20 and 2020/21. The latter victory qualified Simba Queens to play in the 2021 CAF Women's Champion's League CECAFA qualifiers. Simba Queens finished fourth. She scored a hat-trick in her team's 10-0 victory over FAD Club. In the midst of the 2021/22 season, Clement went on loan to Kayseri Kadin FK in early 2022. Simba Queens won the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA qualifiers, with Clement scoring two goals over the course of the tournament. In the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League, Simba Queens finished fourth. Clement scored twice in the tournament and was named in CAF's best XI of the tournament. Clement signed with Beşiktaş in 2023. Prior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
