Benin women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Benin national football team.

Benin

Association	Benin Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Vacant
Captain	None
Most caps	Unknown
Top scorer	Bouraïma Bathily (1)
Home stadium	Stade de l'Amitié
FIFA code	BEN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	152 (13 December 2024)
Highest	96 (September 2006)
Lowest	152 (December 2023 – December 2024)
First international
Benin 1–0 Malawi (Benin; 19 February 2006)
Biggest win
Togo 0–2 Benin (Lomé, Togo; 14 January 2022)
Biggest defeat
Senegal 5–1 Benin (Dakar, Senegal; 19 May 2006) Burkina Faso 6–2 Benin (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 17 December 2019) Burkina Faso 4–0 Benin (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 19 December 2019)

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 2006 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.

Results and fixtures

Main article: Benin women's national football team results

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

2025

Benin v Sierra Leone

20 February 2025 (2025-02-20) 2026 WAFCON qualifying	Benin	v	Sierra Leone	Lomé, Togo
17:00 UTC+0		Report		Stadium: Stade de Kégué

Sierra Leone v Benin

26 February 2025 (2025-02-26) 2026 WAFCON qualifying	Sierra Leone	v	Benin	Bo, Sierra Leone
16:00 UTC+0		Report		Stadium: Southern Arena

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 1 July 2023

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Immaculée Agbakou
Assistant coach	Frédéric Hounkponou

Manager history

• Unknown (2006)
• Vacant (20??–2021)
• Symphorien Téhou(2021–2023)
• Immaculée Agbakou(2023-

Players

Current squad

• The following is the squad called up for the 2026 WAFCON qualifying First round named on 30 Janvier 2025.
• Caps and goals accurate up to and including 30 October 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Sourakatou Allassané		Ainvonvi FC
	1GK	Larissa Godui		AS JFA
	2DF	Rosemonde Olouossa		Ainvonvi FC
15	2DF	Kadidjath Orou Karo		Elite FC
10	2DF	Olivia Awonon		Naja FC
05	2DF	Damilola Okpara		ASSABA
3	2DF	Laura Abikou		AS UMSA
3	2DF	Bariyatou Tamou Kora		ASO Nougnon
4	2DF	Saoudath Imorou		Tambours FC
4	2DF	Joycelyne Tetchri		AS Gamia
4	2DF	Déogratias Ebi		AS UMSA
14	3MF	Faridath Ligali		Ainvonvi FC
14	3MF	Lucresse Hounkpe		ASJFA
14	3MF	Bernice Tete		Dynamique
14	3MF	Ziadath Boukari		AS Gamia
14	3MF	Eunice Sagbohan		CEFOS
	3MF	Ruth Hounhoue		ASJAFA
14	3MF	Géraldine Ahlonsou		FAL
6	3MF	Yasminath Djibril		Ainonvi
	4FW	Ibatoulaye Abdoulaye		AS Galaxie
	4FW	Yvette Saizonou		AS USMA
	4FW	Déborah Adingni		Elite AS
	4FW	Brigitte Houssou		Espoir de Cotonou
	4FW	Marguerite Ahouassou		AS USMA
	4FW	Romaine Gandonou		Tambours FC
12	4FW	Germaine Honfo		Ainvonvi

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.

Most appearances

#	Player	Year(s)	Caps

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps
1	Bouraïma Bathily	20??–20??	1	??

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2027	To be determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*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
2020
2024
2028	To be determined
Total	0/9	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
2020	Cancelled
2022	Did not qualify
2024	Did not qualify
Total	0/14	-	-	-	-	-	-

African Games

African Games
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
2003	Did Not Enter
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023	To be determined
Total	0/5	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
Total	Group Stage	1/1	3	0	0	3	1	17

Head-to-head record

As of 5 November 2014

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Congo	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Equatorial Guinea	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1
Guinea	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1
Ivory Coast	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1
Malawi	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Mali	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3
Senegal	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4
Total	11	3	3	5	14	20	−6

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

External links

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