Equatorial Guinea women's national football team

Equatorial Guinea
Nickname(s)	Nzalang Femenino
Association	Equatoguinean Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNIFFAC (Central Africa)
Head coach	José David Ekang (interim)
Captain	Dorine Chuigoué
Most caps	Genoveva Añonman (32)
Top scorer	Genoveva Añonman (24)
FIFA code	EQG
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	82 (15 March 2024)
Highest	50 (September 2015, December 2016 – March 2017)
Lowest	119 (March 2006)
First international
	Equatorial Guinea 0–3 Gabon ; (Equatorial Guinea; 10 June 2000)
Biggest win
	Luxembourg 0–8 Equatorial Guinea ; (Hostert, Luxembourg; 18 June 2011)
Biggest defeat
	Nigeria 9–0 Equatorial Guinea ; (Ilıca, Turkey; 23 February 2021)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2011)
Best result	Group Stage (2011)
Africa Women Cup of Nations
Appearances	4 (first in 2006)
Best result	Winners (2008 & 2012)

The Equatorial Guinea women's national football team, nicknamed the Nzalang Femenino, has represented Equatorial Guinea in senior international women's football competition since 2000. It is controlled by the Equatoguinean Football Federation, the governing body for football in Equatorial Guinea.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2008 Women's African Football Championship they defeated the seven-time champions Nigeria 1–0 in the semifinal and went on to win the championship beating South Africa 2–1. They became the first nation other than Nigeria to win the Women's African Football Championship. Equatorial Guinea played at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

The team won the 2012 African Women's Championship, winning 4–0 in the final against South Africa.

Equatorial Guinea is the third women's team (out of eight) from the Confederation of African Football to qualify for a FIFA Women's World Cup (Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, South Africa, Morocco and Zambia being the others).^[3]

History[edit]

They defeated South Africa 2–1 in an Olympic Games Qualifier on 18 February 2007, but lost the return leg 4–2. In the 2008 Women's African Football Championship (which they hosted), they went undefeated in Group A which featured Cameroon, Congo, and Mali. They defeated Nigeria 1–0 in the semifinal and went on to win the championship beating South Africa 2–1. They became the first (and, so far, only) nation other than Nigeria to win the Women's African Football Championship. They made their debut in an international tournament at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, losing all three of their group stage matches against Norway, Australia and Brazil.

In 2012, Equatorial Guinea hosted and won the 2012 African Women's Championship. They won the semi-final 2–0 versus Cameroon, and the final 4–0 against South Africa, with two goals by Gloria Chinasa and one each by Tiga (Adriana Aparecida Costa) and the captain Genoveva Añonman.

Due to fielding Jade Boho without completing her one-time switch (from Spain), Equatorial Guinea was disqualified from the Women's Football tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games.^[4]

Problems with naturalised players (mainly from Brazil) caused a ban from the 2020 Olympic women's football tournament^[5] and the 2019 World Cup.^[6]

Between 2006 and 2010, Bilguissa and Salimata Simporé, a sibling duo from Burkina Faso, used to play for Equatorial Guinea – the first as a central defender and the latter as a centre forward. Beyond the mechanism by which they were naturalized (similar to the Brazilians),^{[clarification needed]} the main controversy about the Simporés arose regarding whether they were actually two men. Around April 2011, they were removed from national team by the Italian-born Brazilian coach Marcelo Frigerio, who had recently assumed, just a few months before participating in the World Cup. Since then, the Simporé siblings never were called-up. In 2015, Frigerio, now a former national team coach, told the Brazilian press they are men.^[7]

Team image[edit]

Nicknames[edit]

The Equatorial Guinea women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Nzalang Femenino".

Results and fixtures[edit]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2023[edit]

13 July 2024 Olympic qualifying	Namibia	2–0	Equatorial Guinea	Nasrec, South Africa
15:00 UTC+2	Coleman 34' Kooper 55'			Stadium: FNB Stadium Referee: Gloria Sambumba (Zambia) Assistant referees: Mercy Zulu (Zambia) Assistant referees: Nancy Kasitu (Zambia) Fourth official: Mercy Kayira (Malawi)

18 July 2024 Olympic qualifying	Equatorial Guinea	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Namibia	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
				Stadium: Estadio de Malabo
Note: Namibia won 2–0 on aggregate.

September 2023 (2023-09) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg	Equatorial Guinea	Cancelled	Libya	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
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September 2023 (2023-09) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg	Libya	Cancelled	Equatorial Guinea
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Note: Libya withdrew prior to the first leg due to the aftermath of the 2023 Libya floods.

1 December 2023 (2023-12-01) 2024 AFWCON qualification Second round 1st leg	Equatorial Guinea	1–1	DR Congo	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
16:00 UTC+1	Obono 20'	Report	Kaba-kaba 72'	Stadium: Estadio de Malabo

5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) 2024 AFWCON qualification Second round 2nd leg	DR Congo	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Equatorial Guinea	Kinshasa,DR Congo
	Kanjinga 55' Kipoyi 75'		Obono 45'	Stadium: Stade des Martyrs
Note: DR Congo won 3–2 on aggregate.

Coaching staff[edit]

Current coaching staff[edit]

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	José David Ekang (interim)

Manager history[edit]

As of 18 February 2021, after the match against Uzbekistan.

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Winning %	Notes
Jean-Paul Mpila	2018–2022	0	0	0	0	00.0%

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following players were called up for the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against the DR Congo on 1 and 5 December 2023.^[8]

Caps and goals as of 5 December 2023, after the match against the DR Congo.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Dolores Hernández (captain)	(2001-10-24) 24 October 2001 (age 22)	10	0	Huracanes
13	1GK	Antonina Ayingono	(2003-03-03) 3 March 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Huracanes
24	1GK	Maisi Oga	(1999-08-07) 7 August 1999 (age 24)	0	0	Impact

2	2DF	Angelina Obono	(2002-06-17) 17 June 2002 (age 21)	8	0	Huracanes
4	2DF	Raquel Etopa	(2004-06-05) 5 June 2004 (age 19)	4	0	Huracanes
5	2DF	Reina Mansogo	(2000-08-04) 4 August 2000 (age 23)	2	0	Cébazat
15	2DF	Agapita Avosogo		5	0	Atlético Malabo
22	2DF	Avelina Abang	(2003-12-08) 8 December 2003 (age 20)	11	0	Huracanes
	2DF	Restituta Abeme	(2002-02-25) 25 February 2002 (age 22)	7	0	Santa Bibiana

11	3MF	Luz Milagrosa Obono	(1996-04-07) 7 April 1996 (age 28)	6+	0	Valdefierro
12	3MF	Rocío Coffi	(2005-04-05) 5 April 2005 (age 19)	2	0	CSST Temara
16	3MF	Catalina Andeme	(1999-07-14) 14 July 1999 (age 24)	9	0	Huracanes
25	3MF	Loida Madja		1	0	Santa Bibiana

7	4FW	Elena Obono	(1999-11-13) 13 November 1999 (age 24)	9	6	Huracanes
10	4FW	Mari Cruz Ebula	(2005-07-30) 30 July 2005 (age 18)	2	0	Hilal Temara
18	4FW	Asunción Oye	(2004-04-22) 22 April 2004 (age 19)	4	0	Oasis Errachidia
20	4FW	Cernuda Juliana Nchama		2	0	Abuela Mercedes
23	4FW	Claudia Teresa Mayé	(2006-01-07) 7 January 2006 (age 18)	7	0	Atlético Malabo

Recent call-ups[edit]

The following players have been called up to an Equatorial Guinea squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Verónica Mbang	(2002-04-22) 22 April 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Huracanes	v. Libya, September 2023
GK	Rita Afang	(2006-12-03) 3 December 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Super Leonas	v. Namibia, 18 July 2023

DF	Dorine Chuigoué (captain)	(1988-11-28) 28 November 1988 (age 35)	19	9	Betis	v. DR Congo, 5 December 2023 ^WD
DF	Laetitia Chapeh	(1987-04-07) 7 April 1987 (age 37)	10	0	Hénin-Beaumont	v. DR Congo, 5 December 2023 ^WD
DF	Lola Okenve	(1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 (age 27)	2	0	Viajes InterRías	v. DR Congo, 1 December 2023 ^INJ
DF	Generosa Ayingono	(1995-12-27) 27 December 1995 (age 28)	1	0	Huracanes	v. Libya, September 2023
DF	Genoveva Abegue	(2006-06-30) 30 June 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Super Leonas	v. Namibia, 18 July 2023
DF	Seyla Lopelo	(2000-12-11) 11 December 2000 (age 23)	0	0	CD Móstoles URJC	v. Namibia, 18 July 2023
DF	Cecilia Akeng	(2002-11-08) 8 November 2002 (age 21)	8	0	Huracanes	v. Namibia, 18 July 2023 ^PRE

MF	Nuria Baita	(1999-06-07) 7 June 1999 (age 24)	5	0	Huracanes	v. DR Congo, 5 December 2023 ^PRE
MF	Ramona Mibuy	(2002-06-28) 28 June 2002 (age 21)	2	0	Real Dona	v. DR Congo, 5 December 2023 ^PRE
MF	Muriel Mendoua	(1994-06-26) 26 June 1994 (age 29)	4+	0+	PM Friol	v. DR Congo, 5 December 2023 ^WD
MF	Marie Ovah	(1986-06-18) 18 June 1986 (age 37)	4+	0+	Huracanes	v. DR Congo, 5 December 2023 ^WD
MF	Celestina Manga	(2002-09-12) 12 September 2002 (age 21)	11	0	Aris	v. DR Congo, 1 December 2023 ^WD
MF	Ariel Asunción Liso	(2002-11-28) 28 November 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Huracanes	v. Libya, September 2023
MF	Helena Jesusa Obono	(2008-05-04) 4 May 2008 (age 15)	0	0	Huracanes	v. Libya, September 2023

FW	Alda Teresa Obama		0	0	Santa Bibiana	v. DR Congo, 5 December 2023 ^PRE
FW	Ruth Álvarez	(2000-06-05) 5 June 2000 (age 23)	0	0	Madrid CFF	v. DR Congo, 1 December 2023 ^INJ
FW	Cristina Hernández	(2001-07-12) 12 July 2001 (age 22)	0	0	UD Logroñés	v. Libya, September 2023
FW	Sandra González	(2001-05-28) 28 May 2001 (age 22)	2	0	Fontsanta-Fatjó C	v. Libya, 17 September 2023 ^PRE
FW	Salomé Nke	(1989-06-08) 8 June 1989 (age 34)	10+	0+	Huracanes	v. Namibia, 18 July 2023
FW	Marta Borico	(2000-06-15) 15 June 2000 (age 23)	1	0	Haringey Borough	v. Namibia, 18 July 2023
FW	Jenayra Bitorosa	(1990-05-04) 4 May 1990 (age 33)	0	0	Lakua	v. Namibia, 18 July 2023
^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury ^PRE Preliminary squad / standby ^WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue ^RET Player retired from the national team ^SUS Player is serving suspension

Records[edit]

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

As of 25 January 2021

Most capped players[edit]

#	Name	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Genoveva Añonman	32	24	2002–2018

Top goalscorers[edit]

#	Name	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Genoveva Añonman	24	32	0.75	2002–2018

Competitive record[edit]

Worldwide[edit]

FIFA Women's World Cup[edit]

FIFA Women's World Cup finals record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5
2015	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	Banned^[6]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/9	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA Women's World Cup finals history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
2011	Group stage	29 June	Norway	L 0–1	Impuls Arena, Augsburg
		3 July	Australia	L 2–3	Ruhrstadion, Bochum
		6 July	Brazil	L 0–3	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt

Olympic Games[edit]

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1996	Did Not Enter
2000	Did Not Enter
2004	Did not qualify
2008	Did not qualify
2012	Disqualified^[4]
2016	Did not qualify
2020	Banned^[5]
Total	0/6	0	0	0	0	0	0

Africa Women Cup of Nations[edit]

Africa Women Cup of Nations record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Did Not Enter
1995	Did Not Enter
1998	Did Not Enter
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Did not qualify
2004	Did not qualify
2006	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	5	9
2008	Champions	5	5	0	0	11	4
2010	Runners-Up	5	3	1	1	11	8
2012	Champions	5	5	0	0	18	0
2014	Did not qualify
2016	Disqualified^[9]
2018	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	18
2020	Banned,^[9] later cancelled
2022	Did not qualify
2024	Did not qualify^[a]
Total	2 Titles	21	13	2	6	46	39

African Games[edit]

African Games record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
2003	Did Not Enter
2007	Did Not Enter
2011	Did not qualify
2015	Did Not Enter
2019	Did not qualify
2023	Did not qualify
Total	0/4	0	0	0	0	0	0

Regional[edit]

UNIFFAC Women's Cup[edit]

UNIFFAC Women's Cup
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA	GD
2020	winner	5	3	2	0	8	4	+4
Total	1/1	5	3	2	0	12	6	+6

Turkish Women's Cup[edit]

Turkish Women's Cup record
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2021	4th Place	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16
Total	1/5	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16

Honours[edit]

Continental[edit]

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Champions (2): 2008, 2012
Runners-up (1): 2010

Regional[edit]

UNIFFAC Women's Cup

Champions (1): 2020

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations[edit]

The list shown below shows the Equatorial Guinea women's national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.
*As of xxxxxx after match against xxxx.

Key

Positive balance (more wins than losses)

Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)

Negative balance (more losses than wins)

Against	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Confederation

Record per opponent[edit]

*As ofxxxxx after match against xxxxx.

Key

Positive balance (more wins than losses)

Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)

Negative balance (more losses than wins)

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

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Confederation

Total									—

Notes[edit]

^ Challenged by the Equatoguinean Football Federation, which claims DR Congo have fielded two players (Fideline Ngoy and Falonne Pambani) who had appeared at the 2012 African Women's Championship using other dates of birth.^[10]

References[edit]

^ "Selección femenina absoluta (Nzalang Femenino)". Equatorial Guinean Football Federation (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
^ "BBC SPORT | Football | African | Equatorial Guinea lift AWC trophy". BBC News. 30 November 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
^ ^a ^b "E. Guinea women's team disqualified from Olympics". Usatoday.Com. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Equatorial Guinea expelled from Women's Olympic Football Tournament 2020". FIFA.com. 11 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Equatorial Guinea expelled from FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019". FIFA.com. 5 October 2017.
^ De Matos, José Edgar; Bianchini, Vladimir (11 September 2015). "Técnico do São Paulo conta como barrou dois homens em seleção feminina às vésperas de Copa" [São Paulo coach tells how he banned two men in women's national team on the World Cup eve] (in Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
^ Squad for Second round
^ ^a ^b "Equatorial Guinea disqualified, Mali in". CAF. 4 August 2016.
^ Anatolio (6 December 2023). "El Nzalang Femenino podría jugar la CAN por alineación indebida de RDC" [Nzalang Femenino could play the AFCON due to DRC improper fielding]. Actualidad Guinea Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2023.

External links[edit]

Sporting positions
Preceded by 2006 Nigeria	African Women's Champions 2008 (First title)	Succeeded by 2010 Nigeria
Preceded by 2010 Nigeria	African Women's Champions 2012 (Second title)	Succeeded by 2014 Nigeria

[11] Challenged by the Equatoguinean Football Federation, which claims DR Congo have fielded two players (Fideline Ngoy and Falonne Pambani) who had appeared at the 2012 African Women's Championship using other dates of birth.^[10]

[1] "Selección femenina absoluta (Nzalang Femenino)". Equatorial Guinean Football Federation (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2021.

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-2] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

[3] "BBC SPORT | Football | African | Equatorial Guinea lift AWC trophy". BBC News. 30 November 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

[usa2011-4] "E. Guinea women's team disqualified from Olympics". Usatoday.Com. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

[fifa2016-5] "Equatorial Guinea expelled from Women's Olympic Football Tournament 2020". FIFA.com. 11 April 2016.

[fifa2017-6] "Equatorial Guinea expelled from FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019". FIFA.com. 5 October 2017.

[7] De Matos, José Edgar; Bianchini, Vladimir (11 September 2015). "Técnico do São Paulo conta como barrou dois homens em seleção feminina às vésperas de Copa" [São Paulo coach tells how he banned two men in women's national team on the World Cup eve] (in Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

[8] Squad for Second round

[disqualified-9] "Equatorial Guinea disqualified, Mali in". CAF. 4 August 2016.

[Actualidad-10] Anatolio (6 December 2023). "El Nzalang Femenino podría jugar la CAN por alineación indebida de RDC" [Nzalang Femenino could play the AFCON due to DRC improper fielding]. Actualidad Guinea Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2023.

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v t e National women's football teams of Africa (CAF)
North Africa (UNAF)	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia
West Africa (WAFU)	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo
East Africa (CECAFA)	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar^†
Central Africa (UNIFFAC)	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe
Southern Africa (COSAFA)	Angola Botswana Comoros Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
Non-regional Members	Réunion^†
^†Associate member of CAF but not member of FIFA Football in Africa portal.

History[edit]

Team image[edit]

Nicknames[edit]

Results and fixtures[edit]

2023[edit]

Coaching staff[edit]

Current coaching staff[edit]

Manager history[edit]

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

Recent call-ups[edit]

Records[edit]

Most capped players[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]

Competitive record[edit]

Worldwide[edit]

FIFA Women's World Cup[edit]

Olympic Games[edit]

Africa Women Cup of Nations[edit]

African Games[edit]

Regional[edit]

UNIFFAC Women's Cup[edit]

Turkish Women's Cup[edit]

Honours[edit]

Continental[edit]

Regional[edit]

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations[edit]

Record per opponent[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]