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	144 2 (7 August 2025) [1]
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)   Sierra Leone 1–3 Benin   (Bo, Sierra Leone; 25 February 2025)
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 " ".^{[ clarification needed ]}

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	2–1	Sierra Leone	Lomé, Togo
17:00  UTC+0	Gbedjissi 24', 45' (pen.)	Report	K. A. Kamara 36'	Stadium: Stade de Kégué

Sierra Leone   v   Benin

26 February 2025 (2025-02-26) 2026 WAFCON qualifying	Sierra Leone	1–3 (2–5 agg.)	Benin	Monrovia, Liberia
16:00  UTC+0	K. Z. Brima 90+6'	Report	Ahouassou 38' Honfo 44' Gbedjissi 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex
Note: Benin won 5–2 on aggregate.

Ghana   v   Benin

25 June 2025 (2025-06-25) Friendly	Ghana	4–2	Benin	Benslimane, Morocco
17:00  UTC+1	Norshie 4' Kusi 55' Duah 70' Boye-Hlorkah 81'	Report	Gbedjissi 12', 32' (pen.)	Stadium: Ziaida Sports Complex

South Africa   v   Benin

28 JuneUnofficial Friendly	South Africa	2–0	Benin	Mohammédia, Morocco
15:30  UTC+1				Stadium: Lanoria Club

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 1 July 2023

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Immaculée Agbakou [2]
Assistant coach	Frédéric Hounkponou

Manager history

• Unknown (2006)
• Vacant (20??–2021)
• Symphorien Téhou(2021–2023)
• Immaculée Agbakou(2023-2024)
• Abdoulaye Ozérou(2025-)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Nigeria on 24 and 28 October 2025. ^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Diane Ogoun		Leones Vegetarianos FC
16	1 GK	Sourakatou Alassane	(2002-02-19) 19 February 2002 (age 23)	15 de Agosto
23	1 GK	Alicia Assogba	(2004-11-11) 11 November 2004 (age 20)	FCE Mérignac-Arlac  [ fr ]
2	2 DF	Martine Hessanon	(2002-12-30) 30 December 2002 (age 22)	US Yacoub El Mansour
4	2 DF	Naïlatou Sadikou	(2007-02-02) 2 February 2007 (age 18)	SC Freiburg
12	2 DF	Déo-Gratias Ebi	(2008-12-13) 13 December 2008 (age 16)	AS UMSA
15	2 DF	Kadidjath Orou Karo	(2001-02-25) 25 February 2001 (age 24)	Élite AC
24	2 DF	Rachidath Moumouni	(2005-02-27) 27 February 2005 (age 20)	Free agent
	2 DF	Laura Abikou		AS UMSA
6	3 MF	Jocelyne Techri	(2007-09-30) 30 September 2007 (age 18)	AS Gamia
10	3 MF	Noélie Abamon (Captain)	(2002-12-25) 25 December 2002 (age 22)	Bergerac Périgord FC
14	3 MF	Yasminath Djibril	(2006-03-13) 13 March 2006 (age 19)	Ainonvi FC
20	3 MF	Marguérite Ahouassou	(2004-02-15) 15 February 2004 (age 21)	AS UMSA
25	3 MF	Lucie Tengue	(2001-08-10) 10 August 2001 (age 24)	OGC Nice
	3 MF	Estelle Vidinhouede	(2008-07-19) 19 July 2008 (age 17)	AS UMSA
	3 MF	Eunice Sagbohan		CEFoS
	3 MF	Ruth Hounhoue		AS JFA
	3 MF	Déborah Adingni		Élite AC
9	4 FW	Yolande Gnammi	(2000-05-12) 12 May 2000 (age 25)	AS FAR
11	4 FW	Léa Fachinan	(2001-06-05) 5 June 2001 (age 24)	Clermont Foot 63
13	4 FW	Kadidjatou Imorou	(2001-02-25) 25 February 2001 (age 24)	Élite AC
18	4 FW	Romaine Gandonou	(2010-11-13) 13 November 2010 (age 14)	Tambours FC
19	4 FW	Germaine Honfo	(2007-05-28) 28 May 2007 (age 18)	AM Laâyoune
22	4 FW	Milhad Sadikou	(2003-08-01) 1 August 2003 (age 22)	AJ Auxerre
	4 FW	Aude Gbedjissi	(1998-12-08) 8 December 1998 (age 26)	RC Lens

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2031	To be determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2035	To be determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*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

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
2. "Bénin : Immaculée Agbakou, sélectionneure de l'équipe nationale olympique féminine". 4 July 2023.
3. Déguénon, Romaric (10 October 2025). "CAN Féminine 2026 (Q): la liste du Bénin pour le choc face au Nigeria". beninwebtv.bj (in French). Retrieved 11 October 2025.

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