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Nickname(s) | Les Lionnes Indomptables (The Indomitable Lionesses) | ||
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Association | Fédération Camerounaise de Football | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | UNIFFAC (Central Africa) | ||
Head coach | Gabriel Zabo | ||
Captain | Christine Manie | ||
Most caps | Madeleine Ngono Mani (87) | ||
Top scorer | Madeleine Ngono Mani (40) | ||
Home stadium | Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo | ||
FIFA code | CMR | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 58 ![]() | ||
Highest | 41 (July 2019) | ||
Lowest | 89 (March 2007) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Lagos, Nigeria; 15 June 1991) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Yaoundé, Cameroon; 18 February 2022) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Kaduna, Nigeria; 27 October 1998) ![]() ![]() (Paris, France; 10 October 2018) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 2015 ) | ||
Best result | Round of 16 (2015, 2019) | ||
Africa Women Cup of Nations | |||
Appearances | 13 (first in 1991 ) | ||
Best result | Runners-up (1991, 2004, 2014, 2016) | ||
Football at the Summer Olympics | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2012 ) | ||
Best result | Group stage (2012) |
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.
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.
The Cameroon women's national football team plays their home matches on the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo.
1 Equatorial Guinea was disqualified from the competition for fielding an ineligible player, so Cameroon advanced to the final qualifying round instead.
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Lose Fixture
18 February 2022 AFWCON qualification Second round 1st leg | Cameroon ![]() | 8–0 | ![]() | Yaoundé |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa) |
22 February 2022 AFWCON qualification Second round 2nd leg | Gambia ![]() | 1–2 (1–10 agg.) | ![]() | Bakau |
| Report | Stadium: Independence Stadium Referee: Mame Coumba Faye (Senegal) | ||
Note: Cameroon won 10–1 on aggregate. |
15 June Friendly | Cameroon ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Douala, Cameroon |
18:00 |
| Report | Stadium: Stade de la Réunification |
18 June Friendly | Cameroon ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Douala, Cameroon |
16:00 | Ossol ![]() | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Réunification |
3 July 2022 2022 AFWCON GS | Cameroon ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Casablanca, Maroc |
18:00 | Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Aïssata Boudy Lam [lower-alpha 1] (Mauritania) |
6 July 2022 2022 AFWCON GS | Togo ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Casablanca, Maroc |
21:00 | Stadium: Stade Mohammed V |
9 July 2022 2022 AFWCON GS | Cameroon ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Casablanca, Maroc |
21:00 | Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Lidya Tafesse (Ethiopia) |
14 July 2022 2022 AFWCON QF | Cameroon ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Casablanca, Morocco |
18:00 | Report (FIFA) |
| Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa) |
17 July 2022 2022 AFWCON Repechage | Botswana ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Rabat, Morocco |
21:00 |
| Stadium: Stade Moulay Hassan Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi) |
18 February 2023 2023 inter-confederation play-offs | Cameroon ![]() | v | ![]() | Hamilton, New Zealand |
Stadium: Waikato Stadium |
Source:global archive
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FIFA Women's World Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
![]() | Did not qualify | |||||||
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![]() | Round of 16 | 11th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
![]() | 15th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
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Total | 2/9 | - | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 12 |
FIFA Women's World Cup history | |||||
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Year | Round | Date | Opponent | Result | Stadium |
![]() | Group stage | 8 June | ![]() | W 6–0 | BC Place, Vancouver |
12 June | ![]() | L 1–2 | |||
16 June | ![]() | W 2–1 | Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton | ||
Round of 16 | 20 June | ![]() | L 0–1 | Olympic Stadium, Montreal | |
![]() | Group stage | 10 June | ![]() | L 0–1 | Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier |
15 June | ![]() | L 1–3 | Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes | ||
20 June | ![]() | W 2–1 | Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier | ||
Round of 16 | 23 June | ![]() | L 0–3 | Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes |
For 2012 Cameroon qualified for the first time to the Olympics. [2]
Summer Olympics record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
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![]() | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |
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Total | 1/7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
Africa Women Cup of Nations record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1991 | Runners-up | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
1995 | Withdrew In Quarter-finals | |||||||
![]() | Fourth place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | |
![]() | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
![]() | Third place | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |
![]() | Runners-up | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | |
![]() | Fourth place | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |
![]() | Fourth place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
![]() | Fourth place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | |
![]() | Third place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |
![]() | Runners-up | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
![]() | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
![]() | Third place | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |
![]() | Cancelled | |||||||
![]() | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
Total | 13/14 | 58 | 24 | 14 | 20 | 73 | 83 |
African Games record | |||||||||
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Year | Result | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |||
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![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
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Total | 3/4 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 9 |
UNIFFAC Women's Cup | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | GD |
![]() | did not enter | |||||||
Total | 1/1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 |
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The list shown below shows the Djibouti national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.
*As of xxxxxx after match against xxxx.
Against | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Confederation |
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*As ofxxxxx after match against xxxxx.
The following table shows Djibouti's all-time official international record per opponent:
Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W% | Confederation |
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Total | — |
The Cameroon national football team, also known as the Indomitable Lions, represents Cameroon in men's international football. It is controlled by the Fédération Camerounaise de Football, a member of FIFA and its African confederation CAF.
The Morocco women's national football team represents Morocco in international women's football and is controlled by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation. The team played its first international match in 1998, as part of the third Women's Africa Cup of Nations.
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The Tunisia national women's football team, nicknamed The Eagles of Carthage, is the national team of Tunisia and is controlled by the Tunisian Football Federation. The team competes in the Africa Women Cup of Nations, UNAF Women's Tournament, Arab Women's Championship and the Women's World Cup, which is held every four years.
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