Central African Republic women's national football team

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

Central African Republic

Association	Central African Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNIFFAC (Central Africa)
Head coach	Majoka Line
Captain	Christelle Demba
Top scorer	Christelle Demba (3)
FIFA code	CTA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	144 2 (16 August 2024) [1]
Highest	144 (August 2024)
Lowest	146 (June 2024)
First international
Senegal 4–0 Central African Republic   (Dakar, Senegal; 19 February 2006)
Biggest defeat
Central African Republic 1–7 Mali   (Douala, Cameroon; 22 September 2023)

The Central African Republic women's national football team represents the Central African Republic (CAR) in international women's football. It is governed by the Central African Football Federation. It played its first international matches in 2018 in the Cup of Nations qualifiers. The country's youth national team has played in several matches and events, including an Under-19 World Cup qualifying competition in which the team lost in the semi-finals. As is the case across Africa, the women's game faces numerous challenges. Football was only formally organised in 2000, and there are only 400 players competing at the national level.

History

Background and development

The development of women's football in Africa faces several challenges, including limited access to education, poverty amongst women, inequalities and human rights abuses targeting women. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} Many quality players leave the country seeking greater opportunity in Europe or the United States. ^[6] In addition, most of the funding for women's football in Africa comes from FIFA, not the local national football associations. ^[6]

The Central African Football Federation, the CAR's national football association, was founded in 1961 and became a FIFA affiliate in 1964. ^[7] In the CAR, there is no national association staffer dedicated to women's football and no women on the board or in the executive committee. ^[7] With assistance from FIFA, the federation developed a women's programme starting in 2000. A national competition and school competition were later introduced. ^[8] Football is one of the most popular women's sports in the CAR. ^[7] There were about 200 registered youth players in the country and 200 registered senior players as of 2006. There are 80 club-level teams with women on them, 20 of which are exclusively for women. ^[7]

Team

In 2006, the team trained five times a week. ^[7] As of March 2020, the team was not ranked by FIFA due to it not having played enough international matches. ^[9]

The country has a national under-20 side. This team has participated in the qualifying competition for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, which prior to 2006 was an under-19 tournament in which the CAR team also took part. ^{[10] [11]} In 2002, the qualifiers began with an African Women's Under-19 Championship. The CAR faced Equatorial Guinea in a home-and-away series in the first round, winning both matches by scores of 1–0 and 2–0. The country was set to play Zimbabwe in the quarterfinals, but Zimbabwe withdrew from the competition. In the semi-finals, the CAR met South Africa in a home match, but lost 0–2. The team was scheduled to play a return match in South Africa, but the host country refused to grant the Central African players visas, which led to South Africa's disqualification from the tournament. South Africa appealed the decision and visas were subsequently issued to Central African players, but the team then withdrew from the competition. ^{[11] [12] [13]} In 2010, the Central African Republic women's national under-20 football team participated in the African Women's U-20 World Cup qualifiers. They had a walkover win against São Tomé and Príncipe in the first round but did not participate in the second or third rounds. ^[14]

Results and fixtures

Main article: Central African Republic 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.

  Win  Draw  Lose  Fixture

2023

Central African Republic   v   Mali

22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg	Central African Republic	1–7	Mali	Douala, Cameroon
14:00  UTC+1	Demba 45+3' (pen.)	Report	A. Diarra 3', 15' (pen.), 55' F. Diarra 6' O. Koné 18' A. Traoré 43', 48'	Stadium: Stade de la Réunification

Mali   v   Central African Republic

26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg	Mali	3–0 (10–1 agg.)	Central African Republic	Bamako, Mali
16:30  UTC±0	A. Diarra 31' A. Traoré 36' S. Diarra 58'			Stadium: Stade du 26 Mars
Note: Mali won 10–1 on aggregate.

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of September 2022

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Jean Etienne Momokoamas Kopo
Assistant coach	Christelle MAJOKA	[15]

Manager history

• Jean Etienne Momokoamas Kopo (??– )

Players

See also: Category: Central African Republic women's international footballers

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against   Mali.

• Match dates: 22 and 26 September 2023
• Opposition:  Mali
• Caps and goals correct as of: 24 October 2021, after the match against   Cameroon

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Beverly Mellot				Louves Minproff
	1 GK	Fidélia Wabangue
	1 GK	Pétula Malengao
	2 DF	Félicité Yakite
	2 DF	Marie Auzingoni Toudouma
	2 DF	Awa Victoire Rafina Wagouma
	2 DF	Chancie Dangoro
	2 DF	Gladys Mokogo
	2 DF	Huguette Gabriella Gazambele
	2 DF	Noëlla Sylviana Mokossi				Renaissance Club Athletic Zemamra
	3 MF	Ursula Ndomette
	3 MF	Ernestine Yemele
	3 MF	Ornella Estelle Soubama
	3 MF	Félicité Dongole Tido
	3 MF	Sandrine Doimon Tabita
	3 MF	Foxia Tania Nigel Gbadora Mbagcao
	4 FW	Duviella Padou
	4 FW	Dorcas Noëlla Kokate Yaowa				Canon Yaoundé
	4 FW	Annette Delalune Merline Youngai				AS Awa
	4 FW	Marie Paul Ndogo Passe
	4 FW	Areille Prudence Bokognako
	4 FW	Grâce Yinda
	4 FW	Christelle Demba	(1998-02-26) 26 February 1998 (age 26)	10	3	ALG Spor
	4 FW	Jasmine Ndada

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to a Central African squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
	Rachelle Tidot
	Sandrine Ndoimon				Dja sport académie
FW	M'pemba Makaya	(2000-04-28) 28 April 2000 (age 24)			Amed S.F.K.

Individual records

Main article: List of Central African Republic women's international footballers

• Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Most capped players # Player Year(s) Caps

Top goalscorers As of 26 September 2023 # Player Year(s) Goals Caps 1 Christelle Demba 2018–present 3 10 2 Florencia Yamale 2018–0000 1 ?

Achievements

Women's World Cup record

Women's World Cup finals									Women's World Cup qualification
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did Not Enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
1995									–	–	–	–	–	–
1999									–	–	–	–	–	–
2003									–	–	–	–	–	–
2007									–	–	–	–	–	–
2011									–	–	–	–	–	–
2015									–	–	–	–	–	–
2019	Did not qualify								2	0	1	1	1	3
2023	did not qualify								To Be Determined
2027	to be determined								To Be Determined
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	1	1	1	3

Olympic Games record

Olympic Games finals									Olympic Games qualification
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Ineligible								–	–	–	–	–	–
2000									–	–	–	–	–	–
2004	Did Not Enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
2008									–	–	–	–	–	–
2012									–	–	–	–	–	–
2016									–	–	–	–	–	–
2021									–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Africa Women Cup of Nations record

Africa Women Cup of Nations finals									Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did Not Enter								No Qualifying Process
1995
1998									–	–	–	–	–	–
2000									–	–	–	–	–	–
2002									–	–	–	–	–	–
2004									–	–	–	–	–	–
2006									–	–	–	–	–	–
2008									–	–	–	–	–	–
2010									–	–	–	–	–	–
2012									–	–	–	–	–	–
2014									–	–	–	–	–	–
2016									–	–	–	–	–	–
2018	Did not qualify								2	0	1	1	1	3
2020	Cancelled due to covid
2022	did not qualify
2024	Did not qualify
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	1	1	1	3

African Games record

African Games finals									African Games qualification
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2003	Did Not Enter								No Qualifying Process
2007									–	–	–	–	–	–
2011									–	–	–	–	–	–
2015									–	–	–	–	–	–
2019	did not qualify
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

UNIFFAC Women's Cup

UNIFFAC Women's Cup
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA	GD
2020	Third	4	0	2	2	2	9	−7
Total	1/1	4	0	3	1	4	5	−1

See also

• Sports portal
• Association football portal

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