Football in Equatorial Guinea

Football in Equatorial Guinea
Country	Equatorial Guinea
Governing body	Equatoguinean Football Federation
National team(s)	men's national team
Club competitions
Equatoguinean Premier League
International competitions
Champions League CAF Confederation Cup Super Cup FIFA Club World Cup FIFA World Cup(National Team) African Cup of Nations(National Team)

Association football (soccer) is the most popular sport in Equatorial Guinea. It was during Spanish colonialism that football arrived to Equatorial Guinea. ^{[1] [2]} Football is now a very popular sport in the country. ^[3] Recently the national team has made a few surprising results. ^{[4] [5]} In the qualification for the FIFA World Cup in 2006 Togo (who later qualified for the World Cup) was beaten 1-0, and in qualification for the African Cup of Nations in 2008 they beat Cameroon 1-0.

Equatorial Guinea co-hosted the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations with Gabon, and was the host of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

League system

Level	League(s)/Division(s)
1	Equatoguinean Primera División 20 clubs divided in 2 series of 10
2	Segunda División de Guine Equatorial 16 clubs + 1 Reserve team

Women's football

Main article: Equatorial Guinea women's national football team

Main article: Equatorial Guinea at the FIFA Women's World Cup

The women's national team qualified for the 2011 FIFA World Cup. ^{[6] [7] [8]} In 2015 FIFA banned Equatorial Guinea for forging documents for naturalisation of players. ^{[9] [10]}

Football stadiums in Equatorial Guinea

The exterior of the Estadio de Bata.

Stadium	Capacity	City	Tenants	Image
Estadio de Bata	35,700	Bata	Equatorial Guinea national football team
Estadio de Malabo	15,250	Malabo	CD Elá Nguema, Atlético Semu, Deportivo Unidad, The Panthers FC, Leones Vegetarianos
Estadio de Mongomo	10,000	Mongomo	Deportivo Mongomo
Estadio de Ebibeyin	8,000	Ebibeyin	Akonangui FC
Estadio La Libertad	4,000	Bata

See also

• Lists of stadiums

References

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3. Phil Minshull (2007-05-29). "BBC SPORT | Football | African | Equatorial Guinea import success". BBC News. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
4. "Equatorial Guinea: How Africa's 41st best footballing nation came to host the ACoN - Africa Cup of Nations 2012". FourFourTwo. 20 January 2012. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
5. "Equatorial Guinea: Naturalisation at a new level". Espn Fc. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
6. "Equatorial Guinea falls 1-0 in World Cup debut". CBS News . 29 June 2011.
7. "Matildas hard done by as referee misses blatant handball". 3 July 2011.
8. "Eq Guinea banned from Women's World Cup". BBC Sport.
9. Dead link to Fifa.com ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
10. Chappell, Bill (30 June 2011). "Women's World Cup 2011: A Quick Guide". NPR . Retrieved 2023-07-10.