Nickname(s) | Barea | |||
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Association | Malagasy Football Federation | |||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | |||
Sub-confederation | COSAFA (Southern Africa) | |||
Captain | Sophie Farafanirina | |||
Top scorer | Sophie Farafanirina (16) | |||
FIFA code | MAD | |||
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FIFA ranking | ||||
Current | 190 1 (16 August 2024) [1] | |||
Highest | 116 (March 2018) | |||
Lowest | 190 (August 2024) | |||
First international | ||||
Madagascar 1–3 Botswana (Antananarivo, Madagascar; 22 February 2015) | ||||
Biggest win | ||||
Madagascar 8–2 Seychelles (Saint-Benoît, Réunion; 6 August 2015) | ||||
Biggest defeat | ||||
Zambia 7–1 Madagascar (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe; 17 September 2017) |
The Madagascar women's national football team is the FIFA recognised senior women's A team for Madagascar. The team played their first FIFA matches in 2015. They were runner-up to Réunion in the 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games. They have competed in the COSAFA Women's Championship, in which they won a game against Comoros in 2019.
In 2005, Zambia was supposed to host the regional COSAFA Women's Championship, with ten countries agreeing to send teams, including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland. [2] [3] The tournament ultimately did not take place. [4] [5] In 2006, there was a FIFA-recognized Malagasy senior A team that held two training sessions a week, though they had not played a single game between 2000 and 2006. [6] A FIFA-recognized Malagasy senior A team existed in 2009. [7]
In 2015 and 2016, the team played several matches, of which four were recognized by FIFA. Two of those were 4–0 wins against Comoros. [8] The other games were in the Indian Ocean Games, where they were runner-up to Réunion. They made the final by winning a game against Mauritius. [9] The team entered the COSAFA Women's Championship three years in a row from 2017 to 2019. After losing all three games in the group stage in 2017, they drew one game in 2018 against Botswana and won one game in 2019 against Comoros. [10] [11] [12]
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
4 October 2023 2023 COSAFA WC GS | Madagascar | 1–2 | Eswatini | Pretoria, South Africa |
12:00 UTC+2 |
| Report |
| Stadium: Lucas Moripe Stadium |
10 October 2023 2023 COSAFA WC GS | South Africa | 3–1 | Madagascar | Johannesburg, South Africa |
15:30 UTC+2 |
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| Stadium: Dobsonville Stadium Referee: Vistoria Shangula (Namibia) |
12 October 2023 2023 COSAFA WC GS | Madagascar | 1–3 | Malawi | Johannesburg, South Africa |
15:30 UTC+2 |
| Report |
| Stadium: UJ Stadium Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia) |
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Theodore Beatrice |
Technical Director | |
Assistant coach | |
Goalkeeping Coach | |
Physical coach | |
Team Manager |
Name | Period |
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Johary Rakotomalala | 2015–??? [13] |
Theodore Beatrice | 2023–present |
The following players have been called up to a Madagascar squad in the past 12 months.
*Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.
Most capped players
| Top goalscorers
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FIFA Women's World Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
1991 | did not exist | |||||||
1995 | ||||||||
1999 | ||||||||
2003 | ||||||||
2007 | did not enter | |||||||
2011 | ||||||||
2015 | ||||||||
2019 | ||||||||
2023 | ||||||||
2027 | to be determined | |||||||
Appearances | 0/10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Summer Olympics record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
1996 | did not exist | |||||||
2000 | ||||||||
2004 | ||||||||
2008 | did not enter | |||||||
2012 | ||||||||
2016 | ||||||||
2020 | ||||||||
2024 | ||||||||
2028 | to be determined | |||||||
Appearances | 0/7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Africa Women Cup of Nations record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
1991 | did not exist | |||||||
1995 | ||||||||
1998 | ||||||||
2000 | ||||||||
2002 | ||||||||
2004 | ||||||||
2006 | did not enter | |||||||
2008 | ||||||||
2010 | ||||||||
2012 | ||||||||
2014 | ||||||||
2016 | ||||||||
2018 | ||||||||
2020 | did not enter, tournament was later canceled | |||||||
2022 | did not enter | |||||||
2024 | Did not enter | |||||||
Appearances | 0/12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
COSAFA Women's Championship record | ||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD | |
2002 | did not exist | |||||||||
2006 | did not enter | |||||||||
2008 | ||||||||||
2011 | ||||||||||
2017 | Group stage | 11th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 17 | -13 | |
2018 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | |
2019 | Group stage | 8th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | |
2020 | did not enter | |||||||||
2021 | ||||||||||
2022 | ||||||||||
2023 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | |
Appearances | Group stage | 8th | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 35 | -22 |
The Madagascar national football team, nicknamed Barea after the island's zebu, is the national team of Madagascar and is controlled by the Malagasy Football Federation. It has never qualified for the finals of the World Cup. It took part in its first Africa Cup of Nations in 2019. Among its biggest wins was a 1–0 home victory over Egypt in the qualification rounds of the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations until being surpassed by a recent 2–0 win over Nigeria in the group stage of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Reflecting the official name of the country at the time, the team was known as the Malagasy Republic national football team between 1958 and 1975.
The Mauritius national football team, nicknamed Club M and Les Dodos, is the national team of Mauritius. They are overseen by the Mauritius Football Association, which is a member of FIFA, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). The head coach is Guillaume Moullec.
The Seychelles national football team, nicknamed the Pirates, represents Seychelles in international football and is controlled by the Seychelles Football Federation (SFF). SFF has been a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and FIFA since 1986. The team's home stadium is the 10,000-capacity Stade Linité located in Roche Caiman in the outskirts of Victoria, the capital of Seychelles.
The Comoros national football team represents the Comoros in international football and is controlled by the Comoros Football Federation. It was formed in 1979, joined the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in 2003, and became a FIFA member in 2005. Comoros qualified for their first major tournament in 2021, after their 0–0 draw with Togo assured them of a place in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
The South Africa women's national football team, nicknamed Banyana Banyana, is the national team of South Africa and is controlled by the South African Football Association.
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The Angola women's national football team represents Angola in international women's football and it is controlled by the Angolan Football Federation. Their best place on the FIFA Rankings was the 82nd place, in December 2003. The only tournaments that they qualified were the 1995 and 2002 African Women's Championships, and their best finish was as Semi-Finalists in the 1995 tournament. Angola has, in contrast to many other African countries, has never suffered a heavy defeat. They have seldom lost by more than two goals.
The Botswana women's national football team is the women's national football team of Botswana and is controlled by the Botswana Football Association. They qualified for their maiden Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) tournament that will be held in Morocco in July 2022.
The Comoros women's national football team is the national women's football team of Comoros and is overseen by the Comoros Football Federation. They played their first match on 28 October 2006.
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This article lists the results and fixtures for the Malawi women's national football team.