Niger women's national football team

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Niger
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Association Nigerien Football Federation
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach Ali Mamadou
FIFA code NIG
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First colours
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FIFA ranking
Current 166 Steady2.svg (15 March 2024) [1]
Highest161 (December 2021 – June 2022)
Lowest166 (October 2022 – June 2023; December 2023)
First international
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 0–10 Burkina Faso  Flag of Burkina Faso.svg
(Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 2 September 2007)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 15–0 Niger  Flag of Niger.svg
(Côte d'Ivoire; 11 April 2019)

The Niger women's national football team represents Niger in international women's football. It is governed by the Nigerien Football Federation. It has played in four FIFA recognised matches, two of which were losses to Burkina Faso women's national football team in 2007. There is an under-20 women's national team who were supposed to participate in the 2002 African Women U-19 Championship but withdrew before playing a game. There are problems that impact the development of the women's game in Africa that effect Niger.

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Background and development

Early development of the women's game at the time colonial powers brought football to the continent was limited as colonial powers in the region tended to take male concepts of patriarchy and women's participation in sport with them to local cultures that had similar concepts already embedded in them. [2] The lack of later development of the national team on a wider international level symptomatic of all African teams is a result of several factors, including limited access to education, poverty amongst women in the wider society, and fundamental inequality present in the society that occasionally allows for female specific human rights abuses. [3] When quality female football players are developed, they tend to leave for greater opportunities abroad. [4] Continent wide, funding is also an issue, with most development money coming from FIFA, not the national football association. [4] Future, success for women's football in Africa is dependent on improved facilities and access by women to these facilities. Attempting to commercialise the game and make it commercially viable is not the solution, as demonstrated by the current existence of many youth and women's football camps held throughout the continent. [2]

The Nigerien Football Federation was founded in 1967 and became a FIFA affiliate that same year. [5] [6] The FIFA trigramme is NIG. [7] The national association does not have a full-time staffer dedicated to women, and there are no organisational or constitutional provisions specifically pertaining to the women's game. [5]

No organised women's football programme existed in the country despite football being one of the most popular sports in the country by 2009. [8] For women though, basketball is the most popular participation sport. [5] In 2006, there were zero registered female players and zero registered football clubs for women only. [5] Rights to broadcast the 2011 Women's World Cup in the country were bought by the African Union of Broadcasting and Supersport International. [9]

Team

In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team [10] including Niger who officially had no women's national senior A team before 2006 [5] and only had their first FIFA recognised international in 2007 when they competed at the Tournoi de Cinq Nations held in Ouagadougou. On 2 September, they lost to Burkina Faso 0–10. On 6 September, they lost to Burkina Faso 0–5. [11] [12] The country did not have a team competing in the 2010 African Women's Championships during the preliminary rounds [13] or the 2011 All Africa Games. [14] In June 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA. [15] The country has never been ranked by FIFA. [16]

The country has had a Niger women's national under-19 football team who have competed in the 2002 African Women U-19 Championship, the first edition of the competition to be held. They had a bye in the first round. In the quarterfinals, they were supposed to play Morocco but Niger withdrew from the competition. [17]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win  Draw  Lose  Fixture

2023

22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg 7–0 Flag of Niger.svg  Niger Soliman, Tunisia
16:00  UTC+1
Report (FTF) Stadium: Stade municipal de Soliman
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg Niger  Flag of Niger.svg 1–5
(1–12 agg.)
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Soliman, Tunisia
15:30  UTC+1
Report (FTF)
Stadium: Stade municipal de Soliman
Note: Tunisia won 12–1 on aggregate.

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

RoleNameRef.
Head coach Flag of Niger.svg Ali Badje Mamadou [18]

Managerial history

Flag of Niger.svg Ali Badje Mamadou(20??–present)

Players

Current squad

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
1 GK Kadidja Garba 0 Flag of Niger.svg
1 GK Oumeyra Seidou 0 Flag of Niger.svg
1 GK Aicha Sami 0 Flag of Niger.svg

2 DF Zoubeina Chaibou 0 Flag of Niger.svg
2 DF Nana Souley 0 Flag of Niger.svg
2 DF Faouziya Altine 0 Flag of Niger.svg
2 DF Ramatou Gamatie 0 Flag of Niger.svg
2 DF Aichatou Alassane 0 Flag of Niger.svg
2 DF Pascaline Henry 0 Flag of Niger.svg

3 MF Roukaya Saidou 0 Flag of Niger.svg
3 MF Falmata Aissami 0 Flag of Niger.svg AS Police
3 MF Kadi Hama 0 Flag of Niger.svg AS Police
3 MF Farida Yahya 0 Flag of Niger.svg
3 MF Faouzya Ajavon 0 Flag of Niger.svg
3 MF Souraya Kader 0 Flag of Niger.svg
4 FW Sadia Kache 0 Flag of Niger.svg AS Police

4 FW Aichatou Abdourahamane 1 Flag of Niger.svg AS Police
4 FW Samira Adamou 0 Flag of Niger.svg
4 FW Rahina Moussa 0 Flag of Niger.svg
4 FW Dicko Traore 0 Flag of Niger.svg

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClubLatest call-up



Records

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 26 October 2021.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
YearRoundGPWD*LGSGAGD
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 1991 to Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2015 Did not exist
Flag of France.svg 2019 Did not enter
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of New Zealand.svg 2023 Did not qualify
Total0/10000000
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics
YearResultMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGFGA
Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Did Not Enter
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000
Flag of Greece.svg 2004
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008 Withdrew
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012 Did Not Enter
Flag of Brazil.svg 2016
Flag of Japan.svg 2021
Flag of France.svg 2024 To be determined
Total0/7000000

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations
YearRoundGPWD*LGSGAGD
1991 to Flag of Namibia.svg 2014 Did not exist
Flag of Cameroon.svg 2016 to Flag of Ghana.svg 2018 Did not enter
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
Flag of Morocco.svg 2022 Did not qualify
Flag of Morocco.svg 2024 Did not qualify
Total0/30000000
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

African Games

African Games
YearResultMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGFGA
Flag of Nigeria.svg 2003 Did Not Enter
Flag of Algeria.svg 2007
Flag of Mozambique.svg 2011
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg 2015
Flag of Morocco.svg 2019
Flag of Ghana.svg 2023 To be determined
Total0/5000000

WAFU Women's Cup record

WAFU Zone B Women's Cup
YearResultPositionPldWDLGFGA
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 2018 Group Stage7th3003120
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 2019 Group Stage7th3003032
TotalGroup Stage1/13003117

Honours

See also

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