Nickname(s) | Bright Starlets | |
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Association | South Sudan Football Association (SSFA) | |
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | |
Sub-confederation | CECAFA (East & Central Africa) | |
Head coach | Sidi Mohamed Karoune | |
Captain | Amy Lasu | |
Top scorer | Debora Stephen (4) | |
FIFA code | SSD | |
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FIFA ranking | ||
Current | 191 1 (15 March 2024) [1] | |
Highest | 175 (December 2021) | |
Lowest | 190 (December 2023) | |
First international | ||
Tanzania 9–0 South Sudan (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 16 November 2019) | ||
Biggest win | ||
Sudan 0–6 South Sudan (Khartoum, Sudan, 16 February 2022) | ||
Biggest defeat | ||
Ethiopia 11–0 South Sudan (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10 April 2021) |
The South Sudan women's national team represents South Sudan in international women's football.
South Sudan became independent from Sudan in 2011. That same year the women's team was created. [2]
The team then gained Confederation of African Football (CAF) membership in February 2012 and full FIFA membership in May. [3] [4]
They played their first international at the 2019 CECAFA Women's Championship. They lost the first game 0–9 but managed their first win with a 5–0 over Zanzibar. [5]
The South Sudan women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Bright Starlets".
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
20 September 2023 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg | Egypt | 4–0 | South Sudan | Cairo, Egypt |
18:00 UTC+3 |
| Report (EFA) | Stadium: Petrosport Stadium Referee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia) |
24 September 2023 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg | South Sudan | 0–4 (0–8 agg.) | Egypt | Cairo, Egypt |
18:00 UTC+3 | Report (EFA) |
| Stadium: Al Salam Stadium | |
Note: Egypt won 8–0 on aggregate. |
Opponent | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
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Botswana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0.00 |
Burundi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0.00 |
Ethiopia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0.00 |
Kenya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 0.00 |
Sudan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 100.00 |
Tanzania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0.00 |
Zanzibar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 100.00 |
Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
Total | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 53 | −46 | 10.00 |
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Position | Name | Ref. |
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Head coach | Sidi Mohamed Karoune | [6] |
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No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Isaac Henri Nawal | Yei Joint Stars | ||||
GK | Khalda Hassan Tutu | El-Merreikh | ||||
DF | Nakirijja Annet | Yei Join Stars | ||||
DF | Sumaya Malili Taban | Yei Join Stars | ||||
MF | Amy Lasu (captain) | 8 November 1995 | FK Saned | |||
MF | Apayi Hatima | Yei Join Stars | ||||
MF | Mary Dawa | Yei Join Stars | ||||
FW | Mary Anger | Yei Join Stars | ||||
FW | Debora Stephen | FK Saned | ||||
Dorka Greal | ||||||
Jessica Modong | ||||||
Jojo Luiz | ||||||
Miriam Luiz | ||||||
Poni Esther | ||||||
Elisa Esther | ||||||
Dusman Harriet | ||||||
Amama Issa | ||||||
Assendon Joyce |
The following players have been called up to a South Sudan squad in the past 12 months.
*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 16 July 2022.
Most capped players
| Top goalscorers
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FIFA Women's World Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
2015 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2019 | Did not enter | ||||||||
2023 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
Total | 0/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Summer Olympics record | |||||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD | |
1996 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2000 | |||||||||
2004 | |||||||||
2008 | |||||||||
2012 | |||||||||
2016 | |||||||||
2020| | |||||||||
Total | 0/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The team was in the draw for qualifying to the 2014 African Championship, but had withdrawn from their first round match against Ethiopia.
Africa Women Cup of Nations record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD |
2012 | Did not enter | |||||||
2014 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2016 | Did not enter | |||||||
2018 | Did not enter | |||||||
2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | |||||||
2022 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2024 | Did not qualify | |||||||
Total | 0/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
African Games record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
2003 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2007 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2011 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2015 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2019 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2023 | TBD | |||||||
Total | 2/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CECAFA Women's Championship | |||||||||
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Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD | |
1986 | |||||||||
2016 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2018 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2019 | Groupe stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | |
2021 | Cancelled | ||||||||
2022 | Groupe stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | |
Total | 2/5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 18 | −12 |
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