South Sudan women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see South Sudan national football team.

Not to be confused with Sudan women's national football team.

South Sudan

Nickname(s)	Bright Starlets
Association	South Sudan Football Association (SSFA)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Head coach	Sidi Mohammed Karouane
Captain	Amy Lasu
Top scorer	Debora Stephen (4)
FIFA code	SSD
First colours
FIFA ranking
Current	193 1 (13 December 2024) [1]
Highest	175 (December 2021)
Lowest	193 (December 2024)
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 competitions.

History

South Sudan gain its 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 competition at the 2019 CECAFA Women's Championship where they lost their first game 0–9 on16 November 2019 against Tanzania, achieved their first win in their second match 5 - 0 vs Zanzibar on 18 November 2019, and two days later on 20 November 2019, dropped their third game 0 - 5 against Burundi. The team was eliminated in the group stage. Kenya women national team went on to win the tournament with 2 - 0 victory over Tanzania women national team.

Team image

Nicknames

The South Sudan women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Bright Starlets" derived from the men's national team "Bright Star".

Results and fixtures

Main article: South Sudan 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.

Legend

  Win  Draw  Lose  Fixture

2024

Tanzania   v   South Sudan

29 May 2024 (2024-05-29) Friendly	Tanzania	3–0	South Sudan	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
19:00  UTC+3	Clement 34' Masaka 35', 54'			Stadium: Azam Complex Stadium

Seychelles   v   South Sudan

31 May 2024 (2024-05-31) Friendly	Seychelles	1–5	South Sudan	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
16:00  UTC+3	Esther ??'		Malili ??', ??' Bol Kuach ??' Stephen ??' Nyoka ??'	Stadium: Azam Complex Stadium

2025

South Sudan   v   Algeria

19 February 2025 (2025-02-19) 2026 WAFCON qualifying	South Sudan	0–5	Algeria	Juba, South Sudan
16:00  UTC+3		Report	Taleb Muller 19' Abadou 41', 86' Bouhani 49' Karchouni 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Juba Stadium Referee: Richy Nganda Madiamba (Gabon)

Algeria   v   South Sudan

25 February 2025 (2025-02-25) 2026 WAFCON qualifying	Algeria	v	South Sudan	Blida, Algeria
19:00  UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium

All-time record

As of 23 October 2021

Key

  Positive balance

  Neutral balance

  Negative balance

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Botswana	1	0	0	1	0	7	−7	000.00
Burundi	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Ethiopia	2	0	0	2	0	14	−14	000.00
Kenya	2	0	0	2	1	15	−14	000.00
Sudan	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	100.00
Tanzania	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12	000.00
Zanzibar	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Zimbabwe	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total	10	1	0	9	7	53	−46	010.00

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Sidi Mohamed Karoune	[5]

Manager history

• Sarah Edward (2011–20??) ^[6]
• Sabino Domaso (20??)
• Moses Machar Akol (2019)
• Sabino Domaso (20??–20??)
• Shilene Booysen (2021–2023)
• Sidi Mohamed Karoune( 2023-)

Players

See also: Category:South Sudan women's international footballers

Current squad

• The Following 33 players were called for the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against   Algeria on 20 and 25 February 2025. ^[7]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Nawal Isaac		Yei Joint Stars
16	1 GK	Khalda Hassan	(2004-12-16) 16 December 2004 (age 20)
	1 GK	Rita Juan
	1 GK	Asunta Emmanuel
3	2 DF	Filda Amadrio		Yei Join Stars
5	2 DF	Dorka Lam	(1999-11-24) 24 November 1999 (age 25)
12	2 DF	Sumaya Malili		Yei Joint Stars
17	2 DF	Amama Issa		Yei Joint Stars
20	2 DF	Jesicca Modong
	2 DF	Diana Emmanuel
	2 DF	Annet Adebo		Yei Joint Stars
	2 DF	Rutha Night
	2 DF	Fatuma Abubakar
8	3 MF	Mary Dawa		Yei Joint Stars
10	3 MF	Amy Lasu (captain)	(1995-11-08) 8 November 1995 (age 29)
11	3 MF	Amouna Kennedy
19	3 MF	Esther Poni		Yei Joint Stars
	3 MF	Hatima Abass		Yei Joint Stars
	3 MF	Akual Ramadan
	3 MF	Chang Thomas
	3 MF	Diana Padoni
4	4 FW	Stella Nyoka
6	4 FW	Dusman Harriet
13	4 FW	Adong Joan
14	4 FW	Mary Angier
15	4 FW	Chandia Lilian
18	4 FW	Nyamum Makaje
	4 FW	Lydia Maika
	4 FW	Esther Luis
	4 FW	Adut Debora
	4 FW	Chandia Annet
	4 FW	Faiza Faida
	4 FW	Debora Alworongo	(2003-01-30) 30 January 2003 (age 22)	FK Saned  [ lt ]
	4 FW	Jojo Jovanz
2		Nancy Joseph

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Teresa Nawal				Yei Joint Stars
MF	Apayi Hatima				Yei Join rtars
MF	Diana Padonyi				Munuki FC
MF	Mariam Luiz				Yei Join Stars
MF	Marline Pita				Munuki FC
MF	Angelina June				Munuki FC
MF	Naggaya Joanitor				Ceaslaa Queens
FW	Namugeye Rahma				Munuki FC

Previous squads

COSAFA Women's Championship

• 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship squads

CECAFA Women's Championship

• 2022 CECAFA Women's Championship squads

Records

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 16 July 2022.

Most capped players # Player Year(s) Caps

Top goalscorers # Player Year(s) Goals Caps 1 Deborah Stephen 2022 5  ???? 2 chiang Tomas 2022 3  ??? 3 Amy Lasu 2019 2 5 4 Suzy Iriamba 2019 1  ? 5 Manyol 2019 1 3 6 Makuei Josephine 2021 1  ? 7 Chieng Riek 2021 1  ? 8 Sarah Aparo 2022 1 ?? 9 Diana Padonyi 2022 1 ???

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
2015	Did not qualify
2019	Did not enter
2023	Did not qualify
2027	To be determined
Total	0/4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
1996	Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Total	0/8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Africa Women Cup of Nations

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
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

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

African Games

African Games record
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	Did not qualify
Total	2/4	0	0	0	0	0	0

CECAFA Women's Championship

CECAFA Women's Championship
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

See also

• Sport in South Sudan
  • Football in South Sudan
    • Women's football in South Sudan
• South Sudan women's national under-20 football team
• South Sudan women's national under-17 football team
• South Sudan national football team

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
2. "South Sudan Football Association". CAF. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
3. "South Sudan gain Caf membership". BBC. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
4. "South Sudan becomes FIFA's 209th member". Reuters. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
5. "x.com". twitter.com. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
6. "Malesh to take charge of National team". Juba Post. 19 August 2011. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
7. "Coach Sedi Mohammed Summons Squad to face Algeria". Juba: South Sudan Football Association. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2025– via Facebook.

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