The Central African Republic women's national football team represents the Central African Republic (CAR) in international women's football. It is governed by the Central African Football Federation. It played its first international matches in 2018 in the Cup of Nations qualifiers. The country's youth national team has played in several matches and events, including an Under-19 World Cup qualifying competition in which the team lost in the semi-finals. As is the case across Africa, the women's game faces numerous challenges. Football was only formally organised in 2000, and there are only 400 players competing at the national level.
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| Association | Central African Football Federation | ||
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| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | UNIFFAC (Central Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Majoka Line | ||
| Captain | Christelle Demba | ||
| Top scorer | Christelle Demba (3) | ||
| FIFA code | CTA | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 145  (15 March 2024)[1] | ||
| Highest | 145 (December 2023 – March 2024) | ||
| Lowest | 145 (December 2023 – March 2024) | ||
| First international | |||
 Senegal 4–0 Central African Republic  (Dakar, Senegal; 19 February 2006) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Central African Republic 1–7 Mali  (Douala, Cameroon; 22 September 2023) | |||
History edit
Background and development edit
The development of women's football in Africa faces several challenges, including limited access to education, poverty amongst women, inequalities and human rights abuses targeting women.[2][3][4][5] Many quality players leave the country seeking greater opportunity in Europe or the United States.[6] In addition, most of the funding for women's football in Africa comes from FIFA, not the local national football associations.[6]
The Central African Football Federation, the CAR's national football association, was founded in 1961 and became a FIFA affiliate in 1964.[7] In the CAR, there is no national association staffer dedicated to women's football and no women on the board or in the executive committee.[7] With assistance from FIFA, the federation developed a women's programme starting in 2000. A national competition and school competition were later introduced.[8] Football is one of the most popular women's sports in the CAR.[7] There were about 200 registered youth players in the country and 200 registered senior players as of 2006. There are 80 club-level teams with women on them, 20 of which are exclusively for women.[7]
Team edit
In 2006, the team trained five times a week.[7] As of March 2020, the team was not ranked by FIFA due to it not having played enough international matches.[9]
The country has a national under-20 side. This team has participated in the qualifying competition for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, which prior to 2006 was an under-19 tournament in which the CAR team also took part.[10][11] In 2002, the qualifiers began with an African Women's Under-19 Championship. The CAR faced Equatorial Guinea in a home-and-away series in the first round, winning both matches by scores of 1–0 and 2–0. The country was set to play Zimbabwe in the quarterfinals, but Zimbabwe withdrew from the competition. In the semi-finals, the CAR met South Africa in a home match, but lost 0–2. The team was scheduled to play a return match in South Africa, but the host country refused to grant the Central African players visas, which led to South Africa's disqualification from the tournament. South Africa appealed the decision and visas were subsequently issued to Central African players, but the team then withdrew from the competition.[11][12][13] In 2010, the Central African Republic women's national under-20 football team participated in the African Women's U-20 World Cup qualifiers. They had a walkover win against São Tomé and Príncipe in the first round but did not participate in the second or third rounds.[14]
Home stadium edit
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Results and fixtures edit
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
2023 edit
| 22 September 2023 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg | Central African Republic | 1–7 | Mali | Douala, Cameroon |
| 14:00 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Réunification |
| 26 September 2023 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg | Mali | 3–0 (10–1 agg.) | Central African Republic | Bamako, Mali |
| 16:30 UTC±0 | Stadium: Stade du 26 Mars | |||
| Note: Mali won 10–1 on aggregate. | ||||
Coaching staff edit
Current coaching staff edit
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As of September 2022
| Position | Name | Ref. |
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| Head coach | Jean Etienne Momokoamas Kopo | |
| Assistant coach | Christelle MAJOKA | [15] |
Manager history edit
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- Jean Etienne Momokoamas Kopo (??– )
Players edit
Current squad edit
The following players were called up for the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Mali.
- Match dates: 22 and 26 September 2023
- Opposition:
Mali - Caps and goals correct as of: 24 October 2021, after the match against
Cameroon
Recent call-ups edit
The following players have been called up to a Central African squad in the past 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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| Rachelle Tidot | 
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| Sandrine Ndoimon | Dja sport académie
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| FW | M'pemba Makaya | 28 April 2000 |  Amed S.F.K.
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Individual records edit
- Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.
Most capped players edit
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Top goalscorers edit
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Managers edit
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Honours edit
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Achievements edit
Women's World Cup record edit
| Women's World Cup finals | Women's World Cup qualification | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
 1991
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Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||
 1995
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 1999
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| 2003
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| 2007
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 2011
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 2015
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 2019
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Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
  2023
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did not qualify | To Be Determined | ||||||||||||||
| Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Olympic Games record edit
| Olympic Games finals | Olympic Games qualification | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1996
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Ineligible | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| 2000
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 2004
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| 2008
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 2021
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| Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Africa Women Cup of Nations record edit
| Africa Women Cup of Nations finals | Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
 1991
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Did Not Enter | No Qualifying Process | ||||||||||||
| 1995
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 1998
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 2000
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| 2002
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| 2004
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| 2006
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 2008
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| 2010
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| 2012
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 2014
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| 2016
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 2018
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Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
 2020
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Cancelled due to covid | |||||||||||||
 2022
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did not qualify | |||||||||||||
| 2024 |
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| Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
African Games record edit
| African Games finals | African Games qualification | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2003
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Did Not Enter | No Qualifying Process | ||||||||||||
 2007
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– | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
 2011
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– | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| 2015
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– | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| 2019
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did not qualify | |||||||||||||
| Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
UNIFFAC Women's Cup edit
| UNIFFAC Women's Cup | ||||||||
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| Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | GD |
| 2020 |
Third | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 |
| Total | 1/1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ Jean Williams (15 December 2007). A Beautiful Game: International Perspectives on Women's Football. Berg. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-84520-674-1.
- ^ Richard Giulianotti; David McArdle (2006). Sport, Civil Liberties and Human Rights. Routledge. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-7146-5344-0.
- ^ Chris Hallinan; Steven J. Jackson (31 August 2008). Social And Cultural Diversity in a Sporting World. Emerald Group Publishing. pp. 40–41. ISBN 978-0-7623-1456-0.
- ^ Jean Williams (18 December 2003). A Game for Rough Girls?: A History of Women's Football in Britain. Routledge. pp. 173–175. ISBN 978-0-415-26338-2.
- ^ a b Gabriel Kuhn (24 February 2011). Soccer Vs. the State: Tackling Football and Radical Politics. PM Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-60486-053-5.
- ^ a b c d e FIFA (2006). "Women's Football Today" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
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- ^ "The FIFA Women's World Ranking". FIFA.com. 13 December 2019. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ "Women U-19/U-20 World Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ a b "Regulations – CAN U-20 women 2010 – CAF". Cafonline.com. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ^ "African Women U-19 Championship 2002". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ "Goal! Football: Central African Republic" (PDF). FIFA. 3 November 2009. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ^ "African Women U-20 World Cup 2010 Qualifying". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ "FCF|Fauves Seniors A|Femme|Eleminatoires de la Can Maroc 2022". 20 October 2021.