Congo women's national football team

Congo
Nickname(s)	Diablesses Rouges (The Red She-Devils)
Association	Congolese Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNIFFAC (Central Africa)
Head coach	Gabriel Dengaki
Home stadium	Stade de la Revolution
FIFA code	CGO
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	111 (15 March 2024)
Highest	79 (December 2009)
Lowest	122 (October 2007)
First international
	Equatorial Guinea 2–2 Congo ; (Malabo, Equatorial Guinea; 30 May 2004)
Biggest win
	Congo 9–0 Togo ; (Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo; 12 March 2006)
Biggest defeat
	Morocco 7–0 Congo ; (12 June 2022)
Africa Women Cup of Nations
Appearances	1 (first in 2008)
Best result	Group stage, 2008

The Congo women's national football team represents the Congo in international football.

Congo took part in the first African Championship in 1991, but withdrew before the tournament began. Congo did not compete at another championship until the 2004 tournament, where they beat Equatorial Guinea, but lost to Cameroon in qualification. During the qualification for the 2006 African Championship, they beat Togo over two legs, but did not turn up for the second qualifying round match against Ghana.

First in the 2008 Championship, Congo qualified by beating the Democratic Republic of Congo in the final qualifying round. Congo then went on to a group with Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and Mali. They finished the group with three points after a win against Mali, and defeats to good Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon sides.

Despite good performances in 2008, they did not qualify for the 2010 African Championship. Therefore, they cannot qualify for the 2011 Germany World Cup.

History edit

The beginning edit

The Congo women's national team played its first official match on May 30, 2004, in Malabo against Equatorial Guinea (draw 2–2).^[2] The Congolese women have participated in one African Women's Football Championship finals in 2006, where they were eliminated in the first round. The team has never participated in a World Cup or Olympic finals.

Team image edit

Home stadium edit

The Congo women's national football team plays their home matches on the Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat.

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

10-18 July 2023 2024 Olympic qualifying

Congo

Cancelled

Tanzania

10-18 July 2023 2024 Olympic qualifying

Tanzania

Cancelled

Congo

21 September 2023 (2023-09-21) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg	Guinea-Bissau	0–1	Congo	Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
15:30 UTC±0		Report	Indira 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio 24 de Setembro

26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg	Congo	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Guinea-Bissau	Brazzaville, Congo
15:30 UTC+1	Senga 58' Dembélé 78'			Stadium: Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat
Note: Congo won 3–0 on aggregate.

29 November 2023 (2023-11-29) 2024 AFWCON qualification Second round 1st leg	Tunisia	5–2	Congo	Soliman, Tunisia
--:-- UTC+1				Stadium: Stade municipal de Soliman

5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) 2024 AFWCON qualification Second round 2nd leg	Congo	1–1 (3–6 agg.)	Tunisia	Brazzaville, Congo
--:-- UTC+1				Stadium: Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat
Note: Tunisia won 6–3 on aggregate.

Source: global archive

Coaching staff edit

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	M.MBEMBA BERJONA

History of Managers edit

(−2022) Gabriel Dengaki
( 2022–)M.MBEMBA BERJONA

Players edit

Current squad edit

The following players were named in November 2023 for the 2024 WAFCON qualification 2nd Round .^[3]
Caps and goals accurate up to and including 30 October 2021.

Pos.	Player	Club
1GK	Valle Ngamakita
1GK	Jessica Mbilka

2DF	Welcome Akouala
2DF	Sacré Taty
2DF	Alima Gaga

3MF	Nkounga Firis
3MF	Josiane Toubele	Epaghaba

4FW	Pauline Mbayo	AC Colombe
4FW	Flore Mabahou
4FW	Bénédicte Nzeyi
4FW	Doris Senga

	Transylive Manangou
	Michelle Mfouo
	Queen Bouanga
	Chimene Ngazue
	Eldani Mabondzo
	Marie Sylvie
	Aicha Yamoumou

Recent call-ups edit

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	Latest call-up

DF	Welcome Londo	(2003-11-28) 28 November 2003 (age 20)	Diables Noirs	v. Guinea-Bissau,26 September 2023
DF	Ornela Mitesamani			v. Guinea-Bissau,26 September 2023
DF	Zita Maba			v. Guinea-Bissau,26 September 2023

MF	Benite Obambza			v. Guinea-Bissau,26 September 2023
MF	Q Elismine Bouanga			v. Guinea-Bissau,26 September 2023

FW	Elda Loulendo (captain)			v. Guinea-Bissau,26 September 2023

Individual records edit

Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Most capped players edit

#	Player	Year(s)	Caps

Top goalscorers edit

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps

Achievements edit

Women's World Cup record edit

FIFA Women's World Cup finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games edit

Summer Olympics record
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

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

African Women's Championship/Cup of Nations edit

African Women's Championship
Year	Round	Result	M	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Withdrew in the quarterfinals
1995-2002	Did not enter
2004	Did not qualify
2006	Withdrew in the qualifiers
2008	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	6
2010	Did not enter
2012
2014
2016
2018	Did not qualify
2020	Cancelled^[a]
2022	Did not qualify
2024	Did not qualify
Total	1/12	3	1	0	2	3	6

African Games edit

African Games Finals
Year	Round	Result	M	W	D	L	GF	GA
2015	Groupe stage		3	0	1	2	2	7
2023	-		0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	1/5		3	0	1	2	2	7

UNIFFAC Women's Cup edit

UNIFFAC Women's Cup
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA	GD
2020	Did not enter
Total	1/1	4	0	3	1	4	5	−1

Honours edit

Notes edit

^ Originally qualified as hosts. After withdrawal from hosting the tournament, they were sent to play the qualifiers. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament and its qualification were cancelled.

References edit

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
^ ADIAC, CONGO (2015-04-15). "Football féminin : les Congolaises seront face aux Équato-Guinénnes". Adiac Congo. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
^ Wafcon 2024 Qualifiers

External links edit

[4] Originally qualified as hosts. After withdrawal from hosting the tournament, they were sent to play the qualifiers. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament and its qualification were cancelled.

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

[2] ADIAC, CONGO (2015-04-15). "Football féminin : les Congolaises seront face aux Équato-Guinénnes". Adiac Congo. Retrieved 2021-12-03.

[3] Wafcon 2024 Qualifiers

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