Benin women's national football team
The Benin women's national football team represents Benin in international women's football and it is controlled by the Benin Football Federation. They never reached the African Championship or the World Cup finals.
Association | Benin Football Federation | ||
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Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) | ||
Head coach | Vacant | ||
Captain | None | ||
Most caps | Unknown | ||
Top scorer | Bouraïma Bathily (1) | ||
Home stadium | Stade de l'Amitié | ||
FIFA code | BEN | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | NR (26 June 2020)[1] | ||
Highest | 92 (December 2009) | ||
Lowest | 148 (September 2015) | ||
First international | |||
(Benin; February 19, 2006) | |||
Biggest win | |||
(Benin; February 19, 2006) (Dakar, Senegal; May 17, 2006) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
(Dakar, Senegal; May 19, 2006) |
Benin's participation in the African Championships consists of only one qualification tournament, in 2006. Benin beat Malawi at home, and therefore moved through the first qualification round. They then drew 1-1 with Ivory Coast, and won in a penalty shootout. In the second round, Benin met Mali, and lost both matches.
Benin also entered the 2008 African Championships, but then pulled out before the tournament began. Their home defeat to Mali was therefore the last match Benin has played in so far.
History
2006 African Women's Championship
The national team of Benin played its first match against Malawi on February 19, 2006; in the qualifying tournament of the 2006 African Women's Championship, which was held in Nigeria. Benin won the match by a score of 1–0, but the goalscorer was unknown. The second leg was played on February 26, 2006; this time it ended with a 0–0 draw. Benin advanced to the First Round due to an aggregate score of 1–0. In the First Round, Benin was paired with Ivory Coast and drew both matches by scores of 1–1. In the second match when it was still 1–1 after extra time, Benin won in a penalty shoot-out by a score of 4–3 and they advanced to the Second Round. In the Second Round, Benin met Mali. In the first leg, on July 22, 2006; Benin lost the match 3–1, and their only goal in the game was scored by Bouraïma Bathily, the only known goalscorer for Benin. The second leg, played on August 6, 2006, was a 1–0 loss and also so far the last match that Benin played, in which they lost by one goal. Thus, Benin was eliminated from the tournament by an aggregate score of 4–1.
2008 Olympic Games qualifying
Benin was paired with Namibia in the preliminary round for the 2008 Olympic Games Football Tournament in China, but they withdrew.
2008 African Women's Championship
Once again Benin withdrew from a tournament, after being paired with Guinea in the First Round of the 2008 African Women's Championship qualification. The tournament was held in Equatorial Guinea.
Competition Records
World Cup record
World Cup Finals | |||||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
TBD | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Total | 0/9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Africa Women Cup of Nations record
Africa Women Cup of Nations | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | |
1991 | Did Not Enter | |||||||
1995 | ||||||||
Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
Withdrew | ||||||||
Did Not Enter | ||||||||
Cancelled | ||||||||
Total | 0/14 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Olympic Games record
Summer Olympics | |||||||||
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Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | ||
Did Not Enter | |||||||||
Withdrew | |||||||||
Did Not Enter | |||||||||
Total | 0/6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All-Africa Games record
All-Africa Games | |||||||||
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Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | ||
Did Not Enter | |||||||||
Total | 0/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Official Record
Partial results are shown in parentheses
Date | Location | Home team | Score | Away team | Source |
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19 February 2006 | Benin | 1–0 | |||
26 February 2006 | Malawi | 0–0 | |||
12 March 2006 | Cotonou | 1–1 (1–0) | [2] | ||
24 March 2006 | Abidjan | 1–1 (0–0) 3–4 PSO | [2] | ||
17 May 2006 | Dakar | 3–2 | |||
19 May 2006 | Dakar | 5–1 | |||
21 May 2006 | Dakar | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | [2] | ||
29 May 2006 | Cotonou | 2–3 (2–2) | |||
22 July 2006 | Bamako | 3–1 (1–0) | |||
27 July 2006 | Cotonou | 1–2 | |||
6 August 2006 | Cotonou | 0–1 (0–0) | |||
27–29 October 2007 | (w/o) | ||||
30 November 2007 | (w/o) | ||||
17 December 2019 | Ouagadougou | 6-2 | |||
19 December 2019 | Ouagadougou | 4-0 | |||
23 December 2019 | Lomé | 2-1 | |||
All-time record
- Correct as of November 5, 2014
Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | |
Total | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | −6 |
Coaches
- Unknown (2006)
See also
References
- "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- "Results: Côte d'Ivoire". FIFA. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2012.