DR Congo women's national football team

The DR Congo women's national football team is the national women's football team of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is overseen by the Congolese Association Football Federation. As of September 2019, they are ranked 118th in the world by FIFA, and 15th among African (CAF) nations.[5]

Democratic Republic of Congo
AssociationCongolese Association Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationUNIFFAC
(Central Africa)
Head coachMarcello Kadiamba
Home stadiumStade des Martyrs
FIFA codeCOD
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 110 2 (26 June 2020)[1]
Highest85 (June 2009)
Lowest148 (September 2015)
First international
 Egypt 1–4 DR Congo 
(Kaduna, Nigeria; October 17, 1998) [2]
Biggest win
 DR Congo 4–0 Uganda 
(Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; January 28, 2012) [3]
Biggest defeat
 Nigeria 3–0 DR Congo 
(Kaduna, Nigeria; October 20, 1998)[4]
African Women's Championship
Appearances3 (first in 1998)
Best resultThird Place, 1998

History

Congo DR was scheduled to debut against Namibia on the 1998 African Women's Championship qualifiers, to be held in Nigeria, but it withdrew. They debuted against Egypt on October 17, 1998 in Kaduna, Nigeria, and won 4–1. At the second encounter against the hosts, Nigeria, they lost by 6–0 and in the last match of the Group Stage, they drew with Morocco 0–0 and advanced to the semi-finals by scoring 7 goals and receiving 7. In the semi-finals Ghana beat them by 4–1 after extra time, to play the third place match in which they drew 3–3 to Cameroon, winning the 3rd place by scoring 3–1 on the penalty shootout, but did not qualify to the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, to be held in the United States.

The team did not enter the 2000 African Women's Championship. In the 2002 African Women's Championship qualifiers they faced Angola. The first leg was a 1–0 loss and the second was a 1–0 win, but a 5–4 penalty shootout loss, leaving Congo DR out of the tournament and the World Cup, held again in the USA.

They played on the 2003 All-Africa Games in Nigeria, all the encounters in Kaduna, against Algeria (4 October, won 5–2), Mali (7 October, draw 0–0) and South Africa (10 October, lost 4–0). Congo DR also played against Ghana and lost 2–0 (26 October in Kumasi) and 2–1 (9 November in Kinshasa). The team did withdrew of the 2004 African Women's Championship who was scheduled to play against Gabon on the qualifiers.

Congo DR faced Zambia in the 2006 African Women's Championship qualifiers and won 3–0 and 3–2, having a score of 6–2 in aggregate and advancing to the next round. In the Second Round they played against Senegal, winning 3–0 in the First Leg and losing 2–0 in the Second, qualifying for the 2006 African Women's Championship who was held in Nigeria from 28 October to 11 November 2006. Congo DR was in the Group B along with Ghana, Cameroon and Mali. The opening encounter was against Cameroon and ended in a 1–1 draw with goal of Milandu at the 57 minutes. The second rival was Mali and lost 3–2 with goals of Zuma and Matufa at the 28 and 85 minutes respectively. Closing match was versus Ghana and ended in a 3–1 loss with goal of Vumongo at the 51 minutes. Congo DR was again eliminated from the tournament and from the World Cup held in China PR.

After two months, the team faced Cameroon on 22 January 2007 and lost 3–0. After that encounter they faced Namibia on 17 February and 10 March, drawing 3–3 and winning 5–2 respectively. On 3 and 17 June Congo DR played against Ghana in Sunyani and Kinshasa, losing both 3–1 and 1–0. For the 2008 African Women's Championship, held in Equatorial Guinea from 15 November to 29 November 2008. They played the qualifiers against Congo, losing 4–1 and drawing 1–1, leaving an aggregate score of 5–2. After these results, Congo DR did not qualify up for the Tournament.

On 7 March 2010 in Gaborone, after 2 years of no matches played, Congo DR faced Botswana, for the 2010 African Women's Football Championship qualification, winning over them 2–0 with goals of Malembo and Dianteso at the 11 and 17 minutes. At the Second Leg, on 19 March 2010, they won again, this time by 5–2 with two goals of Malembo (20 and 27 minutes), two of Nzuzi (24 and 28 minutes) and Mafutu at the 88 minutes. Second Round was against Cameroon, and they lost both matches by 2–0 and 3–0, leaving them again eliminated from both the 2010 African Women's Championship and the World Cup held in Germany.

Congo DR played two matches against Ethiopia on 15 and 30 January 2011, drawing in the first match 0–0 and losing the second by 3–0. In February of the same year, they withdrew from the All-Africa Games qualifiers, in where the team was scheduled to play against Gabon.

In 14 and 28 February 2012, the team faced Uganda, in the 2012 African Women's Football Championship qualification, in where they draw 1–1 and win 4–0. In May and June 2012, they were scheduled to play against Equatorial Guinea, but matches were cancelled, because Equatorial Guinea was selected hosts of the tournament, Congo DR also qualified, by the virtue of a "walkover". Two matches against their supposed rival, Equatorial Guinea were played on June 24 and 26, 4 months before the Championship, both losing by 3–0 and 2–1. Another match before the Cup was played, it was against Cameroon and was a 0–0 draw. Final Tournament was held between 28 October and 11 November 2012, the team was placed in Group A, along with hosts Equatorial Guinea, South Africa and Senegal. The first match against Senegal was won 1–0 by a penalty of Nona at the 74 minutes. The Second encounter against Equatorial Guinea was lost 6–0. They faced South Africa at the last match of the Group and lose 4–1 with a goal of Tutzolana at the 88 minutes. Again Congo DR were eliminated in the Group Stage.

After a long hiatus from competitive play, Congo DR returned to compete in the CAF qualifiers for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Previous attempts at qualifying for the Olympics in 2004, 2008, and 2012 had been unsuccessful, with the team's deepest run taking them only as far as the second round. Congo DR opened the 2020 qualifying campaign with a 2–2 draw away to Tanzania, then advanced to the second round with a 1–0 win in the second leg of the fixture. Their second round opponent, Equatorial Guinea withdrew, [6] seeing Congo DR through to the third round to face Cameroon. After suffering a 0–2 loss in the first leg at Yaoundé, Congo DR built a 2–0 lead at home only to see a late goal by Ajara Nchout knock them out of the tournament with a 2–3 loss on aggregate.[7]

Honours

Achievements

Women's World Cup
World Cup Finals
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
1991Did Not Enter
1995
1999Did Not Qualify
2003
2007
2011
2015Did Not Enter
2019
2023To Be Determined
Total0/9-------

Olympic Games
Football at the Summer Olympics
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
1996Did Not Enter
2000Did Not Qualify
2004
2008
2012
2016Did Not Enter
2020Did Not Qualify
Total0/7-------

Africa Women Cup of Nations
Africa Cup of Nations
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
1991 Did not enter
1995
1998 Third place5122814
2000 Did not enter
2002 Did not qualify
2004 Did not enter
2006 Group stage301247
2008 Did not qualify
2010
2012 Group stage3102210
2014 Did not enter
2016 Withdrew
2018 Did not enter
Total3/13112361431
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

African Games
Football at the African Games
Year Round GP W D L GS GA
2003Group Stage311156
2007Did Not Enter
2011
2015
2019
Total1/5311156

Coaching staff

Players

Current squad
  • The following players were selected to compete at the 2020 UNIFFAC Women's Cup.[8]
  • Match dates: 18 February – 28 February 2020
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Fideline Ngoy (C) (1991-03-31) 31 March 1991 Progresso do Sambizanga
2 1GK Délie Mawaka FCF Éléphant
3 1GK Syntiche Lawu (1996-02-23) 23 February 1996 Promesse Star
4 2DF Christel Kalubi Promesse Star
5 2DF Lina Mpele (1992-09-10) 10 September 1992 ASR
6 Patience Kasongo DCMP/Bikira
7 3MF Exaucée Kizinga Promesse Star
8 3MF Marlène Kasaj (1996-01-25) 25 January 1996 AC Léopards
9 Nancy Ndoze FCF Amani
10 4FW Falonne Pambani (1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 FCF Amani
11 3MF Merveille Mbemba (1999-10-08) 8 October 1999 Promesse Star
12 Sarah Yasongamo FCF Amani
13 4FW Isa Diakese (1992-12-12) 12 December 1992 Tula ka tula
14 2DF Naomie Kabakaba OCL City
15 3MF Ruth Kipoyi (1997-10-15) 15 October 1997 Promesse Star
16 4FW Grâce Mfwamba (1997-12-20) 20 December 1997 DCMP/Bikira
17 3MF Farida Feza (1999-01-08) 8 January 1999 FCF Amani
18 4FW Flavine Mawete (1997-06-22) 22 June 1997 ASR

Recent call ups
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Natacha Boyengwa (1999-01-23) 23 January 1999 Bilenge 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)
DF Monica Ndaya OCL City 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)
MF Rachelle Moseka (1997-10-28) 28 October 1997 ASR 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)
Sarrive Badiambila DCMP/Bikira 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)
Nicole Kathungu Unknown 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)
Linda Kilufya DCMP/Bikira 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)
Zykky Manckay Progresso do Sambizanga 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)
Tina Ngalula Unknown 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)
Daniella Ngoyi JSK 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)
Shiya Ntumba OCL City 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)
Olga Thsilombo OCL City 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round)

Previous squads

Individual records

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Managers

Fixtures and results

2019

2020
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See also

Notes

References
  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  2. CNN/SI – World Soccer – Women's World Cup Qualifying – Wednesday October 28, 1998 11:43 AM
  3. Congo DR vs. Uganda – 28 January 2012 – Women Soccerway
  4. mcubed.net: Soccer: Women's African Football Championship : Congo_DR vs Nigeria
  5. FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Rankings - CAF
  6. Eliminatoires-JO 2020 : la RDC bat la Guinée Equatoriale par forfait
  7. Cameroon: 2020 Women's Olympic Qualifiers - Favourites Out of the Race
  8. "Tournoi UNIFFAC (D) : les léopards en Guinée équatoriale" [UNIFFAC tournament (W): Léopards in Equatorial Guinea] (in French).
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