Equatorial Guinea women's national football team

Equatorial Guinea

Nickname(s)	Nzalang Nacional
Association	Federación Ecuatoguineana de Fútbol
Sub-confederation	UNIFFAC (Central Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Miguel Ángel Pozanco
Captain	Genoveva Añonma
Most caps	Genoveva Añonma (28)
Top scorer	Genoveva Añonma (15)
FIFA code	EQG
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current	51 2 (25 March 2016)
Highest	50 (September 2015)
Lowest	195 (December 1998)
First international
Equatorial Guinea 0–3 Gabon (Equatorial Guinea; June 10, 2000)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2011)
Best result	Group Stage, (2011)
Africa Women Cup of Nations
Appearances	4 (First in 2006)
Best result	Winners, (2008 & 2012)

The Equatorial Guinea women's national football team is the women's national team for Equatorial Guinea. Their nickname is the Nzalang Nacional.

They defeated South Africa 2–1 in an Olympic Games Qualifier on February 18, 2007, but lost the return leg 4–2. In the 2008 Women's African Football Championship (which they hosted), they went undefeated in Group A which featured Cameroon, Congo, and Mali. They defeated Nigeria 1–0 in the semifinal and went on to win the championship beating South Africa 2–1. They became the first nation other than Nigeria to win the Women's African Football Championship. They made their debut in an international tournament at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, losing all three of their group stage matches against Norway, Australia and Brazil.

Equatorial Guinea is the third women's team (out of five) from the Confederation of African Football to qualify for a FIFA Women's World Cup (Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, and Côte d'Ivoire being the others).

Naturalised players controversy

Like the men's, Equatorial Guinea women's national team has courted controversy by recruiting foreign players and giving them citizenship despite having little or no ties to the country.

In women's case, the Equatoguinean Football Federation recruited players from Cameroon, Nigeria an Burkina Faso since 2006, from Brazil since 2008 and from another African countries since 2010. In recent years, some of the new recruited players (mainly from Nigeria) were renamed in the Equatoguinean passports they received, in an attempt by local authorities for they look like native Equatoguinean players, to the eyes of the referees.

Honours

World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5
2015	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/8	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympics record

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1996	Did Not Enter
2000	Did Not Enter
2004	Did Not Qualify
2008	Did Not Qualify
2012	Disqualified
2016	Did Not Qualify
2020	Banned
Total	0/6	0	0	0	0	0	0

Performance in Africa Women's Championship

Africa Women Cup of Nations
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Did Not Enter
1995	Did Not Enter
1998	Did Not Enter
2000	Did Not Qualify
2002	Did Not Qualify
2004	Did Not Qualify
2006	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	5	9
2008	Champions	5	5	0	0	11	4
2010	Runners-Up	5	3	1	1	11	8
2012	Champions	5	5	0	0	18	0
2014	Did Not Qualify
2016	Qualified
Total	2 Titles	18	13	2	3	45	21

Current Squad

The following players were called for two 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations Qualifying matches against Mali in April 2016.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Miriam Silva da Paixão (1982-02-25) 25 February 1982 São Francisco Futebol Clube 13 1GK Dida (1991-07-22) 22 July 1991 UMF Tindastóll 1GK Lucia Andeme Micha Mbengono Estrellas de Waiso 2 2DF Adriana Parente (1980-04-14) 14 April 1980 Minas/Icesp 3 2DF Ghyslaine Salomé Nke Noah Estrellas de Waiso 4 2DF Carol Carioca (1983-02-18) 18 February 1983 SE União 16 2DF Dúlcia Maria Davi (1982-01-18) 18 January 1982 Vitória das Tabocas 17 2DF Oluwatobiloba Windapo (1986-01-01) 1 January 1986 Confluence Queens 5 3MF Annette Jacky Messomo (1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 BIIK Kazygurt 6 3MF Vânia Cristina Martins (1980-11-09) 9 November 1980 Santa Teresa CD 9 3MF Dorine Chuigoué (1988-12-29) 29 December 1988 Estrellas de Waiso 11 3MF Camila NobreSUS (1988-06-10) 10 June 1988 São José 14 3MF Jumária Barbosa de Santana (1979-05-08) 8 May 1979 São Francisco Futebol Clube 15 3MF Gloria Chinasa (1987-12-08) 8 December 1987 Inter Continental 8 4FW Jade Boho (1986-08-30) 30 August 1986 Reading 10 4FW Genoveva Añonma (captain) (1989-04-19) 19 April 1989 Suwon FMC 18 4FW Adriana Tiga (1983-04-16) 16 April 1983 SE União 7 Muriellynda Mendoua Abossolo Estrellas de Waiso 12 Esperanza Mbang Mba Estrellas de Waiso 19 Olivia Katsongo Nikieni Inter Continental 20 Elena Obono Nkuadum Oyana Estrellas de Bomudy Rita Andeme Obiang Victoria Santo Besopo Estrellas de Rebola

Notes

^SUS Player suspended by FIFA for 10 matches.

See also

• Equatorial Guinea national football team
• Téclaire Bille

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by 2006 Nigeria	African Women's Champions 2008 (First title)	Succeeded by 2010 Nigeria
Preceded by 2010 Nigeria	African Women's Champions 2012 (Second title)	Succeeded by 2014 Nigeria