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Benin women's national football team

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{{Infobox national football team

| Name = Benin

| Badge = Benin Football Federation logo.svg

| Badge_size = 190px

| Nickname =

| Association = Benin Football Federation

| Sub-confederation = WAFU (West Africa)

| Confederation = CAF (Africa)

| Coach = Vacant

| Captain = None

| Most caps = Unknown

| Top scorer = Bouraïma Bathily (1)

| Home Stadium = Stade de l'Amitié

| FIFA Trigramme = BEN

| FIFA Rank = {{FIFA Women's World Rankings|BEN}}

| FIFA max = 96

| FIFA max date = September 2006

| FIFA min = 152

| FIFA min date = December 2023 – December 2024

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| First game = {{fbw|BEN}} 1–0 {{fbw-rt|MWI}}
(Benin; 19 February 2006)

| Largest win = {{fbw|TOG}} 0–2 {{fbw-rt|BEN}}
(Lomé, Togo; 14 January 2022)

{{fbw|SLE}} 1–3 {{fbw-rt|BEN}}
(Bo, Sierra Leone; 25 February 2025)

| Largest loss = {{nowrap|{{fbw|SEN}} 5–1 {{fbw-rt|BEN}}
(Dakar, Senegal; 19 May 2006)
{{fbw|BFA}} 6–2 {{fbw-rt|BEN}}
(Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 17 December 2019)
{{fbw|BFA}} 4–0 {{fbw-rt|BEN}}
(Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 19 December 2019)}}

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| Regional name = Africa Women Cup of Nations

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| type = women

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The Benin women's national football team represents Benin in international women's football. It is governed by the Benin Football Federation. It never reached the African Championship or the World Cup finals.

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 2006 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.

= 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations =

Benin did not qualify for the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.

Team image

=Nicknames=

The Benin women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the " ".{{clarify|date=September 2021}}

=Home stadium=

The Benin women's national football team plays their home matches at the Stade de l'Amitié.

=Rivalries=

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Results and fixtures

{{Main|Benin women's national football team results}}

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Partial results are shown in parentheses.

;Legend

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=2025=

{{Football box collapsible

| format = 1

| date = {{Start date|2025|2|20|df=y}}

| time = {{UTZ|17:00|0}}

| round = 2026 WAFCON qualifying

| score = 2–1

| report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2025/02/17/africa/africa-women-cup-of-nations-qualification/benin/sierra-leone/4569714/

| team1 = {{fbw-rt|BEN}}

| goals1 = Gbedjissi {{Goal|24||45|pen.}}

| team2 = {{fbw|SLE}}

| goals2 = K. A. Kamara {{Goal|36}}

| stadium = Stade de Kégué

| location = Lomé, Togo

| attendance =

| referee =

| result = W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

| format = 1

| date = {{Start date|2025|2|26|df=y}}

| time = {{UTZ|16:00|0}}

| round = 2026 WAFCON qualifying

| score = 1–3

| aggregatescore = 2–5

| report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2025/02/26/africa/africa-women-cup-of-nations-qualification/sierra-leone/benin/4569730/

| team1 = {{fbw-rt|SLE}}

| goals1 = K. Z. Brima {{Goal|90+6}}

| team2 = {{fbw|BEN}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex

| location = Monrovia, Liberia

| attendance =

| referee =

| result = W

| note = Benin won 5–2 on aggregate.

}}

Coaching staff

=Current coaching staff=

{{Updated|1 July 2023}}

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Position

! Name

! Ref.

Head coach

|{{flagicon|BEN}}Immaculée Agbakou {{cite web | url=https://africafootunited.com/benin-immaculee-agbakou-selectionneure-de-lequipe-nationale-olympique-feminine/ | title=Bénin : Immaculée Agbakou, sélectionneure de l'équipe nationale olympique féminine | date=4 July 2023 }}

|

Assistant coach

| {{flagicon|BEN}} Frédéric Hounkponou

|

|}

=Manager history=

{{Expand section|date=November 2020}}

Players

=Current squad=

The following players were called up for the 2026 WAFCON qualification matches against Sierra Leone on 20 and 24 February 2025.{{cite web |date=19 February 2025|title=La liste des Amazones pour défier la Sierra Leone|language=fr|url=https://www.24haubenin.info/?La-liste-des-Amazones-pour-defier-la-Sierra-Leone|website=24haubenin.info|access-date=21 February 2025}}

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{{nat fs player no caps|no=16|pos=GK|name={{sortname|Sourakatou|Alassane}}|age=|club=Ainonvi|clubnat=BEN}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=GK|name={{sortname|Daine|Ogoun}}|age=|club=Leones Vegetarianos|clubnat=EQG}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=GK|name={{sortname|Larissa|Godui}}|age=|club={{tooltip|AS JFA|Association Sportive Jeunesse et Formation d'Agonlin}}|clubnat=BEN}}

{{nat fs break}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=2|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Martine|Hessanon}}|age=|club=Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi|clubnat=MAR}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=3|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Laura|Abikou}}|age=|club=AS UMSA|clubnat=BEN}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=4|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Saoudatou|Imourou}}|age=|club=Tambours FC|clubnat=BEN}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=12|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Déogratias|Ebi}}|age=|club=AS UMSA|clubnat=BEN}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=15|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Kadidjath|Orou Karo}}|age=|club=Elite AC|clubnat=BEN}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Olivia|Awonon}}|age=|club=Naja FC|clubnat=BEN}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Damilola|Okpara}}|age=|club=Assaba FC|clubnat=BEN}}

{{nat fs break}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=10|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Ayomidé Noëlie|Abamon}}|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|12|25}}|club=Clermont Foot 63|clubnat=FRA}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=14|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Yasminath|Djibril}}|age=|club=Ainonvi|clubnat=BEN}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=26|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Lucie|Tengue}}|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|8|10}}|club=AJ Auxerre|clubnat=FRA}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Zidatou|Boukari}}|age=|club=AS Gamia|clubnat=BEN}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Eunice|Sagbohan}}|age=|club={{tooltip|CEFoS|Centre d'Étude et de Formation Oscar Sossou}}|clubnat=BEN}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Ruth|Hounhoue}}|age=|club={{tooltip|AS JFA|Association Sportive Jeunesse et Formation d'Agonlin}}|clubnat=BEN}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Bernice|Tete}}|age=|club=Dynamique FC|clubnat=BEN}}

{{nat fs break}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=9|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Yolande|Gnammi}}|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|5|12}}|club=Itihad Tanger|clubnat=MAR}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=17|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Aude|Gbedjissi}}|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|12|8}}|club=RC Lens|clubnat=FRA|other=Captain}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=19|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Germaine|Honfo}}|age=|club=Ainonvi|clubnat=BEN}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=20|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Marguérite|Ahouassou}}|age=|club=AS UMSA|clubnat=BEN}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Kadidjatou|Imorou}}|age=|club=Amjad Taroudant|clubnat=MAR}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Débora|Adingni}}|age=|club=Elite AC|clubnat=BEN}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Milhad|Sadikou}}|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|8|1}}|club=AJ Auxerre|clubnat=FRA}}

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=Recent call-ups=

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

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Records

=Individual records=

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 6 September 2021.

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==Most appearances==

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width=|#

!width=|Player

!width=|Year(s)

!width=|Caps

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==Top goalscorers==

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width =|#

!width =|Player

!width =|Year(s)

!width =|Goals

!width =|Caps

align=center|1Bouraïma Bathily20??–20??align=center|1align=center|??

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Competitive record

=FIFA Women's World Cup=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width:50%;"
colspan=10|FIFA Women's World Cup
Year

!Result

!GP

!W

!D*

!L

!GF

!GA

!GD

|{{flagicon|China}} 1991Did Not Enter|
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} 1995Did Not Enter|
|{{flagicon|USA}} 1999Did Not Enter|
|{{flagicon|USA}} 2003Did Not Enter|
|{{flagicon|China}} 2007Did not qualify|
|{{flagicon|Germany}} 2011Did Not Enter|
|{{flagicon|Canada}} 2015Did Not Enter|
|{{flagicon|France}} 2019Did not qualify|
|{{flagicon|Australia}}{{flagicon|New Zealand}} 2023Did not qualify|
|{{Flagicon|Brazil}} 2027To be determined|
Total0/10|

:*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

=Olympic Games=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!colspan=10|Summer Olympics

Year

!Result

!Matches

!Wins

!Draws

!Losses

!GF

!GA

{{flagicon|USA}} 1996

|rowspan=3 colspan=8|Did Not Enter

{{flagicon|AUS}} 2000
{{flagicon|GRE}} 2004
{{flagicon|PRC}} 2008

|colspan=8|Withdrew

{{flagicon|GBR}} 2012

|rowspan=4 colspan=8|Did Not Enter

{{flagicon|BRA}} 2016
{{flagicon|JPN}} 2020
{{flagicon|FRA}} 2024
{{flagicon|USA}} 2028colspan=8|To be determined
Total0/9000000

=Africa Women Cup of Nations=

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!colspan=8|Africa Women Cup of Nations

Year

!Result

!Matches

!Wins

!Draws

!Losses

!GF

!GA

1991

|rowspan=6 colspan=8|Did Not Enter

1995
{{flagicon|NGA}} 1998
{{flagicon|ZAF}} 2000
{{flagicon|NGA}} 2002
{{flagicon|ZAF}} 2004
{{flagicon|NGA}} 2006

|colspan=8|Did not qualify

{{flagicon|EQG}} 2008

|colspan=8|Withdrew

{{flagicon|RSA}} 2010

|rowspan=5 colspan=8|Did Not Enter

{{flagicon|EQG}} 2012
{{flagicon|NAM}} 2014
{{flagicon|CMR}} 2016
{{flagicon|GHA}} 2018
{{flagicon
} 2020 ||colspan=8|Cancelled

|-

|{{flagicon|MAR}} 2022 ||colspan=8|Did not qualify

|-

|{{flagicon|MAR}} 2024||colspan=8|Did not qualify

|-

|Total||0/14||-||-||-||-||-||-

|}

=African Games=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!colspan=10|African Games

Year

!Result

!Matches

!Wins

!Draws

!Losses

!GF

!GA

{{flagicon|NGA}} 2003

|rowspan=5 colspan=7|Did Not Enter

{{flagicon|ALG}} 2007
{{flagicon|MOZ}} 2011
{{flagicon|CGO}} 2015
{{flagicon|MAR}} 2019
{{flagicon|GHA}} 2023colspan=7|To be determined
Total0/5000000

=WAFU Women's Cup record=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
colspan="9"|WAFU Zone B Women's Cup
style="width:90px;"|Year

! style="width:100px;"|Result

! style="width:80px;"|Position

! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr|Pld|Games played}}

! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr|W|Won}}

! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr|D|Drawn}}

! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr|L|Lost}}

! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr|GF|Goals for}}

! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr|GA|Goals against}}

{{flagicon|CIV}} 2018

|colspan=8 rowspan=2|did not enter

{{flagicon|CIV}} 2019
TotalGroup Stage1/13003117

Head-to-head record

{{Updated|5 November 2014}}

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Against

! Played

! Won

! Drawn

! Lost

! GF

! GA

! GD

bgcolor="#d0ffd0" align="center"
align="left" | {{Fbw|CGO}}100112−1
align="left" | {{Fbw|EQG}}100123−1
align="left" | {{Fbw|GUI}}110032+1
align="left" | {{Fbw|CIV}}312054+1
align="left" | {{Fbw|MWI}}211010+1
align="left" | {{Fbw|MLI}}200214−3
align="left" | {{Fbw|SEN}}100115−4
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! Total

113351420−6

Honours

=Continental=

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=Regional=

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See also

References

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External links

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