Football in Equatorial Guinea
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| union = Equatoguinean Football Federation
| country = Equatorial Guinea
| sport = association football
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| nationalteam = men's national team
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| club_list = Equatoguinean Premier League
| intl_list = Champions League
CAF Confederation Cup
Super Cup
FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA World Cup(National Team)
African Cup of Nations(National Team)
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Association football (soccer) is the most popular sport in Equatorial Guinea. It was during Spanish colonialism that football arrived to Equatorial Guinea.{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/red-card-why-spains-national-football-team-playing-friendly-corrupt-impoverished-equatorial-guinea |title=Red Card: Why Is Spain's National Football Team Playing Friendly In Corrupt, Impoverished Equatorial Guinea? |publisher=Ibtimes.com |date=2013-11-12 |access-date=2013-12-03}}{{cite web|author=Jonathan Wilson |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/cup-hosts-equatorial-guinea-bank-on-the-wealth-of-nations-6292927.html |title=Cup hosts Equatorial Guinea bank on the wealth of Nations - International - Football |work=The Independent |date=2012-01-22 |access-date=2013-08-15}} Football is now a very popular sport in the country.{{cite web|author=Phil Minshull |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/6702059.stm |title=BBC SPORT | Football | African | Equatorial Guinea import success |work=BBC News |date=2007-05-29 |access-date=2013-08-15}} Recently the national team has made a few surprising results.{{cite web|url=http://fourfourtwo.com/blogs/africacupofnations2012/archive/2012/01/20/equatorial-guinea-how-africa-s-41st-best-footballing-nation-came-to-host-the-acon.aspx |title=Equatorial Guinea: How Africa's 41st best footballing nation came to host the ACoN - Africa Cup of Nations 2012 |date=20 January 2012 |publisher=FourFourTwo |access-date=2013-08-15}}{{cite web|url=http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/footballafrica/id/569?cc=5739 |title=Equatorial Guinea: Naturalisation at a new level |publisher=Espn Fc |access-date=2013-08-15}} In the qualification for the FIFA World Cup in 2006 Togo (who later qualified for the World Cup) was beaten 1-0, and in qualification for the African Cup of Nations in 2008 they beat Cameroon 1-0.
Equatorial Guinea co-hosted the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations with Gabon, and was the host of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
League system
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| style="width:4%; text-align:center;"| Level | colspan="12" style="width:96%; text-align:center;"| League(s)/Division(s) |
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1 | colspan="12" style="width:96%; text-align:center;"| Equatoguinean Primera División 20 clubs divided in 2 series of 10 |
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2 | colspan="12" style="width:96%; text-align:center;"| Segunda División de Guine Equatorial 16 clubs + 1 Reserve team |
Women's football
{{Main|Equatorial Guinea women's national football team}}
{{Main|Equatorial Guinea at the FIFA Women's World Cup}}
The women's national team qualified for the 2011 FIFA World Cup.{{cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/equatorial-guinea-falls-1-0-in-world-cup-debut/ | title=Equatorial Guinea falls 1-0 in World Cup debut | website=CBS News | date=29 June 2011 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/matildas-hard-done-by-as-referee-misses-blatant-handball-20110704-1gxrb.html | title=Matildas hard done by as referee misses blatant handball | date=3 July 2011 }}{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41513204 | title=Eq Guinea banned from Women's World Cup | work=BBC Sport }} In 2015 FIFA banned Equatorial Guinea for forging documents for naturalisation of players.[https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/naturalisation-and-the-brazilian-mess-in-equatorial-guinea-football Dead link to Fifa.com] {{dead link|date=August 2023|fix-attempted=yes}}{{Cite web |title=Women's World Cup 2011: A Quick Guide |website=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/06/30/137477594/womens-world-cup-2011-a-quick-guide |access-date=2023-07-10}}
Football stadiums in Equatorial Guinea
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| Estadio de Bata | Bata | Equatorial Guinea national football team | 35,700 | 150px |
| Estadio de Malabo | Malabo | Equatorial Guinea national football team | 15,250 | 150px |
| Estadio de Mongomo | Mongomo | 10,000 | 150px |
