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 " ".
Home stadium The Benin women's national football team plays their home matches at the Stade de l'Amitié.
Rivalries
Results and fixtures
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
2025
2026
Coaching staff Current coaching staff
Position Name Ref. Head coachImmaculée Agbakou Assistant coach Frédéric Hounkponou
Manager history
Unknown (2006) Vacant (20??–2021) Symphorien Téhou(2021–2023) Immaculée Agbakou(2023-2024) Abdoulaye Ozérou(2025-)
Players
Current squad The following players were called up for the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Nigeria on 24 and 28 October 2025.
Recent call-ups The following players have been called up to a Benin squad in the past 12 months.
Records Individual records
*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 6 September 2021.
Most appearances
#PlayerYear(s)Caps
Top goalscorers
#PlayerYear(s)GoalsCaps1Bouraïma Bathily20??–20??1??
Competitive record FIFA Women's World Cup FIFA Women's World CupYearResultGPWDLGFGAGD 1991Did Not Enter 1995 1999 2003 2007Did not qualify 2011Did Not Enter 2015 2019Did not qualify 2023 2027 2031To be determined 2035To be determinedTotal0/12------- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Olympic Games Summer OlympicsYearResultMatchesWins DrawsLossesGFGA 1996Did Not Enter 2000 2004 2008Withdrew 2012Did Not Enter 2016 2020 2024 2028 To be determinedTotal0/9000000
Africa Women Cup of Nations Africa Women Cup of NationsYearResultMatchesWins DrawsLossesGFGA1991Did Not Enter1995 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006Did not qualify 2008Withdrew 2010Did Not Enter 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 2022 Did not qualify 2024 2026Total0/16------
African Games African GamesYearResultMatchesWins DrawsLossesGFGA 2003Did Not Enter 2007 2011 2015 2019See Benin women's national under-20 football team 2023 Total0/4000000 2019 and 2023 editions of the football tournament was played by the U-20 team. See Benin women's national under-20 football team
WAFU Women's Cup record WAFU Zone B Women's CupYearResultPosition 2018Did not enter 2019 Total0/2000000
Head-to-head record
Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD 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
Honours Continental
Regional
See also Sport in Benin Football in Benin Women's football in Benin Benin national football team Africa Women Cup of Nations List of women's national association football teams
References
External links Facebook