The Cape Verde women's national football team (), recognised as Cabo Verde () by FIFA,) represents Cape Verde in international women's association football and is governed by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.
History
Background and development Women's football in Africa in general faces several challenges, including limited access to education, poverty amongst women in the wider society, and fundamental inequality present in the society that occasionally allows for female specific human rights abuses. At the same time, if quality female players in Africa are developed, many leave their home countries to seek greater football opportunities in places like Northern Europe or the United States. Funding for women's football in Africa is also an issue: Most of the funding for women's football and for the women's national teams comes from FIFA, not the national football association.
The development of football on a national level in Cape Verde is hindered by several factors, including local definitions of femininity that discourage participation in sport, lack of adequate training, a lack of competitive spirit in matches and during training. There is also a lack of available players, with participation rates having peaked at roughly 350 a few years back to roughly 200 current players. The lack of opportunities to go further with football inside the country also discourages continued participation in the sport.
Cape Verde's FIFA trigramme is CPV. The national association, Cape Verdean Football Federation, was founded in 1982 and became affiliated with FIFA in 1986. Between 1990 and 2010, no football administrators from the country attended FIFA run courses related solely to women's football though some attended courses about both men and women's football. Facilities were built to support football for everyone in 2001 when there was a surge of interest in the sport from women and youth players. In 2004, national football umpire training took place, with six of the twenty-six enrolled participants being women, with the women being expected to referee both men and women's matches. Also that year, there were efforts to create a women's futsal competition in São Vicente. lha do Fogo had a women's futsal league in 2005 that included six teams. In July 2011 on the island of St. Nicholas, the first women's soccer national championship was held in the country with EPIF da Praia being crowned the winners and Ajax de São Nicolau coming in second. The national competition had six teams in its inaugural season including EPIF de São Vicente, Ajax de São Nicolau, EPIF da Praia, Académica do Sal, Académica da Boa Vista e Lém. Costs for the competition were covered by the national association. There were efforts to create the league by 2008. In 2011, a FIFA and the Cape Verdean Football Federation sponsored women's coaching clinic was held in the country. The training was conducted by James Doyen French from Portugal and Francisco Baptista Asselan Khan of Mozambique. The training was conducted to help demonstrate the national federation's commitment to women's football. In 2011, a women's football tournament was held in São Vicente island. Rights to broadcast the 2011 Women's World Cup in the country were bought by African Union of Broadcasting.
Some female Cape Verdan footballers have gone on to play internationally for clubs in places like the Canary Islands with some of the earliest players joining clubs around 2001. Other footballers have played abroad starting in 2004 in the Netherlands, Spain and Luxembourg.
Team image Home stadium The Cape Verde women's national football team plays their home matches on...
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
Source :globalsportsarchive
All-time record
Key
The following table shows Cape Verde' all-time official international record per opponent: OpponentConfederation110021+1100.00CAF321093+666.67CAF320162+466.67CAF320163+366.67CAF100112−100.00UEFA100104−400.00CAF110060+6100.00CAF200217−600.00CAF400405−500.00CAF101000000.00CAFTotal2082103127+440.00—
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
PositionNameHead coach Silvéria NédioAssistant coach Gustavo Pires Arthur EstrelaGoalkeeping coach Fernando CarvalhoTechnical director Rui CostaFitness coach Delegation Leader Vacant
Manager history
NamePeriodTournament Luana Siqueira2018 Silvéria Nédio2018–present 2020 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup: Fourth Place
Players
Current squad The following players were called up for the 2026 WAFCON matches from 26 July through 16 August 2026. .
Recent call-ups The following players have been called up to a Cape Verde squad in the past 12 months.
Previous squads WAFU Zone A Women's Cup 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup squads
Records
*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 8 September 2021.
Most appearances
#PlayerYear(s)Caps
Top goalscorers #PlayerYear(s)GoalsCaps1Ivânia Moreira2018–Present102Evy Pereira2022–Present563Irlanda Lopes2018–Present315Varsénia da Luz2018–Present3204Kleydiana Borges2022–Present2Melany Fortes2020–Present277Wendy Silva2019–Present1Jocilene Semedo2019–1Sasha Whannon2023–Present1Joseane Fernandes2018–Present1Maísa Cardoso2022–Present1Alcione Gomes2022–Present1
Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup YearRoundPositionPldWD*LGSGA 1991Did not exist 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023Did not enter 2027Did not qualifyAppearances0/10–––––––
Olympic Games YearRoundPositionPldWD*LGSGA 1996 did not exist 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 did not enter 2024 2028 to be determinedAppearances0/7––––––– *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Africa Women Cup of Nations YearRoundPositionPldWD*LGSGA 1991 Did not exist 1995 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022 Did not enter 2024Did not qualify 2026Group stage14th301236Total: 1/14Group stage14th301236
WAFU Zone A Women's Cup YearRoundPositionPldWD*LGSGA 2020 Third Place match 4th 511237 2023 Final 2nd 4301122 2025 Did not enterAppearancesFinal2nd9413159 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup HistorySeasonRoundOpponentScoresResultVenue 2020Group Stage0–0Draw Bo, Sierra Leone0–2Loss 3–0won Makeni, Sierra LeoneSemi-finals0–4lossThird place0–1loss 2023Group Stage4–0won Sal, Cape Verde 6–0wonSemi-finals2–1wonFinal0–1loss
Honours
Continental
Regional WAFU Zone A Women's Cup Runners-up (1): 2023
See also
Cape Verde national football team, the men's team
References
External links
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