# Cape Verde women's national football team

The Cape Verde women's national football team (recognized as Cabo Verde by FIFA) represents Cape Verde in international women's association football and is governed by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.

## History
### Introduction

In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team, including Cape Verde who have yet to play in a FIFA sanctioned match. A national team from Cape Verde has not represented the country in the major regional and international tournaments. This includes the Women's World Cup, the 2010 African Women's Championships during the preliminary rounds., and the 2011 All Africa Games. In March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA.

### 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 San Vicente. 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

Win  Draw  Lose  Fixture

### 2025

Source :globalsportsarchive

## All-time record

    As of 30 August 2022

### Key

The following table shows Cape Verde' all-time official international record per opponent:
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W% | Confederation |
| Gambia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 | CAF |
| Guinea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 | CAF |
| Guinea-Bissau | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 66.67 | CAF |
| Liberia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 66.67 | CAF |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 00.00 | UEFA |
| Mali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 00.00 | CAF |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 100.00 | CAF |
| Senegal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 00.00 | CAF |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00.00 | CAF |
| Total | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 43.75 | — |

## Coaching staff
### Current coaching staff

    As of 28 August 2022
| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Silvéria Nédio |
| Assistant coach | Gustavo Pires |
| Assistant coach | Arthur Estrela |
| Goalkeeping coach | Fernando Carvalho |
| Technical director | Vacant |
| Fitness coach | Vacant |
| Delegation Leader | Vacant |

### Manager history

| Name | Period | Tournament |
| Luana Siqueira | 2018 | |
| Silvéria Nédio | 2018–present | 2020 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup: Fourth Place |

## Players
### Current squad

The following is the called up squad for the 2026 WAFCON qualifying First round named on February 2025. .
Caps and goals accurate up to and including 26 February 2025.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Jacinta Rodrigues | (1996-09-03) 3 September 1996 (age 28) | | 0 | Seven Stars |
| 12 | 1GK | Jéssica de Pina | | | 0 | Jovens Unidos |
| | 1GK | Katia Duarte | (1992-03-31) 31 March 1992 (age 32) | | 0 | AD Pastéis |
| 2 | 2DF | Varsénia da Luz (captain) | (1992-03-19) 19 March 1992 (age 32) | 20 | 3 | Seven Stars |
| 4 | 2DF | Leonora dos Santos | (1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 (age 25) | | 0 | Jovens Unidos |
| 8 | 2DF | Romina do Rosário | (1992-12-14) 14 December 1992 (age 32) | | 0 | Atlético Ouriense |
| 11 | 2DF | Leonilde Rodrigues | (1998-08-21) 21 August 1998 (age 26) | | 0 | Famalicão |
| 16 | 2DF | Leidina Semedo | (1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 (age 25) | | 0 | Atlético Ouriense |
| 5 | 3MF | Eleia Vieira | (2000-08-03) 3 August 2000 (age 24) | | 0 | Real |
| 6 | 3MF | Maísa Cardoso | (1996-11-28) 28 November 1996 (age 28) | | 1 | Real |
| 9 | 3MF | Kleydiana Borges | (1995-10-05) 5 October 1995 (age 29) | | 2 | Famalicão |
| 10 | 3MF | Sasha Wahnon | (1997-08-03) 3 August 1997 (age 27) | | 1 | CF Benfica |
| 18 | 3MF | Alcione Gomes | (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 24) | | 1 | Mindelense |
| 19 | 4FW | Jolina Amani | (1999-08-26) 26 August 1999 (age 25) | 1 | 0 | Eastern Flames |
| 21 | 3MF | Carolyn Tomar | | | 0 | Llana |
| | 3MF | Edna Monteiro | | | 0 | Seven Stars |
| 7 | 4FW | Ivania Moreira | (1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 (age 31) | | 10 | Rio Ave |
| 13 | 4FW | Dara Centeio | (1997-10-09) 9 October 1997 (age 27) | | 0 | Estrela da Amadora |
| 14 | 2DF | Adriana Semedo | (1999-10-30) 30 October 1999 (age 25) | | 0 | Porto |
| 15 | 4FW | Melany Fortes | (2000-05-12) 12 May 2000 (age 24) | 7 | 2 | Braga |
| 17 | 4FW | Evy Pereira | (1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 30) | 5 | 6 | Beşiktaş |
| 20 | 4FW | Irlanda Lopes | (1996-10-06) 6 October 1996 (age 28) | 15 | 3 | Vitória de Guimarães |
| 22 | 4FW | Luriane Tavares | | | 0 | Black Panthers |
| | 4FW | Cileise Pinto | | | 0 | Vila Nova FC |

### Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to a Cape Verde squad in the past 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |

### 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.

## Competitive record
### FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 1991 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 1995 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 1999 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2003 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2007 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2011 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2015 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2019 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2023 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2027 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| Appearances | 0/10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |

### Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 1996 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2000 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2004 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2008 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2012 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2016 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2020 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2024 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2028 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| Appearances | 0/7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
    *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

### Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations record :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 1991 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 1995 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 1998 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2000 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2002 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2004 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2006 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2008 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2010 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2012 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2014 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2016 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2018 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2020 | did not enter, tournament was later canceled | did not enter, tournament was later canceled | did not enter, tournament was later canceled | did not enter, tournament was later canceled | did not enter, tournament was later canceled | did not enter, tournament was later canceled | did not enter, tournament was later canceled | did not enter, tournament was later canceled |
| 2022 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2024 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Appearances | 0/12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |

### WAFU Zone A Women's Cup

COSAFA Women's Championship record :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 2020 | Third Place match | 4th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2023 | Final | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| Appearances | Final | 2nd | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 |
WAFU Zone A Women's Cup History :
| Season | Round | Opponent | Scores | Result | Venue |
| 2020 | Group Stage | Sierra Leone | 0–0 | Draw | Bo, Sierra Leone |
| 2020 | Group Stage | Senegal | 0–2 | Loss | Bo, Sierra Leone |
| 2020 | Group Stage | Guinea | 3–0 | won | Makeni, Sierra Leone |
| 2020 | Semi-finals | Mali | 0–4 | loss | Makeni, Sierra Leone |
| 2020 | Third place | Liberia | 0–1 | loss | Makeni, Sierra Leone |
| 2023 | Group Stage | Guinea-Bissau | 4–0 | won | Sal, Cape Verde |
| 2023 | Group Stage | Mauritania | 6–0 | won | Sal, Cape Verde |
| 2023 | Semi-finals | Gambia | 2–1 | won | Sal, Cape Verde |
| 2023 | Final | Senegal | 0–1 | loss | Sal, Cape Verde |

## Honours
### Regional
#### WAFU Zone A Women's Cup

* Runners-up (1): 2023