# Central African Republic women's national football team

The Central African Republic women's national football team represents the Central African Republic (CAR) in international women's football. It is governed by the Central African Football Federation. It played its first international matches in 2018 in the Cup of Nations qualifiers. The country's youth national team has played in several matches and events, including an Under-19 World Cup qualifying competition in which the team lost in the semi-finals. As is the case across Africa, the women's game faces numerous challenges. Football was only formally organised in 2000, and there are only 400 players competing at the national level.

## History
### Background and development

The development of women's football in Africa faces several challenges, including limited access to education, poverty amongst women, inequalities and human rights abuses targeting women. Many quality players leave the country seeking greater opportunity in Europe or the United States. In addition, most of the funding for women's football in Africa comes from FIFA, not the local national football associations.
The Central African Football Federation, the CAR's national football association, was founded in 1961 and became a FIFA affiliate in 1964. In the CAR, there is no national association staffer dedicated to women's football and no women on the board or in the executive committee. With assistance from FIFA, the federation developed a women's programme starting in 2000. A national competition and school competition were later introduced. Football is one of the most popular women's sports in the CAR. There were about 200 registered youth players in the country and 200 registered senior players as of 2006. There are 80 club-level teams with women on them, 20 of which are exclusively for women.

### Team

In 2006, the team trained five times a week. As of March 2020, the team was not ranked by FIFA due to it not having played enough international matches.
The country has a national under-20 side. This team has participated in the qualifying competition for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, which prior to 2006 was an under-19 tournament in which the CAR team also took part. In 2002, the qualifiers began with an African Women's Under-19 Championship. The CAR faced Equatorial Guinea in a home-and-away series in the first round, winning both matches by scores of 1–0 and 2–0. The country was set to play Zimbabwe in the quarterfinals, but Zimbabwe withdrew from the competition. In the semi-finals, the CAR met South Africa in a home match, but lost 0–2. The team was scheduled to play a return match in South Africa, but the host country refused to grant the Central African players visas, which led to South Africa's disqualification from the tournament. South Africa appealed the decision and visas were subsequently issued to Central African players, but the team then withdrew from the competition. In 2010, the Central African Republic women's national under-20 football team participated in the African Women's U-20 World Cup qualifiers. They had a walkover win against São Tomé and Príncipe in the first round but did not participate in the second or third rounds.

## 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.
Win  Draw  Lose  Fixture

### 2023
## Coaching staff
### Current coaching staff

As of September 2022
| Position | Name | Ref. |
| Head coach | Jean Etienne Momokoamas Kopo |
| Assistant coach | Christelle MAJOKA | |

### Manager history

* Jean Etienne Momokoamas Kopo (??– )

## Players
### Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Mali.
* Match dates: 22 and 26 September 2023
* Opposition: Mali
* Caps and goals correct as of: 24 October 2021, after the match against Cameroon
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1GK | Beverly Mellot | | | | Louves Minproff |
| 1GK | Fidélia Wabangue | | | | |
| 1GK | Pétula Malengao | | | | |
| 2DF | Félicité Yakite | | | | |
| 2DF | Marie Auzingoni Toudouma | | | | |
| 2DF | Awa Victoire Rafina Wagouma | | | | |
| 2DF | Chancie Dangoro | | | | |
| 2DF | Gladys Mokogo | | | | |
| 2DF | Huguette Gabriella Gazambele | | | | |
| 2DF | Noëlla Sylviana Mokossi | | | | Renaissance Club Athletic Zemamra |
| 3MF | Ursula Ndomette | | | | |
| 3MF | Ernestine Yemele | | | | |
| 3MF | Ornella Estelle Soubama | | | | |
| 3MF | Félicité Dongole Tido | | | | |
| 3MF | Sandrine Doimon Tabita | | | | |
| 3MF | Foxia Tania Nigel Gbadora Mbagcao | | | | |
| 4FW | Duviella Padou | | | | |
| 4FW | Dorcas Noëlla Kokate Yaowa | | | | Canon Yaoundé |
| 4FW | Annette Delalune Merline Youngai | | | | AS Awa |
| 4FW | Marie Paul Ndogo Passe | | | | |
| 4FW | Areille Prudence Bokognako | | | | |
| 4FW | Grâce Yinda | | | | |
| 4FW | Christelle Demba | (1998-02-26) 26 February 1998 (age 27) | 10 | 3 | Riga FC |
| 4FW | Jasmine Ndada | | | | |

### Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to a Central African squad in the past 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| | Rachelle Tidot | | |
| | Sandrine Ndoimon | | Dja sport académie |
| FW | M'pemba Makaya | (2000-04-28) 28 April 2000 (age 24) | Amed S.F.K. |

## Individual records

* Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

## Achievements
### Women's World Cup record

| Women's World Cup finals | Women's World Cup finals | Women's World Cup finals | Women's World Cup finals | Women's World Cup finals | Women's World Cup finals | Women's World Cup finals | Women's World Cup finals | Women's World Cup finals | Women's World Cup qualification | Women's World Cup qualification | Women's World Cup qualification | Women's World Cup qualification | Women's World Cup qualification | Women's World Cup qualification |
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1991 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2019 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | To Be Determined | To Be Determined | To Be Determined | To Be Determined | To Be Determined | To Be Determined | To Be Determined | To Be Determined |
| 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 | To Be Determined | To Be Determined | To Be Determined | To Be Determined | To Be Determined | To Be Determined | To Be Determined | To Be Determined |
| Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

### Olympic Games record

| Olympic Games finals | Olympic Games finals | Olympic Games finals | Olympic Games finals | Olympic Games finals | Olympic Games finals | Olympic Games finals | Olympic Games finals | Olympic Games finals | Olympic Games qualification | Olympic Games qualification | Olympic Games qualification | Olympic Games qualification | Olympic Games qualification | Olympic Games qualification |
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1996 | Ineligible | Ineligible | Ineligible | Ineligible | Ineligible | Ineligible | Ineligible | Ineligible | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000 | Ineligible | Ineligible | Ineligible | Ineligible | Ineligible | Ineligible | Ineligible | Ineligible | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2021 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |

### Women's Africa Cup of Nations

Women's Africa Cup of Nations :
| Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1995 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1998 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2000 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2002 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2004 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2006 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2008 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2010 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2012 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2014 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2016 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2018 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2022 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2024 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2026 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| Total | 0/16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### African Games record

| African Games finals | African Games finals | African Games finals | African Games finals | African Games finals | African Games finals | African Games finals | African Games finals | African Games finals | African Games qualification | African Games qualification | African Games qualification | African Games qualification | African Games qualification | African Games qualification |
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2003 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | No Qualifying Process | No Qualifying Process | No Qualifying Process | No Qualifying Process | No Qualifying Process | No Qualifying Process |
| 2007 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2019 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |

### UNIFFAC Women's Cup

UNIFFAC Women's Cup :
| Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | GD |
| 2020 | Third | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 |
| Total | 1/1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 |