Burkina Faso women's national football team explained

Burkina Faso
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Association:Burkinabé Football Federation
Sub-Confederation:WAFU (West Africa)
Confederation:CAF
Most Caps:Danielle Cudmore (5)
Top Scorer:Danielle Cudmore (2)
Fifa Trigramme:BFA
Home Stadium:Stadio Paul Wilkins
Fifa Max:97
Fifa Max Date:March 2018
Fifa Min:141
Fifa Min Date:October 2022 – June 2023
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First Game: 10–0
(Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 2 September 2007)
Largest Loss: 5–1
(Abidjan, Ivory Coast; 9 May 2019)
4–0
(Soweto, South Africa; 22 October 2017)
World Cup Apps:0
Regional Name:Olympic Games
Regional Cup Apps:0
2Ndregional Name:Africa Women Cup of Nations
2Ndregional Cup Apps:1
2Ndregional Cup First:2022
2Ndregional Cup Best:Group stage (2022)
Type:women

The Burkina Faso women's national football team represents Burkina Faso in international women's football. It is governed by the Burkinabé Football Federation.[1] It played its first match on 2 September 2007 in Ouagadougou against Niger and won 10–0, the best result till today. Its next matches were against Niger (5–0) and Mali (2–4).

In the 2014 African Women's Championship qualification against Ghana, Burkina Faso lost by 6–0 on aggregate. Tunisia beat them 2–0 on aggregate in the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification. The tie of Burkina Faso and Gambia in the 2018 qualifying tournament was a 3–3 draw on aggregate; Gambia won 5–3 on penalties.

The Burkina Faso women's national football team play their home matches at the Stade du 4 Août.

History

Its first official match took place on September 2, 2007, against Niger in Ouagadougou.Burkina Faso qualified for the first major competition in its history by winning the second round of qualifying for the 2022 African Women's Cup of Nations against Guinea-Bissau on 23 February 2022.

Results and fixtures

See main article: Burkina Faso women's national football team results.

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

2024

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Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

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The current coaching staff of the Burkina Faso women's national football team is as follows:

Mariatou Koné is the head coach of the Burkina Faso women's national football team. She was appointed to the role in January 2023. Koné is a former Burkinabé international footballer who played as a defender. She has extensive coaching experience, having previously coached the Burkina Faso women's under-20 team and the Burkina Faso women's national beach soccer team.

Abdoulaye Sawadogo is the assistant coach of the Burkina Faso women's national football team. He was appointed to the role in January 2023. Sawadogo is a former Burkinabé international footballer who played as a midfielder. He has also coached at the youth level, having previously coached the Burkina Faso men's under-17 team.

Souleymane Ouedraogo is the goalkeeper coach of the Burkina Faso women's national football team. He was appointed to the role in January 2023. Ouedraogo is a former Burkinabé international goalkeeper. He has also coached at the youth level, having previously coached the Burkina Faso men's under-17 team.

Manager history

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to a Burkina Faso squad in the past 12 months.

Previous squads

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Records

Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Most capped players

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Top goalscorers

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Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
YearResultMatchesWins DrawsLossesGFGA
1991did not enter
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015did not qualify
2019
2023
2027To be determined
Total0/9000000

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
YearResult
1996did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
Total0/70000000

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations record
YearResultMatchesWins DrawsLossesGFGAGD
1991did not enter
1995
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014did not qualify
2016
2018
2020Cancelled
2022Group stage301224−2
2024Did not qualify
TotalGroup stage301224−2

African Games

African Games record
YearResultMatchesWins DrawsLossesGFGA
2003Did Not Enter
2007
2011Did not qualify
2015
2019
2023
Total0/4000000

WAFU Women's Cup record

WAFU Zone B Women's Cup
YearResultPosition
2018Group Stage7th311176
2019Group Stage7th310278
TotalGroup Stage1/13003117

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations

The list shown below shows the Djibouti national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.

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Record per opponent

Key

The following table shows Djibouti's all-time official international record per opponent:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20100121171420/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=bfa/fixturesresults/gender=f/index.html Burkina Faso in FIFA
  2. Web site: Sawadogo: Burkina Faso have never been so close to a World Cup. FIFA.
  3. https://twitter.com/karlyboy71/status/1731659992099344643 2nd round squad