DR Congo women's national football team explained

Democratic Republic of Congo
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Nickname:	Léopards dames
Association:	Fédération Congolaise de Football-Association (FECOFA)
Sub-Confederation:	UNIFFAC (Central Africa)
Confederation:	CAF (Africa)
Coach:	Papy Kimoto
Home Stadium:	Stade des Martyrs
Fifa Trigramme:	COD
Fifa Max:	85
Fifa Max Date:	June – September 2009
Fifa Min:	118
Fifa Min Date:	September 2019
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First Game:	1–4 (Kaduna, Nigeria; 17 October 1998)^[1]
Largest Win:	4–0 (Kinshasa, DR Congo; 28 January 2012)^[2]
Regional Name:	African Women's Championship
Regional Cup Apps:	3
Regional Cup First:	1998
Regional Cup Best:	Third Place, 1998
Type:	women

The DR Congo women's national football team (French: Équipe nationale féminine de football de la République démocratique du Congo) represents the Democratic Republic of the Congo in international women's football. It is governed by the Congolese Association Football Federation. FIFA refers to DR Congo as Congo DR.

History

Congo DR returned to compete in the CAF qualifiers for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Their second round opponent, Equatorial Guinea withdrew,^[3] seeing Congo DR through to the third round to face Cameroon. After suffering a 0–2 loss in the first leg at Yaoundé, Congo DR built a 2–0 lead at home only to see a late goal by Ajara Nchout knock them out of the tournament with a 2–3 loss on aggregate.^[4]

Team image

Home stadium

The DR Congo women's national football team plays their home matches on the Stade des Martyrs.

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.

2024

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Papy Kimoto	^[5]
Assistant coach
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Players

See main article: List of Democratic Republic of the Congo women's international footballers.

Current squad

The following players were called up to play two friendlies against on July 2024.^[6]

Recent call ups

The following players have been called up to the DR Congo squad in the past 12 months.

Notes

^RET = Retired from the national team
^PRE = Preliminary squad

Records

See main article: List of Democratic Republic of the Congo women's international footballers.

Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2 August 2021.

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
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
	Did not enter
1995
	Did not qualify
2003
2007
2011
	Did not enter
2019
	Withdrew
	To be determined
Total	0/10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
	Did not enter
	Did not qualify

2008
2012
	Did not enter
	Did not qualify
2024
Total	0/8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations record
Year	Round	M	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter
1995
1998	Third place	5	1	2	2	8	14
2000	Did not enter
2002	Did not qualify
2004	Did not enter
2006	Group stage	3	0	1	2	4	7
2008	Did not qualify
2010
2012	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	10
2014	Did not enter
2016	Withdrew
2018	Did not enter
2022	Withdrew
2024	Qualified
Total	4/14	11	2	3	6	14	31