Madagascar women's national football team explained

Madagascar
Badge:	Flag of Madagascar.svg
Badge Size:	190px
Nickname:	Barea
Association:	Malagasy Football Federation
Sub-Confederation:	COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Confederation:	CAF (Africa)
Captain:	Sophie Farafanirina
Top Scorer:	Sophie Farafanirina (16)
Fifa Trigramme:	MAD
Fifa Max:	116
Fifa Max Date:	March 2018
Fifa Min:	190
Fifa Min Date:	August 2024
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First Game:	1–3 (Antananarivo, Madagascar; 22 February 2015)
Largest Win:	8–2 (Saint-Benoît, Réunion; 6 August 2015)
Largest Loss:	7–1 (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe; 17 September 2017)
Type:	women

The Madagascar women's national football team is the FIFA recognised senior women's A team for Madagascar. The team played their first FIFA matches in 2015. They were runner-up to Réunion in the 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games. They have competed in the COSAFA Women's Championship, in which they won a game against Comoros in 2019.

History

See also: Women's football in Madagascar. In 2005, Zambia was supposed to host the regional COSAFA Women's Championship, with ten countries agreeing to send teams, including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland.^{[1] [2]} The tournament ultimately did not take place.^{[3] [4]} In 2006, there was a FIFA-recognized Malagasy senior A team that held two training sessions a week, though they had not played a single game between 2000 and 2006.^[5] A FIFA-recognized Malagasy senior A team existed in 2009.^[6]

In 2015 and 2016, the team played several matches, of which four were recognized by FIFA. Two of those were 4–0 wins against Comoros.^[7] The other games were in the Indian Ocean Games, where they were runner-up to Réunion. They made the final by winning a game against Mauritius. The team entered the COSAFA Women's Championship three years in a row from 2017 to 2019. After losing all three games in the group stage in 2017, they drew one game in 2018 against Botswana and won one game in 2019 against Comoros.

Results and fixtures

See main article: Madagascar 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

2023

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Theodore Beatrice
Technical Director
Assistant coach
Goalkeeping Coach
Physical coach
Team Manager

Manager history

Name	Period
Johary Rakotomalala	2015–???^[8]
Theodore Beatrice	2023–present

Players

Current squad

• The following is the final squad called up for the 2023 COSAFA Women's Championship named in September 2023.^[9]

Caps and goals correct as of 14 August 2022

Recent call-ups

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

Previous squads

COSAFA Women's Championship

• 2023 COSAFA Women's Championship squad

Records

See main article: article.

• Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Most capped players

	Player	Year(s)	Caps	Goals

Top goalscorers

	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps
1	Sophie Farafanirina	2015–Present	16	??
2	Marie Sarah Rasoanandrasana	??–Present	4	??
align=center rowspan="2"	3	Regina Ramiseheno	2015–??	3	??
Aimée Christina Razanampiavy	2015–Present	3	??
align=center rowspan="2"	4	Nadia Ravaosoloarimalala	2015–??	2	??
Noriaty Nirina Tshohy	2015–??	2	??
align=center rowspan="8"	5	Regina Mamiseheno	2015–??	1	??
Marie Raharimalala	2015–Present	1	??
Mamy Razafindrabe	??–??	1	??
Hanitriniana Nivonirina	??–??	1	??
Solomampionona Razananivo	??–??	1	??
Julie Solonilaina	??–??	1	??

Honours

Regional

• Football at the Indian Ocean Island Games

Runners-up: 2015^[10]

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

width=125	Year	width=150	Round	width=100	Position	width=35	Pld	width=35	W	width=35	D*	width=35	L	width=35	GS	width=35	GA
1991	did not exist
1995
1999
2003
2007	did not enter
2011
2015
2019
2023
2027	to be determined
Appearances	0/10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Olympic Games

width=125	Year	width=150	Round	width=100	Position	width=35	Pld	width=35	W	width=35	D*	width=35	L	width=35	GS	width=35	GA
	did not exist
2000
2004
	did not enter
2012
2016
	to be determined
Appearances	0/7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

• Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Africa Women Cup of Nations

width=125	Year	width=150	Round	width=100	Position	width=35	Pld	width=35	W	width=35	D*	width=35	L	width=35	GS	width=35	GA
	did not exist
1995
1998
2000
2002
2004
	did not enter
2008
2010
2012
2018
	did not enter, tournament was later canceled
	did not enter
2024	Did not enter
Appearances	0/12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

COSAFA Women's Championship

width=125	Year	width=150	Round	width=100	Position	width=35	Pld	width=35	W	width=35	D*	width=35	L	width=35	GS	width=35	GA	width=35	GD
	did not exist
	did not enter
	Group stage	11th	3	0	0	3	4	17	-13
	Group stage	10th	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3
	Group stage	8th	3	1	0	2	5	6	-1
	did not enter
2021
2022
2023	Group stage	10th	3	0	0	3	3	8	-5
Appearances	Group stage	8th	12	1	1	10	13	35	-22

• Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Sources: COSAFA,^[11] Soccerway^{[12] [13]}

See also

• Sport in Madagascar
  • Football in Madagascar

External links

• Malagasy Football Federation

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mukoka . Augustine . 16 August 2005 . Zambia to Host Cosafa Women's Soccer Tourney . 14 November 2023 . AllAfrica.
2. News: The Post (Zambia) – AAGM: Zambia to Host Cosafa Women's Soccer Tourney. The Post. Lusaka, Zambia. 16 August 2005. Augustine. Mukoka. 23 April 2012. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304214638/http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid%2Fiw.newsbank.com%3AAUNB%3AZPOB&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=10C31A2E66964BC0&svc_dat=InfoWeb%3Aaggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9. live.
3. Web site: COSAFA Women Tournaments . 2023-11-15 . www.rsssf.org.
4. Web site: Madagascar: Fixtures and Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110622183027/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=mad/fixturesresults/gender=f/index.html . 22 June 2011 . 16 April 2012 . FIFA.
5. Web site: FIFA. Women's Football Today. 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20120814213100/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/women/93/77/21/factsheets.pdf. dead. 14 August 2012. 8 June 2012. 122.
6. Web site: The FIFA Women's World Ranking . https://web.archive.org/web/20111008164448/http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/women/index.html . dead . 8 October 2011 . FIFA. 25 September 2009 . 8 June 2012.
7. Web site: Match Amical Feminin: Madagascar 4–0 Comores . 7 November 2021 . 2 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202021910/http://www.sobikamada.com/sport/item/10921-match-amical-f%C3%A9minin-madagascar-4-0-comores.html . live .
8. Web site: Foot Féminin : Rakotomalala Johary nouveau head coach . 3 March 2015 .
9. https://twitter.com/karlyboy71/status/1708153202040877238/photo/1 Cosafa women's championship 2023
10. Web site: Jeux des Iles de l'Océan Indien (Indian Ocean Games) . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 24 January 2017 . 21 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180421034914/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ind-ocean.html#15wom . live .
11. Web site: 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship – Day 7 Review / Day 8 Preview . COSAFA . 23 July 2022 . 4 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220204234225/https://www.cosafa.com/2017-cosafa-womens-championship-day-7-review-day-8-preview/ . live .
12. Web site: COSAFA Women's Cup 2018 . Soccerway . 23 July 2022.
13. Web site: COSAFA Women's Cup 2019 . Soccerway . 23 July 2022 . 3 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201203133949/https://int.soccerway.com/international/africa/cosafa-womens-cup/2019/group-stage/r50116/ . live .