Burkina Faso women's national football team

The Burkina Faso women's national football team is the national women's football team of Burkina Faso and is overseen by the Burkinabé Football Federation. In the history of female football in the country, there have been only 5 fixtures for this team, four taking place in Ouagadougou and one in Accra.[2]

Burkina Faso

Association	Burkinabé Football Federation
Confederation	CAF
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Home stadium	Stade du 4 Août
FIFA code	BFA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	NR (18 December 2020)[1]
Highest	92 (December 2009)
Lowest	148 (September 2015)
First international
Burkina Faso 10–0 Niger  (Ouagadougou; September 2, 2007)
Biggest win
Burkina Faso 10–0 Niger  (Ouagadougou; September 2, 2007)
Biggest defeat
Burkina Faso 0–3 Ghana  (Ouagadougou; February 16, 2014)  Ghana 3–0 Burkina Faso  (Accra, Ghana; March 1, 2014)  Mali 5–2 Burkina Faso  (Bamako, Mali; January 11, 2016)

History

Burkina Faso played their first match on 2 September 2007 in Ouagadougou against Niger and won 10-0, the best result till today. They disputed their second match also against Niger, and again in Ouagadougou, winning this time by 5-0. Their third match was again in Ouagadougou, against Mali and was the first loss, by 4-2.

The Burkinabes disputed again a match on 16 February 2014, in Ouagadougou, for the 2014 African Women's Championship qualification against Ghana and lost by 3-0 in the first leg. The second leg was in Accra, Ghana, and lost again by 3-0, resulting in a 6-0 aggregate and lost qualification for the Championship.

Home stadium

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

Achievements

Women's World Cup record

FIFA Women's World Cup Finals
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015	Did not qualify
2019
2023	To be determined
Total	0/9	0	0	0	0	0	0

Africa Women Cup of Nations record

Africa Women Cup of Nations Finals
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter
1995
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014	Did not qualify
2016
2018
2020	Cancelled
Total	0/14	-	-	-	-	-	-

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.

Players

• The following players were called up to play the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification (first round).

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Zenabo Kounda	4 June 1990			Unknown
23	GK	Fadilatou Soré	14 April 1999			Unknown
2	DF	Bilguissa Simporé	7 April 1981			Unknown
3	DF	Stella Goungouga	24 March 2000			Unknown
5	DF	Alimata Kaboré	10 August 1998			Unknown
11	DF	Balkissa Sawdogo	2 October 1998			Unknown
12	DF	Charlotte Millogo (C)	14 July 1998			Unknown
21	DF	Rafiatou Ouédraogo	25 April 1999			Unknown
4	MF	Fatimata Lankounde	20 January 1995			Unknown
7	MF	Clémence Yamponi	29 May 1995			Unknown
8	MF	Zoeyande Sawadogo	1 January 1987			Unknown
14	MF	Juliette Nana	16 August 2000			Unknown
15	MF	Yasminah Kouanda	4 September 1991			Unknown
19	MF	Limata Nikiema	7 June 1995			Unknown
20	MF	Sara Ilbboudou	21 April 2000			Unknown
25	MF	Mouniratou Compaoré	26 November 1997			Unknown
9	FW	Salimata Simporé	29 January 1987			Dinamo Minsk
22	FW	Elonie Gnoumou	15 October 1998			Unknown

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

Individual records

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

Most capped players # Player Year(s) Caps

Top goalscorers # Player Year(s) Goals Caps

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   Fixtures

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
2. Burkina Faso in FIFA

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile