Burkina Faso women's national football team

The Burkina Faso women's national football team represents Burkina Faso in international women's football. It is governed by the Burkinabé Football Federation. 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).

Burkina Faso
AssociationBurkinabé Football Federation
ConfederationCAF
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
Most capsDanielle Cudmore (5)
Top scorerDanielle Cudmore (2)
Home stadiumStadio Paul Wilkins
FIFA codeBFA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 134 1 (15 March 2024)
Highest97 (March 2018)
Lowest141 (October 2022 – June 2023)
First international
 Burkina Faso 10–0 Niger 
(Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 2 September 2007)
Biggest win
 Burkina Faso 10–0 Niger 
(Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 2 September 2007)
Biggest defeat
 Nigeria 5–1  Burkina Faso
(Abidjan, Ivory Coast; 9 May 2019)
 South Africa 4–0  Burkina Faso
(Soweto, South Africa; 22 October 2017)
World Cup
Appearances0
Olympic Games
Appearances0
Africa Women Cup of Nations
Appearances1 (first in 2022)
Best resultGroup stage (2022)

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.

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