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).
Association | Burkinabé Football Federation | ||
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Confederation | CAF | ||
Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) | ||
Most caps | Danielle Cudmore (5) | ||
Top scorer | Danielle Cudmore (2) | ||
Home stadium | Stadio Paul Wilkins | ||
FIFA code | BFA | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 134 1 (15 March 2024) | ||
Highest | 97 (March 2018) | ||
Lowest | 141 (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 | |||
Appearances | 0 | ||
Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 0 | ||
Africa Women Cup of Nations | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2022) | ||
Best result | Group 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.