Cameroon women's national football team

The Cameroon national women's football team, also known as the Indomitable Lionesses, is the national team of Cameroon and is controlled by the Cameroon Football Association. They finished second in the 1991, 2004, 2014, and 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations, participated in the 2012 Olympic Games and have competed in their first ever FIFA Women's World Cup in 2015.

Cameroon
Nickname(s)Les Lionnes Indomptables (The Indomitable Lionesses)
AssociationFédération Camerounaise
de Football
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationUNIFFAC
(Central Africa)
Head coachGabriel Zabo
CaptainChristine Manie
Most capsMadeleine Ngono Mani (87)
Top scorerMadeleine Ngono Mani (40)
Home stadiumStade Ahmadou Ahidjo
FIFA codeCMR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 67 1 (15 March 2024)
Highest41 (July 2019)
Lowest90 (October 2007)
First international
 Nigeria 2–0 Cameroon 
(Lagos, Nigeria; 15 June 1991)
Biggest win
 Cameroon 8–0 Gambia 
(Yaoundé, Cameroon; 18 February 2022)
Biggest defeat
 Nigeria 6–0 Cameroon 
(Kaduna, Nigeria; 27 October 1998)
 France 6–0 Cameroon 
(Paris, France; 10 October 2018)
World Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2015)
Best resultRound of 16 (2015, 2019)
Africa Women Cup of Nations
Appearances13 (first in 1991)
Best resultRunners-up (1991, 2004, 2014, 2016)
Football at the Summer Olympics
Appearances1 (first in 2012)
Best resultGroup stage (2012)
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