Association | Cape Verdean Football Federation | ||
---|---|---|---|
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) | ||
Head coach | Silvéria Nédio | ||
Most caps | (10) | ||
Top scorer | Irlanda Lopes (3) | ||
FIFA code | CPV | ||
| |||
FIFA ranking | |||
Current | NR (5 August 2022)[1] | ||
First international | |||
Cape Verde 0–1 Guinea-Bissau (Praia, Cape Verde; 16 November 2018) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Cape Verde 3–0 Guinea (Bo, Sierra Leone; 1 March 2020) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Mali 4–0 Cape Verde (Bo, Sierra Leone; 4 March 2020) |
The Cape Verde women's national football team represents Cape Verde in international women's association football and is governed by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.
In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team,[2] including Cape Verde who have yet to play in a FIFA sanctioned match.[3][4] A national team from Cape Verde has not represented the country in the major regional and international tournaments.[3] This includes the Women's World Cup,[3][5] the 2010 African Women's Championships during the preliminary rounds.,[6] and the 2011 All Africa Games.[7] In March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA.[8]
Women's football in Africa in general faces several challenges, including limited access to education, poverty amongst women in the wider society, and fundamental inequality present in the society that occasionally allows for female specific human rights abuses.[9] At the same time, if quality female players in Africa are developed, many leave their home countries to seek greater football opportunities in places like Northern Europe or the United States.[10] Funding for women's football in Africa is also an issue: Most of the funding for women's football and for the women's national teams comes from FIFA, not the national football association.[10]
The development of football on a national level in Cape Verde is hindered by several factors, including local definitions of femininity that discourage participation in sport, lack of adequate training, a lack of competitive spirit in matches and during training.[11] There is also a lack of available players, with participation rates having peaked at roughly 350 a few years back to roughly 200 current players.[11] The lack of opportunities to go further with football inside the country also discourages continued participation in the sport.[11]
Cape Verde's FIFA trigramme is CPV.[3][12] The national association, Cape Verdean Football Federation, was founded in 1982 and became affiliated with FIFA in 1986.[13] Between 1990 and 2010, no football administrators from the country attended FIFA run courses related solely to women's football though some attended courses about both men and women's football.[14] Facilities were built to support football for everyone in 2001 when there was a surge of interest in the sport from women and youth players.[15] In 2004, national football umpire training took place, with six of the twenty-six enrolled participants being women, with the women being expected to referee both men and women's matches.[16] Also that year, there were efforts to create a women's futsal competition in São Vicente.[17] lha do Fogo had a women's futsal league in 2005 that included six teams.[18] In July 2011 on the island of St. Nicholas, the first women's soccer national championship was held in the country with EPIF da Praia being crowned the winners and Ajax de São Nicolau coming in second. The national competition had six teams in its inaugural season including EPIF de São Vicente, Ajax de São Nicolau, EPIF da Praia, Académica do Sal, Académica da Boa Vista e Lém.[19] Costs for the competition were covered by the national association.[20] There were efforts to create the league by 2008.[21] In 2011, a FIFA and the Cape Verdean Football Federation sponsored women's coaching clinic was held in the country. The training was conducted by James Doyen French from Portugal and Francisco Baptista Asselan Khan of Mozambique. The training was conducted to help demonstrate the national federation's commitment to women's football.[22] In 2011, a women's football tournament was held in San Vicente.[23] Rights to broadcast the 2011 Women's World Cup in the country were bought by African Union of Broadcasting.[24]
Some female Cape Verdan footballers have gone on to play internationally for clubs in places like the Canary Islands with some of the earliest players joining clubs around 2001. Other footballers have played abroad starting in 2004 in the Netherlands, Spain and Luxembourg.[11]
The Cape Verde women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the " ".[clarification needed]
The Cape Verde women's national football team plays their home matches on...
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Partial results are shown in parentheses.
Win Draw Lose Fixture
19 June International Friendly | Luxembourg | 2–1 | Cape Verde | Bettembourg, Luxembourg |
19:15 |
|
Report (FLF) Report (FLF IG) |
|
Stadium: Stade Municipal Attendance: 880 Referee: Viki De Cremer (Belgium) |
Source :globalsportsarchive
The following table shows Cape Verde' all-time official international record per opponent:
Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W% | Confederation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Guinea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 | CAF |
Guinea-Bissau | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 | CAF |
Liberia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 00.00 | CAF |
Luxembourg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 00.00 | UEFA |
Mali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 00.00 | CAF |
Senegal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 00.00 | CAF |
Sierra Leone | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00.00 | CAF |
Total | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 20.00 | — |
Position | Name |
---|---|
Head Coach | Silvéria Nédio[25] |
Assistant coach | Gustavo Pires[26] |
Arthur Estrela[27] | |
Goalkeeping Coach | Fernando Carvalho[28] |
Technical Director | Vacant |
Fitness Coach | Vacant |
Delegation Leader | Vacant |
Name | Period | Tournament |
---|---|---|
Luana Siqueira | 2018 | |
Silvéria Nédio | 2018–present | 2020 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup: Fourth Place |
The following players were named on 16 June 2022 for friendly away matches against Luxembourg .[29][30]
Caps and goals accurate up to and including 8 September 2021.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1GK | Sheila Gonçalves | Seven Stars | ||||
1GK | Jacinta Rodrigues | Seven Stars | ||||
2DF | Varsénia da Luz | Seven Stars | ||||
2DF | Joseane Fernandes | Seven Stars | ||||
2DF | Mara Santos | Mindelense | ||||
2DF | Linda Évora | Mindelense | ||||
2DF | Leonora dos Santos | Jovens Unidos | ||||
2DF | Maria Sanches | Monica | ||||
3MF | Diana Borges | Vilaverdense | ||||
3MF | Romina Rosário | Llana | ||||
3MF | Carolyn Tomar | Llana FC | ||||
3MF | Maísa Cardoso | Jovens Unidos | ||||
3MF | Ronise Monteiro | Jovens Unidos | ||||
3MF | Ruth Duarte | Mindelense | ||||
3MF | Ivania Moreira | Seven Stars | ||||
4FW | Dara Centeio | Seven Stars | ||||
10 | 4FW | Irlanda Lopes | Santiago Sul | |||
4FW | Evy Pereira | Braga | ||||
4FW | Kateline dos Santos | Red Star | ||||
4FW | Keila Delgado | Benz Táxi | ||||
4FW | Melany Fortes | Futebol Benfica |
The following players have been called up to a Cape Verde squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2DF | Maria Cabral | Seven Stars | ||||
2DF | Eliane Fernandes | Mindelense | ||||
2DF | Joseane Fernandes | Seven Stars | ||||
2DF | Daniela Levi | Llana | ||||
2DF | Eleonora Mendes | Jovens Unidos | ||||
2DF | Flávia Rodrigues | Águias Vermelhas | ||||
2DF | Lariza Rodrigues | Llana | ||||
2DF | Zuleika Sousa | Mindelense | ||||
3MF | Maria Silva | ADEC | ||||
3MF | Eleia Vieira | Seven Stars | ||||
3MF | Sasha Wahnon | Mindelense | ||||
4FW | Vanda da Graça | Mindelense | ||||
4FW | Ronise Monteiro | Jovens Unidos | ||||
4FW | Ivânia Moreira | Seven Stars |
*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 8 September 2021.
Most appearances
|
Top goalscorers
|
FIFA Women's World Cup record | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
1991 | Did not exist | |||||||
1995 | ||||||||
1999 | ||||||||
2003 | ||||||||
2007 | ||||||||
2011 | ||||||||
2015 | ||||||||
2019 | ||||||||
2023 | Did not enter | |||||||
Appearances | 0/9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Summer Olympics record | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
1996 | Did not exist | |||||||
2000 | ||||||||
2004 | ||||||||
2008 | ||||||||
2012 | ||||||||
2016 | ||||||||
2020 | Did not enter | |||||||
2024 | To be determined | |||||||
2028 | ||||||||
Appearances | 0/7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Africa Women Cup of Nations record | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
1991 | Did not exist | |||||||
1995 | ||||||||
1998 | ||||||||
2000 | ||||||||
2002 | ||||||||
2004 | ||||||||
2006 | ||||||||
2008 | ||||||||
2010 | ||||||||
2012 | ||||||||
2014 | ||||||||
2016 | ||||||||
2018 | ||||||||
2020 | Did not enter, tournament was later canceled | |||||||
2022 | Did not enter | |||||||
Appearances | 0/12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
COSAFA Women's Championship record | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
2020 | Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Appearances | Fourth Stage | 4th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
WAFU Zone A Women's Cup History | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Season | Round | Opponent | Scores | Result | Venue |
2020 | Group Stage | Sierra Leone | 0–0 | Draw | Bo, Sierra Leone |
Senegal | 0–2 | Loss | |||
Guinea | 3–0 | won | Makeni, Sierra Leone | ||
Semi-finals | Mali | 0–4 | loss | ||
Third place | Liberia | 0–1 | loss |
This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (September 2021) |
This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (September 2021) |
{{cite journal}}
: Cite journal requires |journal=
(help)
International association football | ||
---|---|---|
| ||
Africa |
| |
Asia |
| |
Europe |
| |
North & Central America and the Caribbean |
| |
Oceania |
| |
South America |
| |
Non-FIFA |
| |
Games |
| |
|
International women's association football | ||
---|---|---|
| ||
Worldwide |
| |
Asia |
| |
Africa |
| |
North America, Central America and the Caribbean |
| |
South America |
| |
Oceania |
| |
Europe |
| |
Non-FIFA |
| |
Games |
| |
Invitationals |
| |
|
National women's football teams of Africa (CAF) | |
---|---|
North Africa (UNAF) |
|
West Africa (WAFU) |
|
East Africa (CECAFA) | |
Central Africa (UNIFFAC) | |
Southern Africa (COSAFA) | |
Non-regional Members |
|
Football in Africa portal
†Associate member of CAF but not member of FIFA |
| |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cape Verdean Football Federation | |||||
National teams |
| ||||
League system |
| ||||
Domestic cups |
| ||||
Awards |
| ||||
Lists | |||||
|
National sports teams of Cape Verde | |
---|---|
|