Cameroon women's national football team

Cameroon
Nickname(s)	Les Lionnes Indomptables (The Indomitable Lionesses)
Association	Fédération Camerounaise; de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNIFFAC; (Central Africa)
Head coach	Jean-Bapitste Bisseck
Captain	Christine Manie
Most caps	Madeleine Ngono Mani (87)
Top scorer	Madeleine Ngono Mani (40)
Home stadium	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo
FIFA code	CMR
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	68 1 (13 December 2024)
Highest	41 (July 2019)
Lowest	90 (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
Appearances	2 (first in 2015)
Best result	Round of 16 (2015, 2019)
Africa Women Cup of Nations
Appearances	13 (first in 1991)
Best result	Runners-up (1991, 2004, 2014, 2016)
Football at the Summer Olympics
Appearances	1 (first in 2012)
Best result	Group stage (2012)

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.

History

The team was formed in the 1980s but didn't gain significant attention until the 1990s. Cameroon participated in their first major tournament, the African Women's Championship (now known as the Women's Africa Cup of Nations), in 1991. Cameroon quickly established itself as one of the top teams in Africa. They reached the finals of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations multiple times, winning their first title in 2002. The team has been a consistent contender in the tournament, often finishing as runners-up. The Lionesses made their FIFA Women's World Cup debut in 2015 in Canada, where they reached the Round of 16. This was a significant achievement for the team and marked their arrival on the global stage. They also qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France, again reaching the Round of 16. Cameroon qualified for the 2012 London Olympics, marking another milestone in their development. Though they did not advance past the group stage, participation in such a prestigious tournament highlighted their growing stature.

Team image

Home stadium

The Cameroon women's national football team plays their home matches on the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo.

Overall competitive record

Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent	Position	Scorers
1991 African Championship	Quarterfinals	Walkover	Congo
	Semifinals	Walkover	Zambia
	Final	0–2 0–4 (0–6 agg.)	Nigeria
1995 African Championship	Quarterfinals	Withdrew	Angola
1998 African Championship qualification		Walkover	Sierra Leone
1998 African Championship	First stage	3–2 1–3	South Africa Ghana
	Semifinals	0–6	Nigeria
	3rd place	3–3 (PSO: 1–3)	Congo DR
2000 African Championship qualification		3–0 w/o	Gabon
2000 African Championship	First stage	4–1 0–2 0–3	Morocco Ghana Nigeria	3 / 4	Abbe, Anong, Anounga, Njolle
2002 African Championship qualification	Second round	0–0 4–0	Gabon
2002 African Championship	First stage	1–2 0–0 1–0	South Africa Zimbabwe Angola	2 / 4	Anounga Ngono
	Semifinals	2–3	Ghana		Pokam, Belemgoto
	3rd place	3–0	South Africa
2003 African Games	First stage	3–0 0–1 1–1	Ethiopia Nigeria Zimbabwe	2 / 4	Bella, Mekongo Ngono
	Semifinals	1–3	South Africa
	3rd place	1–0	Mali
2004 African Championship qualification	Second round	0–0 2–0	Congo		Mbida, Ngo Ndoumbouk
2004 African Championship	First stage	2–2 2–2 3–1	Mali Nigeria Algeria	2 / 4	Mbida, Mete Bella, Mekongo Mbida 2, Mekongo
	Semifinals	1–0 (AET)	Ghana		Bella
	Final	0–5	Nigeria
2006 African Championship qualification	Second round	4–0 5–0	Kenya
2006 African Championship	First stage	1–1 1–2 2–0	Congo DR Ghana Mali	2 / 4	Ngono Bella Bekombo, Ngo Ndoumbouk
	Semifinals	0–5	Nigeria
	3rd place	2–2 (PSO: 4–5)	South Africa
2007 African Games qualification		Withdrew	Congo DR
2008 African Championship qualification	Second round	3–0 2–1	Tanzania
2008 African Championship	First stage	0–1 2–1 1–0	Equatorial Guinea Mali Congo DR	2 / 4	Bekombo, Ngo Ndoumbouk Ngono
	Semifinals	0–3	South Africa
	3rd place	1–1 (PSO: 3–4)	Nigeria		Onguene — 1 Ngo Ndoumbouk, 2 Manie, 4 Onguene 3 Bella, 5 Mbida
2010 African Championship qualification	Second round	2–0 3–0	Congo DR		Ngono 2, Bella, Enganamouit, Onguene
2010 African Championship	First stage	2–2 2–1 2–1	Equatorial Guinea Ghana Algeria	2 / 4	Manie, Ngono Manie, Ngo Ndoumbouk Onguene, Ejangue
	Semifinals	1–5	Nigeria		Ngock
	3rd place	0–2	South Africa
2011 African Games	First stage	1–0 3–0 Walkover	Mozambique Algeria Guinea	1 / 3	Zouga Beyene, Iven, Manie
	Semifinals	2–0	South Africa		Enganamouit, Onguene
	Final	1–0	Ghana		Ngono
2012 Summer Olympics qualification	Second round	5–0 1–0	Mali		Bella, Manie, Nkout, Onguene, Zouga, ?
	Third round	0–0 0–2 ¹	Equatorial Guinea
	Fourth round	1–2 2–1 (PSO: 4–3)	Nigeria		Manie, Zouga + 1 o.g.
2012 Summer Olympics	First stage	0–5 0–3 1–3	Brazil Great Britain New Zealand	4 / 4	Onguene
2012 African Championship qualification	Second round	1–1 1–1 (PSO: 10–9)	Ghana		Iven, Manie
2012 African Championship	First stage	1–2 4–1 0–0	Nigeria Ivory Coast Ethiopia	2 / 4	Manie Iven 2, Onguene, Zouga
	Semifinals	0–2	Equatorial Guinea
	3rd place	1–0	Nigeria		Enganamouit
2014 African Women's Championship qualification	Second round	1–1 2–1	Senegal		Nchout, Zouga
2014 African Championship	First stage	1–0 2–0 0–1	South Africa Algeria Ghana	1 / 4	Feudjio Enganamouit 2
	Semifinals	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Ivory Coast		Enganamouit, Manie
	Final	0–2	Nigeria
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup	First stage	6–0 1–2 2–1	Ecuador Japan Switzerland	2 / 4	Ngono, Enganamouit 3, Manie, Onguene Nchout Onguene, Ngono
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup	Round of 16	0–1	China PR
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup	First stage	0–1 1–3 2–1	Canada Netherlands New Zealand	3 / 4	Onguene Nchout 2
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup	Round of 16	0–3	England

¹ Equatorial Guinea was disqualified from the competition for fielding an ineligible player, so Cameroon advanced to the final qualifying round instead.

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.

Legend

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2023

22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg	Cameroon	1–0	Kenya	Douala, Cameroon
19:00 UTC+1	Mambolamo 8'	Report (FKF)		Stadium: Stade de la Réunification Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia)

26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg	Kenya	1–0 (1–1 agg.) (4–3 p)	Cameroon	Nairobi, Kenya
15:00 UTC+3	Shilwatso 75'	Report (FKF)		Stadium: Nyayo National Stadium
	Penalties
	Ingosi #19 Andibo Adam Aquino		Eto Meyong Toko Njoya Meffometou Nchout Njoya
Note: 1–1 on aggregate. Kenya won 4–3 on penalties.

26 October 2023 (2023-10-26) 2024 Olympic qualifying	Uganda	2–0	Cameroon	Njeru, Uganda
16:00 UTC+3	Nagadya 11' Ikwaput 75'			Stadium: FUFA Technical Centre

31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) 2024 Olympic qualifying	Cameroon	3–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 agg.)	Uganda	Douala
	Njoya 27' Ngock 47' Omboudou 115'			Stadium: Stade de la Réunification
Note: Cameroon won 3–2 on aggregate

2024

23 February 2024 (2024-02-23) 2024 Olympic qualifying	Cameroon	0–0	Nigeria	Douala Cameroon
				Stadium: Stade de la Réunification

26 February 2024 (2024-02-26) 2024 Olympic qualifying	Nigeria	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Cameroon	Abuja,Nigeria
	Okoronkwo 15'			Stadium: Moshood Abiola National Stadium
Note: Nigeria won 1–0 on aggregate.

Source: global archive

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Jean-Baptiste Bisseck

Manager history

Carl Enow (2003–2018)
Alain Djeumfa (????–2022)
Gabriel Zabo (2022–2023)
Jean-Baptiste Bisseck (2023–)

Players

Current squad

The following is the squad for the 2024 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament in February 2024.^[2]

Caps and goals correct as of 17 July 2022, after the match against Botswana.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Cathy Biya	(2006-07-18) 18 July 2006 (age 18)	Éclair FF
16	1GK	Michaely Bihina	(2003-12-28) 28 December 2003 (age 21)	Racing Power
22	1GK	Christemilie Onomo	(2002-04-27) 27 April 2002 (age 22)	FC Ebolowa [fr]

2	2DF	Orline Djutchie	(2001-11-28) 28 November 2001 (age 23)	Lekié FF
3	2DF	Estelle Yanga		FC Ebolowa [fr]
4	2DF	Inès Maague	(2004-06-11) 11 June 2004 (age 20)	Amazones FAP
12	2DF	Falone Meffometou	(1990-07-01) 1 July 1990 (age 34)	Fleury
15	2DF	Colette Ndzana	(2000-07-19) 19 July 2000 (age 24)	Reims
20	2DF	Annecy Nguiadem	(1994-04-04) 4 April 1994 (age 30)	Amed
21	2DF	Éliane Manbolamo	(1991-07-03) 3 July 1991 (age 33)	Atlético Ouriense
	2DF	Bernadette Ngaseh Mbele	(2005-11-16) 16 November 2005 (age 19)	Fleury

5	3MF	Naomie Eto	(2000-06-28) 28 June 2000 (age 24)	Amazones FAP
8	3MF	Julie Nke	(2002-05-13) 13 May 2002 (age 22)	Unattached
10	3MF	Grâce Ngock Yango	(1993-06-12) 12 June 1993 (age 31)	DC Power FC
13	3MF	Charlène Meyong	(1998-11-19) 19 November 1998 (age 26)	London City Lionesses
17	3MF	Brigitte Omboudou	(1992-07-29) 29 July 1992 (age 32)	Hakkarigücü Spor
18	3MF	Mireille Tchengang	(2002-12-20) 20 December 2002 (age 22)	RC Roubaix Wervicq

6	4FW	Mana Lamine	(2005-06-15) 15 June 2005 (age 19)	Le Mans
7	4FW	Aboudi Onguene (captain)	(1989-02-25) 25 February 1989 (age 35)	CSKA Moscow
9	4FW	Flora Kameni	(2001-11-13) 13 November 2001 (age 23)	Louves Minproff
11	4FW	Marie Ngah	(2002-10-20) 20 October 2002 (age 22)	Hakkarigücü Spor
14	4FW	Annie Enganemben	(2004-04-01) 1 April 2004 (age 20)	AS Awa
19	4FW	Brenda Tabe	(2003-12-02) 2 December 2003 (age 21)	Athlone Town
	4FW	Ajara Nchout Njoya	(1993-01-12) 12 January 1993 (age 31)	Al Qadsiah

Recent call-ups

The following players were named to a Cameroon squad in the last 12 months.

This list may be incomplete.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Chelsea Ngole		Authentic Ladies de Douala	2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification^PRE
GK	Ange Bawou	(2000-02-12) 12 February 2000 (age 24)	BIIK Shymkent	2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification^PRE
GK	Marthe Ongmahan	(1992-06-12) 12 June 1992 (age 32)	Lekié FF	2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification^PRE

DF	Michele Moumazim		Panthère Security Filles de Garoua	2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification^PRE
DF	Moussa Raihina		Vision Foot AC	2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification^PRE
DF	Kamine Nana		Authentic Ladies de Douala	2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification^PRE
DF	Claudia Dabda	(2001-07-01) 1 July 2001 (age 23)	Al-Hilal	v. Uganda, 31 October 2023
DF	Easther Mayi Kith	(1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 27)	Saint-Étienne	v. Uganda, 31 October 2023
DF	Frédérique Messomo	(1997-11-15) 15 November 1997 (age 27)	Yverdon-Sport	v. Uganda, 31 October 2023
DF	Marie Victoire Ngono	(2004-12-15) 15 December 2004 (age 20)		v. Uganda, 31 October 2023
DF	Marlène Essimi	(2005-11-29) 29 November 2005 (age 19)	FC Ebolowa [fr]	v. Uganda, 31 October 2023

MF	Elise Ndome		Caïman FC Filles	2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification^PRE
MF	Camilla Daha	(2003-10-04) 4 October 2003 (age 21)	CD Getafe Femenino	2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification^PRE
MF	Fadimatou Kome	(2002-07-22) 22 July 2002 (age 22)	Montauban	v. Kenya, 26 September 2023
MF	Achta Toko	(2005-07-08) 8 July 2005 (age 19)	CD Getafe Femenino	v. Kenya, 26 September 2023
MF	Genevieve Ngo Mbeleck	(1993-03-10) 10 March 1993 (age 31)	Beijing	v. Kenya, 26 September 2023
MF	Brigitte Mbomozomo	(2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 24)	Amazone FAP	v. Uganda, 31 October 2023
MF	Monique Ngock	(2004-09-17) 17 September 2004 (age 20)	Reims	v. Uganda, 31 October 2023

FW	Éliane Bibout	(1999-02-20) 20 February 1999 (age 25)	Éclair FF	2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification^PRE
FW	Raïssa Nnanga		Lekié FF	2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification^PRE
FW	Kévine Ossol	(2000-08-19) 19 August 2000 (age 24)		v. Uganda, 31 October 2023
FW	Michaela Batya	(1997-06-12) 12 June 1997 (age 27)	Toluca	v. Uganda, 31 October 2023

Previous squads

FIFA Women's World Cup

Summer Olympics

2012 Summer Olympics squad

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Captains

Christine Manie (????–)

Honours

Regional

COSAFA Women's Championship

Runners-up: 2018

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify
1995	Withdrew from qualification
1999	Did not qualify
2003
2007
2011
2015	Round of 16	11th	4	2	0	2	9	4
2019	Round of 16	15th	4	1	0	3	3	8
2023	Did not qualify
2027	To be determined
Total	3/10	-	8	3	0	5	12	12

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
2015	Group stage	8 June	Ecuador	W 6–0	BC Place, Vancouver
		12 June	Japan	L 1–2	BC Place, Vancouver
		16 June	Switzerland	W 2–1	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
	Round of 16	20 June	China	L 0–1	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
2019	Group stage	10 June	Canada	L 0–1	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
		15 June	Netherlands	L 1–3	Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes
		20 June	New Zealand	W 2–1	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
	Round of 16	23 June	England	L 0–3	Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

For 2012 Cameroon qualified for the first time to the Olympics.^[3]

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Withdrew in Qualification
2000	did not qualify
2004
2008
2012	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	11
2016	did not qualify
2020
2024
Total	1/8	3	0	0	3	1	11

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Runners-up	2	0	0	2	0	6
1995	Withdrew In Quarter-finals
1998	Fourth place	4	2	0	2	7	13
2000	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	6
2002	Third place	5	2	2	1	7	5
2004	Runners-up	5	1	3	1	8	10
2006	Fourth place	5	1	2	2	6	10
2008	Fourth place	5	2	1	2	4	6
2010	Fourth place	5	2	1	2	7	11
2012	Third place	5	2	1	2	6	5
2014	Runners-up	5	3	0	2	5	4
2016	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	6	1
2018	Third place	5	3	2	0	10	4
2020	Cancelled
2022	Quarter-finals	4	1	2	1	3	2
2024	Did not qualify
Total	13/15	58	24	14	20	73	83

African Games

African Games record
Year	Result	M	W	D	L	GF	GA
2003		5	2	1	2	7	5
2007		withdraw
2011		4	4	0	0	7	0
2015		4	1	2	1	4	4
2019	See Cameroon women's national under-20 football team
2023	to be determined
Total	3/4	13	7	3	3	18	9

UNIFFAC Women's Cup

UNIFFAC Women's Cup
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA	GD
2020	did not enter
Total	1/1	4	0	3	1	4	5	−1

Honours

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations

The list shown below shows the Djibouti national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.
*As of xxxxxx after match against xxxx.

Key

Positive balance (more wins than losses)

Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)

Negative balance (more losses than wins)

Against	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Confederation

Record per opponent

*As ofxxxxx after match against xxxxx.

Key

Positive balance (more wins than losses)

Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)

Negative balance (more losses than wins)

The following table shows Djibouti's all-time official international record per opponent:

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%	Confederation

Total									—

References

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
^ squad for CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying 3rd round
^ "Cameroon qualifies to Olympics" (in French). fecafootonline.com. 22 October 2011. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011.

External links

Official website
FIFA profile, FIFA.com (in English)

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

[2] squad for CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying 3rd round

[3] "Cameroon qualifies to Olympics" (in French). fecafootonline.com. 22 October 2011. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011.

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v t e Cameroon national football team
General	Cameroonian Football Federation History Managers
Venues	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo
Players and Statistics	Player records Results and fixtures
Goals	Samuel Eto'o
World Cup Finals	Summary 1982 1990 1994 1998 2002 2010 2014 2022
AFCON titles	1984 1988 2000 2002 2017
Others	African Nations Championship Summer Olympics
Rivalries	Egypt Ghana Nigeria
FECAFOOT teams	Men's U-23 U-20 U-17 Women's WU-20 WU-17 Futsal Beach soccer

v t e National sports teams of Cameroon
Male teams	Baseball Basketball (U-18) Beach Soccer Cricket Football (U-17 U-20 Olympic) Futsal Handball Rugby league Rugby union Tennis Volleyball
Female teams	Basketball (U-18) Cricket Football (U-17, U-20) Handball Rugby union Volleyball
Mixed teams	Badminton
Olympics Paralympics Commonwealth Games

v t e National women's football teams of Africa (CAF)
North Africa (UNAF)	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia
West Africa (WAFU)	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo
East Africa (CECAFA)	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar^†
Central Africa (UNIFFAC)	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe
Southern Africa (COSAFA)	Angola Botswana Comoros Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
Non-regional Members	Réunion^†
^†Associate member of CAF but not member of FIFA Football in Africa portal.

History

Team image

Home stadium

Overall competitive record

Results and fixtures

2023

2024

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Previous squads

Captains

Honours

Regional

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Olympic Games

Africa Women Cup of Nations

African Games

UNIFFAC Women's Cup

Honours

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations

Record per opponent

See also

References

External links