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Cape Verde women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Cape Verde national football team.

The Cape Verde women's national football team (recognized as Cabo Verde by FIFA[2]) represents Cape Verde in international women's association football and is governed by the Cape Verdean Football Federation.

Cape Verde
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationCape Verdean Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
Head coachSilvéria Nédio
Most caps(10)
Top scorerIrlanda Lopes (3)
FIFA codeCPV
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 131 Steady (15 March 2024)[1]
Highest131 (December 2023 – March 2024)
Lowest134 (June 2023)
First international
 Cape Verde 0–1 Guinea-Bissau 
(Praia, Cape Verde; 16 November 2018)
Biggest win
 Cape Verde 6–0 Mauritania 
(Sal, Cape Verde; 24 January 2023)
Biggest defeat
 Nigeria 5–0 Cape Verde 
(Lagos, Nigeria; 30 November 2023)

History edit

Introduction edit

In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team,[3] including Cape Verde who have yet to play in a FIFA sanctioned match.[4][5] A national team from Cape Verde has not represented the country in the major regional and international tournaments.[4] This includes the Women's World Cup,[4][6] the 2010 African Women's Championships during the preliminary rounds.,[7] and the 2011 All Africa Games.[8] In March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA.[9]

Background and development edit

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.[10] 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.[11] 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.[11]

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.[12] 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.[12] The lack of opportunities to go further with football inside the country also discourages continued participation in the sport.[12]

Cape Verde's FIFA trigramme is CPV.[4][13] The national association, Cape Verdean Football Federation, was founded in 1982 and became affiliated with FIFA in 1986.[14] 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.[15] 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.[16] 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.[17] Also that year, there were efforts to create a women's futsal competition in São Vicente.[18] lha do Fogo had a women's futsal league in 2005 that included six teams.[19] 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.[20] Costs for the competition were covered by the national association.[21] There were efforts to create the league by 2008.[22] 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.[23] In 2011, a women's football tournament was held in San Vicente.[24] Rights to broadcast the 2011 Women's World Cup in the country were bought by African Union of Broadcasting.[25]

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.[12]

Team image edit

Nicknames edit

The Cape Verde women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the " ".[clarification needed]

Home stadium edit

The Cape Verde women's national football team plays their home matches on...

Results and fixtures edit

Main article: Cape Verde women's national football team results

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.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023 edit

20 January 2023 (2023-01-20) 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup GS Cape Verde   4–0   Guinea-Bissau Sal,Cape Verde
16:00
Report (FCF) Stadium: Estádio Marcelo Leitão
24 January 2023 (2023-01-24) 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup GS Mauritania   0–6   Cape Verde Sal, Cape Verde
16:00 Report (FCF)
Stadium: Estádio Marcelo Leitão
Referee: Ngum Fatou (Gambia)
27 January 2023 (2023-01-27) 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup SF Cape Verde   2–1   Gambia Sal, Cape Verde
15:00
Report (FCF) Jatta   66' Stadium: Estádio Marcelo Leitão
29 January 2023 (2023-01-29) 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup Final Cape Verde   0–1   Senegal Sal, Cape Verde
18:00 Report (FCF)
Stadium: Estádio Marcelo Leitão
Referee: Sylvina Garnett (Liberia)
22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg Cape Verde   3–0   Liberia Praia, Cape Verde
16:00 UTC−1
Report (FCF) Stadium: Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg Liberia   2–3
(2–6 agg.)		   Cape Verde Monrovia, Liberia
15:30 UTC±0
Report (FCF)
Stadium: Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex
Note: Cape Verde won 6–2 on aggregate.
30 November 2023 (2023-11-30) 2024 AFWCON qualification Second round 1st leg Nigeria   5–0   Cape Verde Lagos, Nigeria
16:00 UTC+1
Report (NFF) Stadium: Onikan Stadium
5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) 2024 AFWCON qualification Second round 2nd leg Cape Verde   1–2
(1–7 agg.)		   Nigeria Praia
Stadium: Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde
Note: Nigeria won 7–1 on aggregate.

Source :globalsportsarchive

All-time record edit

As of 30 August 2022
Key
  Positive balance (more wins than losses)
  Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
  Negative balance (more losses than wins)

The following table shows Cape Verde' all-time official international record per opponent:

Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD W% Confederation
  Gambia 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00 CAF
  Guinea 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100.00 CAF
  Guinea-Bissau 3 2 0 1 6 2 0 66.67 CAF
  Liberia 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 66.67 CAF
  Luxembourg 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 00.00 UEFA
  Mali 1 0 0 4 0 4 -4 00.00 CAF
  Mauritania 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6 100.00 CAF
  Senegal 4 0 0 4 0 5 -5 00.00 CAF
  Sierra Leone 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00.00 CAF
Total 16 7 1 8 24 17 +7 43.75 —

Coaching staff edit

Current coaching staff edit

As of 28 August 2022
Position Name
Head coach   Silvéria Nédio[26]
Assistant coach   Gustavo Pires[26]
  Arthur Estrela[26]
Goalkeeping coach   Fernando Carvalho[26]
Technical director Vacant
Fitness coach Vacant
Delegation Leader Vacant

Manager history edit

Name Period Tournament
  Luana Siqueira 2018
  Silvéria Nédio 2018–present 2020 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup: Fourth Place

Players edit

Current squad edit

See also: Category:Cape Verde women's international footballers

This is the convened selection for the 2024 WAFCON qualification 2nd Round against   Nigeria in November 2023 .[27]

Caps and goals accurate up to and including 8 September 2021.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Jacinta Rodrigues (1996-09-03) 3 September 1996 (age 27) 0   Seven Stars
23 1GK Jéssica de Pina 0   Jovens Unidos
2 2DF Varsénia da Luz (captain) 0   Seven Stars
3 2DF Hedy Santos 0   Mindelense
4 2DF Leonora dos Santos (1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 (age 24) 7 0   Jovens Unidos
8 2DF Romina do Rosário 5 0   Llana
16 2DF Leidina Semedo (1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 (age 24) 0   ADEC
11 2DF Leonilde Rodrigues (1998-08-21) 21 August 1998 (age 25) 0   Amora
18 3MF Alcione Gomes (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 23) 0   Mindelense
19 3MF Jussara Lizardo 0   Mindelense
6 3MF Maísa Cardoso (1996-11-28) 28 November 1996 (age 27) 0   Seven Stars
9 3MF Kleydiana Borges (1995-10-05) 5 October 1995 (age 28) 0   Vitória de Guimarães
5 3MF Eleia Vieira (2000-08-03) 3 August 2000 (age 23) 0 0   Amora
10 3MF Sasha Wahnon (1997-08-03) 3 August 1997 (age 26) 0 0   Amora
7 4FW Ivania Moreira (1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 (age 30) 7 7   Racing Power
13 4FW Dara Centeio 0   Seven Stars
4FW Maya   Llana
20 4FW Aicha Lopes 0   Mindelense
22 4FW Irlanda Lopes (1996-10-06) 6 October 1996 (age 27) 7 3   Amora
15 4FW Melatcha (2000-05-12) 12 May 2000 (age 23) 2 0   Damaiense
17 4FW Evy Pereira (1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 30) 1   Racing Power

Recent call-ups edit

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


GK Jacira Ramos 0 0   LLANA F.C 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's CupPRE
GK Luana Tavares 0   EFAT v.   LiberiaPRE,15 September 2023
DF Zuleika Brito Sousa (1993-03-13) 13 March 1993 (age 31) 0   Mindelense 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup
DF Joseane Fernandes (1999-11-30) 30 November 1999 (age 24) 5 0   Seven Stars 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup
DF Lariza Rocha (1998-10-03) 3 October 1998 (age 25) 0   Llana 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup
DF Silviana Varela 0   ADEC v.   LiberiaPRE,15 September 2023
DF Elisiana Monteiro 0   Seven Stars v.   LiberiaPRE,15 September 2023
DF Norberta Monteiro 0   ADEC v.   LiberiaPRE,15 September 2023
DF Adriana Semedo (1999-10-30) 30 October 1999 (age 24) 0 0   Zaragoza CFF v.   Liberia,15 September 2023
MF Ronise Monteiro 0 0   Jovens Unidos 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's CupPRE
MF Cristilene Neves 0   REAL SOCIEDADE 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup
MF Ruth Duarte 4 0   Mindelense 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup
MF Edna Monteiro 3 0   Seven Stars 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup
MF Maria Cabral 0   Seven Stars v.   LiberiaPRE,15 September 2023
MF Jocilene Martins 0   Llana v.   LiberiaPRE,15 September 2023
FW Ionâ de Pina 0   ÁGUIAS VERMELHAS 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's CupPRE
FW Letícia dos Santos 0   SPORT CLUB MIRANDELA 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup
FW Jolina Amani (1999-08-26) 26 August 1999 (age 24) 7 0   Braga v.   LiberiaPRE,15 September 2023
FW Jussara Furtado 0   ADEC v.   LiberiaPRE,15 September 2023
FW Kelissa Fortes 0   Llana
FW Josiane Monteiro 0   Seven Stars v.   LiberiaPRE,15 September 2023
FW Maísa Da Luz 7 0   Llana v.   Liberia,15 September 2023

Previous squads edit

WAFU Zone A Women's Cup

Records edit

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 8 September 2021.

Competitive record edit

FIFA Women's World Cup edit

Main article: Cape Verde at the FIFA Women's World Cup
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 – – – – – – –

Olympic Games edit

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 – – – – – – –
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Africa Women Cup of Nations edit

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
  2024 Did not qualify
Appearances 0/12 – – – – – – –

WAFU Zone A Women's Cup edit

COSAFA Women's Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GS GA
  2020 Third Place match 4th 5 1 1 2 3 7
  2023 Final 2nd 4 3 0 1 12 2
Appearances Final 2nd 9 4 1 3 15 9

Honours edit

Continental edit

Regional edit

WAFU Zone A Women's Cup
  • Runners-up (1):  2023

See also edit

References edit

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External links edit

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