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Equatorial Guinea women's national football team

Equatorial Guinea
NicknameNzalang Femenino[1]
AssociationEquatoguinean Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationUNIFFAC (Central Africa)
Head coachGuillermo Ganet
CaptainDorine Chuigoué
Most capsGenoveva Añonman (32)
Top scorerGenoveva Añonman (24)
FIFA codeEQG
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 90 Increase 1 (11 December 2025)[2]
Highest50 (September 2015, December 2016 – March 2017)
Lowest119 (March 2006)
First international
 Equatorial Guinea 0–3 Gabon 
(Equatorial Guinea; 10 June 2000)
Biggest win
 Luxembourg 0–8 Equatorial Guinea 
(Hostert, Luxembourg; 18 June 2011)
Biggest defeat
 Nigeria 9–0 Equatorial Guinea 
(Ilıca, Turkey; 23 February 2021)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2011)
Best resultGroup Stage (2011)
Africa Women Cup of Nations
Appearances4 (first in 2006)
Best resultWinners (2008 & 2012)

The Equatorial Guinea women's national football team, nicknamed the Nzalang Femenino, has represented Equatorial Guinea in senior international women's football competition since 2000. It is controlled by the Equatoguinean Football Federation, the governing body for football in Equatorial Guinea.

In the 2008 Women's African Football Championship they defeated the seven-time champions Nigeria 1–0 in the semifinal and went on to win the championship beating South Africa 2–1. They became the first nation other than Nigeria to win the Women's African Football Championship.

Equatorial Guinea played at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

The team won the 2012 African Women's Championship, winning 4–0 in the final against South Africa.

Equatorial Guinea is the third women's team (out of eight) from the Confederation of African Football to qualify for a FIFA Women's World Cup (Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, South Africa, Morocco and Zambia being the others).[3]

History

Equatorial Guinea defeated South Africa 2–1 in an Olympic Games Qualifier on 18 February 2007, but lost the return leg 4–2. In the 2008 Women's African Football Championship (which they hosted), they went undefeated in Group A which featured Cameroon, Congo, and Mali. They defeated Nigeria 1–0 in the semifinal and went on to win the championship beating South Africa 2–1. They became the first (and, so far, only) nation other than Nigeria to win the Women's African Football Championship. They made their debut in an international tournament at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, losing all three of their group stage matches against Norway, Australia and Brazil.

Genoveva Añonman played numerous games for Equatorial Guinea

In 2012, Equatorial Guinea hosted and won the 2012 African Women's Championship. They won the semi-final 2–0 versus Cameroon, and the final 4–0 against South Africa, with two goals by Gloria Chinasa and one each by Tiga (Adriana Aparecida Costa) and the captain Genoveva Añonman.

Between 2006 and 2010, Bilguissa and Salimata Simporé, a sibling duo from Burkina Faso, used to play for Equatorial Guinea – the first as a central defender and the latter as a centre forward. Beyond the mechanism by which they were naturalized (similar to the Brazilians),[4] the main controversy about the Simporés arose regarding whether they were actually two men. Around April 2011, they were removed from national team by the Italian-born Brazilian coach Marcelo Frigerio, who had recently assumed, just a few months before participating in the World Cup.[5] Since then, the Simporé siblings never were called-up. In 2015, Frigerio, now a former national team coach, told the Brazilian press they are men.[6]

Eligibility of players controversy

The women's national football team has been implicated in a controversy surrounding the naturalization of foreign-born players, a controversy which has also surrounded the men's team since the late 2000s. For example, both FIFA and CAF found the federation liable for providing fake passports of players who were actually born in Brazil. Their issues go back to 2011, when Equatorial Guinea fielded an ineligible player, Jade Boho without completing her one-time switch (from Spain), Equatorial Guinea was disqualified from the Women's Football tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games.[7]

Since then, they fielded Camila Maria do Carmo Nobre de Oliveira, who was ruled ineligible to play for Equatorial Guinea because she was using two passports with unreliably different information during the qualifying competition for the 2016 Olympics. Specifically, she also has two birth certificates that show different information about her parents' nationality. A further investigation found that they have fielded 12 ineligible players, two of them with forged passports, and consequently, they were banned from the next three women's AFCONs, the 2020 Olympics, and the 2019 Women's World Cup.[8][9][10][11][12][13] Subsequently, the federation appealed to CAS, and both CAS and CAF overturned the ban during their emergency meeting for the 2018 Women's AFCON tournament. Initially, Kenya replaced Equatorial Guinea after they were disqualified by the CAF for fielding an ineligible player,[14][15][16] but the decision was overturned on appeal, and Equatorial Guinea were reintegrated into the competition.[17][18] Kenya appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport,[19][20] but failed to overturn the decision.[21]

Team image

Nicknames

The Equatorial Guinea women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Nzalang Femenino".

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

2025

20 February 2026 WAFCON qualifying Tanzania  3–1  Equatorial Guinea Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
16:00 UTC+3
  • Athumani 49'
  • Kasonga 55'
  • Msewa 90+1'
 Report Midje 42' Stadium: Azam Complex Stadium
26 February 2026 WAFCON qualifying Equatorial Guinea  1–1
(2–4 agg.)		  Tanzania Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
19:00 UTC+1 Chuigoué 9' Report Kasonga 73' Stadium: Estadio de Malabo
Referee: Mercy Mayimbo (Zimbabwe)
Note: Tanzania won 4–2 on aggregate.

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position Name Ref.
Head coach Guillermo Ganet

Manager history

As of 26 February 2025, after the match against Tanzania.
Name Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Winning % Notes
Republic of the Congo Jean-Paul Mpila 2018–2022 0 0 0 0 00.0%
José David Ekang 2023 4 0 2 2 00.0%
Guillermo Ganet 2025 2 0 1 1 00.0%

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Tanzania on 20 and 26 February 2025.[22]

Caps and goals as of 26 February 2025, after the match against the Tanzania.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Dolores Hernández (2001-10-24) 24 October 2001 12 0
13 1GK Antonina Ayingono (2003-03-03) 3 March 2003 0 0 Equatoguinean Football Federation Estrella Roja
1GK Rita Afang (2006-12-03) 3 December 2006 0 0 Equatoguinean Football Federation 15 de Agosto
2 2DF Angelina Obono (2002-06-17) 17 June 2002 9 0
3 2DF Reina Mansogo (2000-08-04) 4 August 2000 3 0 French Football Federation ES Molsheim Ernolsheim
9 2DF Dorine Chuigoué (captain) (1988-11-28) 28 November 1988 21 10 Israel Football Association Hapoel Jerusalem
14 2DF Raquel Etopa (2004-06-05) 5 June 2004 6 0 Egyptian Football Association FC Masar
15 2DF Agapita Avosogo (2000-05-05) 5 May 2000 7 0 Equatoguinean Football Federation 15 de Agosto
19 2DF Cecilia Akeng (2002-11-08) 8 November 2002 10 0 Equatoguinean Football Federation 15 de Agosto
21 2DF Avelina Abang (2003-12-08) 8 December 2003 13 0 Equatoguinean Football Federation 15 de Agosto
2DF Justa Baha 0 0 Equatoguinean Football Federation Ebenezer
4 3MF Constantina Asú 7 0 Royal Moroccan Football Federation Lionnes Assa-Mahbès
6 3MF Nuria Baita (1999-06-07) 7 June 1999 6 0 Equatoguinean Football Federation 15 de Agosto
8 3MF Rocío Coffi (2005-04-05) 5 April 2005 2 0 Royal Moroccan Football Federation CSST Temara
10 3MF Mari Cruz Ebula (2005-07-30) 30 July 2005 4 0 Royal Moroccan Football Federation Hilal Temara
11 3MF Shalma Midje (2007-11-17) 17 November 2007 2 1 Royal Spanish Football Federation Zumaiako
16 3MF Catalina Andeme (1999-07-14) 14 July 1999 11 0
3MF Celestina Manga (2002-09-12) 12 September 2002 11 0 Gabonese Football Federation SC Nyanga
3MF Annette Jacky Messomo (1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 1+ 0
7 4FW Elena Obono (1999-11-13) 13 November 1999 11 6 Congolese Association Football Federation TP Mazembe
12 4FW Lucía Adá (2003-12-27) 27 December 2003 2 0 Equatoguinean Football Federation Estrella Roja
17 4FW Sandra González (2001-05-28) 28 May 2001 3 0 Royal Spanish Football Federation Fontsanta-Fatjó B
18 4FW Ana María Nchama (1999-05-17) 17 May 1999 7 0 Equatoguinean Football Federation 15 de Agosto

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to an Equatorial Guinea squad in the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Anita Juliana Nze 0 0 Equatorial Guinea Ebenezer v.  Tanzania, February 2025 PRE
GK Maisi Oga (1999-08-07) 7 August 1999 0 0 England Enfield Town v.  Tanzania, February 2025 PRE
DF Marie Ovah (1986-06-18) 18 June 1986 4+ 0+ Cameroon Louves Minproff v.  Tanzania, February 2025 PRE
DF Lola Okenve (1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 2 0 Spain Castellón v.  Tanzania, February 2025 PRE
DF Graciosa Olivia Akum 0 0 Equatorial Guinea Leones Vegetarianos v.  Tanzania, February 2025 PRE
DF Teodora Bórico 0 0 Equatorial Guinea Ebenezer v.  Tanzania, February 2025 PRE
DF Celia Ebesi 0 0 Equatorial Guinea Atlético Malabo v.  Tanzania, February 2025 PRE
DF Elena Nkono 0 0 Equatorial Guinea Ebenezer v.  Tanzania, February 2025 PRE
MF Lynda Mendoua (1994-06-26) 26 June 1994 4+ 0+ Morocco SC Casablanca v.  Tanzania, February 2025 WD
MF Berta Melania Okomo (2005-11-07) 7 November 2005 6 0 Equatorial Guinea Leones Vegetarianos v.  Tanzania, February 2025 PRE
MF Loida Medja 1 0 Equatorial Guinea Santa Bibiana v.  Tanzania, February 2025 PRE
MF Diana Meriva (2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 1 0 Portugal Famalicão v.  Tanzania, February 2025 PRE
MF Lourdes Emilia Abegue 0 0 Equatorial Guinea Ebenezer v.  Tanzania, February 2025 PRE
MF Montserrath Bokirio (2005-09-19) 19 September 2005 0 0 Equatorial Guinea Leones Vegetarianos v.  Tanzania, February 2025 PRE
MF Josefa Nchama 0 0 Equatorial Guinea Estrella Roja v.  Tanzania, February 2025 PRE
MF Reina Nñegue 0 0 Equatorial Guinea Estrella Roja v.  Tanzania, February 2025 PRE
MF Luz Milagrosa Obono (1996-04-07) 7 April 1996 6+ 0 Spain Valdefierro v.  DR Congo, 5 December 2023
MF Ramona Mibuy (2002-06-28) 28 June 2002 2 0 Equatorial Guinea 15 de Agosto v.  DR Congo, 5 December 2023 PRE
FW Claudia Teresa Mayé (2006-01-07) 7 January 2006 7 0 Equatorial Guinea Atlético Malabo v.  Tanzania, February 2025 PRE
FW Sandra Lopelo 0 0 Equatorial Guinea Leones Vegetarianos v.  Tanzania, February 2025 PRE
FW Thais Begoña Pargaray (2004-01-30) 30 January 2004 0 0 Spain Athletic Bilbao B v.  Tanzania, February 2025 PRE
Constancia Nchama (2001-10-22) 22 October 2001 0 0 Equatorial Guinea 15 de Agosto v.  Tanzania, February 2025 PRE

INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury
PRE Preliminary squad / standby
WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue
RET Player retired from the national team
SUS Player is serving suspension

Records

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.
As of 25 January 2021

Competitive record

Worldwide

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup finals record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991 Did Not Enter - - - - - - -
Sweden 1995 Did Not Enter - - - - - - -
United States 1999 Did Not Enter - - - - - - -
United States 2003 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
China 2007 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Germany 2011 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5
Canada 2015 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
France 2019 Banned[23][9] - - - - - - -
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Brazil 2027 To be determined - - - - - - -
MexicoUnited States 2031 To be determined - - - - - - -
United Kingdom 2035 To be determined - - - - - - -
Total 1/12 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
FIFA Women's World Cup finals history
Year Round Date Opponent Result Stadium
Germany 2011 Group stage 29 June  Norway L 0–1 Impuls Arena, Augsburg
3 July  Australia L 2–3 Ruhrstadion, Bochum
6 July  Brazil L 0–3 Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
United States 1996 Did Not Enter
Australia 2000 Did Not Enter
Greece 2004 Did not qualify
China 2008 Did not qualify
United Kingdom 2012 Disqualified[7]
Brazil 2016 Did not qualify
Japan 2020 Banned[24]
France 2024 Did not qualify
Total 0/7 0 0 0 0 0 0

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
1991 Did Not Enter
1995 Did Not Enter
Nigeria 1998 Did Not Enter
South Africa 2000 Did not qualify
Nigeria 2002 Did not qualify
South Africa 2004 Did not qualify
Nigeria 2006 Group Stage 3 0 1 2 5 9
Equatorial Guinea 2008 Champions 5 5 0 0 11 4
South Africa 2010 Runners-Up 5 3 1 1 11 8
Equatorial Guinea 2012 Champions 5 5 0 0 18 0
Namibia 2014 Did not qualify
Cameroon 2016 Disqualified[25]
Ghana 2018 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 1 18
Republic of the Congo 2020 Banned,[25] later cancelled
Morocco 2022 Did not qualify
Morocco 2024 Did not qualify[a]
Total 2 Titles 21 13 2 6 46 39

African Games

African Games record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
Nigeria 2003 Did Not Enter
Algeria 2007
Mozambique 2011 Did not qualify
Republic of the Congo 2015 Did Not Enter
Morocco 2019 Did not qualify
Ghana 2023 Did not qualify
Total 0/4 0 0 0 0 0 0

Regional

UNIFFAC Women's Cup

UNIFFAC Women's Cup
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA GD
Equatorial Guinea2020 winner 5 3 2 0 8 4 +4
Total 1/1 5 3 2 0 12 6 +6

Turkish Women's Cup

Turkey Turkish Women's Cup record
Year Result GP W D L GF GA GD
2021 4th Place 3 0 0 3 0 16 −16
Total 1/5 3 0 0 3 0 16 −16

Honours

Major competitions

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Regional

UNIFFAC Women's Cup

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations

The list shown below shows the Equatorial Guinea women's 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 Equatorial Guinea's all-time official international record per opponent:

Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD W% Confederation
Total —

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Challenged by the Equatoguinean Football Federation, which claims DR Congo have fielded two players (Fideline Ngoy and Falonne Pambani) who had appeared at the 2012 African Women's Championship using other dates of birth.[26]

References

  1. ^ "Selección femenina absoluta (Nzalang Femenino)". Equatorial Guinean Football Federation (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  2. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 11 December 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  3. ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | African | Equatorial Guinea lift AWC trophy". BBC News. 30 November 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  4. ^ Smith, David (26 November 2010). "Equatorial Guinea's footballers caught up in gender row". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  5. ^ Hassett, Soccer Sebastian (23 June 2011). "Matildas' rivals drop duo over gender row". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  6. ^ De Matos, José Edgar; Bianchini, Vladimir (11 September 2015). "Técnico do São Paulo conta como barrou dois homens em seleção feminina às vésperas de Copa" [São Paulo coach tells how he banned two men in women's national team on the World Cup eve] (in Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  7. ^ a b "E. Guinea women's team disqualified from Olympics". FOX Sports. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Equatorial Guinea banned from next three Africa Women Cup of Nations". BBC Sport. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  9. ^ a b sport, Guardian (5 October 2017). "Fifa cries foul over Equatorial Guinea's 10 ineligible Brazilians". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  10. ^ "Equatorial Guinea expelled from FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019". FIFA.com. 5 October 2017. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Equatorial Guinea expelled from FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019". AFRICAN SPORTS MONTHLY. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  12. ^ "FIFA bans Equatorial Guinea from 2019 Women's World Cup". AP News. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  13. ^ "Equatorial Guinea banned from 2019 Women's World Cup". BBC Sport. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  14. ^ "Harambee Starlets appeal against Equatorial Guinea upheld, Kenya set to grace AWCON". Football Kenya Federation. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  15. ^ "CAF disqualifies Equatorial Guinea from 2018 Women's AFCON". www.aipsmedia.com. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  16. ^ "Kenya replace Equatorial Guinea at Women's Africa Cup of Nations". BBC Sport. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  17. ^ "CAF Appeal Board reinstates Equatorial Guinea Women's National Team - Football Legal". www.football-legal.com. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  18. ^ "CAF reviews ban and lets Equatorial Guinea back in to Women's Africa Cup of Nations". Inside World Football. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  19. ^ "Kenya to appeal to Cas over Equatorial Guinea reinstatement". BBC Sport. 8 November 2018.
  20. ^ "Kenya file late appeal over Women's Nations Cup exclusion". BBC Sport. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  21. ^ "Kenya loses CAS appeal over Women's Nations Cup exclusion". BBC Sport. 16 November 2018.
  22. ^ Squad for First round
  23. ^ "Equatorial Guinea expelled from FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019". FIFA.com. 5 October 2017.
  24. ^ "Equatorial Guinea expelled from Women's Olympic Football Tournament 2020". FIFA.com. 11 April 2016.
  25. ^ a b "Equatorial Guinea disqualified, Mali in". CAF. 4 August 2016.
  26. ^ Anatolio (6 December 2023). "El Nzalang Femenino podría jugar la CAN por alineación indebida de RDC" [Nzalang Femenino could play the AFCON due to DRC improper fielding]. Actualidad Guinea Mundo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
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