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	64 2 (12 June 2025)
Highest	41 (July 2019)
Lowest	90 (October 2007)
First international
	Nigeria 2–0 ; (Lagos, Nigeria; 15 June 1991)
Biggest win
	8–0 Gambia ; (Yaoundé, Cameroon; 18 February 2022)
Biggest defeat
	Nigeria 6–0 ; (Kaduna, Nigeria; 27 October 1998) ; France 6–0 ; (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)

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

2025

8 April 2025 (2025-04-08) Friendly	Morocco	0–1		Casablanca, Morocco
18:00 UTC+1		Report	Onguéné 18'	Stadium: Père Jégo Stadium

3 June 2025 (2025-06-03) Friendly	Nigeria	2-0		Ikenne,Nigeria
	Ajibade 28', 43'			Stadium: Remo Stars Stadium

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Jean-Baptiste Bisseck

Manager history

Carl Enow (2003–2018)
Alain Djeumfa (2019–2022)
Gabriel Zabo (2022–2023)
Jean-Baptiste Bisseck (2023–)

Players

Current squad

The following is the squad for the Friendly game against Nigeria on June 2025.^[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	CD Getafe Femenino B
	1GK	Ange Bawou	(2000-02-12) 12 February 2000	BIIK Shymkent
	1GK	Chelsea Ngole

4	2DF	Inès Maague	(2004-06-11) 11 June 2004	Orléans
	2DF	Mathilde Kack
18	3MF	Mireille Tchengang	(2002-12-20) 20 December 2002	Racing
12	2DF	Falone Meffometou	(1990-07-01) 1 July 1990	Fleury
	2DF	Doudou Ousmanou
	2DF	Mogai Djapa	(2004-11-16) 16 November 2004	Lekié FF
	2DF	Myriam Nyadjou	(2006-10-14) 14 October 2006	Amazone FAP

5	3MF	Naomie Eto	(2000-06-28) 28 June 2000	Guingamp
	3MF	Achta Toko	(2005-07-08) 8 July 2005	CD Getafe Femenino
13	3MF	Charlène Meyong	(1998-11-19) 19 November 1998	London City Lionesses
	3MF	Monique Ngock	(2004-09-17) 17 September 2004	Reims
17	3MF	Brigitte Omboudou	(1992-07-29) 29 July 1992	Al-Amal
	3MF	Fadimatou Kome	(2002-07-22) 22 July 2002	Beşiktaş
	3MF	Reinette Abega	(2001-06-14) 14 June 2001	FC Ebolowa
11	4FW	Marie Ngah	(2002-10-20) 20 October 2002	Galatasaray

7	4FW	Aboudi Onguene (captain)	(1989-02-25) 25 February 1989	CSKA Moscow
	4FW	Nina Ngueleu	(1994-12-11) 11 December 1994	Montpellier
	4FW	Ashely Ngone
	4FW	Makoma Tim
6	4FW	Mana Lamine	(2005-06-15) 15 June 2005	Reims
	4FW	Lys Tiwa

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

DF	Easther Mayi Kith	(1997-03-28) 28 March 1997	Saint-Étienne	v. Morocco, 8 April 2025
DF	Colette Ndzana	(2000-07-19) 19 July 2000	Reims	v. Morocco, 8 April 2025

MF	Elise Ndome	(2003-01-01) 1 January 2003	Amazone FAP	v. Morocco, 8 April 2025

FW	Raïssa Mbappé	(1994-01-09) 9 January 1994	Alhama	v. Morocco, 8 April 2025
FW	Ajara Nchout Njoya	(1993-01-12) 12 January 1993	Al Qadsiah	v. Morocco, 8 April 2025
MF	Camilla Daha	(2003-10-04) 4 October 2003	CD Getafe Femenino	v. Morocco, 8 April 2025

Previous squads

FIFA Women's World Cup

Summer Olympics

2012 Summer Olympics squad

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Captains

Christine Manie (????–)

Honours

Major competitions

Women's Africa Cup of Nations^[3]

Runners-up: 2004, 2014, 2016

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
2031	To be determined
2035	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.^[4]

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

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