South Sudan women's national football team
| Nickname(s) | Bright Stars |
|---|---|
| Association | South Sudan Football Association |
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation | CECAFA (East & Central Africa) |
| Head coach | Sabino Domaso |
| FIFA code | SSD |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 191  1 (15 March 2024)[1] |
| First international | |
 Tanzania 9-0  South Sudan(Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 16 November 2019) | |
| Biggest win | |
South Sudan 5-0  Zanzibar(Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 18 November 2019) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
| Tanzania 9-0 South Sudan (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 16 November 2019) | |
The South Sudan women's national team represents South Sudan in international women's football.
History
South Sudan became independent from Sudan in 2011. The same year the women's team was created.[2]
The team then gained Confederation of African Football (CAF) membership in February 2012 and full FIFA membership in May 2012.[3][4]
They played their first international at the 2019 CECAFA Women's Championship. They lost the first game 0–9 but managed their first win with a 5–0 over Zanzibar.[5]
Results
African Championship
The team was in the draw for qualifying to the 2014 African Championship, but had withdrawn from their first round match against Ethiopia.
| CAF Women's Championship | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD | |
 2012
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Did not enter | ||||||||
 2014
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Did not qualify | ||||||||
 2016
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Did not enter | ||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Coaches
- Sarah Edward (2011– ?)[6]
- Sabino Domaso
- Moses Machar Akol (in 2019)
References
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "South Sudan Football Association". CAF. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ "South Sudan gain Caf membership". BBC. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ "South Sudan becomes FIFA's 209th member". Reuters. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ https://www.cecafafootball.com/cecafa-womens-challenge-cup-south-sudan-too-good-for-zanzibar/
- ^ "Malesh to take charge of National team". Juba Post. 19 August 2011. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
External links
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National women's football teams of Africa (CAF) | |
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| North Africa (UNAF) | |
| West Africa (WAFU) | |
| East Africa (CECAFA) | |
| Central Africa (UNIFFAC) | |
| Southern Africa (COSAFA) | |
| Non-regional Members | |
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