Benin women's national football team

The national team of Benin played its first match against Malawi on February 19, 2006; in the qualifying tournament of the 2006 African Women's Championship, which was held in Nigeria. Benin won the match by a score of 1–0, but the goalscorer was unknown. The second leg was played on February 26, 2006; this time it ended with a 0–0 draw. Benin advanced to the First Round due to an aggregate score of 1–0. In the First Round, Benin was paired with Ivory Coast and drew both matches by scores of 1–1. In the second match when it was still 1–1 after extra time, Benin won in a penalty shoot-out by a score of 4–3 and they advanced to the Second Round. In the Second Round, Benin met Mali. In the first leg, on July 22, 2006; Benin lost the match 3–1, and their only goal in the game was scored by Bouraïma Bathily, the only known goalscorer for Benin. The second leg, played on August 6, 2006, was a 1–0 loss and also so far the last match that Benin played, in which they lost by one goal. Thus, Benin was eliminated from the tournament by an aggregate score of 4–1.

Benin was paired with Namibia in the preliminary round for the 2008 Olympic Games Football Tournament in China, but they withdrew.

Once again Benin withdrew from a tournament, after being paired with Guinea in the First Round of the 2008 African Women's Championship qualification. The tournament was held in Equatorial Guinea.

The Benin women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the " ".

The Benin women's national football team plays their home matches at the Stade de l'Amitié.

As of 1 October 2021

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Symphorien Téhou

• Unknown (2006)
• Vacant (20??–2021)
• Symphorien Téhou(2021–)

• The following players were named on 10 February 2023 for two International Friendlyin February 2023 against  Togo and  Ghana .[3][4][5]
• Caps and goals accurate up to and including 30 October 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
01	1GK	Aurélie N'Kouanti		Sam Nelly
02	1GK	Sourakath Allassané		Ainvonvi FC
03	1GK	Rafiato Kinno		Ainvonvi FC
07	2DF	Edwige Kokodoko		Naja FC
04	2DF	Abibzth Zato		Elite FC
05	2DF	Lamato Assamou		AS Gamia
06	2DF	Jocelyne Techri		AS Gamia
08	2DF	Kadidjath Orou		Elite FC
09	2DF	Claudine Tossou		Ainonvi FC
10	2DF	Olivia Awonon		Naja FC
11	2DF	Awaou Chitou		Ainonvi FC
12	2DF	Faridath Mama		Espoir FC
13	2DF	Nourath Lamidi		AS Galaxie
14	3MF	Ziadath Boukari		AS Gamia
15	3MF	Merveille Zinsou		Naja FC
16	3MF	Pamela Dahou		Dynamique FC
17	3MF	Lucienne Zohoungbogbo		Espoir FC
18	3MF	Pierrette Chigblo		Cefos FC
19	3MF	Ruth Hounhoue		Dynamique FC
20	4FW	Edwige kedokpo		Cefos FC
21	4FW	Kadidjath Imorou		Elite AC
22	4FW	Marguerite Ahouassou		AS USMA
23	4FW	Yvette Saizonou		AS USMA
24	4FW	Rachidath Moumouni		Naja FC
25	4FW	Mael Kassi		Dynamique FC
26	4FW	Gloria Zanmenou		Naja FC

The following players have been called up to a Benin squad in the past 12 months.

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 6 September 2021.

FIFA Women's World Cup
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.