Nickname(s) | Les Lionnes Indomptables (The Indomitable Lionesses) | ||
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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 | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 69 1 (16 August 2024)[1] | ||
Highest | 41 (July 2019) | ||
Lowest | 90 (October 2007) | ||
First international | |||
Nigeria 2–0 Cameroon (Lagos, Nigeria; 15 June 1991) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Cameroon 8–0 Gambia (Yaoundé, Cameroon; 18 February 2022) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Nigeria 6–0 Cameroon (Kaduna, Nigeria; 27 October 1998) France 6–0 Cameroon (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) |
The 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.