South Sudan women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see South Sudan national football team.

South Sudan

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	193 1 (13 December 2024)
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.

The team then gained Confederation of African Football (CAF) membership in February 2012 and full FIFA membership in May 2012.

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.

Achievements

Africa Women Cup of Nations record

• The team was in the draw for qualifying to the 2014 African Championship, but had withdrawn from their first round match against Ethiopia.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	Did not enter
2014	Did not qualify
2016	Did not enter
Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Sabino Domaso

Players

Current squad

• The following players were named on date month year for the xxx tournament.

• Caps and goals accurate up to and including date month year.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club

Recent call-ups

• The following players have been called up to the South Sudan squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

Individual records

Main article: List of South Sudan women's international footballers

• Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Most capped players

#	Player	Year(s)	Caps

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps

Managers

• Sarah Edward (2011–?)
• Sabino Domaso
• Moses Machar Akol (in 2019)
• Sabino Domaso (–present)

Results and fixtures

Main article: South Sudan women's national football team results

• The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixtures

2019

South Sudan v Burundi

20 November 2019 (2019-11-20) CECAFA Women's Championship	South Sudan	0–3	Burundi	Chamazi Stadium, Mbagala
14:00			Annet Adebo Vita Nakirijja 10' (o.g.) Sakina Saidi 54' (pen.) Charlotte Irankunda 90+1'

External links

• FIFA profile