Guinea-Bissau women's national football team
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| Association | Federação de Futebol da Guiné-Bissau |
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| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) |
| Head coach | Lassana Cassama |
| FIFA code | GNB |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | NR (23 June 2017) |
| Highest | 92 (2009) |
| Lowest | 148 (September 2015) |
| First international | |
 Guinea-Bissau 1−1 Guinea  (Bissau; 28 October 2006) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
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Guinea 3−1 Guinea-Bissau (Conakry; 12 November 2006) |
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Guinea-Bissau women's national football team is a FIFA-recognised team representing Guinea-Bissau in international association football matches. Guinea-Bissau have played in two FIFA-recognised matches, both in 2006 against Guinea. The country also has a national under-17 side which participated in the 2012 Confederation of African Football qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Football is the most popular women's sport in the country. A women's football programme was established in 2004, followed by the creation of a women's national league.
In 1985, few countries had women's national football teams. While the sport gained popularity worldwide in the ensuing years, Guinea-Bissau's team only began play more than two decades later. By the end of 2006, the team had played in two FIFA-recognised matches. The first was on 28 October 2006 against Guinea in Bissau, which ended in a 1-1 tie after Guinea-Bissau led 1-0 at half-time. On 12 November 2006, the team played in their second FIFA-recognised match in Conakry, where Guinea-Bissau lost to Guinea 1-3. At the time, the team held three training sessions a week. The team has not participated in some of the major international and regional football competitions, including the Women's World Cup, the 2010 African Women's Championship and the 2011 All-Africa Games.
The team's average FIFA world ranking since 2006 is 119th. Its highest-ever ranking was 92nd in December 2009, and its lowest ranking was 144th in December 2007. Guinea-Bissau's best-ever rise in the rankings came in March 2008, when the team climbed 23 places compared to its previous FIFA ranking. In March 2012, the team was ranked the 135th in the world by FIFA and 30th in the Confederation of African Football. In June 2012, they moved up five spots to 130th in the world but fell to the 33rd in Africa.
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