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Women Team

 The Cameroon national women's football team (Indomitable Lionesses), is the national team of Cameroon and is controlled by the Cameroon Football Association. They recently qualified for their first FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.

They ended second on the 1991 and 2004 African Women's Championships.

Indomitable Lionesses Team

Profile

The road to Canada
Although Cameroon have been omnipresent at the African Women's Championship (AWC), Les Lionnes had not yet made it to the FIFA Women's World Cup finals until qualifying for Canada. They qualified for the AWC finals in Namibia by beating Senegal 2-1 on aggregate after a 1-1 draw in Ziguinchor and a 1-0 victory at home in Yaounde in the return leg. They got their campaign in Namibia off to a winning start as Raissa Feudjio's late goal gave the west Africans a 1-0 victory against a fancied South Africa. A 2-0 win against Algeria in their second match ensured their progress into the semi-finals ahead of their final Group B game against Ghana.

Having already been assured of first place in the group and thereby avoiding top favorites Nigeria in the round of the last four, Cameroon could even afford a 1-0 defeat against the Black Queens in their last group match. In the semi-finals Cameroon needed extra-time to beat Côte d'Ivoire's Les Elephantes 3-1, thereby guaranteeing themselves a first-ever place at the World Cup finals. A 2-0 defeat against Nigeria in the championship match denied them a first AWC title, but having earned the World Cup ticket was consolation enough.
 
Strengths and style
Unlike the team that beat them in the final, Nigeria, whose success is built on attack, Cameroonian coach Enow Ngachu's team wins their matches from the back. Annette Ngo Ndom, who has played UEFA Champions League football with her Slovakian club Nove Zamky, won the goalkeeper of the tournament award in Namibia, while captain Christine Manie led a defence that leaked just four goals in the five games they played.

Annette Ngo Ndom  Christine Manie

Upfront, the star player is Gaelle Enganamouit, who scored three of the five goals that Cameroon scored in Namibia. Ngachu has a highly experienced squad, most of whom play their club football outside Cameroon and many of them have already appeared on the world stage after representing Les Lionnes at the London Olympics. 

Gaelle Enganamouit

The coach
Enow Ngachu is a highly experienced coach who was in charge of Les Lionnes at the AWC finals in Equatorial Guinea in 2012 and also led the team to London 2012 – the first time the west African country qualified for the Olympics.

Enow Ngachu

FIFA Women’s World Cup record
- This is Cameroon's maiden appearance at a senior Women's World Cup

What they said
"A continental trophy would have been good for Cameroon, but we broke several positive records in the Cup of Nations. We have in our ranks the best goalkeeper and two of our players won player of the game awards. We ended the competition with a silver medal and we had a good competition. We are looking forward to having an impact at the World Cup,” Enow Ngachu, Cameroon coach

 

Performance in Africa Women's Championship

 

CAF Women's Championship

 

YearRoundGPWDLGSGA
1991 Runners-Up 2 0 0 2 0 6
1995 Withdrew In Quarterfinals
1998 Fourth Place 4 2 0 2 7 13
2000 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 4 6
2002 Third Place 5 2 2 1 7 5
2004 Runners-Up 5 1 3 1 8 10
2006 Fourth Place 5 1 2 2 6 10
2008 Fourth Place 5 2 1 2 4 6
2010 Fourth Place 5 2 1 2 7 11
2012 Third Place 5 2 1 2 6 5
2014 Qualified
Total 11/11 39 13 10 14 49 72

 

Latest Team (2015)

                                                        

Name

Date of Birth

Position

Clubs

Height

Annette NGO NDOM

02/06/1985

GK

Louves Minproff (CMR)

171

Christine MANIE

04/05/1984

DF

Negrea Resita (ROU)

156

Raissa FEUDJIO

29/10/1995

MF

Lorema (CMR)

162

Jeannette YANGO

12/06/1993

MF

Katowice (POL)

159

F. Tcheno

01/07/1990

DF

             -

163

Gaelle ENGANAMOUIT

09/06/1992

FW

Spartak Subotica (SRB)

171

Gabrielle ONGUENE

25/02/1989

FW

Louves Minproff (CMR)

153

Yvonne LEUKO

20/11/1991

MF

Montigny Le Bretonneux (FRA)

163

Bou Ndjouh

07/11/1987

DF

               -

171

Madeleine NGONO MANI

16/10/1983

FW

En Avant Guingamp (FRA)

160

Francine ZOUGA

09/11/1987

MF

FSG Aire-le-Lignon (SUI)

157

Augustine EJANGUE

19/01/1989

DF

Energiya Voronezh (RUS)

158

Ngo Mbeleck

10/03/1993

MF

               - 

159

Ajara NCHOUT

12/01/1993

FW

Energiya Voronezh (RUS)

164

Aurelle Awona

02/02/1993

DF

                 -

171

Henriette Akaba

07/06/1992

FW

                  -

160

Agathe Ngani

26/05/1992

MF

                   -

174

Ninon Abena

05/09/1994

MF

                   -

168

Ysis SONKENG

 20/09/1989

DF

Louves Minproff (CMR)

 165

Thecle Mbororo 

24/09/1989

GK

                  - 

170

Rose Bella

05/05/1994

FW

                  -

168

Wanki Awachwi

06/01/1994

DF

                 - 

155

Flore Enyegue

09/07/1991

GK

                 - 

191

 

Indomitable Lionesses

 

CANADA 2015 Matches

08 JUN 2015 - 16:00 Local time

GROUP C

BC Place Stadium

Vancouver

CAMEROON

Full time

6-0

 

 

 

ECUADOR

 

12 JUN 2015 - 19:00 Local time

GROUP C

BC Place Stadium

Vancouver

 

 JAPAN

 Full Time
    2-1
 

 CAMEROON

 

16 JUN 2015 - 15:00 Local time

GROUP C

Commonwealth Stadium

Edmonton

 

 SWITZERLAND

 Full Time
    1-2 
 

 CAMEROON

Lionesses celebrating vs Ecuador Lionesses vs Japan Lionesses celebrating vs Switzerland

Group Ranking

                       Teams                           MP   W   D    L     GF     GA     +/-    Pts

JAPAN 3 3 0 0 4 1 3 9
CAMEROON 3 2 0 1 9 3 6 6
SWITZERLAND 3 1 0 2 11 4 7 3
ECUADOR 3 0 0 3 1 17 -16 0