Further development of football in the country faces challenges found across Africa, including inequality and limited access to education for women.

A women's football programme did not exist in Burundi until 2000, and only 455 players had registered for participation on the national level by 2006.

[2][3] While the sport grew in popularity worldwide in the ensuing years, Burundi did not have an official team until more than two decades later.

[9][10][11] Burundi was to play in the 2008 African Women's Championship but withdrew from the tournament, giving the Democratic Republic of the Congo an automatic qualification.

[9] The team also withdrew from the 2010 and 2012 editions of the Africa Women Cup of Nations before the first-round qualifiers.

[13][14][15] Burundi was scheduled to participate in a competition in 2007 organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Zanzibar.

[28] Outside the national federation, the Commission nationale du football féminin was established by the 1990s, and a league and women's teams were organised in the same period in Bujumbura.

Win Draw Lose Void or Postponed Fixture Source : global sport Updated as February 2025 The following players have been called up to a Burundi squad in the past 12 months.

Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place (The former format was amended as it did not comply with MOS:FLAG as discussed here) The list shown below shows the Djibouti national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.