Association football (soccer) is the most popular sport in Equatorial Guinea.

It was during Spanish colonialism that football arrived to Equatorial Guinea.

Level League(s)/Division(s) 1 Equatoguinean Primera División 20 clubs divided in 2 series of 10 2 Segunda División de Guine Equatorial 16 clubs + 1 Reserve team

The women's national team qualified for the 2011 FIFA World Cup.

[6][7][8] In 2015 FIFA banned Equatorial Guinea for forging documents for naturalisation of players.