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.

[2][3] While the sport gained popularity worldwide in the ensuing years, Guinea-Bissau's team only began playing more than two decades later.

[8] In March 2012, the team was ranked the 135th in the world by FIFA and 30th in the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

[3][10] The team competed in the CAF qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup to be held in Azerbaijan in September 2012.

[12][13][14][15] Many quality football players leave to seek greater opportunities in Europe or the United States.

[3] There were 380 registered female players, and a women's team played in a national football championship.

Win Draw Lose Fixture The following players have been called up to a Guinea-Bissau squad in the past 12 months.