[5] In 1992, they competed at the 1st Lyon'ne Cup — Women, held in Lyon, France from 17 to 20 April.
[9] In 2007, the country competed at the Tournoi de Cinq Nations] held in Ouagadougou.
[11] In the 2010, Women's Championship in Africa, they lost in the preliminary round in March, they beat Gabon at home and away 2–1 and 3–1.
[16] However, in 2014 African Women's Championship, Ivory Coast surprised everyone by passing through into the semi-final, and later, they shocked Africa by beating giant South Africa, marked for the first time they would play in FIFA Women's World Cup, in Canada 2015.
In the later tournament, the World Cup, they were eliminated with three total losses to Germany (0–10), Thailand (2–3) and Norway (1–3).
Early development of the women's game at the time colonial powers brought football to the continent was limited, as colonial powers in the region tended to take concepts of patriarchy and women's participation in sport with them to local cultures that had similar concepts already embedded in them.
[17] The lack of later development of the national team on a wider international level symptomatic of all African teams is a result of several factors, including limited access to education, poverty amongst women in the wider society, and fundamental inequality present in the society that occasionally allows for female-specific human rights abuses.
[18] When quality female football players are developed, they tend to leave for greater opportunities abroad.
[19] Continent-wide, funding is also an issue, with most development money coming from FIFA, not the national football association.
Attempting to commercialise the game and make it commercially viable is not the solution, as demonstrated by the current existence of many youth and women's football camps held throughout the continent.
[17] Football is the fourth most popular girls' sport, trailing behind handball, basketball and athletics.
[7][20][21] Their kit includes orange shirts, white shorts and green socks.
The following players were called up for 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification in September 2023.