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| Nickname(s) | Barea | |||
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| Association | Malagasy Football Federation | |||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | |||
| Sub-confederation | COSAFA (Southern Africa) | |||
| Captain | Sophie Farafanirina | |||
| Top scorer | Sophie Farafanirina (16) | |||
| FIFA code | MAD | |||
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| FIFA ranking | ||||
| Current | 189  (14 June 2024)[1] | |||
| Highest | 116 (March 2018) | |||
| Lowest | 189 (March 2024) | |||
| First international | ||||
 Madagascar 1–3 Botswana  (Antananarivo, Madagascar; 22 February 2015) | ||||
| Biggest win | ||||
Madagascar 8–2 Seychelles  (Saint-Benoît, Réunion; 6 August 2015) | ||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||
 Zambia 7–1 Madagascar (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe; 17 September 2017) | ||||
The Madagascar women's national football team is the FIFA recognised senior women's A team for Madagascar. The team played their first FIFA matches in 2015. They were runner-up to Réunion in the 2015 Indian Ocean Island Games. They have competed in the COSAFA Women's Championship, in which they won a game against Comoros in 2019.
History
In 2005, Zambia was supposed to host the regional COSAFA Women's Championship, with ten countries agreeing to send teams, including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland.[2][3] The tournament ultimately did not take place.[4][5] In 2006, there was a FIFA-recognized Malagasy senior A team that held two training sessions a week, though they had not played a single game between 2000 and 2006.[6] A FIFA-recognized Malagasy senior A team existed in 2009.[7]
In 2015 and 2016, the team played several matches, of which four were recognized by FIFA. Two of those were 4–0 wins against Comoros.[8] The other games were in the Indian Ocean Games, where they were runner-up to Réunion. They made the final by winning a game against Mauritius.[9] The team entered the COSAFA Women's Championship three years in a row from 2017 to 2019. After losing all three games in the group stage in 2017, they drew one game in 2018 against Botswana and won one game in 2019 against Comoros.[10][11][12]
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
- Legend
Win Draw Lose Fixture
2023
| 4 October 2023 2023 COSAFA WC GS | Madagascar | 1–2 |  Eswatini | Pretoria, South Africa |
| 12:00 UTC+2 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Lucas Moripe Stadium |
| 10 October 2023 2023 COSAFA WC GS | South Africa  | 3–1 | Madagascar | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 15:30 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Dobsonville Stadium Referee: Vistoria Shangula (Namibia) |
| 12 October 2023 2023 COSAFA WC GS | Madagascar | 1–3 |  Malawi | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 15:30 UTC+2 |
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Report |
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Stadium: UJ Stadium Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia) |
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
- As of 15 September 2023
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Theodore Beatrice
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| Technical Director | |
| Assistant coach | |
| Goalkeeping Coach | |
| Physical coach | |
| Team Manager |
Manager history
| Name | Period |
|---|---|
| Johary Rakotomalala
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2015–???[13] |
| Theodore Beatrice
|
2023–present |
Players
Current squad
- The following is the final squad called up for the 2023 COSAFA Women's Championship named in September 2023.[14]
- Caps and goals correct as of 14 August 2022
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up to a Madagascar squad in the past 12 months.