South Sudan women's national football team

The South Sudan women's national team represents South Sudan in international women's football competitions.

History
South Sudan gain its independent from Sudan in 2011. That same year the women's team was created.

The team then gained Confederation of African Football (CAF) membership in February 2012 and full FIFA membership in May.

They played their first international competition at the 2019 CECAFA Women's Championship where they lost their first game 0–9 on16 November 2019 against Tanzania, achieved their first win in their second match 5 - 0 vs Zanzibar on 18 November 2019, and two days later on 20 November 2019, dropped their third game 0 - 5 against Burundi. The team was eliminated in the group stage. Kenya women national team went on to win the tournament with 2 - 0 victory over Tanzania women national team.

Nicknames
The South Sudan women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Bright Starlets" derived from the men's national team "Bright Star".

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

All-time record
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 * Key

Manager history

 * Sarah Edward (2011–20??)
 * Sabino Domaso (20??)
 * Moses Machar Akol (2019)
 * Sabino Domaso (20??–20??)
 * Shilene Booysen (2021–2023)
 * Sidi Mohamed Karoune( 2023-)

Current squad

 * This is the selected squad for two  Friendly against  and   in May 2024.
 * Caps and goals accurate up to and including 30 October 2021.

Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up to a South Sudan squad in the past 12 months.

Previous squads

 * COSAFA Women's Championship
 * 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship squads
 * CECAFA Women's Championship
 * 2022 CECAFA Women's Championship squads

Records
*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 16 July 2022.

Olympic Games

 * *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Africa Women Cup of Nations
The team was in the draw for qualifying to the 2014 African Championship, but had withdrawn from their first round match against Ethiopia.
 * *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.