Football in Equatorial Guinea


Association football is the most popular sport in Equatorial Guinea. It was during Spanish colonialism that football arrived to Equatorial Guinea. Football is now a very popular sport in the country. Recently the national team has made a few surprising results. In the qualification for the FIFA World Cup in 2006 Togo was beaten 1-0, and in qualification for the African Cup of Nations in 2008 they beat Cameroon 1-0.
Equatorial Guinea co-hosted the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations with Gabon, and was the host of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

Women's football

The women's national team qualified for the 2011 FIFA World Cup. In 2015 FIFA banned Equatorial Guinea for forging documents for naturalisation of players.

Football stadiums in Equatorial Guinea

StadiumCapacityCityTenantsImage
Estadio de Bata35,700BataEquatorial Guinea national football team
Estadio de Malabo15,250MalaboCD Elá Nguema, Atlético Semu,
Deportivo Unidad, The Panthers FC,
Leones Vegetarianos
Estadio de Mongomo10,000MongomoDeportivo Mongomo
Estadio de Ebibeyin8,000EbibeyinAkonangui FC
Estadio La Libertad4,000Bata