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Football in Equatorial Guinea
Country	Equatorial Guinea
Governing body	Equatoguinean Football Federation
National team(s)	men's national team
Club competitions
Equatoguinean Premier League
International competitions
Champions League CAF Confederation Cup Super Cup FIFA Club World Cup FIFA World Cup(National Team) African Cup of Nations(National Team)

Association football (soccer) 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 (who later qualified for the World Cup) 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.

League system

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

Stadium	City	Tenants	Capacity	Image
Estadio de Bata	Bata	Equatorial Guinea national football team	35,700
Estadio de Malabo	Malabo	Equatorial Guinea national football team	15,250
Estadio de Mongomo	Mongomo		10,000

See also

• Lists of stadiums

References

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2. Jonathan Wilson (2012-01-22). "Cup hosts Equatorial Guinea bank on the wealth of Nations - International - Football". The Independent. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
3. Phil Minshull (2007-05-29). "BBC SPORT | Football | African | Equatorial Guinea import success". BBC News. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
4. "Equatorial Guinea: How Africa's 41st best footballing nation came to host the ACoN - Africa Cup of Nations 2012". FourFourTwo. 20 January 2012. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
5. "Equatorial Guinea: Naturalisation at a new level". Espn Fc. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
6. "Equatorial Guinea falls 1-0 in World Cup debut". CBS News. 29 June 2011.
7. "Matildas hard done by as referee misses blatant handball". 3 July 2011.
8. "Eq Guinea banned from Women's World Cup". BBC Sport.
9. Dead link to Fifa.com
10. "Women's World Cup 2011: A Quick Guide". NPR. Retrieved 2023-07-10.

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Awards	Footballer of the Year Top scorers
Lists	All-time Table Champions Clubs International footballers Foreign players Venues
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