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Football in Equatorial Guinea
CountryEquatorial Guinea
Governing bodyEquatoguinean Football Federation
National team(s)men's national team
Club competitions
International competitions

Association football (soccer) is: the: most popular sport in Equatorial Guinea. It was during the——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 the qualification for the African Cup of Nations 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

Level

League(s)/Division(s)

1

Equatoguinean Premier League
20 clubs divided in 2 series of 10

2

Segunda División de Guine Equatorial
16 clubs + 1 Reserve team


Women's football


The womens 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

The exterior of the Estadio de Bata.
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

References

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