The South Sudan women's national team represents South Sudan in international women's football competitions.
South Sudan gained 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 0âÂÂ9 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.
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".
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
The following table shows South Sudan's all-time official international record per opponent: <section begin=headtohead /> <section end=headtohead />
The following players have been called up to a South Sudan squad in the past 12 months.
*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 16 July 2022.
The team was in the draw for qualifying to the 2014 African Championship, but had withdrawn from their first round match against Ethiopia.