The FSF solely manages female football in Senegal.Camille Boillat and Raffaele Poli, Governance models across football associations and leagues (Switzerland: CIES – Centre International d’Etude du Sport, 2015), 64. The women's game in Senegal began with Elior Khouma who began to informally coach girls at his footballing school in Sicap-Liberté, Dakar. An Italian friend brought a team from Milan to play Khouma's women's team in a match that was supported by the FSF and the Municipal Government of Dakar, although they lost 5–2. In 1991 the team, 'The Gazelles’ were invited to take part in the first African Championship for Women, but withdrew as the FSF refused to send a team. Prior to the 1990s the FSF played only a small role in women's football, although through the advocacy of Fancoise Seck and the development of a national team, the FSF began to sanction league play, championships and international friendlies. In 2000 following Seck's appointment to the head of women's football in 2000, the FSF further committed to women's football, establishing a national league with 12 teams, providing uniforms, paying coaches and transporting teams.Martha Saveedra, “Football feminine – development of the African game: Senegal, Nigeria and South Africa,” Soccer and Society 4, No. 2-3 (2003): 225-253.
