Kuwait women's national football team
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| Association | Kuwait Football Association | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Vacant | ||
| FIFA code | KUW | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | NR (14 June 2024)[1] | ||
| Highest | 110 (December 2013) | ||
| Lowest | 124 (September 2014) | ||
| First international | |||
 Palestine 17–0 Kuwait  (Abu Dhabi, UAE; 22 February 2010) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Jordan 21–0 Kuwait (Amman, Jordan; 8 June 2013) | |||
| WAFF Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2010) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2010) | ||
The Kuwait women's national football team represents Kuwait in international women's association football and is governed by Kuwait Football Association (KFA).
History[edit]
The Organizing Committee of GCC Women's Sports Committee has been organizing women's football events in Kuwait in an effort to support the women's national team.[2] The country's kit colors are blue shirts, white shorts, and blue socks.[3]
As of 1999, the women's national team had not competed at the Women's World Cup. They had never entered the Asian Women's Championship as of 1999.[4] As of June 2017, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA.[5]
Background and development[edit]
In 2012 it was written that development of women's football in the Middle East and central Asia dated back only about ten years.[6] The national federation became a FIFA affiliate in 1962.[3]
Results and fixtures[edit]
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Fixture
2023[edit]
Coaching staff[edit]
Current coaching staff[edit]
- As of 11 March 2023
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach |
Manager history[edit]
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Fahad Kameel (20??–2019)
Players[edit]
Current squad[edit]
The following 25 players were called up for friendly matches against xxxx on xxx.
- Caps and goals correct as of 26 February 2023
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recent call-ups[edit]
The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. | ||||||
Previous squads[edit]
Records[edit]
- Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 28 September 2022.[citation needed]
Most-capped players[edit]
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Top goalscorers[edit]
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Competitive record[edit]
FIFA Women's World Cup[edit]
| FIFA Women's World Cup record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
 1991 to   2023 |
Did not enter | |||||||||
 2027 |
to be determined | |||||||||
| Total | 0/10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
AFC Women's Asian Cup[edit]
| AFC Women's Asian Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
 1975 to 2010 |
Did not enter | ||||||||
 2014 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2018 |
Did not enter | ||||||||
 2022
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| 2026 |
To be determined | ||||||||
 2029
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| Total | 0/20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
WAFF Women's Championship[edit]
| Hosts / Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005
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Did not enter | |||||||
| 2007
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 2010
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Group stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | −24 |
| 2011
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Did not enter | |||||||
| 2014
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 2019
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| 2022
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 2024
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| Total | 1/8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | −24 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Head-to-head record[edit]
- As of 21 March 2018[7]
Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record
| Opponent |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | −21 |
 Lebanon |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | −11 |
 Maldives |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
 Nepal |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | −8 |
| Palestine |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | −17 |
 Qatar |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 |
| United Arab Emirates |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −7 |
| Uzbekistan |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | −18 |
| Total | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 68 | −65 |
See also[edit]
- Sport in Kuwait
- Football in Kuwait
- Women's football in Kuwait
- Football in Kuwait
- Kuwait women's national under-20 football team
- Kuwait women's national under-17 football team
- Kuwaiti Women's League
References[edit]
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Parents must be supportive if girls are to pursue sport, Noora says". Gulf News. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. April 11, 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ a b Pickering, David (1994). The Cassell soccer companion : history, facts, anecdotes. London: Cassell. p. 175. ISBN 0304342319. OCLC 59851970.
- ^ Ballard, John; Suff, Paul (1999). The dictionary of football : the complete A-Z of international football from Ajax to Zinedine Zidane. London: Boxtree. pp. 344–345. ISBN 0752224344. OCLC 59442612.
- ^ "The FIFA Women's World Ranking". FIFA.com. 2009-09-25. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
- ^ New statesman. New Statesman, Ltd. 2008. p. 20. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ "World Football Matches Kuwait". Fifa.com. 5 January 2018. Archived from the original on August 8, 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
External links[edit]
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