Jordan women's national football team

Jordan
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	نشميات الأردن; Nashmeyat Al-Urdon; ("The Chivalrous of Jordan")
Association	Jordan Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Azzedine Chih
Captain	Stephanie Al-Naber
FIFA code	JOR
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	74 (14 June 2024)
Highest	50 (June–December 2017)
Lowest	144 (December 2007)
First international
	Jordan 9–0 Palestine ; (Amman, Jordan; 23 September 2005)
Biggest win
	Jordan 21–0 Kuwait ; (Amman, Jordan; 7 June 2013)
Biggest defeat
	Japan 13–0 Jordan ; (Doha, Qatar; 30 November 2006)
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2014)
Best result	7th

The Jordan national women's football team (Arabic: منتخب الأردن لكرة القدم للسيدات), is the national team of Jordan.

The team was founded in 2005 and in spite of not having many players to choose from won the West Asia Women's Championship in their inaugural appearance.^[3] Prince Ali Bin Hussein directly supports the team and was instrumental in lifting FIFA's ban on headscarves in 2018.^[4]

Jordan hosted the 2018 Women's Asian Cup, becoming the first Arab country to host the tournament.^[5] It also hosted the 2017 Women's U-17 World Cup.^[6]

History

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Azzedine Chih
Assistant coach
Assistant coach
Physical coach

Players

Current squad

The following 20 players were named to the squad for the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (second round) in April 2019.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Sherin Al-Shalabe	(1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 (age 30)	24	0	Shabab Al-Ordon
12	1GK	Salma Ghazal	(1998-10-19) 19 October 1998 (age 25)	16	0	Houston Cougars
18	1GK	Malak Shannak	(1998-08-01) 1 August 1998 (age 25)	13	0	Amman SC

2	2DF	Tasnim Isleem	(2001-03-04) 4 March 2001 (age 23)	7	0
3	2DF	Alanoud Al-Zabrey	(1999-05-18) 18 May 1999 (age 25)	9	0
6	2DF	Nour Zoqash	(1999-09-01) 1 September 1999 (age 24)	15	0	Shabab Al-Ordon
13	2DF	Lana Feras	(1998-06-01) 1 June 1998 (age 26)	30	0	Amman SC
15	2DF	Rand Abu-Hussein	(1997-03-01) 1 March 1997 (age 27)	15	0
17	2DF	Rouzbahan Fraij	(2000-04-07) 7 April 2000 (age 24)	26	0	Shabab Al-Ordon
19	2DF	Ayah Al-Majali	(1992-03-09) 9 March 1992 (age 32)	104	4	Shabab Al-Ordon

4	3MF	Zaina Hassan	(2004-07-08) 8 July 2004 (age 19)	3	0
5	3MF	Anfal Al-Sufy	(1995-10-14) 14 October 1995 (age 28)	49	9
8	3MF	Stephanie Al-Naber (c)	(1987-07-12) 12 July 1987 (age 36)	128	79	Shabab Al-Ordon
11	3MF	Jana Abu Ghosh	(2001-01-08) 8 January 2001 (age 23)	10	1
20	3MF	Shorooq Shathli	(1987-01-06) 6 January 1987 (age 37)	109	1	Shabab Al-Ordon

7	4FW	Raya Hina	(1995-11-26) 26 November 1995 (age 28)	10	7	Shabab Al-Ordon
9	4FW	Natasha Al-Naber	(1995-03-15) 15 March 1995 (age 29)	18	5	Shabab Al-Ordon
10	4FW	Sarah Abu-Sabbah	(1999-10-27) 27 October 1999 (age 24)	14	1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
14	4FW	Leen Al-Btoush	(2001-07-20) 20 July 2001 (age 22)	7	0
16	4FW	Shahnaz Jebreen	(1992-07-28) 28 July 1992 (age 31)	116	41	Amman SC

Recent call-ups

Player records

Active players in bold, statistics as of 2020.

Most capped players

#	Player	Year(s)	Caps	Goals
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Manager

Michael Dickey (2017-2018)
Azzedine Chih (2019-present)

Schedule and results

Win Draw Lose

2019

27 February 2019 2019 Turkish Women's Cup	Jordan	0–6	Northern Ireland	Side, Turkey
17:30		TIFA	Magill 5' Furness 33', 87', 90' Hutton 44' Monters 65'	Stadium: Evrenseki Stadium

1 March 2019 2019 Turkish Women's Cup	Jordan	1–1	Kazakhstan	Side, Turkey
11:00	Al-Naber 13'	KFF	Kulmagambetova 31' (pen.)	Stadium: Evrenseki Stadium

3 March 2019 2019 Turkish Women's Cup	Jordan	0–10	France B	Alanya, Turkey
12:00		FFF [1]	Matéo 7', 11', 16' Rougemont 29' Lahmari 37' Khelifi 47' Corboz 53' Léger 67' Laurent 73' Diallo 82'	Stadium: Gold City

5 March 2019 2019 Turkish Women's Cup	Jordan	3–0	Turkmenistan	Alanya, Turkey
8:30	Raya Hina 5' Natasha 24', 73'	JFF [2]		Stadium: Gold city

2020

All time results

The following table shows Jordan's all-time international record, correct as of 24 June 2018.^[7]

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
Afghanistan	2	2	0	0	11	0
Australia	1	0	0	1	1	3
Bahrain	11	8	3	0	44	7
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	1	1	4	6
China	4	0	0	4	3	35
Chinese Taipei	4	1	2	1	3	6
Croatia	1	0	0	1	0	3
Egypt	5	1	1	3	3	5
Hong Kong	1	1	0	0	1	0
Iran	11	5	1	5	20	24
Iraq	3	3	0	0	34	0
Japan	3	0	0	3	0	32
South Korea	1	0	0	1	0	5
Kuwait	1	1	0	0	21	0
Kyrgyzstan	1	1	0	0	7	1
Latvia	1	1	0	0	2	1
Lebanon	6	6	0	0	27	4
Laos	2	1	0	1	8	4
Maldives	1	1	0	0	9	0
Morocco	2	1	1	0	4	3
Malaysia	2	2	0	0	4	1
Myanmar	2	0	0	2	0	5
Palestine	10	9	0	1	66	6
Philippines	2	1	0	1	6	3
Qatar	2	2	0	0	27	0
Syria	4	4	0	0	25	2
Tajikistan	1	1	0	0	10	2
Thailand	6	1	0	5	4	24
Tunisia	2	0	1	1	4	7
Turkey	1	1	0	0	2	1
United Arab Emirates	2	1	0	1	6	1
Uzbekistan	4	2	1	1	8	5
Vietnam	8	0	1	7	4	21
Total	109	57	12	40	368	217

Note: In 2011, The Iranian government refused to allow its female players to remove the hijab when playing, in violation of FIFA policy. Therefore, on 3 July 2011, Jordan was awarded a 3-0 over Iran.^[8]^[9]

Honours

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
2007	Did not enter
2011	Did not qualify
2015
2019
2023	To be determined
Total	0/5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
1996	Did not enter
2000
2004
2008	Withdrew from the qualifications
2012	Did not qualify
2016
2020
Total	0/7

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
2006	Did not enter
2008	Did not enter
2010	Did not qualify
2014	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	2	13	−11
2018	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	3	16	−13
2022	To be determined
Total	2/6	6	0	0	6	5	29	−24

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1990	Did not enter
1994
1998
2002
2006	Preliminary round	8	3	0	0	3	0	30
2010	Preliminary round	7	3	0	0	3	1	18
2014	Preliminary round	10	3	0	1	2	2	19
2018	Did not enter
2022	To be determined
2026	To be determined
Total	3/8	-	9	0	1	8	3	67

WAFF Women's Championship

WAFF Women's Championship record
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
2005	Winner	4	4	0	0	26	1	+25
2007	Winner	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10
2010	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	18	2	+16
2011	Fourth place	5	2	2	1	16	6	+10
2014	Winner	3	3	0	0	22	0	+22
2019	Winner	4	4	0	0	11	2	+9
Total	6/6	23	19	2	2	105	13	+92

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFF Women's Championship

AFF Women's Championship record
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
2013 AFF Women's Championship	Round 1	4	1	0	3	2	13	-11

Arabia Cup

Arabia Cup record
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
2010	Winner	5	4	0	1	27	2	+25

Turkish Women's Cup

Turkish Women's Cup record
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2019	7th place	4	1	1	2	4	17	-13
Total	1/4	4	1	1	2	4	17	-13

References

^ https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/jor/about
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
^ Schneider, Victoria (3 May 2018). "Women's football team changes the game in Jordan". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
^ Schneider, Victoria. "Women's football team heads change in conservative Jordan".
^ Khaled, Ali (31 March 2018). "Jordan strikes blow for women's football across the Middle East in AFC Asian Cup". Arab News.
^ "Jordan taking lead role in promoting women's football — FIFA official". Jordan Times.
^ * https://www.fifa.com/live-scores/teams/country=jor/women/matches/index.html#yearnull - 2005 to 2018
^ "Iran protests Fifa ban on women's football team". The New Age (South Africa). 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
^ "Đội tuyển nữ Iran bỏ cuộc tại Vòng loại thứ 2 Giải bóng đá nữ Olympic London 2012". Vietnam Football Federation. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.

External links

Official website (in English)
FIFA profile (in English)

[1] ttps://www.fifa.com/associations/association/jor/about

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-2] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.

[alj_may18-3] Schneider, Victoria (3 May 2018). "Women's football team changes the game in Jordan". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

[4] Schneider, Victoria. "Women's football team heads change in conservative Jordan".

[5] Khaled, Ali (31 March 2018). "Jordan strikes blow for women's football across the Middle East in AFC Asian Cup". Arab News.

[6] "Jordan taking lead role in promoting women's football — FIFA official". Jordan Times.

[7] * https://www.fifa.com/live-scores/teams/country=jor/women/matches/index.html#yearnull - 2005 to 2018

[8] "Iran protests Fifa ban on women's football team". The New Age (South Africa). 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2011-06-06.

[9] "Đội tuyển nữ Iran bỏ cuộc tại Vòng loại thứ 2 Giải bóng đá nữ Olympic London 2012". Vietnam Football Federation. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.

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History

Coaching staff

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Player records

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Manager

Schedule and results

2019

2020

All time results

Honours

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Olympic Games

AFC Women's Asian Cup

Asian Games

WAFF Women's Championship

AFF Women's Championship

Arabia Cup

Turkish Women's Cup

See also

References

External links