Kuwait women's national under-17 football team

Kuwait under-17
Nickname(s)	ناشئات الأزرق النسائي; (The Girls's Blue)
Association	Kuwait Football Association; (الاتحاد الكويتي لكرة القدم)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Nilufar Hodjaeva
Home stadium	Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium
FIFA code	KUW
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Bahrain 4–1 Kuwait ; (Isa Town, Bahrain; 29 December 2019)
Biggest win
	Kuwait 4–1 Saudi Arabia ; (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 4 March 2023)
Biggest defeat
	Kuwait 0–7 Palestine ; (Isa Town, Bahrain; 31 December 2019)
WAFF U-18 Girls Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2019)
Best result	6th place

the Kuwait women's national under-17 football team (Arabic: منتخب الكويت لكرة القدم تحت 17 سنة للسيدات), represent Kuwait in international women's youth football. The team is governed by the Women's Committee of Kuwait Football Association (KFA). The team also serves as the women's national under-18^[1] and women's national under-16 football team of Kuwait.^[2]

History

In 2019, the women's committee of the Kuwait football association launched for the first time the youth women's team, right away after its creation, the team held a training camp in the Austrian capital Vienna from 1 to 15 August 2019, as preparation for their first appearance in WAFF U-18 Girls Championship, during the camp they played three friendlies against youth teams of Austrian clubs.^[3]^[4]^[5]

In December 2019, the Kuwaiti U-17 team started its historic journey with a debut participation in WAFF U-18 Girls Championship hosted in neighboring Bahrain. Kuwait lost all its three matches to finish sixth out of seven.^[6]

The team came back to the international stage in 2023, where they hosted their Saudi counterpart who are competing in their first international game to play two friendly games on 4 and 8 March 2023.^[7]

Fixtures and results

Legend Win Draw Fixture Lose

2019

6 August Unofficial Friendly	SC Weissenbach	2–3	Kuwait	Vienna, Austria
--:-- UTC+1			Al-Shammari Maerifi

11 August Unofficial Friendly	SV Admira Wr. Neustadt	4–1	Kuwait	Vienna, Austria
--:-- UTC+1

14 August Unofficial Friendly	FK Austria Wien	6–0	Kuwait	Vienna, Austria
--:-- UTC+1

29 December WAFF U-18 Girls Championship Group B	Bahrain	4–1	Kuwait	Isa Town, Bahrain
20:30 UTC+3	Sabkar 11', 81' Almannaei 45+1', 75'	Report	Alraqem 86'	Stadium: Khalifa Sports City Stadium Referee: Doumouh Al Bakkar (Lebanon)

31 December WAFF U-18 Girls Championship Group B	Kuwait	0–7	Palestine	Isa Town, Bahrain
14:30 UTC+3		Report	Salama 9' Sarawi 39', 55' Nasrah 45+1' Bawatneh 47' Alhouti 66' (o.g.) Aldhafiri 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Khalifa Sports City Stadium Referee: Esraa Al Mbaiden (Jordan)

2020

5 January WAFF U-18 Girls Championship 5th place	United Arab Emirates	2–0	Kuwait	Isa Town, Bahrain
17:30 UTC+3	Alhammadi 42' Alzarkan 59'	Report		Stadium: Khalifa Sports City Stadium

10 February Friendly	Kuwait	v	United Arab Emirates	Kuwait City, Kuwait
16:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium

2023

4 March Friendly	Kuwait	4–1	Saudi Arabia	Kuwait City, Kuwait
17:00 UTC+3	Al-Othman 2' (pen.) Al-Sultan 33', 36' Al-Khars 45+1'	Report	Al-Sarbel 9' (o.g.)	Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium

8 March Friendly	Kuwait	2–3	Saudi Arabia	Kuwait City, Kuwait
16:00 UTC+3	Al-Othman Sadeghi		Al-Yafei 12' Mansour 35' Al-Shanifi 41'	Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium

7 August Friendly	Omnia Ceccano Academy	3–5	Kuwait U20	Rome, Italy
18:00 UTC+1			Alrayes Alsultan Marafie Almousa

10 August Friendly	SSD Academy Ladispoli	1–1	Kuwait U20	Rome, Italy
20:30 UTC+1			Alrayes

10 August Friendly	ASD Gualdo Calcio	1–3	Kuwait U20	Rome, Italy
20:30 UTC+1			Alshabib Alawadi Alsultan

Coaching staff

As of 4 March 2023

Position	Name
Head coach	Nilufar Hodjaeva

Coaching history

Ali Al-Dhahi (2019–2020)
Nilufar Hodjaeva (2023–)

Players

Current squad

The following players were named for the two friendly matches against Saudi Arabia on 4 and 8 March 2023.^[8]

No.	Player	Club
	Aseel Naji Al-Marhoon
	Jana Al Matar	PFA Kuwait
	Noor Yasser Al-Hawti
	Muneera Al-Othman	Juventus Academy Kuwait
	Manayer Musaed Al-Mutairi
	Salma Saleh Al-Ajmi
	Al-Zain Al-Fassam	PFA Kuwait
	Fajer Al Tawakuli	PFA Kuwait
	Noura Awad Al-Sarbel
	Ghazlan Abdullah Al-Ahmad
	Sarah Tariq Ghalib
	Celine Fadhel Abbas
	Tiba Al Rayes	Juventus Academy Kuwait
	Fay Al-Eidan	Juventus Academy Kuwait
	Saba Al Blayyes	PFA Kuwait
10	Shaikha Al Shabeeb	PFA Kuwait
	Zain Al Khars	Al-Oyoun Girls SC
	Isabella Abdulaziz Sadeghi
	Zahraa Abdullah Taqi
18	Zainab Faisal Al-tandil
6	Malak Ali Al-Khudari
	Layan Al Mousa	PFA Kuwait
	Tala Al Sultan	Juventus Academy Kuwait
	Yasmine Ali Al-awadi

Competitive record

WAFF U-18 Women's Championship

WAFF U-18 Girls Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
2018	did not exist
2019	Sixth place	6th	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12
2022	did not enter
Appearances	1/3	6th	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12

Arab U-17 Women's Cup

Arab U-17 Women's Cup
Appearances: 1
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2015
Total	0/1

References

^ "الإمارات خامساً والكويت سادساً في بطولة الشابات" [UAE finish fifth and Kuwait sixth]. the-waff.com (in Arabic). 26 July 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^ "منتخب الناشئات السعودي ينطلق في أول مباراة بتاريخه أمام الكويت" [The Saudi U-17 Women's national team face Kuwait U17 in its historic first match]. koraplus.com (in Arabic). 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^ "الكويت تبدأ في بناء جيل جديد للكرة النسائية" [Kuwait started building a new women's football generation]. kooora.com (in Arabic). 1 August 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^ "الكويت تأسس لأول مرة دوري كرة قدم للناشئات" [Kuwait launch for the first time U-18 women's League]. kooora.com (in Arabic). 21 August 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^ ""اتحاد الكرة" يبدأ بناء منتخب ناشئات للتأهل إلى المونديال" [Football Association started building a competitive U-17 women team to qualify for the Women World Cup 2031]. 7ssry.com (in Arabic). 7 August 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^ "صهيب يعدد فوائد مشاركة منتخبنا للشابات في بطولة غرب آسيا" [Suhaib enumerates the benefits of our female youth team's participation in the West Asian Championship]. greentidekw.com (in Arabic). 3 January 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^ "بعثة أخضر الناشئات تغادر إلى الكويت لإقامة معسكره التدريبي" [the Green's youth delegation leaves for Kuwait to set up its training camp]. saff.com.sa (in Arabic). 2 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^ @WFCommittee (2 March 2023). "Uzbek coach Nilufar Hodjayeva announces the selection of 24 players to represent the Kuwaiti U-17 women's national team, in preparation for the upcoming tournaments" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[1] "الإمارات خامساً والكويت سادساً في بطولة الشابات" [UAE finish fifth and Kuwait sixth]. the-waff.com (in Arabic). 26 July 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[2] "منتخب الناشئات السعودي ينطلق في أول مباراة بتاريخه أمام الكويت" [The Saudi U-17 Women's national team face Kuwait U17 in its historic first match]. koraplus.com (in Arabic). 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[3] "الكويت تبدأ في بناء جيل جديد للكرة النسائية" [Kuwait started building a new women's football generation]. kooora.com (in Arabic). 1 August 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[4] "الكويت تأسس لأول مرة دوري كرة قدم للناشئات" [Kuwait launch for the first time U-18 women's League]. kooora.com (in Arabic). 21 August 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[5] ""اتحاد الكرة" يبدأ بناء منتخب ناشئات للتأهل إلى المونديال" [Football Association started building a competitive U-17 women team to qualify for the Women World Cup 2031]. 7ssry.com (in Arabic). 7 August 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[6] "صهيب يعدد فوائد مشاركة منتخبنا للشابات في بطولة غرب آسيا" [Suhaib enumerates the benefits of our female youth team's participation in the West Asian Championship]. greentidekw.com (in Arabic). 3 January 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[7] "بعثة أخضر الناشئات تغادر إلى الكويت لإقامة معسكره التدريبي" [the Green's youth delegation leaves for Kuwait to set up its training camp]. saff.com.sa (in Arabic). 2 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[8] @WFCommittee (2 March 2023). "Uzbek coach Nilufar Hodjayeva announces the selection of 24 players to represent the Kuwaiti U-17 women's national team, in preparation for the upcoming tournaments" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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v t e Kuwait national football team
General	Kuwait Football Association History Managers
Stadia	Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium
FIFA World Cup	1982
AFC Asian Cup	1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1996 2000 2004 2011 2015 2027
Other tournaments	Summer Olympics Asian Games FIFA Arab Cup WAFF Championship Arabian Gulf Cup
Goals	Bashar Abdullah
Statistics	Results Players and squads Individual records Head to head
Rivalries	Iraq
Notable matches	1976 AFC Asian Cup final 1980 AFC Asian Cup final 2023 SAFF Championship final
Other national teams	U-23 U-20 U-17 Women's WU-20 WU-17 Futsal Beach soccer

v t e Football in Kuwait
Kuwait Football Association
National teams	Men's Men's Futsal U-23 U-20 U-17 Women's
League competitions	Zain Premier League Kuwaiti Division One Kuwaiti Women's League Futsal League
Cups	Emir Cup Crown Prince Cup Federation Cup Super Cup Futsal Federation Cup Futsal Super Cup
Defunct Tournaments	Al-Khurafi Cup (defunct) Joint League (defunct)
List of clubs List of footballers List of venues Kuwaiti Football Records

v t e National women's under-17 football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA