Kuwait women's national football team
| Association | Kuwait Football Association | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Vacant | ||
| FIFA code | KUW | ||
| |||
| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | NR (12 June 2025)[1] | ||
| Highest | 110 (December 2013) | ||
| Lowest | 124 (September 2014) | ||
| First international | |||
| Palestine 17–0 (Abu Dhabi, UAE; 22 February 2010) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Jordan 21–0 (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
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
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
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
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Head coach | |
| Assistant coach | |
| Goalkeeping coach | |
| Physiotherapist | |
| Team Doctor | |
| Technical director |
Manager history
Players
Current squad
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
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
Records
- Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 28 September 2022.
Most-capped players
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Top goalscorers
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Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
| FIFA Women's World Cup record | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991 to 2027 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2031 | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2035 | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 0/12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- *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 | |
| 1975 to 2010 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 2014 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2018 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 2022 | |||||||||
| 2026 | |||||||||
| 2029 | To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | 0/20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
WAFF Women's Championship
| Hosts / Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Did not enter | |||||||
| 2007 | ||||||||
| 2010 | Group stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | −24 |
| 2011 | Did not enter | |||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||
| 2019 | ||||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||
| 2024 | ||||||||
| Total | 1/8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | −24 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Head-to-head record
- 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
- 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
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ "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.