Kuwait women's national football team

Kuwait

Association	Kuwait Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Vacant
FIFA code	KUW
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	NR (15 March 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

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

As of 11 March 2023

Manager history

• Fahad Kameel (20??–2019)

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

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

Previous squads

Records

• Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 28 September 2022.^{[citation needed]}

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

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	0/9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*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	To be determined
2029
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 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. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 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 Official website FIFA profile 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	VIVA Premier League First Division 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)
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