Qatar women's national football team

Qatar
Nickname(s)	The Maroon Ladies (Arabic: سيدات العنابي)
Association	Qatar Football Association (QFA)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Fedha Al-Abdullah
Captain	Suaad Al-Hashemi
Home stadium	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
FIFA code	QAT
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	NR (13 December 2024)
Highest	111 (December 2013)
Lowest	139 (September 2015)
First international
	Bahrain 17–0 Qatar ; (Manama, Bahrain; 18 October 2010)
Biggest win
	Qatar 5-0 Afghanistan ; (Doha, Qatar; 2021)
Biggest defeat
	Palestine 18–0 Qatar ; (Manama, Bahrain; 20 October 2010)
World Cup
Appearances	N/A (first in N/A)
Best result	N/A
WAFF Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2014)
Best result	Group Stage (2014)

The Qatar women's national football team (Arabic: منتخب قطر لكرة القدم للسيدات) represents Qatar in international women's football, and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association (QFA). The team has been inactive since 2014^[2] and currently unranked in the FIFA world ranking.^[3]^[4]

History

Qatar women's national football team in 2012.

The Qatar women's team has appeared in some special events, like playing friendlies against the American club Washington Spirit in December 2020,^[5] and against Afghanistan after their evacuation from the war-torn country after the Taliban takeover; Qatar won that match 5–0.^[6] Qatar does not have a player development program.^[2]

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 Lose Fixture

2023

Qatar Fixtures and Results – Soccerway.com

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 19 August 2022

Position	Name
Head coach	Fedha Al-Abdullah^[7]
Technical director	Vacant
Assistant coach	Vacant
Goalkeeping coach	Vacant
Fitness coach	Vacant
Delegation Leader	Vacant

Manager history

Name	Period	Tournament
Helena Costa^[8]	2010–2012	2010 Arabia Women's Cup: Eighth Place (Last)
Monika Staab^[9]	2012–2014	2014 WAFF Women's Championship: Fourth Place (Last)
Fedha Al-Abdullah^[10]	2014–present

Players

Last squad

The following players were named in April 2014 for the 2014 WAFF Women's Championship.

Caps and goals accurate up to and including 19 August 2022.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Latifa Al-Abdulla	(2002-11-28) 28 November 2002 (age 22)
12	1GK	Shaima Al-Siyabi	(1999-06-27) 27 June 1999 (age 25)	Al-Khor

2	2DF	Amna Al-Naimi	(2000-06-30) 30 June 2000 (age 24)
3	2DF	Dana Al-Dosari	(1993-05-05) 5 May 1993 (age 31)
11	2DF	Mooza Muaarej	(1997-12-20) 20 December 1997 (age 27)
13	2DF	Zahra Al-Naimi	(1998-10-09) 9 October 1998 (age 26)
14	2DF	Moudhi Al-Abdulla	(2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 (age 24)
15	2DF	Asalet Hijazi	(2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 24)
27	2DF	Nasra AlSiyabi	(2000-01-26) 26 January 2000 (age 24)

5	3MF	Dana Al-Jassim	(1997-12-20) 20 December 1997 (age 27)
8	3MF	Asma Al-Sorore	(1995-11-28) 28 November 1995 (age 29)
9	3MF	Kholoud Al-Jassim	(1996-10-03) 3 October 1996 (age 28)	Qatar SC
10	3MF	Suaad Al-Hashemi (captain)	(2003-11-08) 8 November 2003 (age 21)
32	3MF	Duana Khalifa	(1997-07-07) 7 July 1997 (age 27)

4	4FW	Hagar Saleh	(1996-02-16) 16 February 1996 (age 28)
6	4FW	Reem Al-Naemi	(1999-12-11) 11 December 1999 (age 25)
7	4FW	Yasmeen El-Homsany	(1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 (age 25)

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the squad in recent years.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
MF	Emna Boussarsar	(2003-11-28) 28 November 2003 (age 21)	0	0	DJK TuSA 06 Düsseldorf [de]	Training camp, 12 January 2023

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 30 September 2021.

Most capped players

#	Player	Year(s)	Caps

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

AFC women's Asian Cup

WAFF Women's Championship

WAFF Women's Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
2005	Did not exist
2007
2010
2011	Did not enter
2014	Group stage	4th	3	0	0	3	2	19	-17
2019	Did not enter
2022	Did not enter
Total	Group stage	4th	3	0	0	3	2	19	-17

WAFF Women's Championship history
Season	Round	Opponent	Scores	Result	Venue
2014	Group Stage	Palestine	0–4	Loss	Amman, Jordan
		Jordan	0–7	Loss
		Bahrain	2–8	Loss

Arabia Women's Cup

Arabia Women's Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
2010	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	0	47	-47
Total	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	0	47	-47

Arabia Women's Cup history
Season	Round	Opponent	Scores	Result	Venue
2010	Group Stage	Bahrain	0–17	Loss	Riffa, Bahrain
		Palestine	0–18	Loss	Manama, Bahrain
		Syria	0–12	Loss	Manama, Bahrain

References

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b McCann, Allison (2022-12-10). "What Happened to the Qatar Women's National Team?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
^ "Bahrainis face Qatar in Women's Football Cup Arabia. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com.
^ "Qatar organises friendly match for Afghanistan national women's team at FIFA World Cup stadium". Qatar Football Association. November 10, 2021.
^ "Qatar women's team plays friendly against Washington Spirit". 16 December 2020.
^ "Qatar organises friendly match for Afghanistan national women's team at FIFA World Cup stadium".
^ "الصفحة غير متاحة".
^ "Portugal's Helena Costa coaching Qatar's women football team". nexofin.com.
^ "Staab in Katar abelöst". sport1.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2018-07-13.
^ "Qatar's female football starlets eager to emerge from the shadows". 2022-09-23. Retrieved 2022-11-06.

External links

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

[:0-2] McCann, Allison (2022-12-10). "What Happened to the Qatar Women's National Team?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-12-13.

[3] "Bahrainis face Qatar in Women's Football Cup Arabia. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com.

[4] "Qatar organises friendly match for Afghanistan national women's team at FIFA World Cup stadium". Qatar Football Association. November 10, 2021.

[5] "Qatar women's team plays friendly against Washington Spirit". 16 December 2020.

[6] "Qatar organises friendly match for Afghanistan national women's team at FIFA World Cup stadium".

[7] "الصفحة غير متاحة".

[8] "Portugal's Helena Costa coaching Qatar's women football team". nexofin.com.

[9] "Staab in Katar abelöst". sport1.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2018-07-13.

[10] "Qatar's female football starlets eager to emerge from the shadows". 2022-09-23. Retrieved 2022-11-06.

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