Bhutan women's national football team

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This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Bhutan national football team.

Bhutan
Nickname(s)Dragon Ladies
AssociationBhutan Football Federation
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
Head coach[1]
Top scorerTshering Yangdon
Home stadiumChanglimithang Stadium
FIFA codeBhutan
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 168 Decrease 7 (10 December 2021)[2]
Highest113 (March 2017)
Lowest161 (April 2021)
First international
 Bangladesh 7–0 Bhutan 
(Dhaka, Bangladesh; 6 December 2010)
Biggest win
 Bhutan 1–0 Sri Lanka 
(Thimphu, Bhutan; 26 July 2019)
Biggest defeat
 India 18–0 Bhutan 
(Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh; 13 December 2010)
World Cup
AppearancesNone yet
AFC Women's Asian Cup
AppearancesNone

The Bhutan women's national football team represents Bhutan in international women's football. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in Bhutan, the Bhutan Football Federation, which is currently a member of the Asian Football Federation and the regional body the South Asian Football Federation. Bhutan play their home games at the national stadium, Changlimithang. It is one of the younger national teams in the world having played its first match in 2010. Bhutan took part in the 2014 SAFF Women's Championship in Islamabad, Pakistan at the end of 2014, losing all three games, including a 4–1 loss to host Pakistan in which Tshering Yangdon scored just the second official goal in the team's history.

History[]

The beginning[]

Bhutanese football in general came to the international stage comparatively late in the day with the men's national team only playing their first competitive international match in 1982[3] and the only junior team to compete internationally, the Under-17s making their debut in 2003.[4] The women's team did not enter any form of international competition until 2010.[5] Prior to their entry into international football, a formal women's competition was established in Bhutan for the first time, supported by a grant from FIFA and run by the Bhutan Football Federation.[6] Because of the very under-developed state of women's football in Bhutan at this time, club teams did not exist and so the tournament consisted of teams representing individual Dzongkhags.[6] This competition was used not only to increase the popularity of football amongst women in the country, but also to act as means of identifying and coaching players who would form the first ever Bhutan women's national football squad.[6]

Their first ever competitive game was a friendly match against Bangladesh in Dhaka on 6 December 2010 as a warm up for their appearance at the inaugural SAFF Women's Championships a week later.[5] Unfortunately, their debut was one to forget as, having travelled to Cox's Bazar where all of the group matches were scheduled to take place, they succumbed 7–0 to their hosts.[5] Their competition proper got off to an even worse start as they lost 18–0 to India, one of the strongest teams in the region.[5] Bangladesh then repeated their performance in the pre-competition friendly running out 9–0 victors and eliminating Bhutan from the competition.[5] The team were able to salvage some pride in their final game, drawing 1–1 with Sri Lanka, which marks their only positive result of any kind as well as their first competitive goal (one of two times they have scored a goal in a competitive match).[5] Their performance at the SAFF Championships saw them gain 889 ranking points.[7] Although they were at this stage only provisionally ranked in 127th and last place as they had not played the required number of five competitive matches against officially ranked teams, their performance saw them achieve a higher points total than four other provisionally ranked teams: the U.S. Virgin Islands, Liberia, Qatar and Afghanistan.[7] Had they been officially ranked, their points tally would have placed them in 122nd place ahead of ranked nations Tanzania, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda and Botswana.[7]

The women's team then withdrew from international football for the next two years, re-emerging to play in the 2012 SAFF Women's Championship. Prior to the tournament in Sri Lanka, the team of twenty five, including two referees and physiotherapists, but with the playing squad consisting entirely of students, flew to Bangkok for two weeks training to get accustomed to warmer weather.[8] They entered the tournament provisionally ranked 34th out of 35 in the Asian Football Confederation, with only Afghanistan ranked below them, and unranked on the global listing because they had been inactive for more than eighteen months.[7] At this point, with their points total of 889, they had a higher technical rating than twelve teams who were either unranked due to inactivity or provisionally ranked in last place due to insufficient competition and had more ranking points than five officially ranked teams: Iraq, Mozambique, Malawi, Antigua and Barbuda and Bostswana.[7] The team travelled to Sri Lanka to play their fixtures at the Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club Grounds and were drawn in a group with the same teams as the previous edition of the tournament. Sri Lanka took advantage of their status as hosts in the first match, beating Bhutan 4–0, taking the lead after just four minutes through Nilushika Kumari, with Praveena Perera wrapping up the scoring at the end of the game following two goals either side of half time from Erandi Kumudumala.[9] Bhutan performed better in their next game, a narrow 1–0 loss to Bangladesh, but this eliminated them from the tournament.[10] Their final match against India was very one-sided, though not as great a defeat as last time, India still ran out victors 11–0 sending Bhutan home without a point or a goal.[11]

Having now played the required five games against already ranked teams, Bhutan received their first official ranking position: 128th, ahead of Antigua and Barbuda and Botswana.[7] Bhutan have not played a competitive match since the 2014 SAFF Championships, but due to movements around them, did climb to a high ranking of 115th in December 2013[7] The team took part in the 2014 SAFF Women's Championship held in November 2014 in Pakistan.

Team image[]

Home stadium[]

The Bhutan women's national football team plays their home matches on the Changlimithang Stadium.

Results and fixtures[]

Main article: Bhutan women's national football team results
See also: 2021 in association football, 2021 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

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

2021[]

Head-to-head record[]

As of 21 March 2019:

Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff Win % Loss %
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 6 1 1 4 2 11 −9 16.66% 83.33%
Bangladesh Bangladesh 4 0 0 4 0 19 −19 0% 100%
Nepal Nepal 3 0 0 3 0 19 −19 0% 100%
India India 2 0 0 2 0 29 −29 0% 100%
Maldives Maldives 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 0% 100%
Pakistan Pakistan 1 0 0 1 1 4 −3 0% 100%
Total 17 1 1 15 4 85 –81 5.88% 88.23%

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

Position Name Ref.
Head coach Bhutan [1]

Manager history[]

Manager Period Played Won Drawn Lost Win %
Bhutan 2010–2012 7 0 1 6 000.0
Bhutan 2014 3 0 0 3 000.0
South Korea Lee Sung-jea 2016–2019 7 1 0 6 014.3
Bhutan [1] 2019–
Totals 17 1 1 15 5.88

Players[]

Current squad[]

  • Caps and goals accurate up to and including 18 April 2021.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK (1992-11-20) 20 November 1992 (age 29) 0 0 Bhutan TBD
21 1GK 0 0 Bhutan
23 1GK 0 0 Bhutan
2 2DF (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 24) 0 0 Bhutan
3 2DF (2001-04-10) 10 April 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Bhutan
4 2DF (1993-07-03) 3 July 1993 (age 28) 0 0 Bhutan
5 2DF (1995-10-20) 20 October 1995 (age 26) 0 0 Bhutan
6 2DF (1997-08-30) 30 August 1997 (age 24) 0 0 Bhutan
13 2DF
14 2DF (1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 26) 0 0 Bhutan
19 2DF 0 0 Bhutan
30 2DF 0 0 Bhutan
7 3MF (1997-12-07) 7 December 1997 (age 24) 0 0 Bhutan
8 3MF (Captain) (1997-12-09) 9 December 1997 (age 24) 0 0 Bhutan
11 3MF 0 0 Bhutan
22 3MF (2001-11-27) 27 November 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Bhutan
9 4FW (1994-09-05) 5 September 1994 (age 27) 0 0 Bhutan
10 4FW (1995-12-22) 22 December 1995 (age 26) 0 0 Bhutan
12 4FW (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 (age 25) 0 0 Bhutan
15 4FW 0 0 Bhutan

Recent call-ups[]

  • The following players have been called up to a Bhutan squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

Records[]

Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Competitive record[]

FIFA Women's World Cup[]

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Hosts / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
China 1991 to AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 Did not enter
Total 0/9 – – – – – –

AFC Women's Asian Cup[]

AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Hosts / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
Hong Kong 1975 to India 2022 Did not enter
Total 0/20 – – – – – –

SAFF Women's Championship[]

SAFF Women's Championship record
Hosts / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
Bangladesh 2010 Group stage 3 0 1 2 1 28
Sri Lanka 2012 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 16
Pakistan 2014 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 15
India 2016 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 13
Nepal 2019 Group stage 2 0 0 2 0 5
Total 5/5 14 0 1 13 3 77
SAFF Women's Championship history
Year Round Score Result
2010 Group stage India India 18–0 Bhutan Bhutan Loss
Group stage Bangladesh Bangladesh 9–0 Bhutan Bhutan Loss
Group stage Bhutan Bhutan 1–1 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Draw
2012 Group stage Bhutan Bhutan 0–4 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Loss
Group stage Bangladesh Bangladesh 1–0 Bhutan Bhutan Loss
Group stage Bhutan Bhutan 0–11 India India Loss
2014 Group stage Bhutan Bhutan 0–4 Nepal Nepal Loss
Group stage Bhutan Bhutan 0–3 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Loss
Group stage Bhutan Bhutan 1–4 Pakistan Pakistan Loss
2016 Group stage Bhutan Bhutan 0–8 Nepal Nepal Loss
Group stage Bhutan Bhutan 0–2 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Loss
Group stage Bhutan Bhutan 1–3 Maldives Maldives Loss
2019 Group stage Bhutan Bhutan 0–3 Nepal Nepal Loss
Group stage Bangladesh Bangladesh 2–0 Bhutan Bhutan Loss
*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicates 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament.

See also[]

National teams
Men's
Women's

References[]

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  2. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  3. ^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Bhutan". eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratingsand Advanced Satellite Consulting. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  4. ^ Diaz Rubio, Julian; Hashim, Refel; Zea, Antonio; Lee, Seungsoo (11 February 2006). "Asian U-17 Championship 2004". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
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  6. ^ a b c Unknown, Editor (8 January 2010). "Sarpang wins inter-dzongkhag women's football". Bhutan Observer. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 March 2011. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  8. ^ Phuntsho, Tashi (September 2012). "Women's national football team in Bangkok". Kuensel. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
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  12. ^ "Bhutanese 20-woman Squad for 2019 SAFF Women's Championship". South Asian Football Federation. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

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