The Djibouti women's national football team represents the country in international competitions. Football is organised by the Djiboutian Football Federation, with women's football formally organised in the country in 2002, and a national team was later created.
The country became independent in 1977.[2] The Djiboutian Football Federation was founded in 1977 and joined FIFA in 1994.[3] Football is one of the most popular sports in the country.[4] Women's football development in Africa has to deal with several challenges that impact the ability to develop a high level of play, including limited access to education, poverty amongst women in the wider society, and fundamental inequality present in the society that occasionally allows for female specific human rights abuses.[5] When high level women's players are developed, many leave the country seeking greater opportunity in Northern Europe or the United States.[6] Another issue facing women's football in Africa is that most of the money for the game does not come from national football federations but instead from FIFA.[6]
By 1985, few countries had their own women's national football teams.[7] Djibouti was no exception: women's football was not officially organised in the country until 2002 and then, only for players sixteen years and older. As of 2009, there were only eight women's clubs for these players in the country. There is a regional and national women's competition,[8] which was established in 2007. The league provided the first opportunity for women outside the capital and major cities to play football.[9] The country has a women's national team but has no youth teams, meaning no U17 or U20 teams.[8][10] 12% of the money from the FIFA Financial Assistance Programme (FAP) is targeted at the technical development of the game, which includes women's football, sport medicine and futsal. This compares to 11% specifically set aside for men's competitions and 10% set aside for youth football.[3] Between 1991 and 2010, there was no FIFA FUTURO III regional course for women's coaching. A FUTURO III regional course men's coaching workshop was hosted in 2008. In 2007, there was a women's football seminar held in the country. In 2007, there was a FIFA MA course held for women/youth football.[8]
Performance[]
Between 1977 and April 2012, Djibouti women's national football team played in only one FIFA sanctioned match.[11] It was played in Nairobi on 26 March 2006, with Kenya women's national football team winning 7–0, holding a lead of 4–0 over Djibouti at the half.[11][12][13][14] The women's national team has not competed at the Women's World Cup.[2] They played two non-sanctioned games, one in 2004 and one in 2005.[10] In March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA[15] and did not formally exist.[16]
Note: Djibouti won on walkover after Rwanda withdrew before the first leg citing lack of preparation due to no local championship being contested since 2018.
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All−time record against FIFA recognized nations[]
The list shown below shows the Djibouti national football team all−time international record against opposing nations. *As of xxxxxx after match against xxxx.
Key
Positive balance (more wins than losses)
Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
Negative balance (more losses than wins)
Against
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Confederation
Record per opponent[]
*As ofxxxxx after match against xxxxx.
Key
Positive balance (more wins than losses)
Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
Negative balance (more losses than wins)
The following table shows Djibouti's all-time official international record per opponent:
^ abBallard, John; Suff, Paul (1999). The dictionary of football : the complete A-Z of international football from Ajax to Zinedine Zidane. London: Boxtree. p. 181. ISBN0752224344. OCLC59442612.
^ abFIFA (2006). "Women's Football Today"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^"Tanzania yapaa viwango FIFA" (in Swahili). New Habari. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012. Nchi nyingine za CECAFA ambazo ni Rwanda, Burundi, Djibouti, Somalia na Sudan hazina soka la wanawake la ushindani kiasi ya kuwa na timu ya taifa.[permanent dead link]
Kenya 7–0 Djibouti 
Mauritania 1–3 Djibouti 
Uganda 13-0 Djibouti 
Rwanda 
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1995
1999
2011
2015
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2020
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