Jordan women's national football team

Jordan
Nickname(s)	نشميات الأردن; Nashmeyat Al-Urdon; ("The Chivalrous of Jordan")
Association	Jordan Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	David Nascimento
Captain	Stephanie Al-Naber
Most caps	Stephanie Al-Naber (128)
Top scorer	Maysa Jbarah (113)
FIFA code	JOR
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	63 (10 December 2021)
Highest	50 (June–December 2017)
Lowest	144 (December 2007)
First international
	Jordan 9–0 Palestine ; (Amman, Jordan; 23 September 2005)
Biggest win
	Jordan 21–0 Kuwait ; (Amman, Jordan; 7 June 2013)
Biggest defeat
	Japan 13–0 Jordan; (Doha, Qatar; 30 November 2006)
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2014)
Best result	7th

The Jordan national women's football team (Arabic: منتخب الأردن لكرة القدم للسيدات), is the national team of Jordan for women.

The team was founded in 2005 and in spite of not having many players to choose from won the West Asia Women's Championship in their inaugural appearance.^[4] Prince Ali Bin Hussein directly supports the team and was instrumental in lifting FIFA's ban on headscarves in 2018.^[5]

Jordan hosted the 2018 Women's Asian Cup, becoming the first Arab country to host the tournament.^[6] It also hosted the 2017 Women's U-17 World Cup.^[7]

FIFA World Rankings[]

As of 24 August 2021^[8]

Best Ranking Best Mover Worst Ranking Worst Mover


Rank	Year	Games Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Best		Worst
Rank	Year	Games Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Rank	Move	Rank	Move
63	2021	5	1	3	1	59	0	63	4

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

2021[]

7 April 2021 Armenia Friendly Tournament	Lithuania	1–0	Jordan
	Lazdauskaitė 65'	Report (SW)

10 April 2021 Armenia Friendly Tournament	Armenia	1–1	Jordan	Charentsavan, Armenia
	Osipyan 25'	Report (FFA) Report (SW)	Jbarah 56'	Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium

12 April 2021 Armenia Friendly Tournament	Lebanon	0–6	Jordan
		Report (SW)

10 June Friendly	Jordan	1–2	Tunisia	Amman, Jordan
18:00 UTC+3		Report (SW)		Stadium: King Abdullah International Stadium

13 June Friendly	Jordan	0–2	Tunisia	Amman, Jordan
18:00 UTC+3		Report (SS Report (SW)	Lamti 34' Harbaoui 81'	Stadium: King Abdullah International Stadium

25 August 2021 Arab Women's Cup GS Group B	Jordan	1–3	Algeria	Cairo, Egypt
21:00 UTC+2	Jbarah 45'	Report	Bouhenni 34' Ramdani 65' Hadjar 71'	Stadium: Police Academy Stadium Referee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)

31 August Arab Women's Cup GS Group B	Palestine	1–4	Jordan	Cairo, Egypt
		Report (SW)	Jbarah Al-Majali Al-Masri	Stadium: Police Academy Stadium

3 September Arab Women's Cup Semi-finals	Jordan	5–2	Egypt	Cairo , Egypt
17:00 UTC+2	Jbarah 37', 46' Jebreen 38' Fraij 45+4', 78'	Report (UAFA) Report (SW)	42' 67'	Stadium: Police Academy Stadium

6 September 2021 Arab Women's Cup finals	Jordan	1–0	Tunisia	Cairo , Egypt
20:00 UTC+2	Jbarah 85'			Stadium: Police Academy Stadium

19 September 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification Group G	Bangladesh	0–5	Jordan	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
15:00 UTC+5		Report	Jebreen 35' 45' Jbarah 62', 67', 77'	Stadium: Milliy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

25 September 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification Group G	Jordan	0–0 (2–4 p)	Iran	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
15:00 UTC+5		Report		Stadium: Milliy Stadium Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)
	Penalties
	Al-Majali Fraij Al-Masri		Taherkhani Adeli Ghanbari

Jordan Fixtures and Results – Soccerway.com

All-time record[]

The following table shows Jordan's all-time international record, correct as of 24 June 2018.^[9]

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
Afghanistan	2	2	0	0	11	0
Australia	1	0	0	1	1	3
Bahrain	11	8	3	0	44	7
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	1	1	4	6
China PR	4	0	0	4	3	35
Chinese Taipei	4	1	2	1	3	6
Croatia	1	0	0	1	0	3
Egypt	5	1	1	3	3	5
Hong Kong	1	1	0	0	1	0
Iran	11	5	1	5	20	24
Iraq	3	3	0	0	34	0
Japan	3	0	0	3	0	32
South Korea	1	0	0	1	0	5
Kuwait	1	1	0	0	21	0
Kyrgyzstan	1	1	0	0	7	1
Latvia	1	1	0	0	2	1
Lebanon	6	6	0	0	27	4
Laos	2	1	0	1	8	4
Maldives	1	1	0	0	9	0
Morocco	2	1	1	0	4	3
Malaysia	2	2	0	0	4	1
Myanmar	2	0	0	2	0	5
Palestine	10	9	0	1	66	6
Philippines	2	1	0	1	6	3
Qatar	2	2	0	0	27	0
Syria	4	4	0	0	25	2
Tajikistan	1	1	0	0	10	2
Thailand	6	1	0	5	4	24
Tunisia	2	0	1	1	4	7
Turkey	1	1	0	0	2	1
United Arab Emirates	2	1	0	1	6	1
Uzbekistan	4	2	1	1	8	5
Vietnam	8	0	1	7	4	21
Total	109	57	12	40	368	217

Note: In 2011, The Iranian government refused to allow its female players to remove the hijab when playing, in violation of FIFA policy. Therefore, on 3 July 2011, Jordan was awarded a 3-0 over Iran.^[10]^[11]

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	David Nascimento
Assistant coach	Sawsan Hwaimel S. Alhasaseen Sama'a Khraisat Bassam Khatib Mothafar Bassam Tawfiq Moammar Soleen Hamed Tawfiq Al-Zoubi
coach	Manar Fraij
Goalkeeping coach	Emad Daoud Morshed Altarayrah Akram Mohammad Ahmad Abd Elkader
Physiotherapist	Alena Mohmad Mahmod Abo-Shelbaeh Mohammad Hassan Ismail Abu-Hawayej
Doctor	Aseel Ahmad Hussein Abu Dayah

Manager history[]

Maher Abu Hantash (2005–2017)^[12]

Issa Al-Turk (2006)^[13]

Hester Jannet (2010–2011)^[14]

Okiyama Masahiko (2013–2014)^[15]

Khader Eid (2015)^[16]

Michael Dickey (2017–2018)^[17]

Azzedine Chih (2018–2019)^[18]

David Nascimento (2021–)^[19]

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for the 2021 Arab Women's Cup.^[20]

Caps and goals as of 12 April 2021, after the match against Lebanon.^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Sherin Al-Shalabe	(1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 (age 27)	25	0	Shabab Al-Ordon
12	1GK
22	1GK	Malak Shannak	(1998-08-01) 1 August 1998 (age 23)	14	0	Amman SC

3	2DF	Alanoud Ihab	(1999-05-18) 18 May 1999 (age 22)	11	0
7	2DF	Nour Zoqash	(1999-09-01) 1 September 1999 (age 22)	18	0	Shabab Al-Ordon
14	2DF	Enshirah Al-Hyasat	(1991-11-25) 25 November 1991 (age 30)
19	2DF	Ayah Al-Majali	(1992-03-09) 9 March 1992 (age 29)	104	4	Konak Belediyespor
21	2DF	Rand Abu-Hussein	(1997-03-01) 1 March 1997 (age 24)	18	0
24	2DF		(2005-07-29) 29 July 2005 (age 16)

4	3MF	Luna Al-Masri	(1994-03-09) 9 March 1994 (age 27)	67	15
6	3MF	Zaina Hazem	(2004-07-08) 8 July 2004 (age 17)	5	0
8	3MF	Enas Al-Jamaeen	(2003-11-11) 11 November 2003 (age 18)	3	0	Fomget Gençlik ve Spor
15	3MF	Mai Sweilem	(1995-09-25) 25 September 1995 (age 26)	44	12	Konak Belediyespor
16	3MF	Shahnaz Jebreen	(1992-07-28) 28 July 1992 (age 29)	118	41	Amman SC
17	3MF	Rouzbahan Fraij	(2000-04-07) 7 April 2000 (age 21)	29	2	Shabab Al-Ordon
18	3MF	Tasnim Isleem	(2001-03-04) 4 March 2001 (age 20)	9	0
25	3MF		(2005-08-01) 1 August 2005 (age 16)
26	3MF	Tasneem Abu-Rob	(2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 21)	42	1

2	4FW		(1996-10-06) 6 October 1996 (age 25)	2	0
5	4FW	Tala Al Barghouthy	(2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 19)
11	4FW	Maysa Jbarah (captain)	(1989-09-20) 20 September 1989 (age 32)	110	113	Fomget Gençlik ve Spor
13	4FW	Leen Al-Btoush	(2001-07-20) 20 July 2001 (age 20)
20	4FW		(1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 (age 25)

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
GK	Salma Ghazal	(1998-10-19) 19 October 1998 (age 23)	17	0	Houston Cougars	v. Lebanon, 12 April 2021

DF		(2003-04-29) 29 April 2003 (age 18)	1	0		v. Tunisia, 13 June 2021
DF	Anfal Al-Sufy	(1995-10-14) 14 October 1995 (age 26)	51	9		v. Tunisia, 13 June 2021

MF		(2002-01-14) 14 January 2002 (age 20)	1	0		v. Tunisia, 13 June 2021

FW	Leen Al-Btoush	(2001-07-20) 20 July 2001 (age 20)	9	1		v. Lebanon, 12 April 2021

Previous squads[]

AFC Women's Asian Cup

Records[]

*Active players in bold, statistics as of 25 August 2021.

Most capped players[]

#	Player	Year(s)	Caps	Goals

Top goalscorers[]

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps

Competitive record[]

FIFA Women's World Cup[]

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
2007	Did not enter
2011	Did not qualify
2015
2019
2023
Total	0/5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games[]

Summer Olympics record
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
1996	Did not enter
2000
2004
2008	Withdrew from the qualifications
2012	Did not qualify
2016
2020
Total	0/7

*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
2006	Did not enter
2008	Did not enter
2010	Did not qualify
2014	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	2	13	−11
2018	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	3	16	−13
2022	Did not qualify
Total	2/6	6	0	0	6	5	29	−24

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Asian Games[]

Asian Games record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1990	Did not enter
1994
1998
2002
2006	Preliminary round	8	3	0	0	3	0	30
2010	Preliminary round	7	3	0	0	3	1	18
2014	Preliminary round	10	3	0	1	2	2	19
2018	Did not enter
	To be determined
	To be determined
Total	3/8	-	9	0	1	8	3	67

WAFF Women's Championship[]

WAFF Women's Championship record
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
2005	Winner	4	4	0	0	26	1	+25
2007	Winner	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10
2010	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	18	2	+16
2011	Fourth place	5	2	2	1	16	6	+10
2014	Winner	3	3	0	0	22	0	+22
2019	Winner	4	4	0	0	11	2	+9
Total	6/6	23	19	2	2	105	13	+92

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Turkish Women's Cup[]

Turkish Women's Cup record
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2019	7th place	4	1	1	2	4	17	-13
Total	1/4	4	1	1	2	4	17	-13

Other tournaments[]


Tournament	Result
2010 Arabia Cup	First place
2013 AFF Women's Championship	Round 1
2019 Turkish Women's Cup	Seventh place
2021 Armenia Friendly Tournament	Third place

References[]

^ FIFA.com
^ ^a ^b ^c "Jordan Football Association - Women's Senior National Team - Players". www.jfa.jo. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
^ Schneider, Victoria (3 May 2018). "Women's football team changes the game in Jordan". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
^ Schneider, Victoria. "Women's football team heads change in conservative Jordan".
^ Khaled, Ali (31 March 2018). "Jordan strikes blow for women's football across the Middle East in AFC Asian Cup". Arab News.
^ "Jordan taking lead role in promoting women's football — FIFA official". Jordan Times.
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Associations - Jordan - Women's". FIFA. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
^ FIFA.com - 2005 to 2018
^ "Iran protests Fifa ban on women's football team". The New Age (South Africa). 5 June 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
^ "Đội tuyển nữ Iran bỏ cuộc tại Vòng loại thứ 2 Giải bóng đá nữ Olympic London 2012". Vietnam Football Federation. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
^ "Jordan Football Association - Women's Senior National Team - Coaches - Maher Abu Hantash". www.jfa.jo. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "Jordan Football Association - Women's Senior National Team - Coaches - Issa Al-Turk". www.jfa.jo. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "Jordan Football Association - Women's Senior National Team - Coaches - Hester Jannet". www.jfa.jo. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "Jordan Football Association - Women's Senior National Team - Coaches - Okiyama Masahiko". www.jfa.jo. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "Jordan Football Association - Women's Senior National Team - Coaches - Khader Eid". www.jfa.jo. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "Jordan Football Association - Women's Senior National Team - Coaches - Michael Dickey". www.jfa.jo. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "Jordan Football Association - Women's Senior National Team - Coaches - Azzedine Chih". www.jfa.jo. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "Jordan Football Association - Women's Senior National Team - Coaches - David Nascimento". www.jfa.jo. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "منتخب النشميات يباشر تدريباته في القاهرة". Jordan Football Association (in Arabic). 21 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

External links[]

(in English) Official website
(in English) FIFA profile

[1] FIFA.com

[JFA-2] "Jordan Football Association - Women's Senior National Team - Players". www.jfa.jo. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-3] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[alj_may18-4] Schneider, Victoria (3 May 2018). "Women's football team changes the game in Jordan". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

[5] Schneider, Victoria. "Women's football team heads change in conservative Jordan".

[6] Khaled, Ali (31 March 2018). "Jordan strikes blow for women's football across the Middle East in AFC Asian Cup". Arab News.

[7] "Jordan taking lead role in promoting women's football — FIFA official". Jordan Times.

[8] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Associations - Jordan - Women's". FIFA. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[9] FIFA.com - 2005 to 2018

[10] "Iran protests Fifa ban on women's football team". The New Age (South Africa). 5 June 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.

[11] "Đội tuyển nữ Iran bỏ cuộc tại Vòng loại thứ 2 Giải bóng đá nữ Olympic London 2012". Vietnam Football Federation. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.

[12] "Jordan Football Association - Women's Senior National Team - Coaches - Maher Abu Hantash". www.jfa.jo. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

[13] "Jordan Football Association - Women's Senior National Team - Coaches - Issa Al-Turk". www.jfa.jo. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

[14] "Jordan Football Association - Women's Senior National Team - Coaches - Hester Jannet". www.jfa.jo. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

[15] "Jordan Football Association - Women's Senior National Team - Coaches - Okiyama Masahiko". www.jfa.jo. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

[16] "Jordan Football Association - Women's Senior National Team - Coaches - Khader Eid". www.jfa.jo. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

[17] "Jordan Football Association - Women's Senior National Team - Coaches - Michael Dickey". www.jfa.jo. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

[18] "Jordan Football Association - Women's Senior National Team - Coaches - Azzedine Chih". www.jfa.jo. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

[19] "Jordan Football Association - Women's Senior National Team - Coaches - David Nascimento". www.jfa.jo. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

[20] "منتخب النشميات يباشر تدريباته في القاهرة". Jordan Football Association (in Arabic). 21 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

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Jordan women's national football team

Contents

FIFA World Rankings[]

Results and fixtures[]

2021[]

All-time record[]

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

Manager history[]

Players[]

Current squad[]

Recent call-ups[]

Previous squads[]

Records[]

Most capped players[]

Top goalscorers[]

Competitive record[]

FIFA Women's World Cup[]

Olympic Games[]

AFC Women's Asian Cup[]

Asian Games[]

WAFF Women's Championship[]

Turkish Women's Cup[]

Other tournaments[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]