Maldives women's national football team

Maldives

Nickname(s)	Daughters of the waves
Association	Football Association of Maldives
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	[1]
Captain
Top scorer	Fadhuah Zahir (7)
Home stadium	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium
FIFA code	MDV
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current	152 8 (10 December 2021)[2]
Highest	91 (December 2009)
Lowest	152 (December 2021)
First international
Myanmar 17–0 Maldives  (Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam; 1 October 2004)
Biggest win
Maldives 3–0 Qatar  (Malé, Maldives; 27 April 2013)
Biggest defeat
Myanmar 17–0 Maldives  (Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam; 1 October 2004)

The Maldives women's national football team was first formed in 2003. The team represents Maldives in international women's football and thus falls under the governance of the Football Association of Maldives. The team played its first official international match against Myanmar on 1 October 2004.

Team image[]

Home stadium[]

The Maldives women's national football team plays their home matches on the National Football Stadium.

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[]

2022[]

Coaching staff[]

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	(2020)
Assistant coach
Assistant coach
Goalkeeping coach	Hassan Hameed
Physical coach	Mueena Mohamed
Medical	Sharafudheen
Official	Mohamed Shareef	-->

Manager history[]

• (2018)
• Ahmed Nashid (2019)

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following players were named on 13 July 2021 for the xxx tournament.

Caps and goals accurate up to and including 13 July 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Aminath Leeza
18	1GK	Saiga Hussain
22	1GK	Nazim Fathimath Nashaya
4	2DF	Aishath Maahin
6	2DF	Afza Fathimath
17	2DF	Hawwa Hannefa
19	2DF	Sheeneez Mohamed
3	3MF	Fathimath Saina
5	3MF	Shiyana Ahmed Zuhair
10	3MF	Aminath Shamila
11	3MF	Aishath Samaa
13	3MF	Fathimath Saliya
14	3MF	Mariyam Mirfath
16	3MF	Theeba Fathimath
2	4FW	Laisha Junaid
7	4FW	(captain)
8	4FW	Mariyam Rifa
9	4FW	Shamula Thaufeeq
12	4FW	Aishath Firsha
20	4FW	Abdul Hannan Maeesha

Recent call-ups[]

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

Previous squads[]

FIFA Women's World Cup

• 2018 Asian Games – squads

Records[]

Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Competitive record[]

FIFA Women's World Cup[]

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did not enter
1995
1999
2003
2007	Did not qualify
2011
2015	Did not enter
2019
2023	Did not qualify
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 2003	Did not enter
2006	Did not qualify
2008	Did not enter
2010	Did not qualify
2014	Did not enter
2018
2022	Did not qualify
Total	0/20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Asian Games[]

Asian Games record
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1990	DNP
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	0	38	−38
2018	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	0	21	−21
Total	2/8	6	0	0	6	0	59	−59

SAFF Women's Championship[]

SAFF Women's Championship record
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2010	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7
2012	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8
2014	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	2	11	−9
2016	Semi-finals	4	2	0	2	8	18	−10
2019	Group Stage	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8
Total	5/5	15	3	2	10	14	56	−40

South Asian Games[]

South Asian Games record
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2010	Did not Enter
2016	Group Stage	4	1	1	2	2	5	−3
2019	Third place	3	1	0	2	2	9	−7
Total	2/3	7	2	1	4	4	14	−10

Honours[]

Regional[]

• Football at the South Asian Games

Third place: 2019

See also[]

• Sport in Maldives
  • Football in Maldives
• Maldives women's national football team results

References[]

External links[]

• (in English) Maldives women's national football team – official website at famaldives.com