Qatar women's national football team

Qatar
NicknameThe Maroon Ladies (Arabic: سيدات العنابي)
AssociationQatar Football Association (QFA)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachFedha Al-Abdullah
CaptainSuaad Al-Hashemi
Home stadiumJassim bin Hamad Stadium
FIFA codeQAT
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
CurrentNR (11 December 2025)[1]
Highest111 (December 2013)
Lowest139 (September 2015)
First international
 Bahrain 17–0 Qatar 
(Manama, Bahrain; 18 October 2010)
Biggest win
 Qatar 4–1 Maldives 
(Doha, Qatar; 31 March 2012)
Biggest defeat
 Qatar 0–18 Palestine 
(Manama, Bahrain; 20 October 2010)
WAFF Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2014)
Best resultGroup 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

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 19 August 2022
Position Name
Head coach Qatar Fedha Al-Abdullah[7]
Technical director Vacant
Assistant coach Vacant
Goalkeeping coach Vacant
Fitness coach Vacant
Delegation Leader Vacant

Manager history

Name Period Tournament
Portugal Helena Costa[8] 2010–2012 2010 Arabia Women's Cup: Eighth Place (Last)
Germany Monika Staab[9] 2012–2014 2014 WAFF Women's Championship: Fourth Place (Last)
Qatar 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) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Latifa Al-Abdulla (2002-11-28) 28 November 2002 Qatar Football Association
12 1GK Shaima Al-Siyabi (1999-06-27) 27 June 1999 Qatar Football Association Al-Khor

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

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

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

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 0 0 Germany DJK TuSA 06 Düsseldorf Training camp, 12 January 2023

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

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GS GA GD
China 1991 Did not exist
Sweden 1995
United States 1999
United States 2003
China 2007
Germany 2011 Did not enter
Canada 2015
France 2019
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023
Brazil 2027
Costa RicaJamaicaMexicoUnited States 2031 TBD
United Kingdom 2035
Total
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GS GA GD
Hosts / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA GD
British Hong Kong 1975 Did not exist
Taiwan 1977
India 1980
British Hong Kong 1981
Thailand 1983
British Hong Kong 1986
British Hong Kong 1989
Japan 1991
Malaysia 1993
Malaysia 1995
China 1997
Philippines 1999
Taiwan 2001
Thailand 2003
Australia 2006
Vietnam 2008
China 2010 Did not enter
Vietnam 2014
Jordan 2018
India 2022
Australia 2026
Uzbekistan 2029 TBD
Total

WAFF Women's Championship

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

Arabia Women's Cup

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 11 December 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  2. ^ 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.
  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. ^ Mustafa, Abualabass (16 December 2020). "Qatar women's team plays friendly against Washington Spirit". Qatar Football Association.
  6. ^ "Qatar organises friendly match for Afghanistan national women's team at FIFA World Cup stadium". Archived from the original on 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
  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.