Kuwait women's national football team
| Association | Kuwait Football Association | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Vacant | ||
| FIFA code | KUW | ||
| |||
| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | NR (11 December 2025)[1] | ||
| Highest | 110 (December 2013) | ||
| Lowest | 124 (September 2014) | ||
| First international | |||
| Palestine 17–0 Kuwait (Abu Dhabi, UAE; 22 February 2010) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Kuwait 0–21 Jordan (Amman, Jordan; 8 June 2013) | |||
| WAFF Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2010) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2010) | ||
The Kuwait women's national football team represents Kuwait in international women's association football and is governed by the Kuwait Football Association (KFA).
History
The Organizing Committee of GCC Women's Sports Committee organizes women's football events in Kuwait in an effort to support the women's national team,[2] with blue shirts, white shorts, and blue socks as the main kit colors.[3]
As of 1999, the women's national team had not competed at the Women's World Cup. They had never entered the Asian Women's Championship as of 1999.[4] As of June 2017, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA.[5]
Background and development
In 2012 it was written that development of women's football in the Middle East and central Asia dated back only about ten years.[6] The national federation became a FIFA affiliate in 1962.[3]
The first known matches from the women's national team came in the 2010 WAFF Championship[7] where they lost both matches to Palestine and the UAE.
After several friendly matches, they participated in 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification for the first time, with heavy losses against Uzbekistan, Jordan, and Lebanon resulting in the FA disbanding the team to focus on youth football.[8] A squad would be assembled in 2017 to play against a team from the British Military Corps, but no further matches have been noted.[9]
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 Loss Fixture
Coaching staff
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Vacant |
| Assistant coach | Vacant |
| Goalkeeping coach | Vacant |
| Fitness coach | Vacant |
| Match analyst | Vacant |
| Team Doctor | Vacant |
| Physiotherapist | Vacant |
| Masseur | Vacant |
| Team manager | Vacant |
| Technical director | Vacant |
Manager history
Players
Current squad
The following 25 players were called up for friendly matches against xxxx on xxx.
- Caps and goals correct as of 26 February 2023
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. | ||||||
Previous squads
Records
- Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 28 September 2022.
Most-capped players
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Top goalscorers
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Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
| FIFA Women's World Cup record | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991 to 2011 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 to 2027 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2031 | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2035 | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 0/12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- *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 2010 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 2014 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2018 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 2022 | |||||||||
| 2026 | |||||||||
| 2029 | To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | 0/20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
WAFF Women's Championship
| Hosts / Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Did not enter | |||||||
| 2007 | ||||||||
| 2010 | Group stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | −24 |
| 2011 | Did not enter | |||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||
| 2019 | ||||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||
| 2024 | ||||||||
| Total | 1/8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | −24 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Head-to-head record
- As of 21 March 2018[10]
Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record
| Opponent |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | −21 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | −11 |
| Maldives | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
| Nepal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | −8 |
| Palestine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | −17 |
| Qatar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −7 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | −18 |
| Total | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 68 | −65 |
See also
- Sport in Kuwait
- Football in Kuwait
- Women's football in Kuwait
- Football in Kuwait
- Kuwait women's national under-20 football team
- Kuwait women's national under-17 football team
- Kuwaiti Women's League
References
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 11 December 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
- ^ "Parents must be supportive if girls are to pursue sport, Noora says". Gulf News. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. April 11, 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ a b Pickering, David (1994). The Cassell soccer companion : history, facts, anecdotes. London: Cassell. p. 175. ISBN 0304342319. OCLC 59851970.
- ^ Ballard, John; Suff, Paul (1999). The dictionary of football : the complete A-Z of international football from Ajax to Zinedine Zidane. London: Boxtree. pp. 344–345. ISBN 0752224344. OCLC 59442612.
- ^ "The FIFA Women's World Ranking". FIFA.com. 2009-09-25. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
- ^ New statesman. New Statesman, Ltd. 2008. p. 20. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ "2010 WAFF Women Championship". the-waff.com. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
- ^ "Kuwaiti women look to the future". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
- ^ "Women's team fall to British Military Corps". arabtimesonline.com. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
- ^ "World Football Matches Kuwait". Fifa.com. 5 January 2018. Archived from the original on August 8, 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.