Maldives women's national football team

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.

Maldives

Nickname(s)	Daughters of the waves
Association	Football Association of Maldives
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Ahmed Nashid[1]
Captain	Fadhuwa Zahir
Home stadium	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium
FIFA code	MDV
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current	128 14 (18 December 2020)[2]
Highest	91 (December 2009)
Lowest	140 (September 2019)
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)

History

The Maldives women's national team played its first international match...

Home stadium

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

Achievements

Women's World Cup record

FIFA Women's World Cup finals
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	To be determined
Total	0/9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Women's Asian Cup record

AFC Women's Asian Cup
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	To be determined
Total	0/20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Asian Games record

Asian Games
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

South Asian Games record

South Asian Games
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2010	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7
2016	Group Stage	4	1	1	2	2	5	−3
2016	Third place	3	1	0	2	2	9	−7
Total	3/3	10	2	2	6	7	24	−17

Honours

Regional

• Football at the South Asian Games

Third place: 2016

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Ahmed Nashid

Players

Current squad

The following players were named on date month year for the xxx tournament.

Caps and goals accurate up to and including date month year.

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

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the Maldives 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

Individual records

Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Most capped players # Player Year(s) Caps

Top goalscorers # Player Year(s) Goals Caps

Managers

• (2019–2020) Mohamed Athif
• (2020–present) Ahmed Nashid

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.

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixtures

See also

• Maldives women's national football team results

References

1. FIFA.com. "Member Association - Maldives - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

External links

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