The Jordan women's national football team ( ar, منتخب الأردن لكرة القدم للسيدات) is the official women's national football team of the country of
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
. The team was established in , and is controlled by the
Jordan Football Association
The Jordan Football Association ( ar, الاتحاد الأردني لكرة القدم) is the governing body for football in Jordan. The JFA was awarded best association of the AFC in 2013.
History Tournaments
Jordan is known to be the Dark H ...
(JFA), the governing body for
football in Jordan.
Whilst the team has yet to qualify for the
FIFA Women's World Cup
The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's international governing bod ...
, they took part in the
AFC Women's Asian Cup
The AFC Women's Asian Cup (formerly known as the AFC Women's Championship) is a quadrennial competition in women's football for national teams which belong to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is the oldest women's international football ...
in
2014
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and
2018
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, failing to qualify past the group stage on both occasions. Jordan are regulars at the
WAFF Women's Championship
The West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship (), or simply WAFF Women's Championship, is an international women's association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the West Asian Footba ...
, and have won a record five titles.
History
The team was founded in and in spite of not having many players to choose from won the West Asia Women's Championship in their inaugural appearance.
Prince Ali Bin Hussein directly supports the team and was instrumental in lifting FIFA's ban on headscarves in 2018.
Jordan hosted the 2018 Women's Asian Cup, becoming the first Arab country to host the tournament. It also hosted the 2017 Women's U-17 World Cup.
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
2022
Fixtures and results (Jordan)– Soccerway.com
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
Manager history
* Maher Abu Hantash (2005–2017)
*
Issa Al-Turk
Issa Mohammad Yaqoub Al-Turk ( ar, عيسى محمد يعقوب الترك; born 4 January 1960) is a Jordanian football coach and former player.
As a player, Al-Turk played as a midfielder for Al-Ahli (Amman)
Al-Ahli Sports Club ( ar, الن� ...
(2006)
* Hester Jannet (2010–2011)
* Okiyama Masahiko (2013–2014)
* Khader Eid (2015)
*
Michael Dickey
Michael Dickey is an American soccer coach who was the head coach of the Jordan women's national football team. He now Is the Director of Coaching of Mockingbird Valley Premier Soccer Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Dickey is also currently on the US ...
(2017–2018)
*
Azzedine Chih
Azzedine Chih (Arabic: عز الدين شيح; born on 13 January 1960) is an Algerian football manager who coached the Algerian women's team from 1998 to 2018 and the Jordanian women's team from 2018 to 2019.
Career
With the Algerian team, he ...
(2018–2019)
*
David Nascimento (2021–)
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for the
2022 WAFF Women's Championship
The 2022 West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship, or simply 2022 WAFF Women's Championship, was the 7th edition of the WAFF Women's Championship, the international women's football championship of Western Asia organised by the West A ...
in September 2022.
''Caps and goals as of 12 April 2021, after the match against .''
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Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.
Previous squads
;AFC Women's Asian Cup
* 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup squad
* 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup squad
Individual records
''*Active players in bold, statistics as of 25 August 2021.''
Most capped players
Top goalscorers
Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
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Olympic Games
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AFC Women's Asian Cup
:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks
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Asian Games
WAFF Women's Championship
:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks
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AFF Women's Championship
Turkish Women's Cup
Other tournaments
FIFA world rankings
Best Ranking Best Mover Worst Ranking Worst Mover
Head-to-head record
The following table shows Jordan's all-time international record, correct as of 24 June 2018.
*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.
See also
*Sport in Jordan
Sports in Jordan are important to the country's culture. Games, self-defense, swimming (sport), swimming, Diving (sport), diving, tennis, labour and equestrian sports are all eagerly accepted by young people as sports.
Football
Association foot ...
** Football in Jordan
***Women's football in Jordan
* Women's football
*Jordan women's national under-20 football team
*Jordan women's national under-17 football team
Jordan women's national under-17 football team represents Jordan in international youth football competitions.
Jordan had played the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup as hosts in 2016. They also had played the AFC U-17 Asian Cup once back in 2013 where ...
* Jordan men's national football team
References
External links
Official website
FIFA profile
{{UAFA Football
National
Asian women's national association football teams