The Nepal women's U-17 national football team, otherwise known as Nepali Cheli's (Nepalese Sisters) is controlled by the

All Nepal Football Association The All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) (Nepali language, Nepali: अखिल नेपाल फुटबल संघ (एन्फा)) is the governing body of football in Nepal. It is responsible for the Nepal national football team, natio ...

and represents Nepal in women's international

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competitions. The Women's Football Department is developed to control and manage the women's football activities. The official motto of women's football in Nepal is "Football for Change". It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation and the South Asian Football Federation and has yet to qualify for the

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History

The team played their debut game against Bangladesh on 17 December, 2017 in

2017 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship The 2017 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship was the 1st edition of the SAFF U-15 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under-15 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by Bangladesh from 17–24 Dec ...

which they lost by 6–0 margin. They finished last in the group stage, losing to India by 10–0 margin and then gained their first ever points in the tournament by drawing 1–1 against Bhutan. In the next edition of the tournament, Nepal qualified for the semi-finals for the first time but went down to India by narrow margin of 2–1 following which Nepal played third-place game against Bhutan which they lost in penalty shootout. During the same tournament, head coach Sanoj Shreshtha made it clear that Nepali players were not overaged.

Squad

Squad called up for

2019 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship The 2019 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship was the 3rd edition of the SAFF U-15 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under-15 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by Thimpu, Bhutan from 9 Octo ...

Fixtures & results

;Legend

2023

2024

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Competitive record

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

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AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup qualification

SAFF U-17 Women's Championship

References

{{AFC women's under-17 teams Asian women's national under-17 association football teams u17