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) The Qatar women's national football team ( ar, منتخب قطر لكرة القدم للسيدات) is a women's

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team representing

and controlled by

(QFA). The team is largely inactive and currently unranked in the

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world ranking.

History

2022 FIFA World Cup Bid

Qatar is a conservative Islamic country which is experiencing some modernisation. Part of this modernisation includes the increasing visibility of sport. In order to place a bid for the World Cup, an official women's team had to be established. In 2010, it debuted at the first women's Arab tournament in the region, the Arabia Women's Cup as it was the team first participation at international level. They were not successful and finished last of the group, losing all matches against teams from

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and

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

New Era

In 2012, Qatar appointed a new coach for the national team,

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, a former German player. Her tenure led to improvements, which were reflected in their first two wins and reducing the goals difference from conceding +10 goals in one match to less than 7 goals. From 2012 to 2013, the

has hosted seven friendlies matches in

against teams from South Asia and West Asia including

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Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

and

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, where the Qatari team enjoyed its first win, a 4:1 win against the Maldivian team. These friendly games led Qatar's women's team to the 111th place on the 2013 FIFA ranking. At the 2014 WAFF Women's Championship in Jordan, Qatar played against

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 ...

, Palestine and Bahrain. Qatar finished last, losing all games while

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and

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scored one goal each, and suffering 19 goals.

Inactivity

Following their loss in 2014 WAFF Women's Championship, the team went inactive not playing a single game for more than 18 months, making them unranked in the FIFA ranking. Qatar women's team has appeared in some special events, like playing friendlies against the American football club

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in December 2020, and against

after their evacuation from Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in which they won 5-0. Qatar does not have any player development program.

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

2023

Qatar Fixtures and Results – Soccerway.com

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

Players

Current squad

The following players were named on April 2014 for the 2014 WAFF Women's Championship. ''Caps and goals accurate up to and including 19 August 2022.''

Recent call-ups

''The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.'' ''*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 30 September 2021.''

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

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Competitive record

WAFF Women's Championship

Arabia Women's Cup

References

External links

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