The Wales national women's football team ( cy, Tîm pêl-droed merched cenedlaethol Cymru) represents

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

in international

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. It is controlled by the

Football Association of Wales The Football Association of Wales (FAW; cy, Cymdeithas Bêl-droed Cymru) is the Governing bodies of sports in Wales, governing body of association football and futsal in Wales, and controls the Wales national football team, Welsh national foo ...

(FAW), the governing body for

football in Wales Association football ( cy, pêl-droed) is one of the most popular sports in Wales, along with rugby union. Wales has produced club teams of varying fortunes since the early birth of football during the Victorian period, and in 1876 a Wales nat ...

and the third-oldest national football association in the world, founded in . The team has never qualified 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 bo ...

or the

UEFA European Women's Championship The UEFA European Women's Championship, also called the UEFA Women's Euro, held every four years, is the main competition in women's association football between national teams of the UEFA confederation. The competition is the women's equivalent ...

. They most recently came the closest they ever have to qualifying for their first ever

going all the way to the FIFA Women's World Cup UEFA play-off final before falling to a 2–1 defeat at the fate of an opposition last minute winner in extra time against the

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. All of Welsh women's football clubs play in the Welsh women's football league system. Wales, as a country of the United Kingdom, is not a member of the

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and therefore the national team does not compete in the

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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

2023

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

* Sylvia Gore (1979–1989) *

Sue Lopez Sue Lopez, (born 1 September 1945) is an English former international footballer. She spent her entire club career with Southampton, except for a season in Italy's Serie A with Roma in 1971. A leading advocate of the women's game in England, Lo ...

(1995–1996) *

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(1996–2000) *

Sian Williams Sian Mary Williams (; born 28 November 1964) is a Welsh journalist, current affairs presenter best known for her work with the BBC, and psychologist. From 2001 until 2012, Williams regularly presented weekday editions of '' BBC Breakfast'' a ...

(2000–2003) *

Andy Beattie Andrew Beattie (11 August 1913 – 20 September 1983) was a Scottish professional football player and manager. He was the first manager of the Scottish national team. Playing career Beattie was born in Kintore, Aberdeenshire and was emplo ...

(2003–2007) *

Adrian Tucker Adrian John Tucker (born 26 September 1976) is a Welsh former professional football goalkeeper who is currently an England national youth football teams' goalkeeping coach. Tucker has previously had two spells as goalkeeper coach at Swansea ...

(2007–2010) * Jarmo Matikainen (2010–2014) *

Jayne Ludlow Jayne Louise Ludlow (born 7 January 1979) is a Welsh football coach and former player who is currently the technical director of Manchester City Girls' Academy. In 2018, she was inducted on to the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame Roll of Honour alo ...

(2014–2021) * Gemma Grainger (2021–)

Players

Current squad

* The following 26 players were named to the squad for the friendly against on 12 November 2022. * Caps and goals updated as of the game against on 6 September 2022.

Recent call-ups

* The following players have been called up for a Wales squad in the last 12 months. * ''This information may be out-of-date.''

Captains

(−2012) * Jess Fishlock (2012–2015) *

Sophie Ingle Sophie Louise Ingle (born 2 September 1991) is a Welsh footballer who plays for the FA WSL club Chelsea and is the captain of the Wales national team. She has previously represented Bristol Academy, Cardiff City, and Liverpool. Ingle plays as ...

(2015–)

Records

*''*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of September 2022.''

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''

UEFA Women's Championship

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty kicks.''

European Competition for Women's Football (Unofficial)

1979 : Group Stage

Algarve Cup

The

Algarve Cup The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and ...

is a global invitational tournament for national teams in

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hosted by the

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(FPF). Held annually in the

Algarve The Algarve (, , ; from ) is the southernmost NUTS II region of continental Portugal. It has an area of with 467,495 permanent inhabitants and incorporates 16 municipalities ( ''concelhos'' or ''municípios'' in Portuguese). The region has it ...

region of

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since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious women's football events, alongside the Women's World Cup and Women's Olympic Football.

Notes

References

External links

Official websiteFIFA profile
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