Vorlage:Short description Vorlage:About Vorlage:Use dmy dates Vorlage:Infobox national football team The Saudi Arabia women's national football team (Vorlage:Lang-ar) is the official women's national football team of the country of Saudi Arabia. The team is controlled by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF), the governing body for football in Saudi Arabia.
Colloquially called "the Green Falcons", Saudi Arabia played their first match in 2022 against the Seychelles in a 2–0 friendly win in the Maldives.
History
Due to the religious nature of the country, Saudi Arabia had been historically strict and therefore discouraged its women from playing football. As for the result, while the men's team has been among one of Asia's powerhouses, its women's team didn't come to prominence like that of the men's.
Since the death of King Abdullah in 2015, the new King, Salman, began a slow process to give more rights for women to participate in Saudi social and economic development, including football. Since 2019, Saudi Arabia officially created the first unofficial women's league in the Jeddah area, while discussion continued about the establishment of a women's football tournament as means to improve the country's football standing, and to catch up with the stronger women's forces in Eastern Asia.
In 2021, Saudi Arabia officially founded the Saudi Women's Football League.[1][2] On 20 February 2022, Saudi Arabia's women's national team made their debut, beating the Seychelles in a 2–0 friendly win in Malé, Maldives.[3]
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.[4]
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Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Head Coach | Vorlage:Flagicon Monika Staab[5] |
| Assistant Coach | Vorlage:Flagicon Dana Rajab Vorlage:Flagicon Sandra Kalin Vorlage:Flagicon Martin Pachulik |
| Goalkeeping coach | Vorlage:Flagicon Catherine Lingert |
| Team Administrator | Vorlage:Flagicon Dalia Al-Obeikan Vorlage:Flagicon Intisar Al-Qahtan |
| Video Analyst | Vorlage:Flagicon Dana Newbery |
| Team Manager | Vorlage:Flagicon Beren Sadaqa |
Manager history
Vorlage:Flagicon Monika Staab (11 August 2021–present )
Players
Current squad
The following players were named for the Friendly match against Vorlage:Fbw and Vorlage:Fbw in February 2022.[6][7]
Caps and goals accurate up to and including February 2022.
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Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.
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INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
SUS Player is serving a suspension.
WD Player withdrew for personal reasons.
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Previous squads
Records
- Active players in bold, statistics correct as of February 2022.
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Most capped players
| # | Player | Year(s) | Caps |
|---|
Top goalscorers
| # | Player | Year(s) | Goals | Caps |
|---|
Competitive record
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*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Worldwide
FIFA Women's World Cup
| FIFA Women's World Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Vorlage:Flagicon 1991 to Vorlage:FlagiconVorlage:Flagicon 2023 | Did not exist | ||||||||
| 2027 | To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | 0/9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Olympic Games
| Summer Olympics record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances: 0 | |||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip |
| Vorlage:Flagicon 1996 to Vorlage:Flagicon 2020 | Did not exist | ||||||||
| Vorlage:Flagicon 2024 | To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | 0/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Continental
AFC Women's Asian Cup
| AFC Women's Asian Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
| Vorlage:Flagicon 1975 to Vorlage:Flagicon 2022 | Did not exist | ||||||||
| 2026 | TBD | ||||||||
| Total | 0/20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Asian Games
| Asian Games record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Vorlage:Flagicon 1990 to Vorlage:Flagicon 2022 | Did Not exist | |||||||
| 2026 | TBD | |||||||
| Total | 0/8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | − |
Regional
WAFF Women's Championship
| WAFF Women's Championship record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosts / Year | Result | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip* | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip | |
| Vorlage:Flagicon 2005 to Vorlage:Flagicon 2019 | Did not exist | ||||||||
| Vorlage:Flagicon 2022 | TBD | ||||||||
| Total | 0/6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Arab Women's Championship
| Arab Women's Championship record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances: 0 | |||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip |
| Vorlage:Flagicon 2006 | Did not exist | ||||||||
| Vorlage:Flagicon 2021 | |||||||||
| Total | Third | 0/2 | |||||||
Honours
All−time record against FIFA recognized nations
The list shown below shows the Saudi Arabia national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.
- As of 20 February 2022 after match against Vorlage:Fbw .
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| Against | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip | Vorlage:Tooltip | Confederation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vorlage:Fbw | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | CAF |
FIFA rankings
References
External links
- Saudi Arabia FA official website
- FIFA profile
- Saudi Arabia national football team website
- Twitter profile
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- ↑ https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1115641/saudi-arabia-womens-football-league
- ↑ https://herfootballhub.com/saudi-arabia-first-womens-football-league-a-step-in-the-right-direction-fan-perspective/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CFootball%20in%20Kingdom%20of%20Saudi,Jeddah%20Eagles%20won%20the%20league.
- ↑ Saudi women’s national football team beat Seychelles in historic international win. In: Arab News. 20. Februar 2022, abgerufen am 21. Februar 2022 (englisch).
- ↑ Global Sports Archive
- ↑ Who’s Who: Monika Staab, new coach of the Saudi women’s national football team. arabnews.com, abgerufen am 30. Januar 2022.
- ↑ Squad of KSA for friendly match (AR)
- ↑ Squad of KSA for friendly match (EN)