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The Kuwait women's national football team represents Kuwait in international women's association football and is governed by Kuwait Football Association (KFA).
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| Association | Kuwait Football Association | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Vacant | ||
| FIFA code | KUW | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | NR (13 December 2024)[1] | ||
| Highest | 110 (December 2013) | ||
| Lowest | 124 (September 2014) | ||
| First international | |||
 Palestine 17–0 Kuwait  (Abu Dhabi, UAE; 22 February 2010) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Jordan 21–0 Kuwait (Amman, Jordan; 8 June 2013) | |||
| WAFF Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2010) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2010) | ||
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The Organizing Committee of GCC Women's Sports Committee has been organizing women's football events in Kuwait in an effort to support the women's national team.[2] The country's kit colors are blue shirts, white shorts, and blue socks.[3]
As of 1999, the women's national team had not competed at the Women's World Cup. They had never entered the Asian Women's Championship as of 1999.[4] As of June 2017, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA.[5]
Background and development
In 2012 it was written that development of women's football in the Middle East and central Asia dated back only about ten years.[6] The national federation became a FIFA affiliate in 1962.[3]
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The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
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Win Draw Loss Fixture
2023
Current coaching staff
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Head coach |  |
| Assistant coach | |
| Goalkeeping coach | |
| Physiotherapist | |
| Team Doctor | |
| Technical director | |
Manager history
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Fahad Kameel (20??–2019)
Current squad
The following 25 players were called up for friendly matches against xxxx on xxx.
- Caps and goals correct as of 26 February 2023
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. | ||||||
Previous squads
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- Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 28 September 2022.[citation needed]
Most-capped players
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Top goalscorers
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FIFA Women's World Cup
| FIFA Women's World Cup record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
 1991 to   2023 | Did not enter | |||||||||
 2027 | to be determined | |||||||||
| Total | 0/10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
AFC Women's Asian Cup
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
WAFF Women's Championship
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
- As of 21 March 2018[7]
Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record
| Opponent |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | −21 |
 Lebanon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | −11 |
 Maldives | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
 Nepal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | −8 |
| Palestine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | −17 |
 Qatar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 |
 United Arab Emirates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −7 |
 Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | −18 |
| Total | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 68 | −65 |
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- Sport in Kuwait
- Football in Kuwait
- Women's football in Kuwait
- Football in Kuwait
- Kuwait women's national under-20 football team
- Kuwait women's national under-17 football team
- Kuwaiti Women's League
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