Bahrain women's national football team

The Bahrain women's national football team represents Bahrain in international women's football, and falls under the governance of the Bahrain Football Association, more specifically run by the women's committee at the association. Although having participated in several friendly tournaments, the team played its first official international match against the Maldives on April 22, 2007 and entered the FIFA Women's World Rankings in June 2007 at 111th out of 142 countries.

History The Bahrain Women's National Team is the first National Women's Football Team to be formed in the GCC region. This was a big step for the island nation and part of Bahrain's commitment to promoting women's sports. In 2004, Bahrain participated in a Futsal tournament in Amman, Jordan and the next year participated in the West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship 2005 held in the Jordanian capital, though none of the matches were FIFA officiated. The team placed 4th in this tournament. In February 2006, Bahrain participated in the first ever Arabian Women's Tournament held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The team was better prepared this time and brought home the 1st-place trophy as well as the Fair Play trophy. After this achievement, the sport became even more popular in the country and more girls have expressed their interest to join clubs. In an effort to improve the national team further, the committee put in a request to FIFA for a licensed female coach to lead the team. As a result, German coach Monika Staab was sent to Bahrain January 21, 2007 for a six-month development program. Under the guidance of Staab, the team played its first official FIFA approved match on April 22, 2007 against the national team of Maldives in Malé, Maldives. During this match, Bahrain put up a great match and managed to secure a historic 7–0 win.

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.

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Coaching staff

Current coaching staff Position Name Ref. Head coach Adnan Hussain WorldFootball.net

Manager history Monika Staab (2007) Adel Al-Marzooqi Maher Hantash Ghazi Al-Majed Adnan Ebrahim Masoud Al-Ameeri Khalid Al Harban (????–????) Bruno Pasquarelli (????–????) Adnan Hussain (????–present)Bahrain Women's National Team – WorldFootball.net

Players

Current squad The following players were called up for the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification on 24 October 2021.

Caps and goals correct as of 24 October 2021, after the match against Chinese Taipei.

Competitive record FIFA Women's World Cup FIFA Women's World Cup recordYearResultPositionGPWD*LGFGAGD 2007Did not enter 2011 2015Did not qualify 2019 2023 2027 2031To be determined 2035To be determinedTotal0/8–––––––– *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Women's Asian Cup AFC Women's Asian Cup recordYearResultGPW D*LGFGAGD 2008Did not enter 2010 2014Did not qualify 2018 2022 2026 2029To be determined Total0/5––––––– *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Asian Games Asian Games recordYearResultPosition 1990Did not enter 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022Total0/9-------

WAFF Women's Championship

WAFF Women's Championship recordHosts / YearResult* 2005 Fourth place4013219−17 2007Did not enter 2010 Third place420258−3 2011 Third place5221226+16 2014 Third place3102811−3 2019 Runners-up421194+5 2022Did not enter 2024Total5/8207494648−2 *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Arabia Cup Arabia Cup recordHosts / YearResult* 2010 Third place5401275+22

Bahrain women's national football team

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