Bhutan women's national football team

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Bhutan
Nickname(s) Dragon Ladies
Association Bhutan Football Federation
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation SAFF (South Asia)
Head coach Nicola Demaine
Captain Pema Choden Tshering
Top scorer Deki Lhazom (11)
Home stadium Changlimithang Stadium
FIFA code BHU
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FIFA ranking
Current 175 Decrease2.svg 2 (16 August 2024) [1]
Highest113 (March 2017; March 2018)
Lowest178 (March 2023)
First international
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 7–0 Bhutan  Flag of Bhutan.svg
(Dhaka, Bangladesh; 6 December 2010)
Biggest win
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 0–13 Bhutan  Flag of Bhutan.svg
(Kathmandu, Nepal; 24 October 2024)
Biggest defeat
Flag of India.svg  India 18–0 Bhutan  Flag of Bhutan.svg
(Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh; 13 December 2010)
SAFF Championship
Appearances6 (first in 2010 )
Best resultSemi-finals (2022)

The Bhutan women's national football team represents Bhutan in international women's football. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in Bhutan, the Bhutan Football Federation, which is currently a member of the Asian Football Federation and the regional body the South Asian Football Federation.

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Bhutan play their home games at the national stadium, Changlimithang. It is one of the younger national teams in the world having played its first match in 2010.

History

Introduction to Bhutanese Football

Bhutanese football in general came to the international stage comparatively late in the day with the men's national team only playing their first competitive international match in 1982 [2] and the only junior team to compete internationally, the Under-17s making their debut in 2003. [3]

The women's team did not enter any form of international competition until 2010. [4] Prior to their entry into international football, a formal women's competition was established in Bhutan for the first time, supported by a grant from FIFA and run by the Bhutan Football Federation. [5] Because of the very under-developed state of women's football in Bhutan at this time, club teams did not exist and so the tournament consisted of teams representing individual Dzongkhags. [5] This competition was used not only to increase the popularity of football amongst women in the country, but also to act as means of identifying and coaching players who would form the first ever Bhutan women's national football squad. [5]

Competitive debut

Their first ever competitive game was a friendly match against Bangladesh in Dhaka on 6 December 2010 as a warm up for their appearance at the inaugural SAFF Women's Championships a week later. [4] Unfortunately, their debut was one to forget as, having travelled to Cox's Bazar where all of the group matches were scheduled to take place, they succumbed 7–0 to their hosts. [4] Their competition proper got off to an even worse start as they lost 18–0 to India, one of the strongest teams in the region. [4] Bangladesh then repeated their performance in the pre-competition friendly running out 9–0 victors and eliminating Bhutan from the competition. [4] The team were able to salvage some pride in their final game, drawing 1–1 with Sri Lanka, which marks their only positive result of any kind as well as their first competitive goal (one of two times they have scored a goal in a competitive match). [4]

Their performance at the SAFF Championships saw them gain 889 ranking points. [6] Although they were at this stage only provisionally ranked in 127th and last place as they had not played the required number of five competitive matches against officially ranked teams, their performance saw them achieve a higher points total than four other provisionally ranked teams: the U.S. Virgin Islands, Liberia, Qatar and Afghanistan. [6] Had they been officially ranked, their points tally would have placed them in 122nd place ahead of ranked nations Tanzania, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda and Botswana. [6]

Withdrawal and return to international football

The women's team then withdrew from international football for the next two years, re-emerging to play in the 2012 SAFF Women's Championship. Prior to the tournament in Sri Lanka, the team of twenty five, including two referees and physiotherapists, but with the playing squad consisting entirely of students, flew to Bangkok for two weeks training to get accustomed to warmer weather. [7] They entered the tournament provisionally ranked 34th out of 35 in the Asian Football Confederation, with only Afghanistan ranked below them, and unranked on the global listing because they had been inactive for more than eighteen months. [6] At this point, with their points total of 889, they had a higher technical rating than twelve teams who were either unranked due to inactivity or provisionally ranked in last place due to insufficient competition and had more ranking points than five officially ranked teams: Iraq, Mozambique, Malawi, Antigua and Barbuda and Bostswana. [6]

The team travelled to Sri Lanka to play their fixtures at the Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club Grounds and were drawn in a group with the same teams as the previous edition of the tournament. Sri Lanka took advantage of their status as hosts in the first match, beating Bhutan 4–0, taking the lead after just four minutes through Nilushika Kumari, with Praveena Perera wrapping up the scoring at the end of the game following two goals either side of half time from Erandi Kumudumala. [8] Bhutan performed better in their next game, a narrow 1–0 loss to Bangladesh, but this eliminated them from the tournament. [9] Their final match against India was very one-sided, though not as great a defeat as last time, India still ran out victors 11–0 sending Bhutan home without a point or a goal. [10]

Rankings, performance, and current status

Having now played the required five games against already ranked teams, Bhutan received their first official ranking position: 128th, ahead of Antigua and Barbuda and Botswana. [6] Bhutan have not played a competitive match since the 2014 SAFF Championships, but due to movements around them, did climb to a high ranking of 115th in December 2013. [6]

Bhutan took part in the 2014 SAFF Women's Championship in Pakistan, losing all three games, including a 4–1 loss to host Pakistan in which Tshering Yangdon scored just the second official goal in the team's history.[ citation needed ]

On 24 October 2024, Bhutan trashed Maldives with the score of 13-0,which record their biggest victory ever in the history.

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Home stadium

The Bhutan women's national football team plays their home matches on the Changlimithang Stadium.[ citation needed ]

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

  Win  Draw  Lose  Fixture

2024

24 July Friendly Bhutan  Flag of Bhutan.svg1–5Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Thimphu, Bhutan
18:00  UTC+6
  • Tshering Soccerball shade.svg13'
Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium
27 July Friendly Bhutan  Flag of Bhutan.svg2–4Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Thimphu, Bhutan
Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium
18 October 2024 SAFF W GS Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg0–0Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan Kathmandu, Nepal
17:30  UTC+5:45 Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala
21 October 2024 SAFF W GS Bhutan  Flag of Bhutan.svg4–1Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Kathmandu, Nepal
Stadium: Dashrath Stadium
24 October 2024 SAFF W GS Maldives  Flag of Maldives.svg0–13Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan Kathmandu, Nepal
13:30  UTC+5:45
Stadium: Dashrath Stadium
Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)
27 October 2024 SAFF W SF Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg7–1Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan Kathmandu, Nepal
13:30  UTC+5:45 Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala

Head-to-head record

As of October 2023:

Key
  Positive balance (more wins than losses)
  Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
  Negative balance (more losses than wins)

The following table shows Bhutan' all-time official international record per opponent:

OpponentPldWDLGFGAGDW%Confederation
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 5005027–270.00 AFC
Flag of India.svg  India 2002029–290.00 AFC
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 110021+1100.00 AFC
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 100113–20.00 AFC
Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 5005027–270.00 AFC
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 100114–30.00 AFC
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 321085+377.00 AFC
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 101000033.00 AFC
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 200224–20.00 AFC
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 51131211+137.50 AFC
Flag of East Timor.svg  East Timor 110031+2100.00 AFC
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 100109–90.00 AFC
Total28732027113–8617.86

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 18 October 2024
PositionName
Head coach Flag of England.svg Nicola Demaine
Assistant coach Flag of Bhutan.svg Tanka Maya Ghalley
Goalkeeping coach Flag of Bhutan.svg Mon Bhattrai
Physiotherapist Flag of Bhutan.svg Chhador Zangmo
Team manager Flag of Bhutan.svg Tashi Wangmo
Media officer Flag of Bhutan.svg Cheki wangmo

Manager history

NamePeriodTournament
Flag of Bhutan.svg Kota Namgay 2010–2012 2010 SAFF Women's Championship: Eighth Place (Last)
2012 SAFF Women's Championship: Eighth Place (Last)
Flag of Bhutan.svg Dorji Khandu 2014 2012 SAFF Women's Championship: Seventh Place
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sung-jea 2016–2019 2016 SAFF Women's Championship: Seventh Place (Last)
2019 SAFF Women's Championship: Sixth Place
Flag of Bhutan.svg Denka Na [11] 2019
Flag of South Korea.svg Hong Kyung-suk [12] 2022–2023 2022 SAFF Women's Championship: Semi-finalist
Flag of Bhutan.svg Karma Choden 2023 2023 SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament: Finalist
Flag of England.svg Nicola Demaine 2024–

Players

Current squad

Caps and goals are updated as of 9 September 2022 after the match against Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka.

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
11 GK Sangita Monger (1999-06-28) 28 June 1999 (age 25) Flag of Bhutan.svg Ugyen Academy
211 GK Karma Yuden (2004-11-02) 2 November 2004 (age 19) Flag of Bhutan.svg Transport United FC
221 GK Kinzang Dema (2004-02-15) 15 February 2004 (age 20) Flag of Bhutan.svg Royal Thimphu College FC

42 DF Tashi Wangmo Flag of Bhutan.svg Transport United
162 DF Dorji Edon (2001-10-09) 9 October 2001 (age 23) Flag of Bhutan.svg Ugyen Academy
52 DF Suk Maya Ghalley (1998-11-28) 28 November 1998 (age 25) Flag of Bhutan.svg Royal Thimphu College FC
242 DF Sangay Dema Flag of Bhutan.svg Transport United
232 DF Sangay Wangmo Flag of Bhutan.svg BFF Academy
202 DF Phuntsho Choden Flag of Bhutan.svg
22 DF Kelzang Tshering Wangmo Flag of Bhutan.svg
122 DF Jamyang Choden (2001-04-03) 3 April 2001 (age 23) Flag of Bhutan.svg Ugyen Academy

183 MF Tschendu Tshering Pelzom Flag of Bhutan.svg
183 MF Tshering Yangchen Flag of Bhutan.svg Royal Thimphu College
103 MF Sonam Lhamo (2004-05-29) 29 May 2004 (age 20) Flag of Bhutan.svg Royal Thimphu College
153 MF Sonam Choden (2002-05-16) 16 May 2002 (age 22) Flag of Bhutan.svg Royal Thimphu College
63 MF Pema Choden Tshering (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 (age 28) Flag of Bhutan.svg Transport United
83 MF Deki Yangdon (2003-06-27) 27 June 2003 (age 21) Flag of Bhutan.svg Royal Thimphu College

194 FW Yeshey Bidha (2004-03-27) 27 March 2004 (age 20) Flag of Bhutan.svg Royal Thimphu College
134 FW Sunita Rai (2001-08-07) 7 August 2001 (age 23) Flag of Bhutan.svg Transport United
94 FW Deki Lhazom (2004-01-04) 4 January 2004 (age 20)53 Flag of Bhutan.svg Royal Thimphu College
114 FW Namgyel Dema (2000-08-13) 13 August 2000 (age 24) Flag of Bhutan.svg Royal Thimphu College
74 FW Tshering Yangden (1999-08-16) 16 August 1999 (age 25) Flag of Bhutan.svg Ugyen Academy
144 FW Tshering Lhaden (2003-05-11) 11 May 2003 (age 21) Flag of Bhutan.svg Royal Thimphu College

Recent call-ups

Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClubLatest call-up

DF Rigzin Wangmo (2003-10-28) 28 October 2003 (age 20) Flag of Bhutan.svg Ugyen Academyv. Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh, 27 July 2024
DF Karma Wangmo Flag of Bhutan.svg Royal Thimphu Collegev. Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh, 27 July 2024


Records

Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Hosts / YearResultGPWD*LGSGA
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 1991 to Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of New Zealand.svg 2023 did not enter
Flag of Brazil.svg 2027 to be determined
Total0/10

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Hosts / YearResultGPWD*LGSGA
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg 1975 to Flag of India.svg 2022 did not enter
Total0/20

SAFF Women's Championship

SAFF Women's Championship record
Hosts / YearResultGPWD*LGSGA
Flag of Bangladesh.svg 2010 Group stage3012128
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 2012 3003016
Flag of Pakistan.svg 2014 3003115
Flag of India.svg 2016 3003113
Flag of Nepal.svg 2019 200205
Flag of Nepal.svg 2022 Semi-finals3102512
Total6/6171115889
SAFF Women's Championship history
YearRoundScoreResult
2010 Group stage Flag of India.svg India 18–0 Bhutan Flag of Bhutan.svg Loss
Group stage Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 9–0 Bhutan Flag of Bhutan.svg Loss
Group stage Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 1–1 Sri Lanka Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Draw
2012 Group stage Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 0–4 Sri Lanka Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Loss
Group stage Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 1–0 Bhutan Flag of Bhutan.svg Loss
Group stage Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 0–11 India Flag of India.svg Loss
2014 Group stage Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 0–4 Nepal Flag of Nepal.svg Loss
Group stage Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 0–3 Sri Lanka Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Loss
Group stage Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 1–4 Pakistan Flag of Pakistan.svg Loss
2016 Group stage Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 0–8 Nepal Flag of Nepal.svg Loss
Group stage Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 0–2 Sri Lanka Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Loss
Group stage Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 1–3 Maldives Flag of Maldives.svg Loss
2019
Group stage Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 0–3 Nepal Flag of Nepal.svg Loss
Group stage Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 2–0 Bhutan Flag of Bhutan.svg Loss
2022
Group stage Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 0–4 Nepal Flag of Nepal.svg Loss
Group stage Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 0–5 Bhutan Flag of Bhutan.svg Won
Semi-finals Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 8–0 Bhutan Flag of Bhutan.svg Loss
*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicates 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament.

See also

National teams
Men's
Women's

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