Kuwait women's national futsal team

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Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Nickname(s)الأزرق النسائي (The Women's blue)
Association Kuwait Football Association
(الإتحاد الكويتي لكرة القدم)
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach Flag of Iran.svg Shahrzad Mozafar
Captain Fajir Ahmed
FIFA code KUW
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Home colours
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First international
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 18–0 Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg
(Jordan, 28 July 2008)
Biggest win
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 1–6 Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg
(Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 18 June 2022)
Biggest defeat
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(Jordan, 28 July 2008)
AFC Women's Futsal Championship
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Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
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The Kuwait women's national futsal team represents Kuwait in international women's futsal competitions and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association.

Contents

History

Debut

the new established Kuwaiti women's futsal team for a starter they debuted at the 2008 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship hosted in Jordan, the tournament saw Kuwait plays its first official match against Jordan in which they were beaten with a score of 18 to nil, making it the Biggest defeat Kuwait has earned in its history, coming back for their second match against Palestine, they were trashed by the Palestinians as the matches end 11 to nil. such poor results led to the long inactivity Kuwait team suffered from.

New Era

A new era of women's futsal finally arrived in Kuwait. After decades of neglect, Fatema Hayat was appointed in May 2018 as the first female board member of the Kuwait Football Association (KFA). Under Fatema's leadership, the Women's Football Committee (WFC) set to work making significant strides in rapidly growing women's futsal in Kuwait. After visiting and meeting with counterparts in Jordan and Bahrain to learn from their experience, the committee also met with several FIFA representatives to strategize on the best way to move forward. With FIFA's support and funds in hand, the WFC hit the ground running and hired renowned head coach Shahrzad Mozafar to lead Kuwait women's national futsal team. [1] Mozafar has extensive experience as a futsal coach and under her leadership, Iran won AFC Women's Futsal Championship twice, in 2015 and 2018. To ensure a thriving program, the first-ever Women's Futsal National League commenced in January 2019 and will conclude in May 2019. The league played an important role in helping Coach Mozafar pick players for the Kuwait Women's National Futsal Team. After watching them play for their respective clubs, Coach Mozafar chose 17 players to represent Kuwait in women's futsal. The WFC wasted no time in scheduling friendly matches against Turkmenistan [2] and Bahrain. These friendly matches helped players gain experience in competing in international matches and prepared them for the GCC Futsal Cup in November 2019, to be hosted by Kuwait, with the aim of participating in the Asia Cup 2020. in 2020 The Kuwait Football Association (KFA) Women's Committee created history when the Kuwait National Women's Futsal League final between Kuwait Sports Club and Al Arabi Sports Club was broadcast live on national television for the first time ever in February, which marked a historical path towards improving women games in the middle east. [3] under the Iranian coach's guidance, Kuwait earned its ever first silver medal in 2022 GCC Games. [4]
Kuwait returned to the WAFF Women's Futsal Championship in its 3rd edition hosted in Saudi Arabia. started with style earning the first three points after beating the Host by a score of 3 to 1. [5] their second match against debutant Oman saw Kuwait getting their Biggest win by a margin of five goals. [6] however going to the semifinals undefeated, Kuwait was shocked with a large loss against Iraq a twelve-Nil score. led to big criticism of the technical team.

Results and fixtures

Legend

  Win  Draw  Lose  Fixture

2008

28 July 2008 (2008-07-28) 2008 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship Group B Jordan  Flag of Jordan.svg18–0Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Jordan
18:00  UTC+3
30 July 2008 (2008-07-30) 2008 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship Group B Palestine  Flag of Palestine.svg11–0Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Jordan
20:00  UTC+3

2019

31 March 2019 (2019-03-31) Friendly Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg0–6Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan Kuwait City, Kuwait
--:--  UTC+3
3 April 2019 (2019-04-03) Friendly Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg1–5Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan Kuwait City, Kuwait
--:--  UTC+3
6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) Friendly Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg1–4Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Kuwait City, Kuwait
--:--  UTC+3
7 September 2019 (2019-09-07) CFA 2019 Belt and Road Cup Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg10–1Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Chengdu, China
--:--  UTC+8 Stadium: Qingbaijiang Cultural and Sports Center
8 September 2019 (2019-09-08) CFA 2019 Belt and Road Cup China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg12–0Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Chengdu, China
--:--  UTC+8 Stadium: Qingbaijiang Cultural and Sports Center
10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) CFA 2019 Belt and Road Cup New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg4–0Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Chengdu, China
--:--  UTC+8 Stadium: Qingbaijiang Cultural and Sports Center
26 September 2019 (2019-09-26) Friendly Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg0–6Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Kuwait City, Kuwait
18:30  UTC+3
29 September 2019 (2019-09-29) Friendly Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg1–3Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Kuwait City, Kuwait
18:30  UTC+3
16 October 2019 (2019-10-16) Friendly Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg4–0Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  Afghanistan Kuwait City, Kuwait
--:--  UTC+3
16 October 2019 (2019-10-16) Friendly Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg3–3Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  Afghanistan Kuwait City, Kuwait
--:--  UTC+3
27 October 2019 (2019-10-27) 2019 GCC Women's Games Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg1–1Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Qurain City, Kuwait
--:--  UTC+3
28 October 2019 (2019-10-28) 2019 GCC Women's Games Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg3–4Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Qurain City, Kuwait
--:--  UTC+3
30 October 2019 (2019-10-30) 2019 GCC Women's Games Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg0–4Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Qurain City, Kuwait
--:--  UTC+3

2022

5 May 2022 (2022-05-05) Friendly Kyrgyzstan  Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg1–1Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
--:--  UTC+6
7 May 2022 (2022-05-07) Friendly Kyrgyzstan  Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg1–3Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
18:00  UTC+6
16 May 2022 (2022-05-16) 2022 GCC Games United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg1–1Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Sabah Al-Salem, Kuwait
19:00  UTC+3
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Report Stadium: Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Sports Complex
Referee: Saad Al Haiean (Saudi Arabia)
18 May 2022 (2022-05-18) 2022 GCC Games Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg1–2Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Sabah Al-Salem, Kuwait
19:00  UTC+3 Report Stadium: Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Sports Complex
Referee: Faisal Abdullah (Qatar)
19 May 2022 (2022-05-19) 2022 GCC Games Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg1–2Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Sabah Al-Salem, Kuwait
19:30  UTC+3 Report
Stadium: Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Sports Complex
Referee: Faisal Abdullah (Qatar)
24 May 2022 (2022-05-24) 2022 GCC Games Final Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg1–2Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Sabah Al-Salem, Kuwait
18:00  UTC+3 Report Stadium: Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Sports Complex
Referee: Faisal Abdullah (Qatar)
18 June 2022 (2022-06-18) 2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship Group B Oman  Flag of Oman.svg1–6Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:30  UTC+3 Report
Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
22 June 2022 (2022-06-22) 2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship Semi-final Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg0–12Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:30  UTC+3 Report
Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

RoleName
Head coach Flag of Iran.svg Shahrzad Mozafar

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship from 16 to 22 June 2022. [7]

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsClub
11 GK Razan AlEnzi Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Arabi SC
131 GK Yasmeen Abdullah Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Fatat SC
2 FP Loura ALThuwaini Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Arabi SC
3 FP Deena Ali Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Fatat SC
4 FP Noor Alherz Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Fatat SC
5 FP Shaikhah ALRaban Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Fatat SC
6 FP Maryam Nour Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Arabi SC
7 FP Nehal ALSaqabi Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait SC
8 FP Abeer AlRefaie Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait SC
9 FP Zainah Salamah Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Arabi SC
10 FP Reem AlMulla Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait SC
12 FP Shrouq Basha Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Arabi SC
14 FP Fajir Ahmed (captain) Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait SC

Competitive record

AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Futsal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

WAFF Women's Futsal Championship

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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  2. "Friendly games of the Turkmenistan futsal women's team in Kuwait | Sport".
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  7. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVY-VkfWAAA6WWL?format=jpg&name=large