List of women's national association football teams

This is a complete list of national teams in women's association football, arranged alphabetically within their confederations.

Members of FIFA affiliated-confederations

Map of the World with the six confederations:

   Asian Football Confederation (AFC)

   Confederation of African Football (CAF)

   Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)

   South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL)

   Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)

   Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)

This section lists the current:

• 211 women's national football teams affiliated to FIFA, through their national football associations.
• 11 women's national football teams who have membership in one of FIFA's affiliated continental confederations, but are not members of FIFA. ^[1]

FIFA members are eligible to enter the FIFA Women's World Cup and matches between them are recognized as official international matches. Based on their match results over the previous four-year period, the FIFA Women's World Rankings, published monthly by FIFA, compare the relative strengths of the national teams.

Some national teams that are members of a confederation but not FIFA members compete in confederation-level and subregional tournaments. These teams, however, are not allowed to participate in the World Cup.

The six confederations are:

• Asia – Asian Football Confederation (AFC) ^{[note 1]}
• Africa – Confederation of African Football (CAF) ^{[note 1]}
• North and Central America and the Caribbean – Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
• South America – South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL)
• Oceania – Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)
• Europe – Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)

FIFA runs the Women's World Cup as a tournament for national teams to find the world champion. Each confederation also runs its own championship to find the best team from among its members:

• AFC – AFC Women's Asian Cup
• CAF – Women's Africa Cup of Nations
• CONCACAF – CONCACAF W Championship
• CONMEBOL – Copa América Femenina
• OFC – OFC Women's Nations Cup
• UEFA – UEFA European Women's Championship

AFC (Asia)

Due to the geographical size of Asia, the AFC is subdivided into five sub-federations:

• West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) – represents countries at the western extremity of the continent, except Israel.
• East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) – represents nations in East Asia, plus Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
• Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) – represents countries in Central Asia, comprising Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and most of Soviet Central Asia, except Kazakhstan.
• South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) – represents countries in South Asia.
• ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) – represents countries in Southeast Asia, plus Australia.

Australia 1   Bahrain 2   Bangladesh   Bhutan   Cambodia   China PR 3   Chinese Taipei 4   Guam   Hong Kong   India   Indonesia

Iraq 2   IR Iran 5   Japan   Jordan 2   Korea DPR 6   Korea Republic 7   Kuwait 2   Kyrgyz Republic 8   Laos   Lebanon 2   Macau

Malaysia   Maldives   Mongolia   Myanmar   Nepal   Northern Mariana Islands 9,10   Pakistan   Palestine 2,11   Philippines   Qatar 2   Saudi Arabia 2

Singapore   Sri Lanka   Syria 2   Tajikistan   Thailand   Timor-Leste   Turkmenistan   United Arab Emirates 2   Uzbekistan   Vietnam

Brunei Darussalam,   Oman and   Yemen have no national women's teams.   Afghanistan, also an AFC and FIFA member, had a national team until 2021; former Afghan women's team members based in Australia are currently applying to FIFA for recognition.

1. National governing body was formerly a member of OFC (1966–2006)
2. National governing body is a member of UAFA
3. Official name used by FIFA and AFC for People's Republic of China
4. Official name used by FIFA and AFC for Republic of China (Taiwan); national governing body was a member of OFC from 1975 to 1989
5. Official name used by FIFA and AFC for Islamic Republic of Iran
6. Official name used by FIFA for Democratic People's Republic of Korea; official name used by AFC is DPR Korea
7. Official name used by FIFA and AFC for Republic of Korea
8. Official name used by FIFA and AFC for Kyrgyzstan
9. National governing body is a full member of AFC but not a FIFA member
10. National governing body was formerly a member of OFC (2005–2009)
11. Official name used by FIFA and AFC for national team representing the Palestinian Territories

CAF (Africa)

Due to the geographical size of Africa, CAF is divided into five regional federations:

• Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) – represents nations generally regarded as forming the regions of East Africa and some nations of Central Africa.
• Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) – represents nations generally regarded as forming Southern Africa, as well as island states off the coast of Southern Africa.
• West African Football Union/Union du Football de l'Ouest Afrique (WAFU/UFOA) – represents nations in West Africa.
• Union of North African Federations (UNAF) – represents nations regarded as forming North Africa.
• Union des Fédérations du Football de l'Afrique Centrale (UNIFFAC) – represents some of the nations that form Central Africa.

Algeria 1   Angola   Benin   Botswana   Burkina Faso   Burundi   Cameroon   Cape Verde   Central African Republic   Chad   Comoros 1   Congo   Congo DR 2   Côte d'Ivoire

Djibouti 1   Egypt 1   Equatorial Guinea   Eritrea   Eswatini   Ethiopia   Gabon   Gambia   Ghana   Guinea-Bissau   Guinea   Kenya   Lesotho   Liberia

Libya 1   Madagascar   Malawi   Mali   Mauritania 1   Mauritius   Morocco 1   Mozambique   Namibia   Nigeria   Niger   Réunion 3   Rwanda   São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal   Seychelles   Sierra Leone   South Africa   South Sudan   Sudan 1   Tanzania   Togo   Tunisia 1   Uganda   Zambia   Zanzibar 3,4,5   Zimbabwe

Somalia 1 has no national women's team.

1. National governing body is a member of UAFA
2. Official name used by FIFA for Democratic Republic of the Congo; official name used by CAF is DR Congo
3. National governing body is an associate member of CAF but not a FIFA member
4. National governing body was a full member of CAF briefly during 2017
5. National governing body is a member of ConIFA. Was previously a member of the N.F.-Board.

CONCACAF (North, Central America, and the Caribbean)

The CONCACAF federation is divided into three regional federations that have responsibility for part of the region's geographical area:

• Caribbean Football Union (CFU) – represents all 27 nations in the Caribbean, plus Bermuda and three nations in South America. ^{[note 2]}
• North American Football Union (NAFU) – represents the three countries in North America (not including Central America).
• Union Centroamericana de Fútbol (UNCAF) – represents the seven countries in Central America.

Anguilla   Antigua and Barbuda   Aruba   Bahamas   Barbados   Belize   Bermuda   Bonaire 1   British Virgin Islands   Canada

Cayman Islands   Costa Rica   Cuba   Curaçao   Dominica   Dominican Republic   El Salvador   Grenada   Guadeloupe 1   Guatemala

Guyana   Haiti   Honduras   Jamaica   Martinique 1   Mexico   Nicaragua   Panama   Puerto Rico   Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   Sint Maarten 1   Suriname   Trinidad and Tobago   Turks and Caicos Islands   United States   United States Virgin Islands

Montserrat has no national women's team.   French Guiana 1 and   Saint Martin 1, both CONCACAF members but not FIFA members, have no national women's team.

1. National governing body is a full member of CONCACAF but not a FIFA member

CONMEBOL (South America)

Argentina   Bolivia   Brazil   Chile   Colombia	Ecuador   Paraguay   Peru   Uruguay   Venezuela

OFC (Oceania)

American Samoa   Aotearoa New Zealand 1,2   Cook Islands   Fiji   Kiribati 3,4   New Caledonia   Papua New Guinea

Samoa   Solomon Islands   Tahiti   Tonga   Vanuatu

Tuvalu 3,4, an OFC associate member, has no national women's team.

1. Official name used by FIFA for New Zealand; official name used by OFC is New Zealand
2. National governing body was formerly a member of AFC (1964–1966)
3. National governing body is an associate member of the OFC but not a FIFA member
4. National governing body is a member of ConIFA

UEFA (Europe)

Albania   Andorra   Armenia   Austria   Azerbaijan   Belarus   Belgium   Bosnia and Herzegovina   Bulgaria   Croatia   Cyprus   Czech Republic   Denmark   England

Estonia   Faroe Islands   Finland   France   Georgia   Germany   Gibraltar   Greece   Hungary   Iceland   Israel 1   Italy   Kazakhstan 2   Kosovo

Latvia   Liechtenstein   Lithuania   Luxembourg   Malta   Moldova   Montenegro   Netherlands   Northern Ireland   North Macedonia   Norway   Poland   Portugal   Republic of Ireland

Romania   Russia 3   Scotland   Serbia   Slovakia   Slovenia   Spain   Sweden   Switzerland   Türkiye   Ukraine   Wales

San Marino has no national women's team.

1. National governing body was formerly a member of AFC (1954–1974); joined UEFA in 1994
2. National governing body was formerly a member of AFC (1993–2002)
3. Team currently suspended from participation in FIFA and UEFA competitions in response to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine ^[2]

See also

• Women's association football portal
• Sports portal

• Women's association football
• List of women's association football clubs
• International competitions in women's association football
• Geography of women's association football
• List of association football competitions
• List of men's national association football teams

References

1. These are displayed in the main list in italics.
2. "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions".

Notes

1. Additionally, 22 nations in Africa and Asia belong to the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) in addition to their respective regional confederations.
2. Guyana and Suriname are independent countries, and French Guiana is an overseas department and region of France