Association | Football Association of Maldives | |||
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Confederation | AFC (Asia) | |||
Head coach | Mohamed Nizam | |||
Captain | Hawwa Haneefa | |||
Home stadium | National Football Stadium | |||
FIFA code | MDV | |||
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FIFA ranking | ||||
Current | 163 2 (13 December 2024) [1] | |||
Highest | 91 (December 2009) | |||
Lowest | 163 (December 2024) | |||
First international | ||||
Myanmar 17–0 Maldives (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 1 October 2004) | ||||
Biggest win | ||||
Maldives 3–0 Qatar (Malé, Maldives; 27 April 2013) Sri Lanka 2–5 Maldives (Siliguri, West Bengal; 26 December 2016) | ||||
Biggest defeat | ||||
Myanmar 17–0 Maldives (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 1 October 2004) | ||||
SAFF Championship | ||||
Appearances | 6 (first in 2010 ) | |||
Best result | Semifinals (2016) |
The Maldives women's national football team was first formed in 2003. The team represents Maldives in international women's football and thus falls under the governance of the Football Association of Maldives. [2] The team played its first official international match against Myanmar on 1 October 2004.
The Maldives women's national football team plays their home matches on the National Football Stadium.
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Lose Fixture
18 October 2024 SAFF W GS | Sri Lanka | 1–0 | Maldives | Kathmandu, Nepal |
17:30 | Stadium: Dashrath Stadium |
21 October 2024 SAFF W GS | Maldives | 0–11 | Nepal | Kathmandu, Nepal |
17:30 | Stadium: Dashrath Stadium Attendance: 6,671 Referee: Y.A. Pabasara Minisaraniyapa (Sri Lanka) |
24 October 2024 SAFF W GS | Maldives | 0–13 | Bhutan | Kathmandu, Nepal |
13:30 | Stadium: Dashrath Stadium Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh) |
Position | Name | Ref. |
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Head coach | Mohamed Nizam | |
Assistant coach | Mariyam Mirfatah | |
Assistant coach | Aminath Siyana | |
Goalkeeping coach | Ahmed Fayaz | |
Physical coach | Sheenez Mohamed |
Caps and goals accurate up to and including 13 July 2021.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Aminath Leeza | 25 November 1986 | |||
18 | GK | Saiga Hussain | 26 March 1993 | |||
2 | DF | Zulaikha Habeeb | 23 August 1998 | |||
6 | DF | Fathimath Afza | 1 November 1988 | |||
7 | DF | Fathimath Inaasha Adam | 21 April 2001 | |||
14 | DF | Hawwa Haneefa (Captain) | 31 January 1990 | |||
15 | DF | Aminath Zaahiya | 11 July 1993 | |||
5 | MF | Shiyana Ahmed Zuhair | 1 January 1988 | |||
13 | MF | Aishath Raveena | ||||
16 | MF | Aishath Ameesha Salaam | ||||
17 | MF | Mariyam Rifa | 29 August 1992 | |||
3 | FW | Safiyya Rafa | 9 April 1998 | |||
10 | FW | Mariyam Noora | 4 September 2002 | |||
19 | FW | Raniya Ibrahim | 6 April 2005 | |||
20 | FW | Maeesha Abdul Hannan | ||||
21 | FW | Aminath Fazla | ||||
4 | Fathimath Sibahath Haneef | |||||
8 | M.S.B. Ahmed Ali | |||||
9 | Aishath Althaf Mohamed | |||||
11 | Fathimath Shahuma | |||||
12 | Shahfa Shiuth | |||||
22 | Rishma Abdullah | |||||
23 | Fathimath Sausan |
The following players have been called up to a squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.
Most capped players
| Top goalscorers
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FIFA Women's World Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD |
1991 | did not enter | ||||||||
1995 | |||||||||
1999 | |||||||||
2003 | |||||||||
2007 | did not qualify | ||||||||
2011 | |||||||||
2015 | did not enter | ||||||||
2019 | |||||||||
2023 | did not qualify | ||||||||
Total | 0/9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
AFC Women's Asian Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
1975 to 2003 | did not enter | ||||||||
2006 | did not qualify | ||||||||
2008 | did not enter | ||||||||
2010 | did not qualify | ||||||||
2014 | did not enter | ||||||||
2018 | |||||||||
2022 | did not qualify | ||||||||
2026 | to be determined | ||||||||
Total | 0/21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Asian Games record | |||||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
1990 | DNP | ||||||||
1994 | |||||||||
1998 | |||||||||
2002 | |||||||||
2006 | |||||||||
2010 | |||||||||
2014 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | −38 | |
2018 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | −21 | |
2022 | DNP | ||||||||
2026 | TBD | ||||||||
Total | 2/10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 59 | −59 |
SAFF Women's Championship record | |||||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
2010 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | |
2012 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | |
2014 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | |
2016 | Semi-finals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 18 | −10 | |
2019 | Group Stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | |
Total | 5/5 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 56 | −40 |
South Asian Games record | |||||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
2010 | did not Enter | ||||||||
2016 | Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | |
2019 | Third place | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | |
Total | 2/3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | −10 |
AFF Women's Championship record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
Invitee | ||||||||
2004 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 43 | |
Total | 1/12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 43 |
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