Kuwait women's national futsal team

Kuwait
Nickname(s)	الأزرق النسائي (The Women's blue)
Association	Kuwait Football Association; (الإتحاد الكويتي لكرة القدم)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Shahrzad Mozafar
Captain	Fajir Ahmed
FIFA code	KUW
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Jordan 18–0 Kuwait ; (Jordan, 28 July 2008)
Biggest win
	Oman 1–6 Kuwait ; (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 18 June 2022)
Biggest defeat
	Jordan 18–0 Kuwait ; (Jordan, 28 July 2008)
AFC Women's Futsal Championship
Appearances	0
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Appearances	0

The Kuwait women's national futsal team represents Kuwait in international women's futsal competitions and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association.

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	18–0	Kuwait	Jordan
18:00 UTC+3

30 July 2008 (2008-07-30) 2008 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship Group B	Palestine	11–0	Kuwait	Jordan
20:00 UTC+3

2019

31 March 2019 (2019-03-31) Friendly	Kuwait	0–6	Turkmenistan	Kuwait City, Kuwait
--:-- UTC+3

3 April 2019 (2019-04-03) Friendly	Kuwait	1–5	Turkmenistan	Kuwait City, Kuwait
--:-- UTC+3

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) Friendly	Kuwait	1–4	Bahrain	Kuwait City, Kuwait
--:-- UTC+3

7 September 2019 (2019-09-07) CFA 2019 Belt and Road Cup	Thailand	10–1	Kuwait	Chengdu, China
--:-- UTC+8				Stadium: Qingbaijiang Cultural and Sports Center

8 September 2019 (2019-09-08) CFA 2019 Belt and Road Cup	China	12–0	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	4–0	Kuwait	Chengdu, China
--:-- UTC+8				Stadium: Qingbaijiang Cultural and Sports Center

26 September 2019 (2019-09-26) Friendly	Kuwait	0–6	Lebanon	Kuwait City, Kuwait
18:30 UTC+3

29 September 2019 (2019-09-29) Friendly	Kuwait	1–3	Lebanon	Kuwait City, Kuwait
18:30 UTC+3

16 October 2019 (2019-10-16) Friendly	Kuwait	4–0	Afghanistan	Kuwait City, Kuwait
--:-- UTC+3

16 October 2019 (2019-10-16) Friendly	Kuwait	3–3	Afghanistan	Kuwait City, Kuwait
--:-- UTC+3

27 October 2019 (2019-10-27) 2019 GCC Women's Games	Kuwait	1–1	United Arab Emirates	Qurain City, Kuwait
--:-- UTC+3

28 October 2019 (2019-10-28) 2019 GCC Women's Games	Kuwait	3–4	Saudi Arabia	Qurain City, Kuwait
--:-- UTC+3

30 October 2019 (2019-10-30) 2019 GCC Women's Games	Kuwait	0–4	Bahrain	Qurain City, Kuwait
--:-- UTC+3

2022

5 May 2022 (2022-05-05) Friendly	Kyrgyzstan	1–1	Kuwait	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
--:-- UTC+6

7 May 2022 (2022-05-07) Friendly	Kyrgyzstan	1–3	Kuwait	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
18:00 UTC+6

16 May 2022 (2022-05-16) 2022 GCC Games	United Arab Emirates	1–1	Kuwait	Sabah Al-Salem, Kuwait
19:00 UTC+3	Rashid 6'	Report	Abdulraheim 17'	Stadium: Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Sports Complex Referee: Saad Al Haiean (Saudi Arabia)

18 May 2022 (2022-05-18) 2022 GCC Games	Kuwait	1–2	Saudi Arabia	Sabah Al-Salem, Kuwait
19:00 UTC+3	Abdulraheim 20'	Report	Mobarak 8' R. Abdullah 18'	Stadium: Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Sports Complex Referee: Faisal Abdullah (Qatar)

19 May 2022 (2022-05-19) 2022 GCC Games	Kuwait	1–2	Bahrain	Sabah Al-Salem, Kuwait
19:30 UTC+3	AlSaqabi 19'	Report	Sowar 23' AlKhattal 29'	Stadium: Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Sports Complex Referee: Faisal Abdullah (Qatar)

21 May 2022 (2022-05-21) 2022 GCC Games Semi-finals	Kuwait	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Saudi Arabia	Sabah Al-Salem, Kuwait
19:30 UTC+3	Mukhayzin 15' (o.g.) Mohammad 47' (pen.)	Report	R. Abdullah 14', 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Sports Complex Referee: Faisal Abdullah (Qatar)
	Penalties
	Ahmad AlMulla AlRefaie		R. Abdullah Mohammed Mukhayzin Ibrahim

24 May 2022 (2022-05-24) 2022 GCC Games Final	Kuwait	1–2	Bahrain	Sabah Al-Salem, Kuwait
18:00 UTC+3	Mohammad 39'	Report	Alkhalifa 5' AlIsa 11'	Stadium: Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Sports Complex Referee: Faisal Abdullah (Qatar)

16 June 2022 (2022-06-16) 2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship Group B	Kuwait	3–1	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:30 UTC+3	AlMulla 4', 24' Nour 20'	Report	Reda 37'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

18 June 2022 (2022-06-18) 2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship Group B	Oman	1–6	Kuwait	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:30 UTC+3	Al Musallami 10'	Report	Basha 7', 15', 17' AlRefaie 23', 32' AlSaqabi 30'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

22 June 2022 (2022-06-22) 2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship Semi-final	Kuwait	0–12	Iraq	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:30 UTC+3		Report	Al-Quraishi 16' Salih 18', 22' Mulla Bakr 21' Salihi 21', 22', 26', 27' Al-Lami 28', 29' Al-Ghazawi 30', 32'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

24 June 2022 (2022-06-24) 2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship 3rd place	Bahrain	2–0	Kuwait	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
18:15 UTC+3	AlKhalifa 26' Ebrahim 30'	Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Role	Name
Head coach	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.	Player	Club
1	1GK	Razan AlEnzi	Al-Arabi SC
13	1GK	Yasmeen Abdullah	Al-Fatat SC
2	FP	Loura ALThuwaini	Al-Arabi SC
3	FP	Deena Ali	Al-Fatat SC
4	FP	Noor Alherz	Al-Fatat SC
5	FP	Shaikhah ALRaban	Al-Fatat SC
6	FP	Maryam Nour	Al-Arabi SC
7	FP	Nehal ALSaqabi	Kuwait SC
8	FP	Abeer AlRefaie	Kuwait SC
9	FP	Zainah Salamah	Al-Arabi SC
10	FP	Reem AlMulla	Kuwait SC
12	FP	Shrouq Basha	Al-Arabi SC
14	FP	Fajir Ahmed (captain)	Kuwait SC

Competitive record

AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup

AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup record
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
2015	Did not enter
2018	Did not enter
Total	0/2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Futsal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Futsal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
2005	Did not enter
2007
2009
2013
2017
Total	0/5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

WAFF Women's Futsal Championship

WAFF Women's Futsal Championship record
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
2008	Group stage	2	0	0	2	0	29	-29
2012	Did not enter
2022	Fourth place	4	2	0	2	9	16	-7
Total	2/3	6	2	0	4	9	45	-36

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

References

^ "Iranian to coach Kuwaiti women futsal team".
^ "Friendly games of the Turkmenistan futsal women's team in Kuwait | Sport".
^ "New dawn for Kuwait National Women's Futsal League". the-AFC. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ @WFCommittee (24 May 2022). "تتويج منتخب الكويت لكرة القدم الصالات - سيدات بالميدالية الفضية لدورة الالعاب الخليجية الثالثة - الكويت 2022" (Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter.
^ "Saudi Arabia lose to Kuwait in opener of WAFF Women's Futsal Championship". 17 June 2022.
^ "Kuwait thrash Oman 6-1". 18 June 2022.
^ "Match Lineup". pbs.twimg.com. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

[1] "Iranian to coach Kuwaiti women futsal team".

[2] "Friendly games of the Turkmenistan futsal women's team in Kuwait | Sport".

[3] "New dawn for Kuwait National Women's Futsal League". the-AFC. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

[4] @WFCommittee (24 May 2022). "تتويج منتخب الكويت لكرة القدم الصالات - سيدات بالميدالية الفضية لدورة الالعاب الخليجية الثالثة - الكويت 2022" (Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter.

[5] "Saudi Arabia lose to Kuwait in opener of WAFF Women's Futsal Championship". 17 June 2022.

[6] "Kuwait thrash Oman 6-1". 18 June 2022.

[7] "Match Lineup". pbs.twimg.com. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

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