Maldives women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Maldives national football team.

Maldives
AssociationFootball Association of Maldives
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
Head coachMohamed Nizam
CaptainHawwa Haneefa
Home stadiumNational Football Stadium
FIFA codeMDV
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current 167 2 (11 December 2025)[1]
Highest91 (December 2009)
Lowest165 (August 2025)
First international
Myanmar 17–0 Maldives 
(Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 1 October 2004)
Biggest win
Maldives 3–0 Qatar 
(Malé, Maldives; 27 June 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
Appearances6 (first in 2010)
Best resultSemifinals (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.

Team image

Home stadium

The Maldives women's national football team plays their home matches on the National Football Stadium.

Results and fixtures

Main article: Maldives women's national football team results
See also: 2025 in association football, 2025 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

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

30 December Friendly India  14–0  Maldives Bengaluru, India
15:30
Report Stadium: Padukone – Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence

2025

2 January Friendly India  11–1  Maldives Bengaluru, India
15:30
Mariyam Rifa 27' Stadium: Padukone – Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence
29 June Asian Cup qualifiers Vietnam  7–0  Maldives Việt Trì, Vietnam
--:-- UTC+7
Report Stadium: Việt Trì Stadium
Referee: Dong Fangyu (China)
2 July Asian Cup qualifiers Maldives  0–3  Guam Việt Trì, Vietnam
--:-- UTC+7 Report
Stadium: Việt Trì Stadium
Referee: Haneen Murad (Jordan)
5 July Asian Cup qualifiers United Arab Emirates  5–0  Maldives Việt Trì, Vietnam
--:-- UTC+7
  • Al-Zaabi 28', 45+4', 47'
  • Al-Hosani 68'
  • Al-Hazmi 90+1'
 Report Stadium: Việt Trì Stadium
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)

Coaching staff

As of 18 October 2024[3]
Position Name Ref.
Head coach Mohamed Nizam
Assistant coach Mariyam Mirfatah
Assistant coach Aminath Siyana
Goalkeeping coach Ahmed Fayaz
Physical coach Sheenez Mohamed

Manager history

Players

Current squad

  • The following players were called up for the friendly matches against India in December 2024 and January 2025.[4]

Caps and goals accurate up to and including 13 July 2021.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Aminath Leeza (1986-11-25) 25 November 1986
18 1GK Saiga Hussain (1993-03-26) 26 March 1993
6 2DF Fathimath Afza (1988-11-01) 1 November 1988
7 2DF Fathimath Inaasha Adam (2001-04-21) 21 April 2001
12 2DF Maryam Shafa Binthi Ahmed Ali (2001-11-28) 28 November 2001
14 2DF Hawwa Haneefa (Captain) (1990-01-31) 31 January 1990
22 2DF Rishma Abdullah (2001-04-21) 21 April 2001
12 2DF Shahfa Shiuth (2003-11-21) 21 November 2003
13 3MF Aishath Raveena (2001-11-21) 21 November 2001
17 3MF Mariyam Rifa (1992-08-29) 29 August 1992
5 3MF Shiyana Ahmed Zuhair (1988-01-01) 1 January 1988
16 3MF Aishath Ameesha Salaam (2007-07-09) 9 July 2007
4 3MF Fathimath Sibahath Haneef (1992-08-06) 6 August 1992
9 3MF Aishath Althaf Mohamed (2001-11-28) 28 November 2001
11 3MF Fathimath Shahuma (2002-12-21) 21 December 2002
10 4FW Mariyam Noora (2002-09-04) 4 September 2002
19 4FW Raniya Ibrahim (2005-04-06) 6 April 2005
20 4FW Maeesha Abdul Hannan (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000
20 4FW Maeesha Abdul Hannan (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000
3 4FW Safiyya Rafa (1998-04-09) 9 April 1998
12 Faiha Ali Hassan (2002-12-31) 31 December 2002
12 Saha Abdul Hahman (2002-11-28) 28 November 2002
12 Haleemath Hishmaa (2006-01-29) 29 January 2006

Recent call-ups

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
GK Fathimath Sausan (1994-10-03) 3 October 1994  Bhutan,24 October 2024
DF Zulaikha Habeeb (1998-08-23) 23 August 1998  Bhutan,24 October 2024
DF Aminath Zaahiya (1993-07-11) 11 July 1993  Bhutan,24 October 2024

Previous squads

Asian Games

Records

Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result GP W D L GS GA GD GP W D L GS GA GD
1991 to 2003 Did not exist Did not exist
2007 Did not qualify Via AFC Women's Asian Cup
2011
2015 Did not enter Did not enter
2019
2023 Did not qualify Via AFC Women's Asian Cup
2027
2031 To be determined To be determined
2035
Total 0/10 – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record Qualification record
Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA GD Pld W D* L GF GA GD
1996 to 2004 Did not exist Did not exist
2008 Did not qualify 3 0 0 3 0 20 −20
2012 Did not enter Did not enter
2016 Did not enter Did not enter
2020 Did not qualify 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9
2024 Withdrew from qualification Withdrew
2028 Did not qualify Via AFC Women's Asian Cup
2032 To be determined To be determined
Total 0/9 – – – – – – – 3 0 0 3 2 31 −29
*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup record Qualification record
Year Result GP W D* L GS GA GD GP W D* L GS GA GD
1975 to 2003 Did not exist Did not exist
2006 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 10 −10
2008 Did not enter Did not enter
2010 Did not qualify 4 0 0 4 0 20 −20
2014 Did not enter Did not enter
2018
2022 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 20 −20
2026 3 0 0 3 0 15 −15
2029 To be determined To be determined
Total 0/21 – – – – – – – 11 0 0 11 0 65 −65
*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
1990 to 2002 Did not exist
2006 Did not participate
2010
2014 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 38 −38
2018 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 21 −21
2022 Did not participate
2026 To be determined
Total 2/10 6 0 0 6 0 59 −59
*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

SAFF Women's Championship

SAFF Women's Championship record
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
2022 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 19 −19
2024 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 25 −25
Total 7/7 21 3 2 16 14 101 −87
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

South Asian Games

South Asian Games record
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
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFF Women's Championship

AFF Women's Championship record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA GA
Invitee
2004 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 43 −43
Total 1/12 3 0 0 3 0 43 −43
*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours

Regional

Bronze Medal: 2019

See also

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 11 December 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Member Association – Maldives". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  3. ^ "SAFF Women's Championshipf' 24 Match Report Match 2" (PDF). SAFF. 18 October 2024.
  4. ^ "India vs Maldives || 14–0 || FIFA International Women's Friendly 2024 || Football Accent". youtube. 29 December 2024.
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