Qatar women's national football team

Qatar is a conservative Islamic country which is experiencing some modernisation. Part of this modernisation includes the increasing visibility of sport. In order to place a bid for the World Cup, an official women's team had to be established. In 2010, it debuted at the first women's Arab tournament in the region, the Arabia Women's Cup as it was the team first participation at international level. They were not successful and finished last of the group, losing all matches against teams from Bahrain, Palestine and Syria.

In 2012, Qatar appointed a new coach for the national team, Monika Staab, a former German player. Her tenure led to improvements, which were reflected in their first two wins and reducing the goals difference from conceding +10 goals in one match to less than 7 goals. From 2012 to 2013, the Qatar Football Association has hosted seven friendlies matches in Doha against teams from South Asia and West Asia including Afghanistan, Maldives and Nepal, where the Qatari team enjoyed its first win, a 4:1 win against the Maldivian team. These friendly games led Qatar's women's team to the 111th place on the 2013 FIFA ranking.

At the 2014 WAFF Women's Championship in Jordan, Qatar played against Jordan, Palestine and Bahrain. Qatar finished last, losing all games while Dana Al-Jassim and Reem Al-Naemi scored one goal each, and suffering 19 goals.

Following their loss in 2014 WAFF Women's Championship, the team went inactive not playing a single game for more than 18 months, making them unranked in the FIFA ranking. Qatar women's team has appeared in some special events, like playing friendlies against the American football club Washington Spirit in December 2020,[5] and against Afghanistan after their evacuation from Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in which they won 5-0.[6] Qatar does not have any player development program.[2]

• Qatar Fixtures and Results – Soccerway.com

As of 19 August 2022

Position	Name
Head coach	Fedha Al-Abdullah[7]
Technical director	Vacant
Assistant coach	Vacant
Goalkeeping coach	Vacant
Fitness coach	Vacant
Delegation Leader	Vacant

The following players were named on April 2014 for the 2014 WAFF Women's Championship.

Caps and goals accurate up to and including 19 August 2022.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Latifa Al-Abdulla	(2002-11-28) 28 November 2002
12	1GK	Shaima Al-Siyabi	(1999-06-27) 27 June 1999			Al-Khor
2	2DF	Amna Al-Naimi	(2000-06-30) 30 June 2000
3	2DF	Dana Al-Dosari	(1993-05-05) 5 May 1993
11	2DF	Mooza Muaarej	(1997-12-20) 20 December 1997
13	2DF	Zahra Al-Naimi	(1998-10-09) 9 October 1998
14	2DF	Moudhi Al-Abdulla	(2000-11-08) 8 November 2000
15	2DF	Asalet Hijazi	(2000-11-28) 28 November 2000
27	2DF	Nasra AlSiyabi	(2000-01-26) 26 January 2000
5	3MF	Dana Al-Jassim	(1997-12-20) 20 December 1997
8	3MF	Asma Al-Sorore	(1995-11-28) 28 November 1995
9	3MF	Kholoud Al-Jassim	(1996-10-03) 3 October 1996			Qatar SC
10	3MF	Suaad Al-Hashemi (captain)	(2003-11-08) 8 November 2003
32	3MF	Duana Khalifa	(1997-07-07) 7 July 1997
4	4FW	Hagar Saleh	(1996-02-16) 16 February 1996
6	4FW	Reem Al-Naemi	(1999-12-11) 11 December 1999
7	4FW	Yasmeen El-Homsany	(1999-11-28) 28 November 1999

The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
	Emna Boussarsar		0	0	Al-Khor	Training camp, 12 January 2023

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 30 September 2021.