Sudan women's national football team

Sudan
AssociationSudan Football Association (SFA)
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationCECAFA
(East & Central Africa)
Head coachImed Houjly
CaptainFatima Kidal
Top scorerRawan Abdelmoneim
Rayan Ragab (1)
FIFA codeSDN
FIFA ranking
CurrentNR (16 August 2024)[1]
First international
 Egypt 10–0 Sudan 
(Cairo, Egypt; 24 August 2021)[2]
Biggest defeat
 Algeria 14–0 Sudan 
(Algiers, Algeria; 20 October 2021)
The Challenge, the unofficial Sudanese national women's football team, in 2018

The Sudan women's national football team (Arabic: منتخب السودان لكرة القدم للسيدات) is the official women's national football team of the country of Sudan. The team was established in 2021, and is controlled by the Sudan Football Association (SFA), the governing body for football in Sudan.

Women were not allowed to officially participate in sports such as football, until the Sudanese revolution of 2018–19 abolished the former restrictive public order laws.[3] In September 2019, a women's league with 21 teams from different cities in Sudan was established.[4] The national team first qualified for the 2021 Arab Women's Cup, organized by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) in Cairo, Egypt.

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  2. ^ "افتتاح كأس العرب للسيدات.. منتخب مصر يفوز على منتخب السودان وتعادل سلبي بين منتخبي تونس ولبنان" (in Arabic). 25 August 2021. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Sudan's First Female Football Stars Push for Women's Rights". www.voanews.com. 8 December 2019. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Women's soccer league kicks off in post-Bashir Sudan". Reuters. 2 October 2019. Archived from the original on 5 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.