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 | 161 (16 August 2024)[1] | |||
Highest | 91 (December 2009) | |||
Lowest | 162 (December 2023) | |||
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.