Sudan women's national football team

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Not to be confused with South Sudan women's national football team.

Sudan
Shirt badge/Association crest
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 (15 March 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.

History[edit]

Main article: Women's football in Sudan

Background[edit]

The Sudan Football Association, which was founded in 1946, and became FIFA affiliated in 1948,[5] was one of the founding members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and continues to be a member of the Confederation.[6]

According to a 2011 study of the relationship between religious fundamentalism and globalized societies, the fact that some Sudanese women already had started playing football since the early 2000s despite social and legal restrictions was considered a critical step for the development of an unofficial women's league.[7] As part of this informal league, a first national women's team called The Challenge was created in 2006 in Khartoum.[8] In 2006, The Challenge played its first competitive match. It was captained by Sara Edward and played against a team from Sudan University that wore clothes corresponding to Islamic norms. As reported, the quality of play was not high and the game ended in a 2–0 win for The Challenge team.[9][10]

In response to a question from FIFA regarding the feasibility of creating a women's national team in 2012,[11] the Islamic Fiqh Council issued another fatwa against the creation of a women's soccer team, deeming it an immoral act.[12] The fatwa claimed that football was a men's sport and women should not participate in it, because it challenges the differences between men and women.[13]

Recognition[edit]

Following the establishment of a women's league in 2019 with 21 teams from different cities under the new transitional government, the Sudan Football Association recognized and started to support women's local and national teams.[4] At the start of 2021, Sudan's women's national team continued to lack FIFA recognition.[5][14] By August of that year, however, it had been recognized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and was invited to participate in the 2021 Arab Women's Cup.[15]

Since its official recognition in 2019, Sudan joined other countries in the Arab and African regions to have a women's league. Due to its membership in the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA), the national team's first international competition was in 2021, when they played in the Arab Women's Cup.[16][17]

In popular media[edit]

The 2019 award-winning documentary Khartoum Offside by Sudanese filmmaker Marwa Zein tells the story of the women who made up The Challenge team under the Islamist government of the time.[18][19]

Results and fixtures[edit]

Main article: Sudan women's national football team results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Source: Goalzz.com

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023[edit]

September 2023 (2023-09) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg Angola  Cancelled  Sudan
September 2023 (2023-09) 2024 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg Sudan  Cancelled  Angola

Coaching staff[edit]

Current coaching staff[edit]

As of 1 February 2022
Position Name Ref.
Head coach Sudan Imed Houjly [20]
Assistant coach Sudan Salma Majdi
Goalkeeping coach Sudan Khaled Darwich
Physical coach Sudan Soujoud Hafedh

Manager history[edit]

As of 9 August 2021

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following players were called up for the friendly match against South Sudan in February 2022.[21][needs update]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Amina Omar Liwaa 0 Sudan Al Hilal Dalang
1GK Houda Ali 0 Sudan
2DF Raghda Bader Idin 0 Sudan
2DF Asmaa Abkar Abdallah 0 Sudan Al-Difaa
2DF Rania Babker Babo Amer (1996-10-28) 28 October 1996 (age 27) 0 Sudan Al-Tahadi
2DF Najlaa Saleh (1988-11-10) 10 November 1988 (age 35) 0 Sudan Al-Tahadi
2DF Samia Kassam Hussein (1995-12-11) 11 December 1995 (age 28) 0 Sudan Al-Tahadi
3MF Nidal Fadlallah (1987-11-10) 10 November 1987 (age 36) 0 Sudan Al-Tahadi
3MF Fatima Kidal (captain) 0 Sudan Al-Difaa
3MF Bkhaite Elias 0 Sudan Al-Difaa
3MF Hala Zakaria Mostafi (1990-07-31) 31 July 1990 (age 33) 0 Sudan Al-Tahadi
4FW Rayan Ibrahim Ahmed Ragab (1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 (age 31) 1 Sudan Al-Tahadi
4FW Rawan Samir 0
4FW Faten Zaher 0 Sudan Alkournuk
Noura Mouhamed 0 Sudan
Islem Imad 0 Sudan
Ilmhem Baltoun 0 Sudan
Fatma Abed Kader 0 Sudan
Orjuan Essam Sudan

Recent call-ups[edit]

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


INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
SUS Player is serving a suspension.
WD Player withdrew for personal reasons.

Records[edit]

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 26 August 2021.

Competitive record[edit]

FIFA Women's World Cup[edit]

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA GD
China 1991 to Canada 2015 did not exist
France 2019 did not enter
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 Withdrew
Total 0/2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games[edit]

Summer Olympics record
Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA GD
United States 1996 to Japan 2020 did not exist
France 2024
Total 0/7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Africa Women Cup of Nations[edit]

Africa Women Cup of Nations record
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA GD
1991 to Namibia 2014 did not exist
Cameroon 2016 to Ghana 2018 did not enter
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
Morocco 2022 Withdrew
Morocco 2024 W/D
Total 0/2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

African Games[edit]

African Games record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA GD
Nigeria 2003 to Morocco 2019 did not exist
Republic of the Congo 2023 to be determined
Total 0/4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CECAFA Women's Championship[edit]

CECAFA Women's Championship
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA GD
Zanzibar 1986 to Tanzania 2019 did not exist
Tanzania 2021 Cancelled
Uganda 2022 did not enter
Total 0/5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Arab Women's Cup[edit]

Arab Women's Cup record
Appearances: 2
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Egypt 2006 did not exist
Egypt 2021 Group stage 6th 3 0 0 3 2 27 −25
Total Groupe stage 1/2 3 0 0 2 27 −25

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations[edit]

The list shown below shows the Sudan national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.
*As of 22 February 2022 after match against South Sudan.

Key
  Positive balance (more wins than losses)
  Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
  Negative balance (more losses than wins)
Against Pld W D L GF GA GD Confederation
 Algeria 2 0 0 2 0 17 −17 CAF
 South Sudan 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 CAF
 Tunisia 1 0 0 1 1 12 −11 CAF
 Egypt 1 0 0 1 0 10 −10 CAF
 Lebanon 1 0 0 1 1 5 −4 AFC

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 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. ^ a b "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.
  5. ^ a b FIFA (2006). "Women's Football Today" (PDF): 184. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Saavedra, Martha E. "Women's Football in the Horn of Africa" (PDF). African Women's Football in the Global Sports Arena. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  7. ^ Ulrika Mårtensson; Jennifer Bailey (19 July 2011). Fundamentalism in the Modern World Vol 2: Fundamentalism and Communication: Culture, Media and the Public Sphere. I.B. Tauris. pp. 320–325. ISBN 978-1-84885-331-7. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  8. ^ Naib, Fatima (3 May 2015). "Tackling taboos: Women's football in Sudan". www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Sudanese women play first competitive soccer". Sudan Tribune. 24 February 2006. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  10. ^ فتيات كرة القدم السودانية يبحثن عن ملاعب ومخرج لورطتهن (in Arabic). Sudaneseinphilly.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  11. ^ فتوى بتحريم الكرة النسائية فى السودان (in Arabic). January 2012. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  12. ^ "Sudan's Islamic Fiqh Council bans formation of womens [sic] soccer team". Sudan Tribune. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  13. ^ شبكة المشكاة الإسلامية (in Arabic). Meshkat.net. 16 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  14. ^ "Women's Ranking". origin1904-p.cxm.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 August 2021.[dead link]
  15. ^ "Arab Women's Cup 2021 set to kick off in Cairo". Arab News. 24 August 2021. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Sudan - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics - Global Sports Archive".
  17. ^ "Arab nations reap rewards of development of women's game". www.fifa.com. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Oufsaiyed Elkhortoum | Khartoum Offside". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  19. ^ "Review: Khartoum Offside". Cineuropa – the best of european cinema. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
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