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Bhutan
Nickname(s)Dragon Ladies
AssociationBhutan Football Federation
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
Head coachHong Kyung-suk
Top scorerDeki Lhazom
Home stadiumChanglimithang Stadium
FIFA codeBHU
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 177 1 (13 October 2022)[1]
Highest113 (March 2017)
Lowest172 (June 2022)
First international
 Bangladesh 7–0 Bhutan 
(Dhaka, Bangladesh; 6 December 2010)
Biggest win
 Bhutan 5–0 Sri Lanka 
(Kathmandu, Nepal; 9 September 2022)
Biggest defeat
 India 18–0 Bhutan 
(Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh; 13 December 2010)
SAFF Championship
Appearances6 (first in 2010)
Best resultGroup stage

The Bhutan women's national football team represents Bhutan in international women's football. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in Bhutan, the Bhutan Football Federation, which is currently a member of the Asian Football Federation and the regional body the South Asian Football Federation. Bhutan play their home games at the national stadium, Changlimithang. It is one of the younger national teams in the world having played its first match in 2010. Bhutan took part in the 2014 SAFF Women's Championship in Islamabad, Pakistan at the end of 2014, losing all three games, including a 4–1 loss to host Pakistan in which Tshering Yangdon scored just the second official goal in the team's history.


History



The beginning


Bhutanese football in general came to the international stage comparatively late in the day with the men's national team only playing their first competitive international match in 1982[2] and the only junior team to compete internationally, the Under-17s making their debut in 2003.[3] The women's team did not enter any form of international competition until 2010.[4] Prior to their entry into international football, a formal women's competition was established in Bhutan for the first time, supported by a grant from FIFA and run by the Bhutan Football Federation.[5] Because of the very under-developed state of women's football in Bhutan at this time, club teams did not exist and so the tournament consisted of teams representing individual Dzongkhags.[5] This competition was used not only to increase the popularity of football amongst women in the country, but also to act as means of identifying and coaching players who would form the first ever Bhutan women's national football squad.[5]

Their first ever competitive game was a friendly match against Bangladesh in Dhaka on 6 December 2010 as a warm up for their appearance at the inaugural SAFF Women's Championships a week later.[4] Unfortunately, their debut was one to forget as, having travelled to Cox's Bazar where all of the group matches were scheduled to take place, they succumbed 7–0 to their hosts.[4] Their competition proper got off to an even worse start as they lost 18–0 to India, one of the strongest teams in the region.[4] Bangladesh then repeated their performance in the pre-competition friendly running out 9–0 victors and eliminating Bhutan from the competition.[4] The team were able to salvage some pride in their final game, drawing 1–1 with Sri Lanka, which marks their only positive result of any kind as well as their first competitive goal (one of two times they have scored a goal in a competitive match).[4] Their performance at the SAFF Championships saw them gain 889 ranking points.[6] Although they were at this stage only provisionally ranked in 127th and last place as they had not played the required number of five competitive matches against officially ranked teams, their performance saw them achieve a higher points total than four other provisionally ranked teams: the U.S. Virgin Islands, Liberia, Qatar and Afghanistan.[6] Had they been officially ranked, their points tally would have placed them in 122nd place ahead of ranked nations Tanzania, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda and Botswana.[6]

The women's team then withdrew from international football for the next two years, re-emerging to play in the 2012 SAFF Women's Championship. Prior to the tournament in Sri Lanka, the team of twenty five, including two referees and physiotherapists, but with the playing squad consisting entirely of students, flew to Bangkok for two weeks training to get accustomed to warmer weather.[7] They entered the tournament provisionally ranked 34th out of 35 in the Asian Football Confederation, with only Afghanistan ranked below them, and unranked on the global listing because they had been inactive for more than eighteen months.[6] At this point, with their points total of 889, they had a higher technical rating than twelve teams who were either unranked due to inactivity or provisionally ranked in last place due to insufficient competition and had more ranking points than five officially ranked teams: Iraq, Mozambique, Malawi, Antigua and Barbuda and Bostswana.[6] The team travelled to Sri Lanka to play their fixtures at the Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club Grounds and were drawn in a group with the same teams as the previous edition of the tournament. Sri Lanka took advantage of their status as hosts in the first match, beating Bhutan 4–0, taking the lead after just four minutes through Nilushika Kumari, with Praveena Perera wrapping up the scoring at the end of the game following two goals either side of half time from Erandi Kumudumala.[8] Bhutan performed better in their next game, a narrow 1–0 loss to Bangladesh, but this eliminated them from the tournament.[9] Their final match against India was very one-sided, though not as great a defeat as last time, India still ran out victors 11–0 sending Bhutan home without a point or a goal.[10]

Having now played the required five games against already ranked teams, Bhutan received their first official ranking position: 128th, ahead of Antigua and Barbuda and Botswana.[6] Bhutan have not played a competitive match since the 2014 SAFF Championships, but due to movements around them, did climb to a high ranking of 115th in December 2013[6] The team took part in the 2014 SAFF Women's Championship held in November 2014 in Pakistan.


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Home stadium


The Bhutan women's national football team plays their home matches on the Changlimithang Stadium.


Results and fixtures


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


2022


6 September 2022 SAFF W GS Bhutan  0–4    Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
17:30 Report
  • Sabitra 12', 63'
  • Anita 73', 85'
Stadium: Dashrath Stadium
Attendance: 2210
Referee: Tekcham Ranjita Devi (India)
9 September 2022 SAFF W GS Sri Lanka  0–5  Bhutan Kathmandu, Nepal
17:30 Report
  • Dema 42'
  • Lhazom 50', 64'
  • Lhaden 85'
  • Wangmo 89'
Stadium: Dashrath Stadium
Attendance: 172
Referee: Tekcham Ranjita Devi (India)
16 September 2022 SAFF W SF Bangladesh  8–0  Bhutan Kathmandu, Nepal
13:00
Stadium: Dashrath Stadium
24 September Friendly Saudi Arabia  3–3  Bhutan Abha, Saudi Arabia
  • Sadaqah 15'
  • Mubarak 75'
  • Al-Ibrahim 90'
Report
  • Choden Tshering 5'
  • Yangdon 40'
  • Choden 42'
Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
28 September Friendly Saudi Arabia  2–4  Bhutan Abha, Saudi Arabia
Report
  • Choden Tshering 22', 30', 59'
  • Yangdon 68'
Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium

Head-to-head record


As of October 2022:

Key
  Positive balance (more wins than losses)
  Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
  Negative balance (more losses than wins)

The following table shows Bhutan' all-time official international record per opponent:

Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD W% Confederation
 Bangladesh5005027-2700.00AFC
 India2002029-2900.00AFC
 Maldives100113-200.00AFC
   Nepal5005027-2700.00AFC
 Pakistan100114-300.00AFC
 Saudi Arabia211075+250.00AFC
 Sri Lanka83141211+137.5AFC
Total25421824109-8505.88

Coaching staff



Current coaching staff


As of 9 September 2022
Position Name
Head Coach Hong Kyung-suk[11]
Media Officer Cheki wangmo
Assistant Coach Tanka Maya Ghalley
Goalkeeping Coach Mon Bhattrai
Physiotherapist Chhador Zangmo
Team Manager Bumchu Chimi Pem

Manager history


Name Period Tournament
Kota Namgay 2010–2012 2010 SAFF Women's Championship: Eighth Place (Last)
2012 SAFF Women's Championship: Eighth Place (Last)
Dorji Khandu 2014 2012 SAFF Women's Championship: Seventh Place
Lee Sung-jea 2016–2019 2016 SAFF Women's Championship: Seventh Place (Last)
2019 SAFF Women's Championship: Sixth Place
Denka Na[12] 2019
Hong Kyung-suk[13] 2022–Present 2022 SAFF Women's Championship: Semi-finalist

Players



Current squad


The following 22 players were called up for the 2022 SAFF Women's Championship in Nepal from 6–19 September 2022.
Caps and goals are updated as of 9 September 2022 after the match against Sri Lanka.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Norbu Zangmo
22 1GK Kinzang Dema
23 1GK Sangita Monger

2 2DF Kelden Lhamo
3 2DF Karma Zangmo (1997-08-30) 30 August 1997 (age 25)
4 2DF Sonam Choden (1993-07-03) 3 July 1993 (age 29)
5 2DF Suk Maya Ghalley
12 2DF Jamyang Choden
16 2DF Dorji Edon (1995-10-20) 20 October 1995 (age 27)
17 2DF Karma Wangmo
18 2DF Kinley Zangmo
20 2DF Ugyen Choden (1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 26)

6 3MF Pema Choden Tshering (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 (age 26)
8 3MF Deki Yangdon
10 3MF Sonam Yangchen
11 3MF Namgyel Dema
13 3MF Sunita Rai (2001-11-27) 27 November 2001 (age 20)
14 3MF Tshering Lhadon
15 3MF Sonam Choden (1997-12-09) 9 December 1997 (age 24)
19 3MF Yeshey Bidha

7 4FW Tshering Yangden (1995-12-22) 22 December 1995 (age 26)
9 4FW Galey Wangmo (1994-09-05) 5 September 1994 (age 28)
21 4FW Delki Lhazom

Recent call-ups


Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Nima Lhden (1992-11-20) 20 November 1992 (age 29) 0 0 TBD
GK Ngawang Chozom 0 0
DF Sonam Dema (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 24) 0 0
DF Sonam Choki (2001-04-10) 10 April 2001 (age 21) 0 0
DF Ugyen Wangmo
DF Kinley Zangmo 0 0
MF Ngawang Yangchen (1997-12-07) 7 December 1997 (age 24) 0 0
FW Sonam Wangmo 0 0

Records


Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.


Competitive record



FIFA Women's World Cup


FIFA Women's World Cup record
Hosts / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
1991 to 2023 Did not enter
Total0/9

AFC Women's Asian Cup


AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Hosts / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
1975 to 2022Did not enter
Total0/20

SAFF Women's Championship


SAFF Women's Championship record
Hosts / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
2010Group stage3012128
20123003016
20143003115
20163003113
2019200205
2022Semi-finals3102512
Total6/6171115889
SAFF Women's Championship history
Year Round Score Result
2010 Group stage India 18–0 Bhutan Loss
Group stage Bangladesh 9–0 Bhutan Loss
Group stage Bhutan 1–1 Sri Lanka Draw
2012 Group stage Bhutan 0–4 Sri Lanka Loss
Group stage Bangladesh 1–0 Bhutan Loss
Group stage Bhutan 0–11 India Loss
2014 Group stage Bhutan 0–4 Nepal Loss
Group stage Bhutan 0–3 Sri Lanka Loss
Group stage Bhutan 1–4 Pakistan Loss
2016 Group stage Bhutan 0–8 Nepal Loss
Group stage Bhutan 0–2 Sri Lanka Loss
Group stage Bhutan 1–3 Maldives Loss
2019
Group stage Bhutan 0–3 Nepal Loss
Group stage Bangladesh 2–0 Bhutan Loss
2022
Group stage Bhutan 0–4 Nepal Loss
Group stage Sri Lanka 0–5 Bhutan Won
Semi-finals Bangladesh 8–0 Bhutan Loss
*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicates 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament.

See also


National teams
Men's
Women's

References


  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. "World Football Elo Ratings: Bhutan". eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratingsand Advanced Satellite Consulting. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  3. Diaz Rubio, Julian; Hashim, Refel; Zea, Antonio; Lee, Seungsoo (11 February 2006). "Asian U-17 Championship 2004". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. "Bhutan Women's Fixtures and Results". FIFA. 31 July 2014. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  5. Unknown, Editor (8 January 2010). "Sarpang wins inter-dzongkhag women's football". Bhutan Observer. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  6. "FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 March 2011. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  7. Phuntsho, Tashi (September 2012). "Women's national football team in Bangkok". Kuensel. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  8. "Sri Lanka vs Bhutan – 2014 SAFF Women's Championship". goalnepal.com. GoalNepal.com. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  9. "Bangladesh vs Bhutan – 2014 SAFF Women's Championship". goalnepal.com. GoalNepal.com. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  10. "Bhutan vs India – 2014 SAFF Women's Championship". goalnepal.com. GoalNepal.com. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  11. "National women's team preparing for SAFF championship".
  12. FIFA.com. "Member Association - Bhutan - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  13. "National women's team preparing for SAFF championship".





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