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The Nepal women's national football team is controlled by the All Nepal Football Association and represents Nepal in women's international football competitions. The Women's Football Department is developed to control and manage the women's football activities. The official motto of women's football in Nepal is "Football for Change". It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation and the South Asian Football Federation and has yet to qualify for the World Cup.

Nepal
नेपाल राष्ट्रिय महिला फुटबल टिम
Nickname(s)Nepali Chelis
AssociationAll Nepal Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationSAFF (South Asia)
Head coachKumar Thapa
CaptainRenuka Nagarkoti[1]
Most capsNiru Thapa (41)
Top scorerSabitra Bhandari (40)
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeNEP
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 103 1 (13 October 2022)[2]
Highest92 (December 2009)
Lowest128 (August 2012)
First international
   Nepal 0–1 Hong Kong 
(Hong Kong; 14 December 1986)
Biggest win
   Nepal 13–0 Afghanistan 
(Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh; 14 December 2010)
Biggest defeat
 Japan 14–0 Nepal   
(Hong Kong; 24 December 1989)
 Japan 14–0 Nepal
(Barotac Nuevo, Philippines; 12 November 1999)
Asian Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1986)
Best resultGroup stage (1986, 1989, 1999)
SAFF Championship
Appearances6 (first in 2010)
Best resultRunners-up (2010, 2012, 2014, 2019,2022)
Medal record
SAFF Women's Championship
2010 Bangladesh
2012 Sri Lanka
2014 Pakistan
2019 Nepal
2022 Nepal
South Asian Games
2010 DhakaTeam
2016 Guwahati & ShillongTeam
2019 Kathmandu & PokharaTeam

History



Formation


First international football game in the Nepali women's football in 1984
First international football game in the Nepali women's football in 1984

Nepal formed a women's national team in the mid-1980s and debuted in the 1986 AFC Women's Championship. During the start of the tournament, Nepal played their first official match against Hong Kong (14 December 1986), which they lost with a score of 1–0. Nepal women's side also participated in the final three phases of the Asian Cup in 1986, 1989 and 1999, never going beyond the group stages. Nepal proved to be in a difficult group with former champions Thailand, alongside Indonesia and Hong Kong, two relatively strong teams. As a result, Nepal had lost all three matches, two of them jarringly, while the match against Hong Kong proved to be a steady profit. In 1989 Nepal played again in the championship, against the same opponents, except that Thailand was substituted against Japan. This resulted in meagre points for Nepal, who lost every game by a wide margin, the smallest 0–3 against Hong Kong.

Nepal's FIFA First Vice President was Kamal Thapa. Nepal's first woman captain was Rama Singh when the Nepali women's football team was created, Kamal Thapa was the president of the All Nepal Football Association. Singh, who represented the Bagmati team, started playing in 1985. The second national team's captain was Kamala Hirachan who also represented the Gandaki team and the third women captain was Meera Chaudhary who represented Naryani team. Singh later became the first newsreader in Nepali television history, and Chaudhary has held a rank of DSP in Nepal police. The first female international goal scorer of Nepal is Pema Dolma Lama, who scored a goal against Uzbekistan at the 1999 AFC Women's Championship held in Philippines.


Crisis years


As a result of the democracy uprising in 1990, there was an eight-year period without a women's national team. This negatively affected player recruitment, but nevertheless Nepal soon returned to international football during the Women's Asian Cup in 1999. Despite their triumphant return, the results were about the same as before the eight-year hiatus. The championship ended in the group-stage with Japan, Thailand, Uzbekistan and the Philippines, where Nepal lost all four games. Since then, Nepal has not appeared in the Women's Asian cup. Former men's national team technical director, Holger Obermann served as the technical advisor for the Chelis during their 1999 campaign.[3]

However, this did not mean that Nepal had not played football since 1999. The Mangladevi League, roughly a month-long women's football tourney, was set up trying to bring in women football players across the country. It was played in early 2000, in a league-cum-knockout basis. It was an initiative taken by a single person, but sadly discontinued after a year.[4]

Nepal had a long period without matches, but they impressed many in the South Asian Games in 2010, where they reached the final after beating several opponents by a wide margin. In the finals they lost narrowly 1–3 against the big favorite India. This gave the national team a much needed recognition. The 11th South Asian Games also were the first to host a women's football event as well.[5] In the opening match of the 2010 South Asian Games, Nepal women's U23 faced hosts Bangladesh, where they won with a single goal. The second match against Sri Lanka proved to be more illustrious as victory came in the form of 8 goals while holding a clean sheet. However, the scoring spree was short lived as the third group-stage match against India saw a heavy 0–5 loss. Nevertheless, Nepal had done enough to qualify for the second round (semi finals) against Pakistan which they won with a resounding 7–0 scoreline. This meant that Nepal would face a difficult rematch against India in the finals, although any result would ensure a medal at the very least for the Chelis. Despite finally ending the scoring drought against India, the game was lost 1–3. Despite putting on a valiant performance, the Chelis returned home with a silver medal which came to the delight of many supporters of Nepali football due to the rarity of the occasion.


Regeneration


The regeneration of Women's football in Nepal was first realised when after the national leagues were reinstated in 2009. The women's national team prior to this, hadn't played an international game for 5 years. Nevertheless, the Chelis began training for two upcoming major international tournaments in the following year. In 2010, Nepali women footballers returned with two runner-up trophies, one from the 11th South Asian Games, and the other from the SAFF Women's Football Championship. Despite limited training, resources and less attention compared to the men's team, the women's team had performed exceedingly well internationally. In the South Asian Games, they defeated Sri Lanka 8–0, and in SAFF they thrashed Afghanistan 13–0 and Pakistan 11–0. Striker Anu Lama was the star of SAFF, scoring three hat-tricks to be declared the best player of the tournament. However, the team was defeated 0–5 by India in the SAG final, but it was a much more closely fought match when they lost 0–1 to the same team in the SAFF final recently.

Following the team's regeneration since 2010, the women's side rose 22 places in the FIFA ranking.[6]


Team image



Nicknames


The Nepal women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Nepali Chelis".


Home stadium


The Dasharath Rangasala at daytime in 2008
The Dasharath Rangasala at daytime in 2008

The team's home ground are various around the nation also shared with the Nepal national football team at the Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, a multi-purpose stadium in central Kathmandu, Nepal. Holding 25,000 spectators, of which 5,000 seated, it is the biggest stadium in Nepal. It is named after Dashrath Chand, one of the martyrs of Nepal. Prior to the 2013 SAFF Championship in Nepal, the Dasarath Rangasala underwent heavy renovation that saw several improvements such as the expansion of seats from 20,000 to 25,000.


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


2021


September 9, 2021 (2021-09-09) FIFA Friendly Nepal    2–1  Bangladesh Kathmandu, Nepal
17:15 BST
  • Sabita Rana 13'
    Prity Roy 32'
Report Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala
September 12, 2021 (2021-09-12) FIFA Friendly Nepal    0–0  Bangladesh Kathmandu, Nepal
17:15 BST Report Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala
September 18, 2021 (2021-09-18) 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification Nepal    1–2  Philippines Tashkent, Uzbekistan
15:00
  • Chaudhary 9'
Report
Stadium: JAR Stadium
Referee: Anna Sidorova (Uzbekistan)
September 21, 2021 (2021-09-21) 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification Hong Kong  0–0    Nepal Tashkent, Uzbekistan
18:00 Stadium: JAR Stadium

2022


6 September 2022 SAFF W GS Bhutan  0–4    Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal
17:30 Report
Stadium: Dashrath Stadium
Attendance: 2210
Referee: Tekcham Ranjita Devi (India)
12 September 2022 SAFF W GS Nepal    6–0  Sri Lanka Kathmandu, Nepal
17:30
  • Saru 11'
  • Amrita 17'
  • Dipa 45+3'
  • Amisha 73', 90+3'
Report Stadium: Dashrath Stadium
Attendance: 2650
Referee: Jaya Chakma (Bangladesh)
16 September 2022 SAFF W Semifinal Nepal    1-0 India  Kathmandu, Nepal
17:30 Stadium: Dashrath Stadium
19 September 2022 2022 SAFF W F Bangladesh  3-1 Nepal    Kathmandu, Nepal
17:00 Stadium: Dashrath Stadium
Attendance: 15730

All-time results


As of 19 September 2022
counted for the FIFA A-level matches only.
Nations First played P W D L GF GA GD
 Afghanistan 20102200201+19
 Bangladesh 20106511134+9
 Bhutan 20144400210+21
 Hong Kong 1986301204−4
 India 2010152211936−27
 Indonesia 19863102215−13
 Iran 2019110030+3
 Japan 19892002028−28
 Kuwait 2013110080+8
 Kyrgyzstan 2019110082+6
 Malaysia 2016310235−2
 Maldives 20105500250 +25
 Myanmar 20184013310−7
 Pakistan 20104400290+29
 Philippines 1999200217−6
 Qatar 2013220090+9
 Sri Lanka 20107700240 +24
 Tajikistan 2019110010+1
 Thailand 19862002010−10
 Uzbekistan 19993003311−8
Total 1986 68 36 4 28 181 128 +53

Coaching staff and team officials


As of February 2021

Head Coach Kumar Thapa[7]
Manager Pema Dolma Lama
Assistant coach Aruna Gurung
Goalkeeping coach Ashmita Khawas
Team physio Navina Shrestha
Technical official Subash Neupane

Players



Current squad


No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
16 1GK Anjila Tumbapo Subba (1996-05-28) 28 May 1996 (age 26) 20 0 APF Club
20 1GK Anjana Rana Magar (2002-01-17) 17 January 2002 (age 20) 4 0 Nepal Army Club
22 1GK Usha Nath (2001-02-02) 2 February 2001 (age 21) 0 0 Nepal Police Club

15 2DF Man Maya Limbu (1992-02-19) 19 February 1992 (age 30) 28 0 APF Club
3 2DF Punam Jargha Magar (1993-06-27) 27 June 1993 (age 29) 26 1 Nepal Army Club
6 2DF Hira Kumari Bhujel (1995-12-26) 26 December 1995 (age 26) 25 1 APF Club
12 2DF Gita Rana (1996-09-21) 21 September 1996 (age 26) 21 0 APF Club
5 2DF Amrita Jaishi age= (1994-10-15) 15 October 1994 (age 28) 19 0 Nepal Police Club
2 2DF Kabita Dhimal age= (1990-02-12) 12 February 1990 (age 32) 2 0 Nepal Army Club
23 2DF Puja Rana (2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 21) 1 0 Nepal Army Club

19 3MF Dipa Rai (1990-05-03) 3 May 1990 (age 32) 27 0 Nepal Army Club
7 3MF Renuka Nagarkote (1995-04-16) 16 April 1995 (age 27) 27 0 APF Club
11 3MF Anita Basnet (1994-12-27) 27 December 1994 (age 27) 26 4 Sethu FC
18 3MF Manjali Kumari Yonjon (2001-05-10) 10 May 2001 (age 21) 21 4 APF Club
27 3MF Saru Limbu (2001-03-04) 4 March 2001 (age 21) 16 0 APF Club
25 3MF Anita KC (1997-06-25) 25 June 1997 (age 25) 9 0 APF Club
21 3MF Sharmila Thapa (1993-03-18) 18 March 1993 (age 29) 8 2 APF Club

14 4FW Niru Thapa (captain) (1990-08-30) 30 August 1990 (age 32) 41 13 Nepal Police Club
9 4FW Sabitra Bhandari (1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 (age 26) 40 40 Gokulam Kerala FC
8 4FW Rekha Paudel (2002-01-09) 9 January 2002 (age 20) 5 1 APF Club
2 4FW Sabita Rai (2002-01-09) 9 January 2002 (age 20) 2 1 APF Club

Notable players


-Best goalkeeper of the Year 2013, 2014 and 2015


Honours



Regional



Other tournaments



Competitive record


*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
***Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA Women's World Cup


FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA GD Pts
1991Did not enter
1995
1999
2003Withdrew
2007Did not enter
2011
2015
2019
2023Did not qualify
2027To be determined
Total0/800000000

AFC Women's Asian Cup


AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA GD Pts
1975Did not enter (No team)
1977
1980
1981
1983
1986Group Stage3003012−120
1989Group Stage3003025−250
1991Did not enter
1993
1995
1997
1999Group Stage4004130−290
2001Did not enter
2003
2006
2008
2010
2014
2018
2022Did not qualify
Total3/20100010167–660

SAFF Women's Championship


SAFF Women's Championship record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA GD Pts
2010Runners-up5401341+3312
2012Runners-up5401244+2012
2014Runners-up5401176+1112
2016Semi-final4301193+169
2019Runners-up320173+46
2022TBD
Total5/522170510117+8451

South Asian Games


South Asian Games record[9]
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA GD Pts
2010 Silver5302179+89
2016 Silver531194+510
2019 Silver420243+16
2023TBD
Total3/3148153016+1425

Other tournaments


Host/Year/Tournament Name Result Pld W D* L GF GA GD
2019 Women's Gold CupRunners-up420267–1
2019 Nadezhda CupRunners-up4202117+4

See also



References


  1. "Niru Thapa chosen captain of women's national football team". The Himalayan Times. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  3. "NFH – Archived News". Angelfire. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  4. "Off-side: In support of the Nepali women footballers". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  5. Richardson, Andy (5 March 2009). "Nepali football – Sportsworld". Al-Jazeera Sportsworld. Retrieved 4 January 2016 via YouTube.
  6. "FIFA Rankings Nepal Women's National Team". Archived from the original on July 9, 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  7. "ANFA | Kumar Thapa appointed as head coach for SAFF Women's Championship". the-anfa.com. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
  8. "AFC Olympic Women's Round 2 Qualifiers: ANFA Bides Farewell To Women's Team". GoalNepal. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  9. "South Asian Federation Games (Women's Tournament)". RSSSF. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2018.





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