Djibouti women's national football team explained

Djibouti
Badge:Flag of Djibouti.svg
Association:Djiboutian Football Federation
Sub-Confederation:CECAFA (East Africa & Central Africa)
Confederation:CAF (Africa)
Coach:Hassan kako
Fifa Trigramme:DJI
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First Game: 7–0
(Kenya, 26 March 2006)
Largest Win: 1–3
(Mauritania, 30 July 2019)
Largest Loss: 13–0
(17 November 2019)
World Cup Apps:0
Regional Name:Olympic Games
Regional Cup Apps:0
2Ndregional Name:African Women's Championship
2Ndregional Cup Apps:0
Type:women

The Djibouti women's national football team represents the country in international competitions. Football is organised by the Djiboutian Football Federation, with women's football formally organised in the country in 2002, and a national team was later created.

History

Background

The country became independent in 1977.[1] The Djiboutian Football Federation was founded in 1977 and joined FIFA in 1994. Football is one of the most popular sports in the country.[2] Women's football development in Africa has to deal with several challenges that impact the ability to develop a high level of play, including limited access to education, poverty amongst women in the wider society, and fundamental inequality present in the society that occasionally allows for female specific human rights abuses.[3] When high level women's players are developed, many leave the country seeking greater opportunity in Northern Europe or the United States.[4] Another issue facing women's football in Africa is that most of the money for the game does not come from national football federations but instead from FIFA.[4]

By 1985, few countries had their own women's national football teams.[5] Djibouti was no exception: women's football was not officially organised in the country until 2002 and then, only for players sixteen years and older. As of 2009, there were only eight women's clubs for these players in the country. There is a regional and national women's competition, which was established in 2007. The league provided the first opportunity for women outside the capital and major cities to play football.[6] The country has a women's national team but has no youth teams, meaning no U17 or U20 teams.[7] 12% of the money from the FIFA Financial Assistance Programme (FAP) is targeted at the technical development of the game, which includes women's football, sport medicine and futsal. This compares to 11% specifically set aside for men's competitions and 10% set aside for youth football.[8] Between 1991 and 2010, there was no FIFA FUTURO III regional course for women's coaching. A FUTURO III regional course men's coaching workshop was hosted in 2008. In 2007, there was a women's football seminar held in the country. In 2007, there was a FIFA MA course held for women/youth football.[9]

Performance

Between 1977 and April 2012, Djibouti women's national football team played in only one FIFA sanctioned match. It was played in Nairobi on 26 March 2006, with Kenya women's national football team winning 7–0, holding a lead of 4–0 over Djibouti at the half.[10] [11] [12] [13] The women's national team has not competed at the Women's World Cup.[1] They played two non-sanctioned games, one in 2004 and one in 2005.[7] In March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA[14] and did not formally exist.[15]

Results and fixtures

See main article: Djibouti women's national football team results.

See also: 2022 in association football, 2022 in sports and FIFA International Match Calendar.

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

Legend

2023

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

update 14 September 2023

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Head coach MOHAMED ABDOURAHMAN MAHAMOUD
Assistant coach MOHAMED IDRISS AHMED
Goalkeeping coach Ahmed Ali Robleh
Physical coach Mohamed Abdourahman-->

Manager history

MOHAMED ABDOURAHMAN MAHAMOUD (2023-)

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to a Djibouti squad in the past 12 months.

Previous squads

CECAFA Women's Championship

Records

Most capped players

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Top goalscorers

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Competitive record

Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Fourth place  

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
YearResult
1991did not exist
1999
2003
2007did not enter
2011
2015
2023did not Qualify
2027To be determined
Total0/100000000

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
YearResult
1996did not exist
2000
2004
2008did not enter
2020
Total0/70000000

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations
YearRoundGPWD*LGSGAGD
1991 to 2004did not exist
did not Qualify
2008 to 2018did not enter
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
2022did not Qualify
2024Did not qualify
Total0/70000000
(The former format was amended as it did not comply with as discussed here)

African Games

African Games record
YearResultMatchesWins DrawsLossesGFGAGD
2003Did Not exist
2007Did not qualify
2011Did Not Enter
2015
2023to be determined
Total0/40000000

CECAFA Women's Championship

CECAFA Women's Championship
YearRoundGPWD*LGSGAGD
1986did not exist
2016did not enter
2019Groupe stage3003033−33
2021Cancelled
2022Groupe stage3003010−10
Total2/560060−43−43

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations

The list shown below shows the Djibouti national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.

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Record per opponent

Key

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

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: The dictionary of football : the complete A-Z of international football from Ajax to Zinedine Zidane. John. Ballard. Paul. Suff. London. Boxtree. 1999. 0752224344. 59442612. 181.
  2. Book: James Minahan. The Complete Guide to National Symbols and Emblems: Volume 2. 22 April 2012. 1 December 2009. Greenwood Press. 978-0-313-34500-5.
  3. Book: Jean Williams. A Beautiful Game: International Perspectives on Women's Football. 13 April 2012. 15 December 2007. Berg. 978-1-84520-674-1. 186.
  4. Book: Gabriel Kuhn. Soccer Vs. the State: Tackling Football and Radical Politics. 13 April 2012. 24 February 2011. PM Press. 978-1-60486-053-5. 34.
  5. Book: Chrös McDougall. Soccer. 13 April 2012. 1 January 2012. ABDO. 978-1-61783-146-1. 45.
  6. Web site: Women football vastly growing in Djibouti . Hiiraan.com . 2012-04-17.
  7. FIFA. Women's Football Today. 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20120814213100/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/women/93/77/21/factsheets.pdf. dead. August 14, 2012. 17 April 2012.
  8. Web site: 16 April 2012. FIFA. Goal! Football: Djibouti . https://web.archive.org/web/20100106165805/http://www.fifa.com/mm/goalproject/dji_eng.pdf. dead. January 6, 2010. 21 April 2009. 2.
  9. Web site: 16 April 2012. FIFA. Goal! Football: Djibouti . https://web.archive.org/web/20100106165805/http://www.fifa.com/mm/goalproject/dji_eng.pdf. dead. January 6, 2010. 21 April 2009. 4.
  10. Web site: Djibouti: Fixtures and Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20110622181501/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=dji/fixturesresults/gender=f/index.html . dead . June 22, 2011 . FIFA . 2012-04-16.
  11. News: The Nation (Kenya) – AAGM: League Pullout Draws Wrath of Women. Daily Nation. Nairobi, Kenya. February 9, 2011. Sammy. Kitula. 17 April 2012.
  12. News: 17 April 2012. The Nation (Kenya) – AAGM: Kenya Go On Redemption Crusade. Daily Nation. Nairobi, Kenya. August 5, 2006. Chris. Musumba. Kenneth. Nato.
  13. Web site: Foot Feminin . . 2012-04-17.
  14. Web site: The FIFA Women's World Ranking . https://web.archive.org/web/20111008164448/http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/women/index.html . dead . October 8, 2011 . FIFA.com . 25 September 2009 . 13 April 2012.
  15. Web site: Tanzania yapaa viwango FIFA . https://web.archive.org/web/20220308155203/http://www.newhabari.com/mtanzania_habari/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=818:tanzania-yapaa-viwango-fifa&catid=16:soka&Itemid=13 . dead . 8 March 2022 . New Habari . 4 June 2012 . 4 June 2012 . sw . Nchi nyingine za CECAFA ambazo ni Rwanda, Burundi, Djibouti, Somalia na Sudan hazina soka la wanawake la ushindani kiasi ya kuwa na timu ya taifa. .
  16. Web site: Le Rémois Sami Smaili, sélectionneur des féminines de Djibouti. 26 August 2020.
  17. https://globalsportsarchive.com/team/soccer/djibouti/52028/ Squad for 2nd round