Mauritania women's national football team explained

Mauritania
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Nickname:Mourabitounes
Association:Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Confederation:CAF (Africa)
Sub-Confederation:WAFU (West Africa)
Coach:Abdoulaye Diallo
Captain:Fatou Dioup
Top Scorer:Fatou Dioup (1)
Fifa Trigramme:MTN
First Game: 3–1
(Nouakchott, Mauritania; 30 July 2019)[1]
Largest Loss: 0–7
(Le Kram, Tunisia; 14 February 2020)
Regional Name:Women's Africa Cup of Nations
2Ndregional Name:WAFU Zone A Women's Cup
2Ndregional Cup Apps:1
2Ndregional Cup Best:Group Stage (2023)
Type:women

The Mauritania women's national football team (Arabic: منتخب موريتانيا لكرة القدم للسيدات, French: Équipe Nationale féminine de football de Mauritanie) represents Mauritania in international women's football and is controlled by the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (FFIRM). The team played its first international match in 2019 as a friendly against Djibouti in which they lost three to one. Fatou Dioup scored Mauritania's first international goal.

History

The team

In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team,[2] including Mauritania who did not play in a single FIFA sanctioned match between 1950 and June 2012.[3] The country did not have a FIFA recognised national senior or junior team in 2006, and was unchanged in 2009.[4] In 2010, the country did not have a team competing in the African Women's Championships during the preliminary rounds.[5] The country did not have a team competing at the 2011 All Africa Games.[6] In March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA.[7]

Federation

The national association, the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, was founded in 1961 and became a FIFA affiliate in 1964.[8] [9] Women's football is not represented by rule in the federation and they do not employ anyone specifically to manage the women's football.[8] The federation has not participated in any FIFA sanctioned training courses for women's football.[4] Most of the funding for women's football in the country and for the women's national team comes from FIFA, not the national football association.[10]

Background and development

Football is the second most popular women's sport in the country, behind basketball which is number one.[8] In 2006, there were 100 registered female football players in the country, the first time such numbers were tracked.[8] Opportunities for play are limited as there are only four women's football teams in the country, women's football is not organised at schools, and mixed football is not allowed.[8]

The lack of development of the national team on a wider international level is symptomatic of wider problems on the continent, including limited access to education, poverty amongst women in the wider society, and fundamental inequality present in the society (especially present in Muslim-majority religious state countries, Mauritania being one such country) that occasionally allows for female-specific human rights abuses.[11] Early development of the women's game at the time colonial powers brought football to the continent was limited as colonial powers in the region tended to take make concepts of patriarchy and women's participation in sport with them to local cultures that had similar concepts already embedded in them.[12] Continent wide, if quality female football players do develop, they leave for greater opportunities abroad.[10] Future, success for women's football in Africa is dependent on improved facilities and access by women to these facilities. Attempting to commercialise the game and make it commercially is not the solution, as demonstrated by the many youth and women's football camps held on the continent.[12]

Team image

Nicknames

The Mauritania women's national football team have been nicknamed the "Mourabitounes".

Results and fixtures

See main article: Mauritania 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.

2023

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

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Head coach Jordi Arimany[13]
Assistant coach
Goalkeeping coach
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Manager history

Players

Current squad

The following list is the final squad for 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup in January 2023.[14]

Caps and goals accurate up to and including 9 July 2021.

Recent call-ups

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

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.

Previous squads

WAFU Zone A Women's Cup

Records

Most capped players

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Top goalscorers

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Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
YearRoundGPWD*LGSGAGD
1991 to 2015did not exist
2019did not enter
2023Did not qualify
2027To be determined
Total0/20000000

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
YearResult
1996 to 2016did not exist
2020 to 2024did not enter
Total0/80000000

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations record
YearRoundGPWD*LGSGAGD
1991 to 2018did not exist
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
2022Did not qualify
2024 Did not enter
Total0/20000000

African Games

African Games record
YearResultMatchesWins DrawsLossesGFGAGD
2003 to 2015Did Not exist
2019Did not qualify
2023Withdrawn
Total0/4000000

WAFU Women's Cup record

WAFU Zone A Women's Cup
YearResultPosition
2020did not enter
2023Groupe stage6200207
Total-1/2200207

Arab Women's Championship

Arab Women's Championship record
Appearances: 1
YearRoundPosition
2006Did Not exist
2021did not enter
TotalThird 2/2104333312+21

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations

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

Key
width=10%Againstwidth=5%width=5%width=5%width=5%width=5%width=5%width=5%width=8%Confederation
100107−7CAF
200202−2CAF
100105−5CAF
100105−5CAF
100103−3CAF
100113−2CAF

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sélections : Première sortie officielle des Féminines . Fédération de Footbal de la Mauritanie . 23 July 2019 . 6 March 2024 . fr.
  2. Book: Chrös McDougall. Soccer. 13 April 2012. 1 January 2012. ABDO. 978-1-61783-146-1. 45.
  3. Web site: Mauritania : Fixtures and Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20110622184920/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=mtn/fixturesresults/gender=f/index.html . dead . 22 June 2011 . FIFA . 2 June 2012.
  4. Web site: 1 June 2012. FIFA. Goal! Football: Mauritania . https://web.archive.org/web/20120721035926/http://www.fifa.com/mm/goalproject/mtn_eng.pdf. dead. 21 July 2012. 21 April 2009. 4.
  5. Web site: Fixtures – African Women Championship 2010 – CAF . Cafonline.com . 13 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120414133659/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-women-championship_2010/results . 14 April 2012 .
  6. Web site: Groups & standings – All Africa Games women 2011 – CAF . Cafonline.com . 13 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120510122431/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/all-africa-games-women_2011/groups . 10 May 2012 .
  7. Web site: The FIFA Women's World Ranking . https://web.archive.org/web/20111008164448/http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/women/index.html . dead . 8 October 2011 . FIFA.com . 2009-09-25 . 13 April 2012.
  8. Web site: FIFA. Women's Football Today. 2006. 128. https://web.archive.org/web/20120814213100/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/women/93/77/21/factsheets.pdf. dead. 14 August 2012. 17 April 2012.
  9. Web site: 1 June 2012. FIFA. Goal! Football: Mauritania . https://web.archive.org/web/20120721035926/http://www.fifa.com/mm/goalproject/mtn_eng.pdf. dead. 21 July 2012. 21 April 2009. 1.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Book: Peter Alegi. African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World's Game. 22 April 2012. 2 March 2010. Ohio University Press. 978-0-89680-278-0.
  13. Web site: JORDI ARIMANY, NOUVEAU SÉLECTIONNEUR DE L’ÉQUIPE FÉMININE. fr. Jordi Arimany, New head coach of the women's team. 6 November 2023. ffrim.org. FFIRM. 3 December 2023.
  14. WAFU Zone a women's tournament Guinée-Bissau v Mauritania Line ups . karlyboy71 . 1617199811442216960 . 22 January 2023 . 6 March 2024.
  15. Web site: Football Féminin : Abdoulaye Diallo à dévoilé sa sélection pour le match amical contre le DJIBOUTI ET le tournoi international du COTIF. 29 July 2019.