Jordan women's national football team

The Jordan women's national football team (Arabic: منتخب الأردن لكرة القدم للسيدات) is the official women's national football team of the country of Jordan. The team was established in 2005, and is controlled by the Jordan Football Association (JFA), the governing body for football in Jordan.

While the team has yet to qualify for the FIFA Women's World Cup, they took part in the AFC Women's Asian Cup in 2014 and 2018, failing to qualify past the group stage on both occasions. Jordan are regulars at the WAFF Women's Championship, which they have won a record six titles, and have taken part in the Arab Women's Cup, which they won in 2021.

Women's football in Jordan officially began in 2005 with the establishment of the national team.^[3] Despite having a limited pool of players at the time, the team made an immediate impact by winning the inaugural WAFF Women’s Championship that same year.^[4] Jordan won all its matches in the tournament, scoring 26 goals and conceding only one, culminating in a 2–1 victory over Iran in the final.^[5]

The development of the women's national team received direct support from Prince Ali bin Hussein, who played a pivotal role not only in promoting the sport within Jordan but also in advocating for broader reforms in women’s football globally. Notably, he was instrumental in the successful campaign to lift FIFA's ban on headscarves in 2014, an important step for inclusivity in the sport, especially in Muslim-majority countries.^[6]

In 2006, the Jordanian team took part in the Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar. Drawn into a challenging group with Japan, China, and Thailand, and fielding a young squad, the team exited in the first round without scoring.^[7] On 30 November 2006, Jordan recorded its heaviest defeat to date, losing 13–0 to Japan.^[8] That year, the team also entered the FIFA Women's World Ranking for the first time, debuting at 62nd out of 141 nations.^[9]

The following years saw fluctuating performances. After withdrawing from the qualifiers for the 2008 Olympics and failing to progress in the 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification, the team rebounded by winning the 2010 Arabia Women's Cup in Bahrain,^[10] defeating Egypt in the final.^[11]

In the AFC Olympic qualifiers for the 2012 London Games, Jordan advanced past the first round by finishing top of Group C, which they hosted in Zarqa. However, it was eliminated in the second round after a series of defeats.^[12]

In 2013, Jordan hosted the AFC Women’s Asian Cup qualification matches in Amman.^[13] The team dominated its group, defeating Lebanon 5–0, Kuwait 21–0 (a record victory with eight goals by Maysa Jbarah)^[14] and Uzbekistan 4–0.^[15] This earned Jordan its first-ever appearance at the AFC Women’s Asian Cup finals, held in Vietnam in 2014.^[15]

Jordan further solidified its status as a regional leader in women’s football by hosting the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, the first time a FIFA women’s tournament was held in the Arab world.^[16] Two years later, it became the first Arab nation to host the AFC Women’s Asian Cup in 2018, reinforcing its growing role in advancing the women’s game both regionally and internationally.^[17]

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

As of 30 June 2025^[18]

• Maher Abu Hantash (2005)^[19]
• Issa Al-Turk (2006)^[20]
• Maher Abu Hantash (2007–2010)^[19]
• Hester Jannet (2010–2011)^[21]
• Masahiko Okiyama (2013–2014)^[22]
• Khader Eid (2015)^[23]
• Maher Abu Hantash (2017)^[19]
• Michael Dickey (2017–2018)^[24]
• Azzedine Chih (2018–2019)^[25]
• David Nascimento (2021–2023)^[26]
• Maher Abu Hantash (2024–2025)^[19]
• David Nascimento (2025–)

The following 23 players were called up for the 2026 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers.^[27]

• Caps and goals as of 8 April 2025, after the match against Egypt.^[1]

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

AFC Women's Asian Cup

• 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup squad
• 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup squad

As of 8 April 2025^[1]

Players in bold are still active with Jordan.

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

As of 24 August 2021^[28]

  Best Ranking    Best Mover    Worst Ranking    Worst Mover  

The following table shows Jordan's all-time international record, correct as of 24 June 2018.^[29]

• Note: In 2011, The Iranian government refused to allow its female players to remove the hijab when playing, in violation of FIFA policy. Therefore, on 3 July 2011, Jordan was awarded a 3–0 over Iran.^[30][31]

• Sport in Jordan
  • Football in Jordan
    • Women's football in Jordan
• Women's football
• Jordan women's national under-20 football team
• Jordan women's national under-17 football team
• Jordan men's national football team

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• (in English) FIFA profile