The Tajikistan women's national football team[a] represents Tajikistan in women's association football. The team is governed by the Tajikistan Football Federation (FFT) and competes in AFC (Asian Football Confederation) and CAFA (Central Asian Football Association) women's competitions. The team is currently ranked 144th in the world by FIFA.

History

The international debut

Tajikistan women's football was established in 2013, but it wasn't until 2017 that the women's team had their first international match against the neighboring Kyrgyzstan as a preparation for their 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification campaign, entering the qualification for the first time Tajikistan hosted the tournament in Dushanbe with the participation of the host of the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan and other five teams including Bahrain, UAE, Iraq, and the Philippines. the Tajiks won their first-ever competitive match against Iraq.[3] eventually Tajikistan ended fifth after losing the following games against the other four teams.[4]

in 2018 Tajikistan was the first Central Asian team to participate in the women's football tournament of Asian Games. they were drawn into a group of East Asian teams with AFC powerhouse North Korea and China PR being in the same group. In that tournament, the Tajik registered their biggest loss (16–0) to both North Korea and China PR.[5] later that year the Tajik team made their first appearance in the AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Group for the 2020 Olympic Games. Tajikistan which shows interest in hosting international women's Asian tournaments hosted Group A of the first round of the qualifiers in Hisor's Central Stadium. Tajikistan won their first match against Mongolia four to nil starting the qualifiers with a win that boosted Tajik's hope of advancing to the second round. in their second match with Chinese Taipei, the team lost nine goals to nil. however, the match against the Philippines was the decider. eventually, Tajikistan who scored the opening goal lost after the Philippines came back with three goals to finish at top of Tajikistan. the team finished their qualifying campaign up high with a six-nil win over Singapore, yet their biggest win on the international stage. 2018 was the year for the Tajik women's team as they played 11 matches and to conclude this year the team participate in the inaugural edition of CAFA Women's Championship hosted by Uzbekistan. four central Asian teams alongside Tajikistan participated in the first edition. Tajikistan managed to get two wins in their opening and last game against Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan respectively. which led them to finish third place.[6]

Team image

Nicknames

The team doesn't have a nickname officially.

Home stadium

Tajikistan plays the majority of their home matches on the Republican Central Stadium, The national team also held official international matches at the Hisor Central stadium.

Tajikistan women's national football team home stadiums
Image Stadium Capacity Location Last match
Republican Central Stadium 20,000 Dushanbe v   Kyrgyzstan
(July 20, 2022; 2022 CAFA Women's Championship)
Hisor Central Stadium 20,000 Hisor v   Singapore
(September 19, 2021; Friendly)

Kit suppliers

Kit supplier Period Notes
China Li-Ning 2017–2022
Italy Macron 2022–present

FIFA World Ranking

As of 9 December 2022[7]
Tajikistan's FIFA World Ranking History
Year's 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
FIFA World Ranking 99 124 128 121 138 144
AFC Ranking 23 23 26 18 27 31

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   Loss   Fixture

2025

February 23, 2025 (2025-2-23) Friendly Saudi Arabia  4–0  Tajikistan Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
19:30 UTC+3
Report Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Player of the Match: Seba Tawfiq
February 26, 2025 (2025-2-26) Friendly Saudi Arabia  3–0  Tajikistan Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
19:30 UTC+3
Report Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Player of the Match: Lana Abdulrazak

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 20 February 2025
Position Name
Head coach Tajikistan Ergashev Mubin

Manager history

Name Period Matches W D L W% Note Ref.
Tajikistan Sulaymon Bobokalonov (Сулаймон Бобокалонов) 2017–2018 17 5 1 11 29.41%
Tajikistan Ildar Rakhmanov (Ильдар Рахманов)
2019
4 1 0 3 25% [8]
Tajikistan Yusuf Rabiev (Юсуф Рабиев) 2021–202? 7 1 2 4 14.29% [9]
Tajikistan Ergashev Mubin 202?–present

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Friendly matches against  Saudi Arabia on February 2025.

  • Caps and goals correct as of: 11 April 2023, after the match against  Pakistan
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
16 1GK Munisa Gulova (2000-06-02) 2 June 2000 (age 24) 1 0 Tajikistan WFC Zeboniso
1 1GK Saiyora Saidova (captain) (1998-02-01) 1 February 1998 (age 27) 9 0 Tajikistan WFC Zeboniso
3 1GK Ruziguli Hasan (2003-07-14) 14 July 2003 (age 21) 1 0 Tajikistan WFC Zeboniso

2DF Madna Munosbshozoda Tajikistan
4 2DF Karina Mirzoeva (2004-03-12) 12 March 2004 (age 20) 8 0 Tajikistan WFC Zeboniso
8 2DF Niso Abdulloeva (2003-12-24) 24 December 2003 (age 21) 8 0 Tajikistan WFC Zeboniso
17 2DF Marjona Fayzulloeva (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 24) 16 0 Tajikistan
18 2DF Shamsiya Khuseinova (1996-12-15) 15 December 1996 (age 28) 9 0 Tajikistan WFC Zeboniso

21 3MF Benazir Jumakhonzoda (2001-10-27) 27 October 2001 (age 23) 9 0 Tajikistan Khatlon
3MF Orom Nasrulloeva Tajikistan
3MF Zarrina Safarzoda Tajikistan
3MF Uljamol Elmurodova Tajikistan
3MF Zulaykho Safarova Tajikistan
3MF Bakhrom Takhminai Tajikistan
15 3MF Jonona Qurbonova 0 Tajikistan
9 3MF Nekubakht Khudododova (2002-02-23) 23 February 2002 (age 23) 17 2 Tajikistan WFC Zeboniso

10 4FW Marjona Saidova (2002-06-04) 4 June 2002 (age 22) 7 0 Tajikistan WFC Zeboniso
11 4FW Komila Rasulova (2001-11-18) 18 November 2001 (age 23) 7 0 Russia SSHOR No.27 Sokol Moskva

Recent call-ups

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

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up




Records

As of 13 January 2023

*Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Honours

Regional

Appearances (2): 2018, 2022
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place (1): 2018

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GS GA GD Pld W D* L GS GA GD
China 1991 Part of  Soviet Union Part of  Soviet Union
Sweden 1995 Did not enter Did not enter
United States 1999
United States 2003
China 2007
Germany 2011
Canada 2015
France 2019 Did not qualify The 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 The 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup served as the qualifying tournament
Brazil 2027 'To be determined The 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup will serve as the qualifying tournament
Appearances 0/3
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GS GA GD Pld W D* L GS GA GD
United States 1996 Did not enter Did not enter
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020 Did not qualify 4 2 0 2 11 13 −2
France 2024 To be determined
United States 2028 To be determined
Appearances 0/1 4 2 0 2 11 13 −2
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GS GA GD Pld W D* L GS GA GD
Hong Kong 1975 Part of  Soviet Union; in UEFA Part of  Soviet Union; in UEFA
Taiwan 1977
India 1980
Hong Kong 1981
Thailand 1983
Hong Kong 1986
Hong Kong 1989
Japan 1991
Malaysia 1993 Did not enter Did not enter
Malaysia 1995
China 1997
Philippines 1999
Chinese Taipei 2001
Thailand 2003
Australia 2006
Vietnam 2008
China 2010
Vietnam 2014
Jordan 2018 Did not qualify 5 1 0 4 3 23 −20
India 2022 2 1 0 1 4 7 −3
Appearances 0/2 7 2 0 5 7 30 −23
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GS GA GD
China 1990 Part of  Soviet Union; in Europe
Japan 1994 Did not enter
Thailand 1998
South Korea 2002
Qatar 2006
China 2010
South Korea 2014
Indonesia 2018 Group stage 11th 3 0 0 3 1 38 −37
China 2022 To be determined
Japan 2026
Qatar 2030
Saudi Arabia 2034
Appearances Group stage 11th 3 0 0 3 1 37 −36
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CAFA Women's Championship

CAFA Women's Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GS GA GD
Uzbekistan 2018 Third place 3rd 4 2 0 2 7 15 −8
Tajikistan 2022 Fifth place 5th 4 0 1 3 1 13 −12
Appearances Third place 3rd 8 2 1 5 8 28 −20

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Tajik: Дастаи мунтахаби занонаи футболи Тоҷикистон, romanizedDastai muntakhabi zanonai futboli Tojikiston

References

  1. ^ "Tajikistan Football Federation". FIFA.com. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  2. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers - Group A: Iraq 0-1 Tajikistan". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  4. ^ "THE QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT OF THE ASIAN CUP-2018 AMONG WOMEN'S TEAMS ENDED IN DUSHANBE". the-afc.com (in Russian). Asian Football Confederation. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  5. ^ "China crush Tajikistan 16-0 in Asian Games women's football match". xinhuanet.com. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Uzbekistan inaugural CAFA Women's Championship winners". the-cafa.com. CAFA. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  7. ^ "FIFA TAJIKISTAN WOMEN'S RANKING". FIFA. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  8. ^ "THE WOMEN'S TEAM OF TAJIKISTAN TOOK PART IN THE "HOPE" CUP IN KARAKOL". fft.tj (in Russian). 13 September 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Yusuf Rabiev is the new coach of the women's team". sports.tj (in Russian). 8 June 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
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