# Sri Lanka women's national football team

The Sri Lanka women's national football team is the female representative football team for Sri Lanka. As of 2014 the national team has never entered qualifying for the FIFA Women's World Cup nor the AFC Women's Asian Cup.
The team has played in all three editions of the South Asian SAFF Women's Championship, where it reached the semi-finals in 2012 and 2014.

## History

Sri Lanka women's national football team played their first game in 2010 against India which they lost 8–1. Sri Lanka women's national football team had never played in FIFA Women's World Cup or AFC Women's Asia Cup nor entered the qualifications. They have played in the SAFF Women's Championship and in the South Asian Games. Due to their lack of experience they didn't show any great performance in the regional level of football. But they have qualified for the semi-finals of 2012 and 2014 SAFF Women's Championships.
Sri Lanka made their continental level football debut in the 2016 Summer Olympic Qualifiers when they were soundly beaten 16–0 by Myanmar. In the next game they were defeated by India. In 2016 they participated in the South Asian Games but lost all of their matches in the football tournament. Sri Lanka participated in the 4th SAFF Women's Championship in 2016 but they failed to reach the semi-finals after a shock defeat to Maldives which are ranked below them.

## 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

### 2024
## Coaching staff

    As of 18 October 2024
| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Mohamed Hassan Roomy |
| Assistant coach | T. G. D. K. Samarasinghe M. J, Mohamed Ratnam |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Buddhika Sampath Bandara |
| Team manager | Hithaishi Jayawardana |
| Physiotherapist | Imalsha Udayanjalee |
| Masseuse | Nadeeshika Wijerathna |

## Players
### Current squad

* The following squad was called-up for 2024 SAFF Women's Championship in October 2024.
| Pos. | Player |
| 1GK | R.WEERASINGHA |
| 2DF | T.MADUSHIKA |
| 2DF | G.KUMUDINI |
| 2DF | KPERERA |
| 2DF | D.DE SILVA |
| 2DF | M.PERERA |
| 3MF | PASKARAN SHANU |
| 3MF | W.IMESHA |
| 3MF | SIVANESWARAN THARMIKA |
| 3MF | SELVARAJ YUWARANI |
| 4FW | K.PERERA |
| | S.SUBASINGHE |
| | FRANCIS CHAMANTHA SALOMI |
| | L.MADHUSHANI |
| | W.SOMARATHNA |
| | K.PERERA |
| | W.DIAS |
| | R.RATHNAYAKA |
| | SURENTHIRAN GOWRI |
| | [[GULAWITAGE SADUNI SEWMINI]] |
| | W.WELIWITA |
| | S.SOORIYAARACHCHI |
| | S.ANURADHINI |

### Recent call-ups

    The following footballers were part of a national selection in the past twelve months, but are not part of the current squad.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
| $^{INJ}$ Withdrew due to injury $^{PRE}$ Preliminary squad / standby $^{RET}$ Retired from the national team $^{SUS}$ Serving suspension $^{WD}$ Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue. |||||||

### Notable players

* Erandi Liyanage

## All-time records

| Country | Matches | Win | Draw | Loss | GF | GA | GD | Win/Draw % | Confederation |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 25.00 | AFC |
| Bhutan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 80.00 | AFC |
| India | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 45 | −44 | 00.00 | AFC |
| Maldives | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 50.00 | AFC |
| Myanmar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 00.00 | AFC |
| Nepal | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 30 | −30 | 00.00 | AFC |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 50.00 | AFC |
| Singapore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | AFC |

## Competitive record
### FIFA Women's World Cup

| World Cup finals | World Cup finals | World Cup finals | World Cup finals | World Cup finals | World Cup finals | World Cup finals | World Cup finals | World Cup finals | World Cup qualifications | World Cup qualifications | World Cup qualifications | World Cup qualifications | World Cup qualifications | World Cup qualifications |
| Hosts/Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 1991 to 2023 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2027 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| Total | 0/7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### AFC Women's Asian Cup

| Asian Cup finals | Asian Cup finals | Asian Cup finals | Asian Cup finals | Asian Cup finals | Asian Cup finals | Asian Cup finals | Asian Cup finals | Asian Cup finals | Asian Cup qualifications | Asian Cup qualifications | Asian Cup qualifications | Asian Cup qualifications | Asian Cup qualifications | Asian Cup qualifications |
| Hosts/Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 1975 to 2022 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| Total | 0/20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### SAFF Women's Championship

SAFF Women's Championship record :
| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 2010 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | −9 |
| 2012 | Semi-final | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 |
| 2014 | Semi-final | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 |
| 2016 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 |
| 2019 | Semi-final | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -7 |
| 2022 | Group stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | -11 |
| Total | 6/6 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 54 | −36 |