# Kuwait women's national under-17 football team

the Kuwait women's national under-17 football team (Arabic: منتخب الكويت لكرة القدم تحت 17 سنة للسيدات), represent Kuwait in international women's youth football. The team is governed by the Women's Committee of Kuwait Football Association (KFA). The team also serves as the women's national under-18 and women's national under-16 football team of Kuwait. The team comprises a diverse group of talented players, including Taibah Al Rayes, Tala Sultan, Shaikha Shabeeb, Wafa Al Mashaan, Layan Mousa, Noura Awad Al-Sarbel, Manayer Musaed Al-Mutairi, and Salma Saleh Al-Ajmi, among others.

## History

In 2019, the women's committee of the Kuwait football association launched for the first time the youth women's team, right away after its creation, the team held a training camp in the Austrian capital Vienna from 1 to 15 August 2019, as preparation for their first appearance in WAFF U-18 Girls Championship, during the camp they played three friendlies against youth teams of Austrian clubs.
In December 2019, the Kuwaiti U-17 team started its historic journey with a debut participation in WAFF U-18 Girls Championship hosted in neighboring Bahrain. Kuwait lost all its three matches to finish sixth out of seven.
The team came back to the international stage in 2023, where they hosted their Saudi counterpart who are competing in their first international game to play two friendly games on 4 and 8 March 2023.

## Fixtures and results

Legend  Win  Draw  Fixture  Lose

### 2023
## Coaching staff

    As of 4 March 2023
| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Nilufar Hodjaeva |

### Coaching history

* Ali Al-Dhahi (2019–2020)
* Nilufar Hodjaeva (2023–)

## Players
### Current squad

The following players were named for the two friendly matches against Saudi Arabia on 4 and 8 March 2023.
| No. | Player | Club |
| | Aseel Naji Al-Marhoon | os=|name=Manayer Musaed Al-Mutairi|age=|club=|clubnat=KUW}} |
| | Salma Saleh Al-Ajmi | |
| | | PFA Kuwait |
| | | PFA Kuwait |
| | Noura Awad Al-Sarbel | |
| | Manayer Musaed Al-Mutairi | |
| | Salma Saleh Al-Ajmi | |
| | Ghazlan Abdullah Al-Ahmad | |
| | Sarah Tariq Ghalib | |
| | Celine Fadhel Abbas | |
| | ]] | Juventus Academy Kuwait {{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=|name=Tala Al Sultan|age=|club=Juventus Academy |
| 10 | [Muneera Alameer]] | PFA Kuwait |
| 10 | Deema Awadh | PFA Kuwait |
| 10 | Shaikha Al Shabeeb | PFA Kuwait |
| 10 | layan Alqamees | PFA Kuwait |
| 10 | Mona Althafeeri | PFA Kuwait |
| 10 | jana almatar | PFA Kuwait {{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=|name= |
| 10 | isabella | PFA Kuwait {{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=|name= |
| 10 | Shakiha alfadhli | PFA Kuwait {{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=|name= |
| | Zahraa Abdullah Taqi | |
| 18 | Zainab Faisal Al-tandil | |
| 6 | Malak Ali Al-Khudari | |
| | Layan Al bader | PFA Kuwait {{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=|name=Layan Al Mousa ( top scorer)|age=|club=Juventus Academy {{nat fs player no caps|no=|pos=|name=[[ |

## Competitive record
### WAFF U-18 Women's Championship

WAFF U-18 Girls Championship record :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD |
| 2018 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2019 | Sixth place | 6th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 |
| 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 |
| Appearances | 1/3 | 6th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 |

### Arab U-17 Women's Cup

Arab U-17 Women's Cup :
| Appearances: 1 |||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2015 | | | | | | | | |
| Total | 0/1 | | | | | | | |