# Mauritania women's national football team

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, including Mauritania who did not play in a single FIFA sanctioned match between 1950 and June 2012. The country did not have a FIFA recognised national senior or junior team in 2006, and was unchanged in 2009. In 2010, the country did not have a team competing in the African Women's Championships during the preliminary rounds. The country did not have a team competing at the 2011 All Africa Games. In March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA.

### Federation

The national association, the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, was founded in 1961 and became a FIFA affiliate in 1964. Women's football is not represented by rule in the federation and they do not employ anyone specifically to manage the women's football. The federation has not participated in any FIFA sanctioned training courses for women's football. 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.

### Background and development

Football is the second most popular women's sport in the country, behind basketball which is number one. In 2006, there were 100 registered female football players in the country, the first time such numbers were tracked. 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.
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. 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. Continent wide, if quality female football players do develop, they leave for greater opportunities abroad. 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.

## Team image
### Nicknames

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

## 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.
Win  Draw  Lose  Fixture

### 2023
## Coaching staff
### Current coaching staff

    As of 2 December 2023
| Position | Name | Ref. |
| Head coach | Jordi Arimany | |

### Manager history

* Abdallahi Diallo (2019–2023)
* Jordi Arimany (2023–present)

## Players
### Current squad

The following list is the final squad for 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup in January 2023.
Caps and goals accurate up to and including 9 July 2021.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Goals | Club |
| 1GK | Salimat Samba | | | FC Camara |
| 1GK | Ramatoulaye Diallo | | | ASC Aizer |
| 2DF | Coumba Sy | | | FC Camara |
| 2DF | Coumba Gueye | | | FC Camara |
| 2DF | Funmilayo Adebisi Adiara | | | ASC Aizer |
| 2DF | Aichetou Boilil | | | FC Thierno |
| 2DF | Aida Ba | | | ASAC Concorde |
| 3MF | Haby N'Diaye | | | FC Camara |
| 3MF | Fatou Dioup (captain) | (1994-05-05) 5 May 1994 (age 30) | 1 | ASSA Zag |
| 3MF | Hawa Dialo | | | ASC Aizer |
| 3MF | El Alia Mouhamed | | | FC Camara |
| 3MF | Leila Blal | | | FC Camara |
| 3MF | Ramata Guengui | | | FC Camara |
| 3MF | Fatimata Anne | | | ASSA Zag |
| 4FW | Tacko Diabira | | | Dakkar Scaré-coeur |
| 4FW | Zeinebo Ahmed | (1995-11-28) 28 November 1995 (age 29) | | FC Thierno |
| 4FW | Aghlahoum M'Haimid | | | FC Camara |
| | Rougui Dia | | | |

### Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to a Mauritania squad in the past 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
| $^{INJ}$ 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

* First match selection

#### WAFU Zone A Women's Cup

* 2023 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup squads

## Records

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2021.

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

FIFA Women's World Cup record :
| Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD |
| 1991 to 2015 | 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 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2023 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 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 |
| Total | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
    *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

### Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record :
| Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD |
| 1996 to 2016 | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist | did not exist |
| 2020 to 2024 | 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 | 0/8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
    *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

### Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations record :
| Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD |
| 1991 to 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 |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa |
| 2022 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2024 | 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 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
    *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

### African Games

African Games record :
| Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | GD |
| 2003 to 2015 | 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 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2023 | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn | Withdrawn |
| Total | 0/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### WAFU Women's Cup record

WAFU Zone A Women's Cup :
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2020 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2023 | Groupe stage | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | - | 1/2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |

### Arab Women's Championship

Arab Women's Championship record :
| Appearances: 1 ||||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 2006 | 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 |
| 2021 | 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 | Third | 2/2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 12 | +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.
* As of 26 October 2021 after match against Guinea-Bissau.

### Key

| Against | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Confederation |
| Tanzania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −7 | CAF |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | CAF |
| Algeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 | CAF |
| Morocco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 | CAF |
| Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | CAF |
| Djibouti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | CAF |