Pakistan women's national football team
The Pakistan women's national football team is the female representative football team for Pakistan. The team was formed in 2010 and has not yet entered the AFC Women's Asian Cup or FIFA Women's World Cup, but has competed in the first three editions of the biennial SAFF Women's Championship. Its under-19 and under-16 categories have played the AFC Qualifiers 2019 for their respective categories. History. Pakistan women's national football team made its debut in the 11th South Asian Games in Dhaka. Midfielder Ishrat Fatima of Lahore’s Sports Sciences  Department (Punjab University) was the first captain of the team. It played its first match on 31 January 2010 against India at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. It also faced off against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal in that tournament, winning against Sri Lanka via walkover while losing the other two fixtures. It came 4th out of 5 teams. In December 2010, the team, under head coach, Tariq Lutfi, and new captain, Sana Mehmood (Young Rising Star’s captain and central defender), participated in the inaugural SAFF Women's Championship held at Cox's Bazar Stadium. It stood second Group B , winning against Maldives (2-1) and Afghanistan (3-0), while losing heavily to Nepal (0-12). India were the opponents in the semifinal, but Pakistan lost 8-0 and were thus eliminated. In this tournament, Mehwish Khan became the first ever goal-scorer for Pakistan (in the match against Maldives), As a result of these official matches, Pakistan entered the FIFA Women's World Rankings for the first time on 18 March 2011. It stood 121 in the World and 22 in Asia. In May 2011, four members of the team (Abiha Haidar, Roshnan Ali, Sara Mumtaz and coach Ishrat  Fatima) went to the United States for a two-week FIFA Women’s World Cup Developing Program. They attended seminars, programs, meetings, and practice sessions in New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. and visited various local colleges and universities. The group was also hosted for a special dinner at the White House by the US Government for boosting bilateral relations through sports promotion and development. In September 2012, the team participated in the 2nd SAFF Women's Championship held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Pakistan lost against Nepal (0-8) and Afghanistan (0-4) before earning a consolation win  against Maldives (3-0). Pakistan played its first international friendly series against Bahrain in October 2014. Three matches were played at the Bahrain National Stadium in Riffa, with the home side winning all of them. These matches were organized to help prepare the team for the upcoming 3rd edition of the SAFF Women's Championship. Pakistan hosted the 2014 SAFF Women's Championship in November 2014, with all matches being held at Jinnah Sports Stadium in Islamabad. The hosts lost against Sri Lanka (1-2) and Nepal (0-2), but won against Bhutan (4-1), scoring four goals in a  match for the first time.