Afghanistan women's national football team

The team was formed in 2007 by the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee with players taken from selected school girls in Kabul.[5][6][7][8][9][10] That year, the team played for the first time against the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) women's side, with Afghanistan winning 5–0. In 2008, the team traveled to Pakistan to participate in the second national tournament of Pakistan. There they won their group stage and semi-final games but lost to Baluchistan in the final.

In an attempt to improve the quality of women's football, the team was sent to Germany in 2008 to hold a preparation camp. Later in the year, the Afghan team traveled to Jordan to participate in the Islamic Countries Women's Football Tournament.[11] The results this time were less favourable as they faced established and more experienced teams for the first time. Afghanistan lost all of its games by at least 17 goals.

In February 2009, the team went to Jordan again, but this time for a training camp. The Netherlands' Women's Football Federation has shown interest in helping the team and has invited them for a training camp in Netherlands. In October 2010 the team played a friendly match against ISAF on the NATO ground in Kabul. The Afghans won 1–0.

The 2010 SAFF Women's Championship in Bangladesh marked the first appearance of Afghanistan in a major international tournament. In it, they played their first official game, against Nepal, where they were defeated by an overwhelming 0-13 scoreline. They then faced their neighboring rivals, Pakistan, and lost by the score of 0-3. In their last game, they faced Maldives in a match which ended with the equal score of 2–2. Afghanistan was subsequently eliminated from the tournament with only one point.

The 2012 SAFF Women's Championship in Sri Lanka was the second time that Afghanistan disputed an international tournament. They faced Maldives in their first game and drew 1–1. Diba Naweed scored the team's only goal in that match. The following game with Pakistan marked Afghanistan's second win, outscoring their opponents with an abundant 4–0 goal difference. Hailai Arghandiwal and Marjan Haydaree scored one goal each, while Shabnam Rohin scored two goals in the match. The last group phase game was against Nepal, and ended in a heavy defeat of 1-7. The only goal was scored by Marjan Haydaree. Afghanistan advanced to the Semi-Finals after placing second in the group. The Semi-Final match was with India, and ended with a crushing 0-11 defeat. Thus, Afghanistan finished the tournament as one of the Semi-Final losers.

The 2014 SAFF Women's Championship in Pakistan was the third time that Afghanistan disputed an international tournament. Their first game ended with a 1-6 defeat against Bangladesh. The goal was scored by Marjan Haydaree. They lost the second match 0-1 against Maldives. Their third and last encounter ended in a crushing 0-12 defeat against India. Afghanistan were eliminated from the tournament with 0 points. This marked Afghanistan's least successful participation in the SAFF Women's Championship.

2016 marked a big year for the Afghanistan Women's National Team as they received support from the Afghanistan Football Federation and hired a new coaching staff consisting of head coach Kelly Lindsey, assistant coach Haley Carter, and program director Khalida Popal.[12] The team also hired fitness coach John De Witt, PhD and team physio Joelle Muro, DPT.

Along with these hires, the team prepared for the 2016 SAFF Women's Championship held in India.

The team also had a partnership with Diehard Scarves who produced official Afghanistan Women's National Team Supporter Scarves. A portion of the proceeds from these sales went to the team in their fundraising efforts in preparation for the 2016 SAFF Women's Championship.[13] During the tournament the team lost to India (27 December 2016, lost 1-5, goal scorer was Farkhunda Muhtaj in the 88th minute) and Bangladesh (29 December, lost 0-6).

The team won Tournament AFSO 2016.

The first CAFA tournament for the women's team resulted in four matches with defeats. They earned their biggest defeat, 20-0 to Uzbekistan, who won the first tournament of the women's championship in Central Asia.

In November 2018, male staff of the Afghanistan Football Federation were accused of sexual and physical abuse of Afghanistan women's players.[14] The allegations included the Federation's president, Keramuudin Karim.[15]

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Enter
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
Total	0/8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Women's Asian Cup
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1975	Did Not Enter
1977
1979
1981
1983
1986
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2006
2008
2010
2014
2018
Total	0/19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

SAFF Championship
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
2010	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	2	18	−16
2012	Semi-Finals	4	1	1	2	6	19	−13
2014	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	19	−18
2016	Group Stage	2	0	0	2	1	11	−10
Total	4/4	10	1	2	7	10	67	−57

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.