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Turkmenistan women's national football team

The Turkmenistan women's national football team (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň futbol boýunça zenanlar milli ýygyndy toparynyň; Russian: Женская сборная Туркменистана по футболу) is the women's national football team of the country of Turkmenistan. The team was established in 2016, and is controlled by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan (TFF).

Turkmenistan made their international debut in 2019, facing Kazakhstan, a fellow Central Asian team, in a friendly match, which they lost 6–0.

History

2016–2022: fledging phase

Turkmenistan women's team in the 2019 CAFA U-23 Women's Championship; 11 of these eleven players were also playing for the senior team at the time

The Turkmenistan women's national team was established in 2016, spurred by the growing popularity of women's football in Central Asia. the Football Federation appointed Kamil Mingazow as the head coach that same year.[3] Despite the sport's under-developed status in Turkmenistan, it took them three years to make their international debut, facing Kazakhstan in a friendly match as preparation for the 2019 Turkish Women's Cup, where they suffered a 6–0 defeat.[4] Their first-ever participation in an international tournament saw them finish at the bottom, losing all three matches - 13–0 to Romania, 11–1 to Uzbekistan, and 3–0 to Jordan, ultimately finishing eighth overall.[5]

Turkmenistan initially entered the qualification campaign for the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup, which would have been their first official qualification tournament. However, they later withdrew due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Their first CAFA Women's Championship campaign was in 2022; After two draws, a 1–1 draw against Host Tajikistan where Swetlana Prýannikowa scored to secure a point for the debutants, and a goalless draw against Kyrgyzstan, the team suffered losses in their remaining two matches against Iran (4–0) and Uzbekistan (6–0), to finish fourth in the tournament.[7][8]

In 2023, Turkmenistan was ready for what might have been their first-ever Olympic qualifying campaign. However, despite initially entering the qualifiers and being drawn alongside Kyrgyzstan and India, they ultimately withdrew from the competition without providing a reason.[9][10]

In preparation for the upcoming competition, the team had scheduled a friendly match against a European team; Bulgaria in Sofia. However, the match was canceled due to logistical issues beyond the control of both teams.[11]

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  Void or postponed  Fixture

2023

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 8 June 2022

Manager history

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players are included in the squad for the 2022 CAFA Women's Championship held in Tajikistan.

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

Previous squads

Bold indicates winning squads

Records

As of 30 June 2022

*Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Women's Asian Cup

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CAFA Women's Championship

Turkish Women's Cup

See also

References

  1. ^ "Member Association – Turkmenistan". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Iconic Mingazow seeks to build Turkmenistan women's football". inside.fifa.com. FIFA. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Женская сборная Казахстана разгромила Туркменистан в товарищеском матче" [The Kazakhstan women's team defeated Turkmenistan in a friendly match]. kff.kz (in Russian). Kazakhstan Football Federation. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  5. ^ "România – Turkmenistan 13-0, cea mai categorică victorie din istorie" [Romania - Turkmenistan 13-0, the most decisive victory in history.]. frf.ro (in Romanian). Romanian Football Federation. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Женская сборная Туркменистана по футболу отказалась от борьбы за путёвку на Кубок Азии-2022 в Индии" [The Turkmenistan women's national football team withdrew from the competition for a spot in the 2022 Asian Cup in India.]. turkmenportal.com (in Russian). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Чемпионат CAFA-2022: расписание матчей женской сборной Туркменистана" [CAFA Championship 2022: schedule of matches of the Turkmenistan women's team]. turkmenportal.com (in Russian). 8 July 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Женскую сборную Туркменистана по футболу наградили специальным призом чемпионата CAFA" [The women's national football team of Turkmenistan was awarded a special prize at the CAFA championship.]. turkmenportal.com (in Russian). 21 July 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Женская сборная Туркменистана по футболу впервые примет участие в отборочном олимпийском турнире" [The women's national football team of Turkmenistan will participate for the first time in the Olympic qualifying tournament.]. turkmenistan.gov.tm (in Russian). 11 January 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Женская сборная Туркменистана по футболу неожиданно отказалась от участия в отборе на Олимпиаду" [The women's national football team of Turkmenistan unexpectedly withdrew from participating in the Olympic qualifiers.]. turkmen.news (in Russian). 22 March 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Отмена дружеской встречи между женскими сборными Болгарии и Туркменистана" [Cancelation of Friendly Match Between Women's Teams of Bulgaria and Turkmenistan] (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2024 – via Instagram.
  12. ^ "Iconic Mingazow seeks to build Turkmenistan women's football".

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