- Bahrain women's national football team
Infobox National football team
Name = Bahrain
Badge =
Nickname = The Reds
Association =Bahrain Football Association
Confederation = AFC (Asia )
Coach = flagicon|GermanyMonika Staab
Top scorer = Zain
Home Stadium = Bahrain National Stadium
FIFA Trigramme = BHR
FIFA Rank = 111
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leftarm2=FF0000|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FF0000|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFFirst game = flagicon|Maldives Maldives 0 - 7 Bahrain flagicon|Bahrain (
Male, Maldives ;April 22 ,2007 )
Largest win = flagicon|Maldives Maldives 0 - 7 Bahrain flagicon|Bahrain (Male, Maldives ;April 22 ,2007 )
Largest loss =flagicon|Jordan Jordan 9 - 0 Bahrain flagicon|Bahrain (Amman, Jordan ;September 25 ,2005 )-- NotFIFA officatedThe Bahrain women's national football team was first formed in 2003. The team represents Bahrain in international
women's football and thus falls under the governance of theBahrain Football Association ; more specifically run by the women's committee at the Association. Although participating in several friendly tournaments, the team played its first official international match against theMaldives on April 22, 2007 and entered theFIFA ranking list June, 2007 at 111 out of 142.History
The Bahrain Women's National Team is the first National Women's Football Team to be formed in the GCC region. This was a big step for the island nation and it is just a part of Bahrain's dedication towards promoting women's sports.
In 2004, Bahrain participated in a
Futsal tournament in Amman,Jordan and the next year participated in the West Asian Championship held also in the Jordanian capital, though none of the matches were FIFA officiated. The team placed 4th in this tournament.In February 2006, Bahrain participated in the first ever
Arabian Women's Tournament held inAbu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates. The team was better prepared this time and brought home the 1st place trophy as well as theFair Play trophy. After this achievement, the sport became even more popular in the country and more girls have expressed their interest to join clubs.In an effort to improve the national team further, the committee put in a request to
FIFA for a licensed female coach to lead the team. As a result, German coachMonika Staab was sent to Bahrain January 21, 2007 for a six month development program. Under the guidance of Staab, the team played its first official FIFA approved match in April 22, 2007 against the national team ofMaldives in Male, Maldives. During this match, Bahrain put up a great match and managed to secure an historic 7-0 win.Coaches / Former Coaches
flagicon|Bahrain Ghazi Al-Majed
flagicon|Bahrain Adnan Ebrahim
flagicon|Bahrain Khalid Al-Harban
flagicon|Bahrain Masoud Al-Ameeri
flagicon|Germany Monika Staab
flagicon|Bahrain Abdulla Bilal (Goalkeeping Coach)
Current squad
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