The Sri Lanka women's national football team is the female representative football team for Sri Lanka. As of 2014 the national team has never entered qualifying for the FIFA Women's World Cup nor the AFC Women's Asian Cup.
The team has played in all three editions of the South Asian SAFF Women's Championship, where it reached the semi-finals in 2012 and 2014.
History
Sri Lanka women's national football team played their first game in 2010 against India which they lost 8–1. Sri Lanka women's national football team had never played in FIFA Women's World Cup or AFC Women's Asian Cup nor entered the qualifications. They have played in the SAFF Women's Championship and in the South Asian Games. Due to their lack of experience they didn't show any great performance in the regional level of football. But they have qualified for the semi-finals of 2012 and 2014 SAFF Women's Championships.
Sri Lanka made their continental level football debut in the 2016 Summer Olympic Qualifiers when they were soundly beaten 16–0 by Myanmar. In the next game they were defeated by India. In 2016 they participated in the South Asian Games but lost all of their matches in the football tournament. Sri Lanka participated in the 4th SAFF Women's Championship in 2016 but they failed to reach the semi-finals after a shock defeat to Maldives which are ranked below them.
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
2026
Coaching staff Current coaching staff
PositionName Head coach Muhammad Jusmin Assistant coach T. G. D. K. Samarasinghe M. J, Mohamed Ratnam Goalkeeper Coach Buddhika Sampath Bandara Team manager Hithaishi Jayawardana Physiotherapist Imalsha Udayanjalee Masseur Nadeeshika Wijerathna
Manager history Mohamed Hassan Roomy (2024-2024) Muhammad Jusmin (2025-)
Players
Current squad The following players were called up for the Friendly matches against Saudi Arabia in April 2025.
Recent call-ups The following footballers were part of a national selection in the past twelve months, but are not part of the current squad.
INJ Withdrew due to injury PRE Preliminary squad / standby RET Retired from the national team SUS Serving suspension WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.
Notable players Erandi Liyanage
Head-to-head record
Key
Country Matches Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Win/Draw % Confederation 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0 AFC 4 1 0 3 3 7 −4 25 AFC 9 4 1 4 12 15 −3 44.44 AFC 8 0 0 8 1 45 −44 0 AFC 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0 AFC 7 4 0 3 12 9 +3 57.14 AFC 1 0 0 1 0 16 −16 0 AFC 10 0 0 10 0 44 −44 0 AFC 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 50 AFC 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0 AFC 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100 AFC 1 0 0 1 0 10 −10 0 AFC
Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup FIFA Women's World Cup recordQualification recordYearResult 1991 to 2011Did not existDid not exist 2015 to 2023Did not enterDid not enter 2027Did not qualifyVia AFC Women's Asian Cup 2031To be determinedTo be determined 2035Total0/10––––––––––––––
Olympic Games Summer Olympics recordQualification recordYearRound 1996 to 2008Did not existDid not exist 2012Did not enterDid not enter 2016Did not qualify2002020−20 2020Did not enterDid not enter 2024Suspended by FIFASuspended by FIFA 2028Did not qualifyVia AFC Women's Asian Cup 2032To be determinedTo be determinedTotal0/9–––––––2002020−20
*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
AFC Women's Asian Cup AFC Women's Asian Cup recordQualification recordHosts / YearResult 1975 to 2010Did not existDid not exist 2014 to 2022Did not enterDid not enter 2026Did not qualify3003020−20 2029To be determinedTo be determinedTotal0/21–––––––3003020−20
*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
SAFF Women's Championship SAFF Women's Championship recordYearResult 2010Group stage3012110−9 2012Semi-final420269−3 2014Semi-final420259−4 2016Group stage310246−2 2019Semi-final310229−7 2022Group stage2002011−11 2024Group stage3102210−8 2026Group stage200206−6Total8/82471162070−50
*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
South Asian Games South Asian Games recordYearPosition 20105th5005218−16 20165th4004213−11 20194th300319−8Total3/3120012540−35
*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
See also Sri Lanka national football team Sri Lanka national under-23 football team Sri Lanka national under-20 football team Sri Lanka national under-17 football team
References
External links Facebook Instagram Sri Lanka women's national football team on FIFA