The Djibouti women's national football team represents the country in international competitions. Football is organised by the Djiboutian Football Federation, with women's football formally organised in the country in 2002, and a national team was later created.
History Background The country became independent in 1977. The Djiboutian Football Federation was founded in 1977 and joined FIFA in 1994. Football is one of the most popular sports in the country. Women's football development in Africa has to deal with several challenges that impact the ability to develop a high level of play, including limited access to education, poverty amongst women in the wider society, and fundamental inequality present in the society that occasionally allows for female specific human rights abuses. When high level women's players are developed, many leave the country seeking greater opportunity in Northern Europe or the United States. Another issue facing women's football in Africa is that most of the money for the game does not come from national football federations but instead from FIFA.
By 1985, few countries had their own women's national football teams. Djibouti was no exception: women's football was not officially organized in the country until 2002 and then, only for players sixteen years and older. As of 2009, there were only eight women's clubs for these players in the country. There is a regional and national women's competition, which was established in 2007. The league provided the first opportunity for women outside the capital and major cities to play football. The country has a women's national team but has no youth teams, meaning no U17 or U20 teams. 12% of the money from the FIFA Financial Assistance Programme (FAP) is targeted at the technical development of the game, which includes women's football, sport medicine and futsal. This compares to 11% specifically set aside for men's competitions and 10% set aside for youth football. Between 1991 and 2010, there was no FIFA FUTURO III regional course for women's coaching. A FUTURO III regional course men's coaching workshop was hosted in 2008. In 2007, there was a women's football seminar held in the country. In 2007, there was a FIFA MA course held for women/youth football.
Performance Between 1977 and April 2012, Djibouti women's national football team played in only one FIFA sanctioned match. It was played in Nairobi on 26 March 2006, with Kenya women's national football team winning 7–0, holding a lead of 4–0 over Djibouti at the half. The women's national team has not competed at the Women's World Cup. They played two non-sanctioned games, one in 2004 and one in 2005. In March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA and did not formally exist.
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
2025
2026
Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com globalsportsarchive
Coaching staff Current coaching staff update 14 September 2023 Position Name Ref. Head coach Mohamed Abdourahman Mahamoud Assistant coach Mohamed Idriss Ahmed
Manager history Mohamed Abdourahman Mahamoud (2023-) Hassan Kako (2022–2023) Mawlid Ali Beilleh (2021–2022) Samy Smaili (2020–2021)
Players
Current squad The following 18 players were called up for the 2028 LA Olympic Qualifiers preliminary round fixtures against Mauritius on 4 and 8 June 2026.
Caps and goals correct as of 8 June 2026, after the second leg match against Mauritius.
Recent call-ups The following players have been called up to a Djibouti squad in the past 12 months.
Previous squads CECAFA Women's Championship 2022 CECAFA Women's Championship squads
Records
Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.
Most capped players
#PlayerYear(s)Caps
Top goalscorers
#PlayerYear(s)GoalsCaps
Competitive record Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
FIFA Women's World Cup FIFA Women's World Cup recordYearResult* 1991did not exist 1995 1999 2003 2007did not enter 2011 2015 2019 2023did not Qualify 2027To be determinedTotal0/100000000 *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Olympic Games Summer Olympics recordYearResult* 1996did not exist 2000 2004 2008did not enter 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028did not qualifyTotal0/90000000 *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Africa Women Cup of Nations Africa Women Cup of NationsYearRoundGPWD*LGSGAGD1991 to 2004did not exist 2006 did not Qualify 2008 to 2018did not enter 2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa 2022did not Qualify 2024Did not qualifyTotal0/70000000 (The former format was amended as it did not comply with MOS:FLAG as discussed here) *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
African Games African Games recordYearResultMatchesWins DrawsLossesGFGAGD 2003Did Not exist 2007Did not qualify 2011Did Not Enter 2015 2019 2023to be determinedTotal0/40000000
CECAFA Women's Championship CECAFA Women's ChampionshipYearRoundGPWD*LGSGAGD 1986did not exist 2016did not enter 2018 2019Groupe stage3003033−33 2021Cancelled 2022Groupe stage3003010−10Total2/560060−43−43
Honours
All−time record against FIFA recognized nations The list shown below shows the Djibouti national football team all−time international record against opposing nations. *As of xxxxxx after match against xxxx. Key
Against Confederation
Record per opponent *As of xxxxx after match against xxxxx. Key
The following table shows Djibouti's all-time official international record per opponent: OpponentConfederation Total —
See also
Sport in Djibouti Football in Djibouti Women's football in Djibouti Djibouti women's national under-20 football team Djibouti women's national under-17 football team Djibouti men's national football team
References
External links Association page at fifa.com Facebook