Nickname(s) | Mourabitounes |
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Association | Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania |
Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) |
Head coach | Abdoulaye Diallo |
Captain | Fatou Dioup |
Top scorer | Fatou Dioup (1) |
FIFA code | MTN |
FIFA ranking | |
Current | NR (16 August 2024)[1] |
First international | |
Djibouti 3–1 Mauritania (Nouakchott, Mauritania; 30 July 2019)[2] | |
Biggest defeat | |
Mauritania 0–7 Tanzania (Le Kram, Tunisia; 14 February 2020) | |
WAFU Zone A Women's Cup | |
Appearances | 1 (first in 2023) |
Best result | Group Stage (2023) |
The Mauritania women's national football team (Arabic: منتخب موريتانيا لكرة القدم للسيدات, French: Équipe Nationale féminine de football de Mauritanie) represents Mauritania in international women's football and is controlled by the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (FFIRM). The team played its first international match in 2019 as a friendly against Djibouti in which they lost three to one. Fatou Dioup scored Mauritania's first international goal.