Eritrea women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Eritrea national football team.

The Eritrea women's national football team (Tigrinya: ኤርትራ ሃገራዊት ጋንታ ኩዕሶ እግሪ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ) is the national women's football team of Eritrea and is overseen by the Eritrean National Football Federation (ENFF), the governing body of football in Eritrea. It has neither qualified for the finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup nor the Africa Women Cup of Nations.

Eritrea

Association	Eritrean National Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Head coach	Ghezai Tesfagabir
Top scorer	Selamahawit Almin Zerihani (2)
Home stadium	Cicero Stadium
FIFA code	ERI
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	NR (15 March 2024)
Highest	29 (March 2007)
Lowest	58 (June – December 2007)
First international
Eritrea 2–3 Tanzania (Asmara, Eritrea; 10 August 2002)
Biggest win
Eritrea 3–2 Morocco (Asmara; 10 March 2007)
Biggest defeat
Tanzania 8–1 Eritrea (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 23 May 2010)

It is managed by Ghezai Tesfagabir and plays its home games in Asmara. Eritrea is currently unranked in the FIFA Women's World Rankings for being inactive for more than 18 months.

Team image

Home stadium

The Eritrea women's national football team play their home matches on the Cicero Stadium.

Results and fixtures

Main article: Eritrea women's national football team results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of September 2022

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	??

Manager history

• ??? (2022– )

Players

See also: Category: Eritrea women's international footballers

Current squad

• The following players were named on 10 October 2021 for the 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification tournament.

• Caps and goals accurate up to and including 30 October 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Rim Redie		Denden SC
	1GK	Yosan Trieste		Denden SC
	2DF	Saron Goytom		Insurance
	2DF	Rim Bexam		Denden SC
	2DF	Misgana Mehari		Denden SC
	2DF	Hermiela Tedros		Insurance
	2DF	Diana Estifanos		Denden SC
	2DF	Helen Michael		Denden SC
	2DF	Thras Habte		Insurance
	2DF	Venus Habteselassie		Insurance
	2DF	Helen Yohannes		Denden SC
	2DF	Rahwa Mega		Denden SC
	3MF	Fithawit Yohannes		Denden SC
	3MF	Hermon Eyob		Denden SC
	3MF	Selam Kibrom		Denden SC
	3MF	Liya Elias		Insurance
	3MF	Luwam Solomon		Insurance
	3MF	Rahwa Teweldemedhin		Insurance
	3MF	Haben Goytom		Denden SC
	4FW	Fithawit Tewelde		Insurance

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

Head-to-head record

• need update

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Morocco	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
Tanzania	8	0	3	5	11	25	−14
Total	10	1	3	6	15	29	−14

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record									Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did Not Enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
1995									–	–	–	–	–	–
1999									–	–	–	–	–	–
2003	Did not qualify								2	0	1	1	4	5
2007	Withdrew								–	–	–	–	–	–
2011	Did not qualify								2	0	1	1	4	11
2015	Did Not Enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
2019									–	–	–	–	–	–
2023	Did not Qualify								2	0	0	2	0	6
Total	–	0/9	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	0	2	4	8	22

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record									Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Ineligible								–	–	–	–	–	–
2000									–	–	–	–	–	–
2004	Did Not Enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
2008	Did not qualify								2	1	0	1	4	4
2012	Did Not Enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
2016									–	–	–	–	–	–
2021									–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	–	0/7	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	0	1	4	4

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations record									Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did Not Enter								No Qualifying Process
1995
1998									–	–	–	–	–	–
2000									–	–	–	–	–	–
2002	Did not qualify								2	0	1	1	4	5
2004									2	0	1	1	1	5
2006	Withdrew								–	–	–	–	–	–
2008	Did not qualify								2	0	0	2	2	4
2010									2	0	1	1	4	11
2012	Did Not Enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
2014									–	–	–	–	–	–
2016									–	–	–	–	–	–
2018									–	–	–	–	–	–
2020	Did Not Enter, Tournament was later canceled								–	–	–	–	–	–
2022	'Did not Qualify'								–	–	–	–	–	–
2024	Did not enter
Total	–	0/14	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	0	3	5	11	25

African Games

African Games record									Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2003	Did Not Enter								No Qualifying Process
2007									–	–	–	–	–	–
2011									–	–	–	–	–	–
2015									–	–	–	–	–	–
2019	Did not Qualify
Total	–	0/5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

CECAFA Women's Championship

CECAFA Women's Championship
Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
1986	Did not enter
2016
2018
2019
2021	Cancelled
2022	Did not enter
Total	1/5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

External links

• FIFA Team Profile