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| Nickname | Mourabitounes |
|---|---|
| Association | Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania |
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) |
| Head coach |  Jordi Arimany |
| Captain | Fatou Diop |
| Top scorer | Fatou Diop (2) |
| FIFA code | MTN |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | NR (7 August 2025)[1] |
| First international | |
 Mauritania 1–3Djibouti  (Nouakchott, Mauritania; 30 July 2019)[2] | |
| Biggest win | |
Mauritania 2–0Guinea-Bissau  (Nouakchott, Mauritania; 26 May 2025) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
 Tanzania 7–0Mauritania (Le Kram, Tunisia; 14 February 2020) | |
| WAFU Zone A Women's Cup | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in2023) |
| Best result | Group Stage (2023,2025) |
TheMauritania women's national football team (Arabic:منتخب موريتانيا لكرة القدم للسيدات,French:Équipe Nationale féminine de football de Mauritanie) representsMauritania in internationalwomen's football and is controlled by theFootball Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (FFIRM). The team played its first international match in 2019 as a friendly againstDjibouti in which they lost three to one.Fatou Diop scored Mauritania's first international goal.
In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team,[3] including Mauritania who did not play in a single FIFA sanctioned match between 1950 and June 2012.[4] The country did not have a FIFA recognised national senior or junior team in 2006,[5] and was unchanged in 2009.[6] In 2010, the country did not have a team competing in the African Women's Championships during the preliminary rounds.[7] The country did not have a team competing at the 2011 All Africa Games.[8] In March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA.[9]
The national association, theFootball Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, was founded in 1961 and became a FIFA affiliate in 1964.[5][10] Women's football is not represented by rule in the federation and they do not employ anyone specifically to manage the women's football.[5] The federation has not participated in any FIFA sanctioned training courses for women's football.[6] Most of the funding for women's football in the country and for the women's national team comes fromFIFA, not the national football association.[11]
Football is the second most popular women's sport in the country, behind basketball which is number one.[5] In 2006, there were 100 registered female football players in the country, the first time such numbers were tracked.[5] Opportunities for play are limited as there are only four women's football teams in the country, women's football is not organised at schools, and mixed football is not allowed.[5]
The lack of development of the national team on a wider international level is symptomatic of wider problems on the continent, including limited access to education, poverty amongst women in the wider society, and fundamental inequality present in the society (especially present in Muslim-majority religious state countries, Mauritania being one such country) that occasionally allows for female-specific human rights abuses.[12] Early development of the women's game at the time colonial powers brought football to the continent was limited as colonial powers in the region tended to take make concepts of patriarchy and women's participation in sport with them to local cultures that had similar concepts already embedded in them.[13] Continent wide, if quality female football players do develop, they leave for greater opportunities abroad.[11] Future, success for women's football in Africa is dependent on improved facilities and access by women to these facilities. Attempting to commercialise the game and make it commercially is not the solution, as demonstrated by the many youth and women's football camps held on the continent.[13]
The Mauritania women's national football team have been nicknamed the "Mourabitounes".
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Lose Fixture
v
Mali| 22 May 2025 (2025-05-22)2025 WAFU Zone A Cup GS | Mauritania | 0–5 | Mali | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| 16:00 | Report |
| Stadium:Cheikha Ould Boïdiya Stadium Referee:Fatou Ngum (Gambia) |
v Mauritania| 24 May 2025 (2025-05-24)2025 WAFU Zone A Cup GS | Liberia | 1–1 | Mauritania | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| 19:00 | Morris 56' | Report | Diabira 87' (pen.) | Stadium:Cheikha Ould Boïdiya Stadium Referee:Humu Marah (Sierra Leone) |
v Guinea-Bissau| 26 May 2025 (2025-05-26)2025 WAFU Zone A Cup GS | Mauritania | 2–0 | Guinea-Bissau | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium:Cheikha Ould Boïdiya Stadium Referee:Félicité Kourouma (Guinea) |
| Position | Name | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Jordi Arimany | [14] |
Abdallahi Diallo (2019–2023)Jordi Arimany (2023–present)The following list is the final squad for2025 WAFU Zone A Women's Cup announced on 20 May 2025.[15]
Caps and goals accurate up to and including 9 July 2021.
The following players have been called up to a Mauritania squad in the past 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. | ||||||
*Active players inbold, statistics correct as of 2021.
Most capped players[edit]
| Top goalscorers[edit]
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| FIFA Women's World Cup record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Squad | Coach |
 1991 to 2019 | Did not exist | |||||||||
  2023 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
 2027 | To be determined | |||||||||
  2031 | To be determined | |||||||||
 2035 | To be determined | |||||||||
| Total | 0/1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | |
| Summer Olympics record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD | |
| 1996 to2016 | did not exist | ||||||||
 2020 to2024 | did not enter | ||||||||
| Total | 0/8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Africa Women Cup of Nations record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD | |
1991 to 2018 | Did not exist | ||||||||
| 2020 | Cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic in Africa | ||||||||
 2022 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2024 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| Total | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Games record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Loses | GF | GA | GD |
 2003 to 2015 | Did not exist | |||||||
| 2019 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2023 | Withdraw | |||||||
| Total | 0/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WAFU Zone A Women's Cup record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Squad | Coach |
 2020 | Did not enter | |||||||||
 2023 | Group stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | Squad | Abdoulaye Diallo |
| 2025 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | Squad | Jordi Arimany |
| Total | 2/3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | — | |
| Arab Women's Championship record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances: 1 | |||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
 2006 | Did not exist | ||||||||
| 2021 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| Total | Third | 2/2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 12 | +21 |
The following table shows Mauritania' all-time official international record per opponent:
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W% | Confederation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Algeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 00.00 | CAF |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 00.00 | CAF |
| Djibouti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 00.00 | CAF |
| Guinea-Bissau | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 00.00 | CAF |
| Liberia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ±0 | 00.00 | CAF |
| Mali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 00.00 | CAF |
| Morocco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 00.00 | CAF |
| Tanzania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 00.00 | CAF |
 Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 00.00 | CAF |
| Total | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 38 | −34 | 8.33 | — |
Last updated: Mauritania vGuinea-Bissau, 26 May 2025.
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