Welsh women's national football team

Wales
Cymru

Association	Football Association of Wales
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	adidas
Head coach	Jayne Ludlow
captain	Sophie Ingle
Record scorer	Helen Ward (34)
Record player	Jessica Fishlock (101)
Home stadium	Changing stages
FIFA code	WHALE
FIFA rank	34th (1658 points) (as of August 14, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
176 games 52 wins 37 draws 87 losses
statistics
First international England 5-0 Wales ( Slough , England ; March 1, 1974 )
Biggest win Wales 15-0 Azerbaijan ( Newtown , Wales ; 21 Aug 2010 )
Biggest defeats Germany 12-0 Wales ( Bielefeld , Germany ; March 31, 1994 ) Wales 0:12 Germany ( Swansea , Wales ; May 5, 1994 )
(As of April 7, 2017 )

The Welsh national women's football team represents Wales in women's international football . The national team is subordinate to the Welsh Football Association and is coached by Jayne Ludlow . The Welsh selection has not yet qualified for a major tournament.

In qualifying for the 2011 World Cup , the team met Sweden , the Czech Republic , Belgium and Azerbaijan . Wales were the only team to lose a game against Azerbaijan, which despite a win in Belgium only reached the penultimate group place.

In qualifying for the EM 2013 , the team met France , Scotland , Ireland and Israel . With three wins, one draw and four defeats, the third place in the group was achieved and the playoffs of the runners-up were missed.

In the FIFA rankings, Wales was able to work its way up to 37th place in August 2012 after a temporary low to 57th place in May 2006 thanks to three victories in the European Championship qualification and further to 36th place thanks to victories in the 2013 World Cup qualifiers improve in December 2013.

Tournament balance sheet

World Championship

1991  : not qualified 1995  : not qualified 1999  : not qualified

2003  : not qualified 2007  : not qualified 2011  : not qualified

2015  : not qualified 2019  : not qualified

European Championship

1984  : did not participate 1987  : did not participate 1989  : did not participate 1991  : did not participate 1993  : did not participate 1995  : not qualified

1997  : not qualified 2001  : not qualified 2005  : withdrawn 2009  : not qualified 2013  : not qualified 2017  : not qualified

Olympic games

1996  : did not take part as not an IOC member 2000  : did not take part as not an IOC member 2004  : did not take part as not an IOC member

2008  : did not take part as not an IOC member 2012  : waived. 2016  : did not take part as not an IOC member

For the 2012 Olympic Games , the four British Football Associations agree that an all-British team should automatically represent the host country (on behalf of the Olympic Committee of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) as an automatically qualified team. In contrast to the men's team, which was led by Welshman Ryan Giggs , no Welsh players were appointed to the squad.

Algarve Cup

The national team first took part in the Algarve Cup in 2002 , but always played in Group C against the weaker teams.

1994 to 2001 : did not participate 2002 : 12th place (last) 2003 : 12th place (last) 2004 : 10th place 2005 to 2008 : did not participate 2009 : 12th place (last) 2010 : did not participate 2011 : 08th place 2012 : 08th place 2013 : 12th place (last) 2014 : did not participate

Cyprus Cup

• 2016 : 6th place

Current squad

The following players were nominated for the European Championship qualifier against Kazakhstan on April 12, 2016 (players marked with "*" were also in the squad for the Cyprus Cup 2016 )

Surname	Date of birth	debut	society	Calls	Gates	Last use
goal
Laura O'Sullivan *	08/23/1991	2016	Cardiff City Ladies FC	3	0	04/12/2016
Jo Price *	06/07/1985		Newcastle Emlyn	1+	0	03/09/2016
Claire Skinner	02/17/1997	2016	Reading FC	1	0	04/12/2016
Defense
Loren Dykes *	02/05/1988	2002	Bristol Academy WFC	69	3	04/12/2016
Kayleigh Green *	March 22, 1988	2015	Cardiff City Ladies FC	6+	3	04/12/2016
Sophie Ingle *	09/02/1991	2009	Liverpool ladies	56	2	04/12/2016
Shaunna Jenkins *	08/27/1999	2016	Cwmbran Celtic	1	0	03/09/2016
Amelia Ritchie *	05/09/1999	2015	Brighton ladies	3+		02.03.2016
Rhiannon Roberts *	08/30/1990	2015	Doncaster Rovers Belles	5+		04/12/2016
midfield
Charlie Estcourt *	05/27/1998	2015	Reading FC Women	4+		02.03.2016
Jessica Fishlock *	01/14/1987	2006	Seattle Reign FC	87	28	04/12/2016
Angharad James *	06/01/1994	2011	Bristol Academy WFC	35	1	04/12/2016
Hayley Ladd *	10/06/1993	2011	Bristol Academy WFC	29+	2+	04/12/2016
Rachel Rowe *	09/13/1992	2015	Reading FC Women	7+		04/12/2016
Laura-May Walkley	05/19/1991	2011	Reading FC Women	5+		03/09/2016
attack
Chloe Chivers *	04/29/1999	2016	Cwmbran Celtic Ladies	4th	1	04/12/2016
Gemma Evans	08/01/1996		Cardiff City Ladies FC
Natasha Harding *	03/02/1989	2007	Liverpool ladies	42+	9+	04/12/2016
Nadia Lawrence *	11/29/1989	2012	Yeovil Town LFC	17th	1	04/12/2016
Helen Ward *	04/26/1986	2008	Reading FC Women	59+	34+	04/12/2016

As of April 12, 2016 (after the game against Kazakhstan)

The extended roster also includes:

Surname	Date of birth	debut	society	Calls	Gates	Last use
goal
Sophie Dando	03/03/1991	2011	Cardiff City Ladies FC	1	0	04/20/2011
Alice Evans	07/22/1994		Bristol Academy WFC			December 01, 2015
Nicola Davies	December 28, 1985	2002	Reading FC Women	64	0	09/17/2014
Defense
Rhian Cleverley	11/1/1995	2014	Bristol Academy WFC	1	0	08/03/2014
Nicola Cousins *	10/22/1988	2006	Yeovil Town Ladies	32	0	03/09/2016
Kylie Davies	09/25/1987	2010	Reading FC Women	45	0	09/17/2014
Alys Hinchcliffe	03/28/1995
Nia Jones *	04/06/1992	2010	Reading FC Women	16	1	December 01, 2015
midfield
Helen Bleazard	08/14/1990	2010	Yeovil Town Ladies	27	0	December 01, 2015
Ellie Curson *	02/18/1994	2012	Yeovil Town Ladies	2	0	03/09/2016
Chloe O'Connor *	12/13/1994	2016	Cardiff Met. Ladies FC	1		03/09/2016
attack
Melissa Fletcher	01/28/1992	2015	Reading FC Women	4+		December 01, 2015

Games against national teams from German-speaking countries

→ Main article : List of international matches for the Welsh national women's football team

All results from a Welsh perspective.

Germany

date	place	Result	occasion
March 31, 1994	Bielefeld	0:12	European Championship qualification
May 5, 1994	Swansea	0:12	European Championship qualification
May 10, 2007	Haverfordwest	0: 6	European Championship qualification
May 29, 2008	kassel	0: 4	European Championship qualification

Switzerland

date	place	Result	occasion
September 19, 1993	Cwmbran	2: 3	European Championship qualification
April 2, 1994	Effretikon	2: 4	European Championship qualification
March 15, 2006	Balls	2: 3
October 28, 2007	Rhyl	0: 2	European Championship qualification
May 8, 2008	Oberdorf	0: 2	European Championship qualification
5th March 2018	Larnaca ( CYP )	0-0	Cyprus Cup

Austria

date	place	Result	occasion
October 24, 1999	Long pipe	1: 1	European Championship qualification
May 14, 2000	Newtown (Powys)	0: 2	European Championship qualification
October 14, 2001	Llanelli	1: 2	European Championship qualification
May 25, 2002	Ottensheim	1: 1	European Championship qualification
March 4, 2009	Alvor ( Portugal )	1: 2	Algarve Cup
22nd September 2015	St. Polten	0: 3	European Championship qualification
20th September 2016	Newport	0-0	European Championship qualification
March 7, 2018	Larnaca ( CYP )		Cyprus Cup game for 7th place

See also

• Welsh national football team

Web links

• Official website of the Welsh Federation
• Wales on the FIFA website

References and footnotes

1. ↑ Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months). 
2. ↑ Thereof lost three games on penalties
3. ↑ Wales in the FIFA World Ranking
4. ↑ FIFA.com London 2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament Qualification
5. ↑ WALES WOMEN'S TRAVEL TO AYIA NAPA TO COMPETE IN THE CYPRUS WOMEN'S CUP
6. ↑ WOMEN'S SQUAD NAMED FOR KAZAKHSTAN QUALIFIER