Sri Lanka women's national football team

Sri Lanka
Association	Football Federation of Sri Lanka
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	SAFF (South Asia)
Head coach	Muhammad Jusmin
Captain	Thushani Madhushika
Top scorer	Praveena Perera (8)
FIFA code	SRI
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	162 1 (21 April 2026)
Highest	101 (December 2013; December 2017)
Lowest	163 (December 2025)
First international
	India 8–1 Sri Lanka ; (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 29 January 2010)
Biggest win
	Bhutan 0–4 Sri Lanka ; (Colombo, Sri Lanka; 7 September 2010)
Biggest defeat
	Sri Lanka 0–16 Myanmar ; (Mandalay, Myanmar; 11 March 2015)
SAFF Championship
Appearances	7 (first in 2010)
Best result	Semi-finals (2012, 2014, 2019)

The Sri Lanka women's national football team is the female representative football team for Sri Lanka. As of 2014 the national team has never entered qualifying for the FIFA Women's World Cup nor the AFC Women's Asian Cup.

The team has played in all three editions of the South Asian SAFF Women's Championship, where it reached the semi-finals in 2012 and 2014.^[2]^[3]

History

Sri Lanka women's national football team played their first game in 2010 against India which they lost 8–1. Sri Lanka women's national football team had never played in FIFA Women's World Cup or AFC Women's Asian Cup nor entered the qualifications. They have played in the SAFF Women's Championship and in the South Asian Games. Due to their lack of experience they didn't show any great performance in the regional level of football. But they have qualified for the semi-finals of 2012 and 2014 SAFF Women's Championships.^{[citation needed]}

Sri Lanka made their continental level football debut in the 2016 Summer Olympic Qualifiers when they were soundly beaten 16–0 by Myanmar. In the next game they were defeated by India. In 2016 they participated in the South Asian Games but lost all of their matches in the football tournament. Sri Lanka participated in the 4th SAFF Women's Championship in 2016 but they failed to reach the semi-finals after a shock defeat to Maldives which are ranked below them.^{[citation needed]}

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

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2025

5 April Friendly	Saudi Arabia	2–0	Sri Lanka	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
18:30 UTC+3	Mukhayzin 19' (pen.) Belal 30'	Report		Stadium: Prince Saud Bin Jalawi Stadium

29 June 2026 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Uzbekistan	10–0	Sri Lanka	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
20:00 UTC+5	Kudratova 3', 7', 52', 73' Karachik 18', 20' Khabibullaeva 31', 87', 88' Shoyimova 68'	Report		Stadium: Milliy Stadium Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)

2 July 2026 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Sri Lanka	0–8	Nepal	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:00 UTC+5		Report	G. Rana 7', 55' Bhandari 14', 36', 40' Thokar 62' Poudel 78' P. Rana 89'	Stadium: Milliy Stadium, Tashkent Referee: Wang Chieh (Chinese Taipei)

5 July 2026 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Laos	2–0	Sri Lanka	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:00 UTC+5	Anuradhini 72' (o.g.) Inthaphone 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Milliy Stadium Referee: Park Se-jin (South Korea)

2026

28 May 2026 (2026-05-28) 2026 SAFF GS	Sri Lanka	v	Bhutan	Margao, Goa
16:30 SLST (UTC+5:30)				Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

31 May 2026 (2026-05-31) 2026 SAFF GS	Nepal	v	Sri Lanka	Margao, Goa
16:30 SLST (UTC+5:30)				Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 6 April 2025

Position	Name
Head coach	Muhammad Jusmin
Assistant coach	T. G. D. K. Samarasinghe M. J, Mohamed Ratnam
Goalkeeper Coach	Buddhika Sampath Bandara
Team manager	Hithaishi Jayawardana
Physiotherapist	Imalsha Udayanjalee
Masseur	Nadeeshika Wijerathna

Manager history

Mohamed Hassan Roomy (2024-2024)
Muhammad Jusmin (2025-)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Friendly matches against Saudi Arabia in April 2025.^[4]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Ishanka Weerasinghe	(1997-12-01) 1 December 1997 (age 28)
1GK	Sakura Subasinghe	(1995-05-30) 30 May 1995 (age 30)
1GK	Dilki Sihara		Colombo FC

2DF	Chamantha Francis
2DF	Maheshika Godawalage	(1991-08-13) 13 August 1991 (age 34)
2DF	Lakmini Silva
2DF	Selvaraj Yuwarani	(1997-09-10) 10 September 1997 (age 28)
2DF	Navanjana Perera
2DF	Sivaneswaran Tharmika

3MF	Kanchana
3MF	Thushani Madushika (Captain)
3MF	Praveena Perera	(1995-07-06) 6 July 1995 (age 30)
3MF	Dilasha Dias	(2000-10-31) 31 October 2000 (age 25)	Colombo FC
3MF	Achala Perera	(1996-01-03) 3 January 1996 (age 30)	Colombo FC
3MF	Imesha Warnakulasyriya

4FW	Paskaran Shanu	(2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 26)	Colombo FC

	Shashikala Rathnayaka
	Himaya de Silva
	Shanika Somarathna
	Lochani Sooriyaarachchi		Colombo FC
	Surenthiran Gowri		Colombo FC
	Tharidi Welivita
	Sanduni Sewmini

Recent call-ups

The following footballers were part of a national selection in the past twelve months, but are not part of the current squad.

Pos.	Player	Latest call-up

	L.MADHUSHANI	v. Nepal, 24 October 2024
	K.PERERA	v. Nepal, 24 October 2024
	G.S SEWMINI	v. Nepal, 24 October 2024
	S.ANURADHINI	v. Nepal, 24 October 2024
^INJ Withdrew due to injury ^PRE Preliminary squad / standby ^RET Retired from the national team ^SUS Serving suspension ^WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

Notable players

Erandi Liyanage

Head-to-head record

Key

Positive balance (more wins than losses)

Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)

Negative balance (more losses than wins)

Country	Matches	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Win/Draw %	Confederation
Bahrain	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0	AFC
Bangladesh	4	1	0	3	3	7	−4	25	AFC
Bhutan	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	50	AFC
India	8	0	0	8	1	45	−44	0	AFC
Laos	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0	AFC
Maldives	7	4	0	3	12	9	+3	57.14	AFC
Myanmar	1	0	0	1	0	16	−16	0	AFC
Nepal	10	0	0	10	0	44	−44	0	AFC
Pakistan	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	50	AFC
Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0	AFC
Singapore	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100	AFC
Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1	0	10	−10	0	AFC

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record		Qualification record
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1991 to 2011	Did not exist	Did not exist
2015 to 2023	Did not enter	Did not enter
2027	Did not qualify	Via AFC Women's Asian Cup
2031	To be determined	To be determined
2035
Total	0/10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record		Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1996 to 2008	Did not exist	Did not exist
2012	Did not enter	Did not enter
2016	Did not qualify	2	0	0	2	0	20	−20
2020	Did not enter	Did not enter
2024	Suspended by FIFA	Suspended by FIFA
2028	Did not qualify	Via AFC Women's Asian Cup
2032	To be determined	To be determined
Total	0/9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	0	2	0	20	−20

*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup record		Qualification record
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
1975 to 2010	Did not exist	Did not exist
2014 to 2022	Did not enter	Did not enter
2026	Did not qualify	3	0	0	3	0	20	−20
2029	To be determined	To be determined
Total	0/21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0	0	3	0	20	−20

*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

SAFF Women's Championship

SAFF Women's Championship record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
2010	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9
2012	Semi-final	4	2	0	2	6	9	−3
2014	Semi-final	4	2	0	2	5	9	−4
2016	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2
2019	Semi-final	3	1	0	2	2	9	−7
2022	Group stage	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11
2024	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8
Total	7/7	22	7	1	14	20	64	−44

*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

South Asian Games

South Asian Games record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
2010	5th	5	0	0	5	2	18	−16
2016	5th	4	0	0	4	2	13	−11
2019	4th	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8
Total	3/3	12	0	0	12	5	40	−35

*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

References

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". 21 April 2026. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
^ "SAFF Women's Championship". Soccerway (in German).
^ "SAFF Women's Championship". Soccerway (in German).
^ "Sri Lanka and Saudi Arabia Women's National Teams will meet at the Prince Saud Bin Jalawi Stadium in Dammam, Saudi Arabia on 5th April 2025 for a friendly match". Football Federation of Sri Lanka. 30 March 2025.

External links

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". 21 April 2026. Retrieved 21 April 2026.

[2] "SAFF Women's Championship". Soccerway (in German).

[3] "SAFF Women's Championship". Soccerway (in German).

[4] "Sri Lanka and Saudi Arabia Women's National Teams will meet at the Prince Saud Bin Jalawi Stadium in Dammam, Saudi Arabia on 5th April 2025 for a friendly match". Football Federation of Sri Lanka. 30 March 2025.

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History

Results and Fixtures

2025

2026

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Notable players

Head-to-head record

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Olympic Games

AFC Women's Asian Cup

SAFF Women's Championship

South Asian Games

See also

References

External links