FIFA has recently announced that the Afghanistan women’s football team in exile has been relocated to Morocco to participate in the “FIFA Unites: Women’s Series 2025” international tournament.
The New Arab news agency reported this morning (Thursday, November 1) that the competition was originally scheduled to take place in Dubai starting today, but due to visa issues for the players in exile, the location and timing have changed, and it will now begin on Sunday of next week.
The Afghan women’s team in exile will compete against teams from Chad, Tunisia, and Libya in this tournament.
The players of this team, who have left Afghanistan and settled in other countries, have named their team “Afghan Women United.”
The final roster includes 13 players residing in Australia, 5 players from the UK, 3 players from Portugal, and 2 players from Italy.
FIFA previously stated in a statement that this tournament is part of a “comprehensive action strategy for Afghan women’s football” and includes support and preparation for Afghan players ahead of the competitions.
Tunisia is currently ranked 96th in the world, while Chad and Libya have yet to receive FIFA rankings.
In these competitions, “Kershmeh Abbasi, Suvin Azimi, Montaha Maslih, Najma Arefi, Nazia Ali, Bahara Samimi, Bahara Kohestani, Manouj Nouri, Khorsand Azizai, Zeinab Mozaffari, Fatemeh Haidari, Sousan Khajasteh, Mina Ahmadi, Neelab Mohammadi, Marsal Sadat, Elaheh Safdari, Fatemeh Yousofi, Mona Amini, Maryam Karimyar, Fatemeh Erfani, Aziza Alizadeh, Sousan Mohammadi, and Bibi Nouri” will represent the Afghan women’s refugee football team against their opponents.
