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AFC WOMEN’S ASIAN CUP JORDAN 2018 QUALIFIERS MEDIA GUIDE 2018 AFC Women’s Asian Cup Qualification – Group A Host nation: Tajikistan Group A 1 Jordan 2 Philippines 3 Bahrain 4 Iraq 5 United Arab Emirates 6 Tajikistan MATCH SCHEDULE Match Date / Day Match Time No. 1 Bahrain vs Jordan 13:00 3 Apr 2017 2 Iraq vs Tajikistan 16:00 3 Philippines vs United Arab Emirates 19:00 4 Jordan vs United Arab Emirates 19:00 5 Apr 2017 5 Philippines vs Iraq 13:00 6 Bahrain vs Tajikistan 16:00 7 United Arab Emirates vs Bahrain 13:00 7 Apr 2017 8 Tajikistan vs Philippines 16:00 9 Jordan vs Iraq 19:00 10 Iraq vs United Arab Emirates 13:00 10 Apr 2017 11 Tajikistan vs Jordan 16:00 12 Philippines vs Bahrain 19:00 13 United Arab Emirates vs Tajikistan 16:00 12 Apr 2017 14 Bahrain vs Iraq 19:00 15 Jordan vs Philippines 13:00 All matches to be played at Republican Central Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan All kick-off times based on local time (GMT +5:00) TEAM INFORMATION TAJIKISTAN Ranking: Unranked due to inactivity Coach: Sulaymon Bobokalonov Captain Madina Fozilova 2014 WAC Did not enter Communications: Faridun Soliev [email protected] +992-918667387 - The Tajikistan women’s national team has never played a match at senior level, making their participation – let alone as a group host – a unique story, and a matter of great interest in the qualifying tournament. - Tajikistan has previously had age-group teams in women’s football, with its under-19 side falling to three defeats in hard-fought, competitive matches in attempting to qualify for the 2017 AFC U-19 Women’s Championship. - Little is known of individual players, but Coach Sulaymon Bobokalonov has previously taken charge of Tajikistan’s women’s teams. PLAYER REGISTRATION Jsy. Name Jersey Name Position DOB No 1 SAKHINA SAIDOVA GK 16/12/1999 2 NASIBA OLIMOVA FW 14/01/1999 3 DILAFRUZ SHARIPOVA DF 26/04/1999 4 JONONA HALIMOVA MF 08/03/1999 5 JURAEVA IRODA FW 10/05/1997 6 NARGIZA YUNUSOVA DF 02/05/1999 7 KHOLNAZAROVA SAYRAMJ DF 27/08/1999 9 KHALIMOVA LAYLO FW 16/11/1997 10 SOTNIKOVA NATALIA FW 02/07/1994 11 FOZILOVA MADINA FW 01/05/1996 12 SHUKRONAI JUMAKHON MF 04/04/1999 13 MADINAI ISKANDARI FW 23/02/1994 14 MIRZOEVA NODIRA FW 04/10/1994 15 MAVJUDA SAFAROVA FW 07/05/1999 16 KAJALAEVA SAYORA GK 02/08/2000 17 MUNISA MIRZOEVA FW 15/12/2000 18 FAYZULLOEVA MARJONA MF 04/09/2000 19 SAFAROVA ZULAIKHO FW 21/07/2000 20 ASROROVA SURAYO FW 04/05/2000 21 QURBONGOL QURBONOVA MF 19/12/1992 22 GULAFSHON SARAEVA FW 31/01/1999 23 EYZINGER EVGENIYA GK 26/02/1993 26 LALIEVA DILNOZA DF 11/02/2000 RECENT RESULTS Tajikistan is yet to play a senior international match. JORDAN Ranking: Unraked due to inactivity Coach: Maher Abu Hantash Captain Stephanie Al Naber 2014 WAC Qualified, finish last in group stage Contacts International relations [email protected] General enquiries [email protected] Communications Yanal Malkosh [email protected] - The 2018 hosts have already qualified for the finals but are also taking part in the qualifying tournament; with the second ranked team in Group A to progress to the finals should Jordan finish first. - Jordan had been ranked as high as 52nd in the world before becoming unranked due to a prolonged period of inactivity in the March 2017 FIFA Women’s Rankings update. - Qualified for the last AFC Women’s Asian Cup, and were somewhat competitive against Australia and Vietnam (both 1-3), before being thrashed 0-7 by Japan. - Captain Stephanie Al Naber has previously played in Denmark for Fortuna Hjørring and her brother Yousef has two caps for the Jordanian men’s national team. PLAYER REGISTRATION Jsy. Name Jersey Name Position DOB No 1 SHERIN RAI’D ALSHALABE GK 03/06/1994 2 HAYA KHALIL DF 12/09/1994 3 NOOR MAHMOUD RAJAB ZOQASH DF 01/09/1999 4 LUNA ALMASRI L ALMASRI MF 09/03/1994 5 ANFAL ALSUFY DF 14/10/1995 6 LAMA YOUNIGS AHMAD ALOMARI DF 15/07/1996 7 YASMEEN KHAIR Y KHAIR DF 27/06/1987 8 STEPHANIE ALNABER S ALNABER MF 12/07/1987 9 ABEER ALNAHAR A ALNAHAR FW 13/02/1991 10 HANNAH IBRAHIM AL-KOUSHEH FW 21/01/1997 11 MAYSA JBARAH M JBARAH FW 20/09/1989 12 RAND NASER ALBUSTANJI GK 24/06/2000 13 LANA WALEED ISSA FERAS MF 01/06/1998 14 ENSHIRAH ALHYASAT ENSHIRAH MF 25/11/1991 15 MAI SALEM BUTROS SWEILEM MF 25/09/1995 16 SHAHNAZ JEBREEN S JEBREEN MF 28/07/1992 18 HEBAH FAKHER ELDDIN H FAKHER DF 19/11/1990 ELDDIN 19 AYAH AL MAJALI A MAJALI DF 09/03/1992 20 SHOROOQ SHATHLI S SHATHLI DF 06/01/1987 21 RAND IYAD JAWDAT ABU-HUSSEIN DF 01/03/1997 22 MALAK KHALED ABED SHANNAK GK 01/08/1998 23 TANSEEM MF 14/11/2000 25 LUNDA JAFAR AL-MOMANI FW 08/05/1996 RECENT RESULTS 12 Feb 2017 Jordan 2-1 Algeria Friendly 14 Feb 2017 Jordan 2-3 Algeria Friendly 20 Sep 2015 Vietnam 2-1 Jordan Olympic Qualifier 18 Sep 2015 Thailand 1-0 Jordan Olympic Qualifier 16 Sep 2015 Jordan 0-3 Chinese Taipei Olympic Qualifier PHILIPPINES Ranking: 68 (13th in AFC) Coach: Leticia ‘Buda’ Bautista Captain Inna Palacios 2014 WAC Did not qualify Communications Mikhail Torre [email protected] +639178489943 Administrator Joyce Landangan [email protected] +639989933900 - Having avoided drawing some of the more decorated opponents in the qualifying tournament, the Philippines has the opportunity to appear in the tournament for the first time since 2003 (when there was no qualification process) - Captained by goalkeeper Inna Palacios, the Philippines held extensive trials of locally- based players in February 2017 with an eye to the qualifiers. - In recent years, the team has featured a number of US-based players with Filipino heritage, as well as many locally-based student footballers who combine football with university studies. - The Philippine Football Federation has launched a new PFF Women’s League, with 11 teams representing both clubs and universities kicking off the new competition in November 2016. - Coach Leticia ‘Buda’ Bautista is the first woman to take charge of the national team, and is a former Philippines international defender herself. PLAYER REGISTRATION Jsy. Name Jersey Name Position DOB No 1 INNA KRISTIANNE BEZA PALACIOS PALACIOS GK 08/02/1994 2 CLAIRE LIM LIM DF 24/10/1996 3 ALESA NAZARENO DOLINO DOLINO DF 26/10/1992 5 HALI LONG LONG DF 21/01/1995 7 AIRA AGUSTIN AGUSTIN MF 07/06/1996 9 IRISH NAVAJA NAVAJA MF 12/05/1997 12 JOVELLE SUDARIA SUDARIA MF 11/11/1996 13 PATRICIA TOMANON TOMANON DF 10/04/1994 14 ALEXI NINA BOLCAN ARRIETA ARRIETA MF 19/06/1997 15 HANNA PARADO PARADO MF 30/01/1996 19 EVA MADARANG MADARANG FW 13/09/1997 21 JOANNA ALMEDA ALMEDA DF 24/09/1999 22 HAZEL ARCE ARCE GK 15/10/1997 24 PATRICE IMPELIDO IMPELIDO DF 09/10/1987 25 ALISHA DEL CAMPO DEL CAMPO FW 20/09/1999 27 ZHYRELLE LOU BELLUGA BELLUGA DF 18/02/1997 28 MARY CRISTINE DURAN DURAN DF 28/03/1997 29 ANICKA CASTANEDA CASTAÃ EDA A. MF 15/12/1999 35 SARA ISOBEL ARRIETA CASTANEDA CASTAÃ EDA S. MF 05/12/1996 RECENT RESULTS 30 Jul 2016 Philippines 2-0 Singapore AFF Women’s Champ. 28 Jul 2016 Philippines 0-4 Vietnam AFF Women’s Champ. 26 Jul 2016 Thailand 4-0 Philippines AFF Women’s Champ. 06 May Vietnam 4-0 Philippines AFF Women’s 2015 Champ. 04 May Myanmar 4-1 Philippines AFF Women’s Champ 2015 02 May Malaysia 0-3 Philippines AFF Women’s Champ 2015 BAHRAIN Ranking: 73 (14th in AFC) Coach: Khaled Mohamed Harban Captain Yasmeen Fayez Tobellah 2014 WAC Did not qualify Communications Abdulla Abdulhameed Abdulla Ashour [email protected] +97339620720 - One of the most active West Asian teams, Bahrain competed in the Aphrodite Cup (similar to the Algarve and Cyprus Cups, but for lower-ranked teams) in 2015 and 2017. - They beat Maldives twice in friendly matches in January (5-1, 3-1) before losing to European nations Estonia (ranked 80, 0-3), Lithuania (87, 0-2) and Cyprus (106, 1-7) in the Aphrodite Cup. - Bahrain hosted a qualifying group for the 2014 AFC Women’s Asian Cup, but they were well beaten by Vietnam and Hong Kong, before beating Kyrgyz Republic 4-1. - The team will begin their campaign with a tough encounter against highly-fancied Jordan before moving onto meetings with Tajikistan and UAE on days two and three. PLAYER REGISRATION Jsy. Name Jersey Name Position DOB No 3 HESSA ALZAYANI DF 11/02/1997 4 DEENA MF 23/02/1983 5 H.E. SH. ALANOOD HAMAD ALKHALIFA MF 10/07/1992 7 REEM YUSUF MASOOD SALEM FW 27/06/1987 ALHASHMI 8 DWA ALKHALIFA MF 29/11/1987 9 NOORA SAMI ALDOSSARY FW 01/08/2000 10 ALYAA JUMA ALMUDHAHKI DF 03/07/1989 12 NOUF AL KHALIFA GK 12/01/1989 13 MANAR EBRAHIM YAQOOB DF 27/07/1994 14 SHAIKHA ALKHALIFA DF 06/01/1993 15 MARWA ZAYED DF 13/09/1988 16 ROSE FAYEZ FUAD ABDULLA FW 28/01/1998 TOBELLAH 17 YASMEEN FAYEZ TOBELLAH MF 17/09/1989 19 RAWAN NABEEL ALALI FW 26/10/2000 20 REEM ALDAAYSI DF 02/10/1989 22 KHULOOD SALEH ABDULLA GK 13/11/1997 23 EMAN RASHED ISA MF 14/03/1999 24 NOOR ANWAR MF 18/02/1998 26 WESAL AHMED MOHAMED JASIM MF 05/07/2000 ALYASSI 29 AMIRA SOWAR FW 18/01/1998 30 LELEYA JAWEED ABDULHUSAIN ALI GK 15/07/2002 SABKAR 31 EMAN EBRAHIM RAMADHAN MF 07/01/1993 35 LATIFA AL KHALIFA MF 23/04/2001 RECENT RESULTS 15 Mar 2017 Cyprus 7-1 Bahrain Aphrodite Cup 12 Mar 2017 Lithuania 2-0 Bahrain Aphrodite Cup 11 Mar 2017 Estonia 3-0 Bahrain Aphrodite Cup 24 Jan 2017 Bahrain 3-1 Maldives Friendly 21 Jan 2017 Bahrain 5-1 Maldives Friendly 28 Jan 2016 Bahrain 1-0 Maldives Friendly IRAQ Ranking: Unranked due to inactivity Coach: Adil Qader Captain Unknown 2014 WAC Did not enter Communications Tarik Haris Beden [email protected] - Absent from the international scene since 2011, Iraq are entering a major competitive women’s tournament for the first time in their history.