
Kenya women’s national football team( Harambee Starlets)
Under the direction of the Football Kenya Federation, the Kenya women’s national football team plays as the representative of Kenya in women’s football.
When virtually no nation in the world had a women’s national football team, Kenya established its first women’s league and national squad in 1985.
The players for the national squad, known as the Harambee Starlets, are not full-time professionals. They must be employed in other capacities.
Between its creation in 1993 and 1996, the Kenya Women’s Football Federation organized a national squad that played in numerous international competitions on behalf of the nation.
Under pressure from FIFA, the Kenya Women’s Football Federation disbanded in 1996, and women’s football was absorbed into the Kenya Football Federation.
A subcommittee inside the organization was comprised of women. The women’s national team is now managed by Kenya Football Federation.
Kenya defeated South Africa 1-0 in a match played in Nairobi on September 22, 1998. Two days later, they were defeated 1-0 by South Africa in a match played in the same city.
The national squad participated in a match in 2002. The squad participated in the 2003 Olympic qualification games. The team engaged in two games in 2004.
In 2006, the team participated in the African Cup of Nations qualifying matches. The group engaged in three games in 2006. The national team trained three times a week in 2006.
On March 26, 2006, the Djibouti women’s national football team met Kenya in Nairobi. Kenya won 7–0, leading 4-0 at the half. Kenya’s national football team played the Cameroon women’s squad in Yaounde on July 22, 2006.
After leading 2-0 at the half, Cameroon went on to win the match 4-0. Kenya played Cameroon in Nairobi on August 5, 2006. At the interval, Cameroon led 3-0 and went on to win the match 5-0.
Kenya defeated Tanzania 2-1 in the 2007 African Games qualification competition. The nation fielded a team at the preliminary stage of the 2010 African Women’s Championships, but ultimately withdrew and did not participate.
Grace Sayo led the team as captain in 2011. The nation did not send a team to the All-Africa Games in 2011. The national federation withdrew the squad from the 2011 All Africa Games qualifiers, even though ten players had already traveled from the countryside to the city for a training camp in advance of the team’s opening match against Tanzania.
Administrators of women’s football in the nation requested that the government look into the national football federation’s withdrawal from the competition, given that funds were still available to send the men’s national team to competitions throughout the continent.
Had they participated in the game, it would have been their first international encounter since their victory against Djibouti in 2006. The squad pulled out of the 2012 Africa Women’s Seniors Championships before the first round of qualifying.
The squad was ranked 31st in the CAF and 135th in the globe in March 2012. FIFA rankings for Kenya average 120. They were rated 136 in 2011. They were rated 128th in 2010. They were rated 92 in 2009.
They were ranked 117 in 2008. They were ranked 144 in 2007. They were ranked 135 in 2006. The 24-point jump in June 2007 was their best-ever rise up the global rankings. Their loss of 27 in December 2007 was their biggest decline in the world rankings.
The Football Kenya Federation and Mafro Sports, a maker of uniforms, inked a three-year agreement in May 2017 to supply uniforms for all national teams and junior divisions.
For home games, the national team will use red jerseys, while away games will be played in white jerseys and neutral site games will be played in green jerseys.
Kenya women’s national football team( Harambee Starlets)