Kenya women's national football team
| Nickname(s) | Harambee Starlets |
|---|---|
| Association | Football Kenya Federation |
| Confederation | CAF |
| Sub-confederation | CECAFA |
| Head coach | Ann Aluoch |
| Most caps | Wendy Achieng (30) |
| Home stadium |
Moi International Sports Centre Nairobi, Kenya |
| FIFA code | KEN |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 119  7 (23 June 2017)
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| Highest | 92 (December 2009) |
| Lowest | 144 (December 2007) |
| First international | |
 Kenya 7−0  Djibouti(Nairobi; 26 March 2006) |
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| Biggest win | |
Kenya 11−0  Zanzibar(Jinja; 15 September 2016) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
Kenya 0−5  Cameroon(Nairobi; 5 August 2006)  Ethiopia 5−0 Kenya(Addis Ababa; 30 September 2012) |
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| African Women's Championship | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2016) |
The Kenya women's national football team represents Kenya in women's football and is controlled by the Football Kenya Federation.
The first women's league in Kenya and national team were created in 1985 at a time when almost no country in the world had a women's national football team. The national team is nicknamed the Harambee Starlets and national team players are not full-time professional players. They need to have other employment.
In 1993, Kenya Women's Football Federation was created and organised a national team that represented the country several times in international tournaments between its founding and 1996. In 1996, the Kenya Women's Football Federation folded under pressure from FIFA and women's football was subsumed by the Kenya Football Federation, with women being represented in the organisation as a subcommittee. Kenya Football Federation took over the management of the women's national team.
In a 22 September 1998 game in Nairobi, Kenya beat South Africa 1-0. In a match in the same city two days later, they lost to South Africa 1–2. In 2002, the national team played a game. The team played in qualifying matches for Olympics in 2003. In 2004, the team played 2 games.
The team played in qualifying matches for the African Cup of Nations in 2006. In 2006, the team played 3 games. In 2006, the national team had 3 training sessions a week.Djibouti women's national football team played Kenya in Nairobi on 26 March 2006, with Kenya winning 7–0, holding a lead of 4–0 at the half. On 22 July 2006, Kenya played Cameroon women's national football team in Yaounde. Cameroon was up 2–0 at the half and went on to win the game 4–0. On 5 August 2006, Kenya played Cameroon in Nairobi. Cameroon was ahead 3–0 at the half and went on to win the game 5–0. In the 2007 African Games qualifying tournament, Kenya beat Tanzania 2-1. In 2010, the country had a team at the African Women's Championships during the preliminary round but withdrew and ultimately did not compete.
In 2011, Grace Sayo was the team captain. The country did not have a team competing at the 2011 All Africa Games. The country was supposed to participate in qualifiers for the 2011 All Africa Games but the national federation withdrew the team after ten of the team's players had already traveled from the countryside to the capital for a training camp in preparation for an opening match against Tanzania. Women's football administrators in the country asked the government to investigate why the national football federation withdrew from the competition, while still having money available to send the men's national team around the continent for competitions. If they had played the match, it would have been their first international match since 2006 when they beat Djibouti. In the 2012 Africa Women's Seniors Championships, the team withdrew from the competition prior to the first round qualifier.
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