Saudi Arabia’s national women’s football team win their first-ever international match

Saudi Arabia’s national women’s football team gained their first ever victory in an international match beating the Seychelles on Sunday with a 2-0 win.

Report informs, citing Al Arabiya, that the match, which is part of a tournament of international friendly matches, was held at the National Stadium in Maldives.

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Al-Bandari Mubarak scored the first goal in the first 14 minutes, becoming the first player to score a goal for the Saudi women’s football team in history.

Mariam al-Tamimi scored the second goal from a penalty kick during the second half of the match.

The football team kicked off its training sessions at a preparatory camp on January 14 in the Saudi city of Jeddah, according to the state news agency (SPA), and later traveled to Riyadh on January 27 to resume its second training phase before heading to Maldives for the third and final training phase of its first program.

The team will also play another friendly match against the Maldives on Thursday.