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Selma Al-Majidi

Personal information
Date of birth	c. 1990 (age 34–35)
Place of birth	Omdurman[1]
Managerial career
Years	Team
	Al Nasr (Omdurman)

Selma Al-Majidi (Arabic: سلمي الماجدي ) is the first Arab and Sudanese woman to coach a men's football team in the Arab world.

Al-Majidi was born in 1990 in Omdurman,^[2] a Sudanese city with the two biggest football clubs. She is the daughter of a retired policeman and comes from a traditional family.^[3] Al-Majidi became interested in football at the age of 16 while watching her younger brother's football team being coached.^[4]

Al-Majidi has a degree in Accountancy and Management Studies from Al Nasr Technical College.^[5]

After working with her brother's coach, Al-Majidi began coaching the under-13 and under-16 teams of the Al-Hilal club in Omdurman.^[3] She has also coached Sudanese second league men's clubs, including Al-Nasr, Al-Nahda, Nile Halfa and Al-Mourada.^[3] Al-Majidi has been acknowledged by FIFA, the international football association, as the first Arab and Sudanese woman to coach a men's football team.^[5][6] In December 2015, she was noted in BBC Arabic's 100 inspirational women of the year.^[7]

Sudan women's national football team

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