Shahrzad Mozaffar Becomes Head Coach of Kuwait Women's Futsal National Team

Shahrzad Mozaffar, the head coach of the Iranian women's futsal national team, will lead the Kuwait women's futsal national team for the next two years. After the end of its suspension, Kuwaiti football has hired several foreign coaches in various sectors to make up for lost years. Mozaffar will also take on the technical management of the women's national futsal teams and the head coaching of this country’s national team. She is the first Iranian woman coach in football and futsal to be appointed as the head coach of a national team outside of Iran. Fatemeh Hayat, the head of the Kuwait Women’s Football Committee, stated that Mozaffar was recruited due to her abilities, having led the Iranian women's futsal team to the Asian Championship title. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Yousef, the president of the Kuwait Football Federation, was also present at Mozaffar's introduction meeting. Mozaffar mentioned that Kuwait offered a four-year contract, but she requested it to be two years, with the option to extend for another two years if both parties were satisfied. The former head coach of the Iranian women's futsal team told Varzesh 3 that her contract with Iran was until the end of Ordibehesht (May). She expressed happiness in leaving under conditions where she achieved a third and second place in the Asian Indoor Championships and became champion in the Asian Cup. Mozaffar emphasized that her focus in Iran was on winning championships, but in Kuwait, she has to start from scratch. She is currently developing her program for talent scouting, establishing a league, and forming national teams. Mozaffar experienced a tumultuous period in Iran, facing numerous controversies. In Bahman 1392 (January 2014), after leading Iran to its first Asian runner-up title, she suddenly resigned, an unexpected resignation that faced protests from the national team players. Farideh Shojaei, the then Vice President of Women’s Football Federation, told ISNA that she was surprised by Mozaffar's resignation and was unaware of what had happened, as there had been no disagreements between them. Mozaffar, who had just started the national team's camp, told Fars News, 'Coaching is like a bubble on water; one day it exists, and another day it doesn’t.' Ali Kaffashian, the then President of the Football Federation, denied the dismissals, but the same happened to Maryam Irandoost, the head coach of the women’s national football team. New coaches were appointed for women's futsal and football in Iran. Media reported on the role of the Ministry of Sports' security in the developments of women's football and futsal. Now, what is the situation in Kuwait? Mozaffar states: 'In Kuwait, the facilities are available. We just need to work hard and move forward. In Iran, nothing materialized on paper after the Asian Cup. I also had offers from other countries, but in the case of Kuwait, everything progressed very quickly.'