Colombia women's national football team
The Colombia women's national football team represents Colombia in international women's football competitions and are controlled by the Colombian Football Federation. They are a member of the CONMEBOL. The team is currently ranked 25th in the FIFA Ranking and have qualified for two FIFA Women's World Cups, in Germany 2011 and Canada 2015.
Nickname(s) | Las Chicas Superpoderosas (The Powerpuff Girls)[1][2] Las Cafeteras[3] (The Coffee Growers) | ||
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Association | Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF) | ||
Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
Head coach | Nelson Abadía | ||
Captain | Natalia Gaitán | ||
Most caps | Nataly Arias (60) | ||
Top scorer | Catalina Usme (20) | ||
Home stadium | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez | ||
FIFA code | COL | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 25 | ||
Highest | 22 (December 2016–June 2017) | ||
Lowest | 118 (June 2008) | ||
First international | |||
(Mar del Plata, Argentina; 2 March 1998) | |||
Biggest win | |||
(Lima, Peru; 11 April 2003) (Barranquilla, Colombia; 6 June 2004) (Cuenca, Ecuador; 13 November 2010) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
(Lima, Peru; 27 April 2003) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 2011) | ||
Best result | Round of 16 (2015) | ||
Copa América Femenina | |||
Appearances | 5 | ||
Summer Olympics | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 2012) | ||
Best result | 11th (2012, 2016) | ||
Colombia is one of South America's best-ranked national teams, and are also the third nation of the continent to qualify for World Cup and the Olympics, besides Brazil and Argentina. Colombia was the first Spanish-speaking country whose women's team advanced beyond the group stage in a World Cup (in 2015).
Las Cafeteras also had participated in all Copa América Femenina editions since 1998. Colombia were runners-up in 2010 and 2014.[5]
History
Stadium
The Colombia women's national team play their home matches on...
Coaching staff
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for two friendlies against Argentina on 9 and 11 November 2019.[6]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
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1 | GK | Natalia Giraldo | 19 May 2003 | |||
12 | GK | Laura Galindo | 3 March 2002 | |||
3 | DF | Daniela Arias | 31 August 1994 | |||
5 | DF | Paula Gómez | 27 November 2001 | |||
11 | DF | Daniela Orozco | 8 January 2001 | |||
13 | DF | Julieth Rubio | 5 February 2000 | |||
14 | DF | Sofía García | 18 October 2000 | |||
15 | DF | Daniela Caracas | 25 April 1997 | |||
16 | DF | Ana María Bohórquez | 14 July 2001 | |||
2 | MF | Kelly Caicedo | 26 November 2002 | |||
4 | MF | Diana Ospina | 3 March 1989 | |||
6 | MF | Daniela Montoya | 22 August 1990 | |||
7 | MF | Gisela Robledo | 13 May 2003 | |||
8 | MF | Ilana Izquierdo | 14 June 2002 | |||
9 | MF | Maireth Pérez | 31 March 2001 | |||
10 | MF | María Camila Reyes | 11 May 2002 | |||
17 | MF | Wendy Bonilla | 8 July 2002 | |||
18 | MF | Manuela Pavi | 23 December 2000 | |||
19 | FW | Mayra Ramírez | 23 March 1999 | |||
20 | FW | Sara Martínez | 22 January 2001 | |||
21 | FW | Linda Caicedo | 22 February 2005 |
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the Colombian squad within the past 12 months.
Previous squads
Individual records
Most capped players
Top goalscorers
Managers
Fixtures and results
- Colombia women's national football team results
Win Draw Loss
2019
7 November 2019 Friendly | Argentina | 1–0 | Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
15:10 UTC−3 | Stadium: Predio Ezeiza Referee: Laura Fortunato |
12 November 2019 Friendly | Argentina | 2–2 | Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
14:30 UTC−3 |
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Stadium: Centro de Entrenamiento de Ezeiza Referee: Roberta Echeverria |
2020
All time results
The following table shows Colombia's all-time international record, correct as of 1 June 2020.
Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA |
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Total | 110 | 49 | 23 | 38 | 173 | 53 |
Honours
- Copa América Femenina:
- Bolivarian Games
- Winners (1): 2009 Sucre
- Runners-up (1): 2005 Colombia
- Pan American Games
- Winners (1): 2019 Lima
- Runners-up (1): 2015 Toronto
- Fourth Place (1): 2011 Guadalajara
Achievements
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
- **Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
- ***Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Champions Runners-up Third Place Fourth place
FIFA Women's World Cup
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
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Did Not Enter | ||||||||
Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
Group Stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
Round of 16 | 12th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |
Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
TBD | ||||||||
Total | Round of 16 | 2/9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
FIFA Women's World Cup history | |||||
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Year | Round | Date | Opponent | Result | Stadium |
Group stage | 28 June | L 0–1 | BayArena, Leverkusen | ||
2 July | L 0–3 | Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim | |||
6 July | D 0–0 | Ruhrstadion, Bochum | |||
Group stage | 9 June | D 1–1 | Moncton Stadium, Moncton | ||
13 June | W 2–0 | ||||
17 June | L 1–2 | Olympic Stadium, Montreal | |||
Round of 16 | 22 June | L 0–2 | Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton |
Olympic Games
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
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Did not Qualify | ||||||||
First stage | 11th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
First stage | 11th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
Did not Qualify | ||||||||
Total | First stage | 2/7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
Copa América Femenina
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
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Did Not Enter | ||||||||
First Stage | 6th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 16 | |
Third place | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 16 | |
First Stage | 7th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |
Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | |
Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | |
Fourth place | 4th | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | |
Total | Runners-up | 6/8 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 75 | 61 |
Pan American Games
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
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Did Not Enter | ||||||||
Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
Winners | 1st | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | |
Total | Winners | 3/6 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 |
See also
Notes
References
- Boehm, Charles (10 June 2015). "OMG What a Goal! Colombia's Daniela Montoya smashes unreal WWC equalizer". soccerwire.
- Baker, Katie (23 June 2015). "Canadian Bacon: Watching the U.S. Women Bring Home a Win in Edmonton". Grantland.
- "In Colombia, a Soccer Paradox". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
- "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- "Brazil reign again, Colombia make history". FIFA. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- "Convocatoria Selección Colombia Femenina de Mayores para amistosos". Federación colombiana de fútbol (in Spanish). 29 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
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