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.

Colombia
Nickname(s)Las Chicas Superpoderosas
(The Powerpuff Girls)[1][2]
Las Cafeteras[3]
(The Coffee Growers)
AssociationFederación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachNelson Abadía
CaptainNatalia Gaitán
Most capsNataly Arias (60)
Top scorerCatalina Usme (20)
Home stadiumEstadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
FIFA codeCOL
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 25 (26 June 2020)[4]
Highest22 (December 2016–June 2017)
Lowest118 (June 2008)
First international
 Colombia 4–1 Venezuela 
(Mar del Plata, Argentina; 2 March 1998)
Biggest win
 Colombia 8–0 Venezuela 
(Lima, Peru; 11 April 2003)
 Uruguay 0–8 Colombia 
(Barranquilla, Colombia; 6 June 2004)
 Uruguay 0–8 Colombia 
(Cuenca, Ecuador; 13 November 2010)
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 12–0 Colombia
(Lima, Peru; 27 April 2003)
World Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2011)
Best resultRound of 16 (2015)
Copa América Femenina
Appearances5
Summer Olympics
Appearances2 (first in 2012)
Best result11th (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

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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
1 1GK Natalia Giraldo (2003-05-19) 19 May 2003 América de Cali
12 1GK Laura Galindo (2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 Fortaleza FC

3 2DF Daniela Arias (1994-08-31) 31 August 1994 Independiente Medellín
5 2DF Paula Gómez (2001-11-27) 27 November 2001 Bacatá
11 2DF Daniela Orozco (2001-01-08) 8 January 2001 Llaneras FC
13 2DF Julieth Rubio (2000-02-05) 5 February 2000 Cortuluá
14 2DF Sofía García (2000-10-18) 18 October 2000 Formas Íntimas
15 2DF Daniela Caracas (1997-04-25) 25 April 1997 Logroño
16 2DF Ana María Bohórquez (2001-07-14) 14 July 2001 La Equidad

2 3MF Kelly Caicedo (2002-11-26) 26 November 2002 América de Cali
4 3MF Diana Ospina (1989-03-03) 3 March 1989 Independiente Medellín
6 3MF Daniela Montoya (1990-08-22) 22 August 1990 Junior
7 3MF Gisela Robledo (2003-05-13) 13 May 2003 América de Cali
8 3MF Ilana Izquierdo (2002-06-14) 14 June 2002 Atlas CP
9 3MF Maireth Pérez (2001-03-31) 31 March 2001 Ñañas
10 3MF María Camila Reyes (2002-05-11) 11 May 2002 Sport Colombia
17 3MF Wendy Bonilla (2002-07-08) 8 July 2002 América de Cali
18 3MF Manuela Pavi (2000-12-23) 23 December 2000 América de Cali

19 4FW Mayra Ramírez (1999-03-23) 23 March 1999 Independiente Medellín
20 4FW Sara Martínez (2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 Independiente Medellín
21 4FW Linda Caicedo (2005-02-22) 22 February 2005 Deportivo Cali

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 FriendlyArgentina 1–0 ColombiaEzeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina
15:10 UTC−3
Stadium: Predio Ezeiza
Referee: Laura Fortunato
12 November 2019 FriendlyArgentina 2–2 ColombiaEzeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina
14:30 UTC−3
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
Total11049233817353

Honours

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
1991Did Not Enter
1995
1999Did Not Qualify
2003
2007
2011Group Stage14th301204
2015Round of 1612th411245
2019Did Not Qualify
2023TBD
TotalRound of 162/9712449
FIFA Women's World Cup history
YearRoundDateOpponentResultStadium
2011 Group stage28 June SwedenL 0–1BayArena, Leverkusen
2 July United StatesL 0–3Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
6 July North KoreaD 0–0Ruhrstadion, Bochum
2015 Group stage9 June MexicoD 1–1Moncton Stadium, Moncton
13 June FranceW 2–0
17 June EnglandL 1–2Olympic Stadium, Montreal
Round of 1622 June United StatesL 0–2Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Olympic Games

Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
1996Did not Qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012First stage11th300306
2016First stage11th301227
2020Did not Qualify
TotalFirst stage2/76015213

Copa América Femenina

Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
1991Did Not Enter
1995
1998First Stage6th42021116
2003Third place3rd52121216
2006First Stage7th4112411
2010Runners-up2nd7412198
2014Runners-up2nd7520122
2018Fourth place4th7322178
TotalRunners-up6/834177107561

Pan American Games

Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
1999Did Not Enter
2003
2007
2011Fourth place4th520334
2015Runners-up2nd531155
2019Winners1st523096
TotalWinners3/6157441715

See also

Notes

References

  1. Boehm, Charles (10 June 2015). "OMG What a Goal! Colombia's Daniela Montoya smashes unreal WWC equalizer". soccerwire.
  2. Baker, Katie (23 June 2015). "Canadian Bacon: Watching the U.S. Women Bring Home a Win in Edmonton". Grantland.
  3. "In Colombia, a Soccer Paradox". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  4. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  5. "Brazil reign again, Colombia make history". FIFA. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  6. "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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