Colombia women's national football team

Colombia

Nickname(s)

Las Cafeteras^[1]
(The Coffee Growers)
Las Chicas Superpoderosas
(The Powerpuff Girls)^[2]^[3]

Association

Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)

Confederation

CONMEBOL (South America)

Head coach

Felipe Taborda

Captain

Natalia Gaitán

Most caps

Ingrid Vidal (54)

Top scorer

Catalina Usme (20)

Home stadium

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez

FIFA code

COL

First colours

Second colours

FIFA ranking

Current

1 (25 March 2016)

Highest

24 (25 March 2016)

Lowest

118 (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)

Biggest defeat

Brazil 12–0 Colombia

(Lima, Peru; 27 April 2003)

World Cup

Appearances

2 (First in 2011)

Best result

Round of 16 (2015)

Copa América Femenina

Appearances

5 (First in 1998)

Best result

Runner-up (2010, 2014)

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 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.

Las Cafeteras also had participated in all Copa América Femenina editions since 1998. Colombia were runners-up in 2010 and 2014.^[4]

Competitive record

*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 World Cup

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Did Not Enter
1995	Did Not Enter
1999	Did Not Qualify
2003
2007
2011	Group Stage	14th	3	0	1	2	0	4
2015	Round of 16	12th	4	1	1	2	4	5
2019	To be Determined
Total	Round of 16	2/7	7	1	2	4	4	9

Copa América Femenina

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Did Not Enter
1995	Did Not Enter
1998	First Stage	6th	4	2	0	2	11	16
2003	Third place	3rd	5	2	1	2	12	16
2006	First Stage	7th	4	1	1	2	4	11
2010	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	1	2	19	8
2014	Runners-up	2nd	7	5	2	0	12	2
Total	Runners-up	5/7	27	14	5	8	58	53

Olympic Games

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not Qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012	First stage	11th	3	0	0	3	0	6
2016	Qualified
Total	First stage	1/5	3	0	0	3	0	6

Schedule and results

Win Draw Loss

2015

14 July 2015 Pan American Games	Colombia	1–1	Trinidad and Tobago	Hamilton, Canada
	Vidal 4'		Cordner 87'	Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

18 July 2015 Pan American Games	Argentina	0–2	Colombia	Hamilton, Canada
			Arias 44' Usme 51'	Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Referee: Alondra Arellano (Mexico)

22 July 2015 Pan American Games	Colombia	1–0	Canada	Hamilton, Canada
	Ospina 29'			Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Referee: Mirian Leon (El Salvador)

25 July 2015 Pan American Games	Brazil	4–0	Colombia	Hamilton, Canada
	Formiga 7' Maurine 75' Alves 86' Fabiana 90+3'			Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Referee: Mirian Leon (El Salvador)

2016

6 April Friendly	United States	7–0	Colombia	East Hartford, Connecticut, United States
19:30 ET	Dunn 27' Long 32', 65' Pugh 33' Lloyd 39' Heath 62' Press 74'	Report		Stadium: Pratt & Whitney Stadium Attendance: 21,792 Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

10 April Friendly	United States	3–0	Colombia	Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
14:00 ET	Press 26' Johnston 42', 79'	Report		Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 17,275 Referee: Margaret Domka (United States)

3 August 2016 Summer Olympics	France	–	Colombia	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
22:00				Stadium: Mineirão

6 August 2016 Summer Olympics	Colombia	–	New Zealand	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
20:00				Stadium: Mineirão

9 August 2016 Summer Olympics	Colombia	–	United States	Manaus, Brazil
18:00				Stadium: Arena da Amazônia

Current squad

The following 18 players were named for international friendlies in April 2016.^[5]
Caps and goals updated as 7 April 2016 after the match against USA.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Paula Forero	(1992-01-25) 25 January 1992	0	0	Barry University
12	1GK	Catalina Pérez	(1994-11-08) 8 November 1994	7	0	Miami Hurricanes

3	2DF	Natalia Gaitán (c)	(1991-04-03) 3 April 1991	41	4	Valencia Féminas
14	2DF	Nataly Arias	(1986-04-02) 2 April 1986	49	6	Formas Íntimas
9	2DF	Orianica Velasquez	(1989-08-01) 1 August 1989	43	2	Formas Íntimas
	2DF	Leidy Asprilla	(1997-04-18) 18 April 1997	1	0	Generaciones Palmiranas

2	3MF	Isabella Echeverri	(1994-06-16) 16 June 1994	17	1	University of Toledo
2	3MF	Liana Salazar	(1992-09-16) 16 September 1992	6	0	Futuro Soccer
18	3MF	Leicy Santos	(1996-05-16) 16 May 1996	17	2	Iowa Central Community College
4	3MF	Diana Ospina	(1989-03-03) 3 March 1989	35	3	Formas Íntimas
10	3MF	Yoreli Rincón	(1993-07-23) 23 July 1993	51	9	Avaldsnes
6	3MF	Maria Jaramillo	(1996-02-10) 10 February 1996	1	0	Western Michigan Broncos
	3MF	Carolina Arbeláez	(1995-03-08) 8 March 1995	3	0	Formas Íntimas
	2DF	Mildrey Pineda	(1989-10-01) 1 October 1989	26	2	Generaciones Palmiranas

15	4FW	Tatiana Ariza	(1991-02-21) 21 February 1991	40	8	Club Gol Star
7	4FW	Yisela Cuesta	(1991-09-27) 27 September 1991	7	1	Formas Íntimas
7	4FW	Nicole Regnier	(1995-02-28) 28 February 1995	2	0	Rayo Vallecano
11	3MF	Catalina Usme	(1989-12-25) 25 December 1989	46	20	Formas Íntimas

Honours

Copa América Femenina:
- Runners-up (2): 2010, 2014
- Third place (1): 2003
Bolivarian Games
- Winners (1): 2009 Sucre
- Runners-up (1): 2005 Colombia
Pan American Games
- Runners-up (1): 2015
- Fourth Place (1): 2011

Coaching staff

As of 25 July 2015

Manager	Felipe Taborda
Assistant manager	Nelson Abadía
Physical trainer	Mario Janer
Goalkeeping coach	Jaime Quintero
Medic	Karen Cifuentes
Assistant	David Castro
Kinesiologist	Heinar Zorrilla

References

↑ "In Colombia, a Soccer Paradox". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
↑ 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.
↑ "Brazil reign again, Colombia make history". FIFA. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
↑ "MATCH PREVIEW: WNT CONTINUES ROAD TO RIO WITH TWO MATCHES AGAINST COLOMBIA". U.S. Soccer Federation. Retrieved 7 April 2016.

External links

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Colombia squads – FIFA Women's World Cup

Colombia squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Varón 2 Muñoz 3 Gaitán 4 Ospina 5 Arias 6 Montoya 7 Usme 8 Peralta 9 Rodallega 10 Rincón 11 Salazar 12 Sepúlveda 13 Domínguez 14 Peduzine 15 Ariza 16 Andrade 17 Vidal 18 Castro 19 Montaño 20 Velásquez 21 Velasco Coach: Rozo

Colombia squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Castaño 2 Arbeláez 3 Gaitán (c) 4 Ospina 5 Granados 6 Montoya 7 Vidal 8 Pineda 9 Velásquez 10 Rincón 11 Usme 12 Sepúlveda 13 Clavijo 14 N. Arias 15 Ariza 16 Andrade 17 C. Arias 18 Cuesta 19 Santos 20 Cosme 21 Echeverri 22 Pérez 23 González Coach: Taborda

Colombia women's football squads – Summer Olympics

Colombia women's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics

1 Castaño 2 T. Ariza 3 Gaitán 4 N. Ariza 5 Arias 6 D. Montoya 7 Velásquez 8 Rincón 9 Rodallega 10 Usme 11 Salazar 12 Sepúlveda 13 Domínguez 14 Peduzine 15 Vidal 16 Andrade 17 Ortiz 18 A. Montoya Coach: Rozo

Colombia national football team

General	Federación Colombiana de Fútbol History Managers

Statistics	World Cup record Copa América record Head to head

Results	1938–59 1960–79 1980–99 2000–19

Players	International footballers World Cup & Copa América squads Category

World Cups	1962 1990 1994 1998 2014

Copa América	1945 1947 1949 1957 1963 1975 1979 1983 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2004 2007 2011 2015

Other tournaments	2003 FIFA Confederations Cup The Olympics

Related teams	U-23 (Olympic) U-20 U-17 U-15 Women Women U-20 Women U-17 Futsal (men, women) Beach

Football in South America (CONMEBOL)

Argentina (AFA)

Bolivia (FBF)

Brazil (CBF)

Chile (FFC)

Colombia (FCF)

Ecuador (FEF)

Paraguay (APF)

Peru (FPF)

Uruguay (AUF)

Venezuela (FVF)

National team competitions

Men	Copa América Copa América Centenario Under-20 Football Championship Under-17 Football Championship Under-15 Football Championship Pan American Games Superclásico de las Américas Bolivarian Games South American Games Futsal Championship Under-20 Futsal Championship Beach Soccer Championship

Women	Copa América Femenina Under-20 Women's Football Championship Under-17 Women's Football Championship Pan American Games South American Games Copa América Femenina de Futsal

Club competitions

Men	Copa Libertadores de América Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Copa Suruga Bank Copa Libertadores de Futsal U-20 Copa Libertadores

Women	Copa Libertadores Femenina Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal

Defunct	Intercontinental Cup Copa CONMEBOL Copa Interamericana Copa Iberoamericana Copa Mercosur Copa Merconorte Supercopa Libertadores Copa Master de Supercopa Copa de Oro Copa Master de CONMEBOL Copa Ganadores de Copa

Football in Colombia

Colombian Football Federation

National teams	Senior men's U-23 (Olympic) U-20 U-17 U-15 Senior women's W U-20 W U-17

Leagues	Primera A Primera B

Domestic Cups	Copa Colombia Superliga Colombiana

Defunct competitions	Campeonato Nacional Copa Centenario Batalla de Boyacá Primera C

DIMAYOR El Dorado List of clubs List of venues

National sports teams of Colombia

Baseball Basketball Cricket Football M M U20 M U17 M U15 W W U20 W U17 Futsal M W Handball M W Ice hockey Inline hockey M W Roller hockey M W Rugby union M W W7 Squash M W Tennis M W Volleyball M W Water polo

International women's association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Algarve Cup Cyprus Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF Women Cup of Nations U-20 U-17

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17

South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17

Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup

Games	African Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Codes Player of the Century Men's football

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