Colombia women's national football team
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Nickname(s) |
Las Cafeteras[1] (The Coffee Growers) Las Chicas Superpoderosas (The Powerpuff Girls)[2][3] | ||
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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 | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current |
24 ![]() | ||
Highest | 24 (25 March 2016) | ||
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) | |||
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 (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 |
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![]() | Did Not Enter | |||||||
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![]() | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
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![]() | Group Stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
![]() | Round of 16 | 12th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
![]() | 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 |
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![]() | Did Not Enter | |||||||
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![]() | 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 |
Total | Runners-up | 5/7 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 58 | 53 |
Olympic Games
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
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![]() | Did not Qualify | |||||||
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![]() | First stage | 11th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
![]() | 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 | ![]() |
Hamilton, Canada |
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Vidal ![]() |
Cordner ![]() |
Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada) |
18 July 2015 Pan American Games | Argentina ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
Hamilton, Canada |
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Arias ![]() Usme ![]() |
Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Referee: Alondra Arellano (Mexico) |
22 July 2015 Pan American Games | Colombia ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Hamilton, Canada |
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Ospina ![]() |
Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Referee: Mirian Leon (El Salvador) |
25 July 2015 Pan American Games | Brazil ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
Hamilton, Canada |
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Formiga ![]() Maurine ![]() Alves ![]() Fabiana ![]() |
Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Referee: Mirian Leon (El Salvador) |
2016
6 April Friendly | United States ![]() |
7–0 | ![]() |
East Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
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19:30 ET | Dunn ![]() Long ![]() Pugh ![]() Lloyd ![]() Heath ![]() Press ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Pratt & Whitney Stadium Attendance: 21,792 Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada) |
10 April Friendly | United States ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States |
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14:00 ET | Press ![]() Johnston ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 17,275 Referee: Margaret Domka (United States) |
3 August 2016 Summer Olympics | France ![]() |
– | ![]() |
Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
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22:00 | Stadium: Mineirão |
6 August 2016 Summer Olympics | Colombia ![]() |
– | ![]() |
Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
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20:00 | Stadium: Mineirão |
9 August 2016 Summer Olympics | Colombia ![]() |
– | ![]() |
Manaus, Brazil |
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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.
# | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Paula Forero | 25 January 1992 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
12 | GK | Catalina Pérez | 8 November 1994 | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | DF | Natalia Gaitán (c) | 3 April 1991 | 41 | 4 | ![]() |
14 | DF | Nataly Arias | 2 April 1986 | 49 | 6 | ![]() |
9 | DF | Orianica Velasquez | 1 August 1989 | 43 | 2 | ![]() |
DF | Leidy Asprilla | 18 April 1997 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
2 | MF | Isabella Echeverri | 16 June 1994 | 17 | 1 | ![]() |
2 | MF | Liana Salazar | 16 September 1992 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
18 | MF | Leicy Santos | 16 May 1996 | 17 | 2 | ![]() |
4 | MF | Diana Ospina | 3 March 1989 | 35 | 3 | ![]() |
10 | MF | Yoreli Rincón | 23 July 1993 | 51 | 9 | ![]() |
6 | MF | Maria Jaramillo | 10 February 1996 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
MF | Carolina Arbeláez | 8 March 1995 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Mildrey Pineda | 1 October 1989 | 26 | 2 | ![]() | |
15 | FW | Tatiana Ariza | 21 February 1991 | 40 | 8 | ![]() |
7 | FW | Yisela Cuesta | 27 September 1991 | 7 | 1 | ![]() |
7 | FW | Nicole Regnier | 28 February 1995 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
11 | MF | Catalina Usme | 25 December 1989 | 46 | 20 | ![]() |
Honours
- Copa América Femenina:
- Bolivarian Games
- Winners (1): 2009 Sucre
- Runners-up (1): 2005 Colombia
- Pan American Games
Coaching staff
- As of 25 July 2015
Manager | ![]() |
Assistant manager | ![]() |
Physical trainer | ![]() |
Goalkeeping coach | ![]() |
Medic | ![]() |
Assistant | ![]() |
Kinesiologist | ![]() |
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.
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