Colombia women's national football team

Colombia
Nickname(s) Las Chicas Superpoderosas
(The Powerpuff Girls)[1][2]
Las Cafeteras[3]
(The Coffee Growers)
Association Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
Confederation CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach Nelson Abadía
Captain Natalia Gaitán
Most caps Nataly Arias (58)
Top scorer Catalina Usme (20)
Home stadium Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
FIFA code COL
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 26 Decrease 2 (22 June 2018)
Highest 22 (December 2016–June 2017)
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)
 Uruguay 0–8 Colombia 
(Cuenca, Ecuador; 13 November 2010)
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 12–0 Colombia 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)
Summer Olympics
Appearances 2 (first in 2012)
Best result 11th (2012, 2016)

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 22nd 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. To date, Colombia is the only Spanish-speaking country whose women's team has 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.[4]

Honours

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
China 1991Did Not Enter
Sweden 1995
United States 1999Did Not Qualify
United States 2003
China 2007
Germany 2011Group Stage14th301204
Canada 2015Round of 1612th411245
France 2019Did Not Qualify
TotalRound of 162/7712449

Copa América Femenina

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

Olympic Games

Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
United States 1996Did not Qualify
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012First stage11th300306
Brazil 2016First stage11th301227
Japan 2020Did not Qualify
TotalFirst stage2/76015213

Pan American Games

Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Canada 1999Did Not Enter
Dominican Republic 2003
Brazil 2007
Mexico 2011Fourth place4th520334
Canada 2015Runners-up2nd531155
Peru 2019Qualified
TotalRunners-up3/61051489

All Time Results

The following table shows Colombia's all-time international record, correct as of 1 June 2018.

Schedule and results

  • Colombia women's national football team results

  Win   Draw   Loss

2018

Team

Current squad

The following 22 players were called up for the 2018 Copa América Femenina.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1GK Vanessa Córdoba (1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 Spain Fundación Albacete
1GK Stefany Castaño (1994-01-11) 11 January 1994 Spain Málaga
12 1GK Sandra Sepúlveda (1988-03-03) 3 March 1988 Colombia Junior
13 2DF Angela Clavijo (1993-09-01) 1 September 1993 Colombia América de Cali
2DF Daniela Caracas (1997-04-25) 25 April 1997 Colombia Atlético Huila
20 2DF Liana Salazar (1992-09-16) 16 September 1992 Colombia Santa Fe
2DF Daniela Arias Colombia Atlético Bucaramanga
17 2DF Carolina Arias (1990-09-02) 2 September 1990 Colombia Atlético Nacional
2 2DF Manuela Vanegas (2000-11-09) 9 November 2000 Colombia Envigado
2DF Oriánica Velásquez (1989-08-01) 1 August 1989 Colombia Envigado
15 2DF Isabella Echeverri (1994-06-16) 16 June 1994 United States University of Toledo
8 3MF Jessica Caro (1988-07-20) 20 July 1988 Colombia Cortuluá
3MF Marcela Restrepo (1995-11-10) 10 November 1995 Colombia Cortuluá
3MF Yoreli Rincón (1993-07-27) 27 July 1993 Colombia Atlético Huila
7 3MF Leicy Santos (1996-05-16) 16 May 1996 Colombia Santa Fe
3MF Ana Huertas (1991-06-17) 17 June 1991 Colombia Santa Fe
4 3MF Diana Ospina (1989-03-03) 3 March 1989 Colombia Envigado
6 3MF Daniela Montoya (1990-08-22) 22 August 1990 Colombia Junior
11 4FW Catalina Usme (1989-12-25) 25 December 1989 Colombia América de Cali
4FW Manuela González (1995-08-29) 29 August 1995 Colombia Atlético Bucaramanga
4FW Valentina Restrepo (1997-08-30) 30 August 1997 Colombia Envigado
4FW Yisela Cuesta (1991-09-27) 27 September 1991 Colombia Envigado

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. ↑ "Brazil reign again, Colombia make history". FIFA. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
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