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 (60)
Top scorer	Catalina Usme (20)
Home stadium	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
FIFA code	COL
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	25 (26 June 2020)[4]
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 ; (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)
Pan American Games
Bolivarian Games

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. 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]

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

Women's 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	Did Not Qualify
2023	TBD
Total	Round of 16	2/9	7	1	2	4	4	9

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
2011	Group stage	28 June	Sweden	L 0–1	BayArena, Leverkusen
		2 July	United States	L 0–3	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
		6 July	North Korea	D 0–0	Ruhrstadion, Bochum
2015	Group stage	9 June	Mexico	D 1–1	Moncton Stadium, Moncton
		13 June	France	W 2–0	Moncton Stadium, Moncton
		17 June	England	L 1–2	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
	Round of 16	22 June	United States	L 0–2	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

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	First stage	11th	3	0	1	2	2	7
2020	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
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
2018	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
1999	Did Not Enter
2003
2007
2011	Fourth place	4th	5	2	0	3	3	4
2015	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	5	5
2019	Winners	1st	5	2	3	0	9	6
Total	Winners	3/6	15	7	4	4	17	15

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	Independiente Medellín
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.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Stefany Castaño	(1994-01-11) 11 January 1994	Colo-Colo	2019 Pan American Games
GK	Michell Lugo	(2001-04-16) 16 April 2001	Millonarios	2019 Pan American Games
GK	Catalina Pérez	(1994-11-08) 8 November 1994	Fiorentina	2019 Pan American Games
GK	Sandra Sepúlveda	(1988-03-03) 3 March 1988	Independiente Medellín	2019 Pan American Games ^INJ

DF	Carolina Arias	(1990-09-02) 2 September 1990	Atlético Madrid	2019 Pan American Games
DF	Isa Echeverri	(1994-06-16) 16 June 1994	Sevilla	2019 Pan American Games
DF	Manuela Vanegas	(2000-11-09) 9 November 2000	Espanyol	2019 Pan American Games
DF	Korina Clavijo	(1993-09-01) 1 September 1993	Sporting Huelva	June 2019 trainings
DF	Gavy Santos	(1993-02-01) 1 February 1993	Atlético Huila	June 2019 trainings

MF	Jessica Caro	(1988-07-20) 20 July 1988	América de Cali	2019 Pan American Games
MF	Marcela Restrepo	(1995-11-10) 10 November 1995	Atlético Huila	2019 Pan American Games
MF	Leicy Santos	(1996-05-16) 16 May 1996	Atlético Madrid	2019 Pan American Games

FW	Lady Andrade	(1992-01-10) 10 January 1992	Milan	2019 Pan American Games
FW	Natalia Gaitán (captain)	(1991-04-03) 3 April 1991	Valencia	2019 Pan American Games
FW	Catalina Usme	(1989-12-25) 25 December 1989	América de Cali	2019 Pan American Games
FW	Oriánica Velásquez	(1989-08-01) 1 August 1989	Independiente Medellín	2019 Pan American Games
FW	Yisela Cuesta	(1991-09-27) 27 September 1991	Independiente Medellín	2019 Pan American Games ^PRE
FW	Angie Castañeda	(1998-02-04) 4 February 1998	CFF Cáceres	June 2019 trainings
FW	Katerin Castro	(1991-11-21) 21 November 1991	Atlético Nacional	June 2019 trainings

Schedule and results

Colombia women's national football team results

Win Draw Loss

2019

28 July 2019 Pan American Games	Paraguay	0–0	Colombia	Lima, Peru
13:00 UTC−5		Report		Stadium: Estadio Universidad San Marcos Referee: Deborah Cruz (Brazil) Assistant referees: Daiane Muniz (Brazil) Assistant referees: Ana Oliveira (Brazil) Fourth official: Milagros Arruela (Peru)

31 July 2019 Pan American Games	Jamaica	0–2	Colombia	Lima, Peru
13:00 UTC−5		Report	Santos 58', 85'	Stadium: Estadio Universidad San Marcos Referee: Milagros Arruela (Peru) Assistant referees: Thyty Rodríguez (Peru) Assistant referees: Gabriela Moreno (Peru) Fourth official: Dione Rissios (Chile)

3 August 2019 Pan American Games	Mexico	2–2	Colombia	Lima, Peru
13:00 UTC−5	Caracas 60' (o.g.) Corral 88'	Report	Echeverri 27' Vanegas 36'	Stadium: Estadio Universidad San Marcos Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador) Assistant referees: Marianela Ramírez (Ecuador) Assistant referees: Sandra Zambrano (Ecuador) Fourth official: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)

6 August 2019 Pan American Games	Costa Rica	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Colombia	Lima, Peru
20:30 UTC−5	C. Sánchez 59', 87' Salas 89'	Report	Santos 30' Gaitán 33' Ospina 68' Usme 93'	Stadium: Estadio Universidad San Marcos Referee: Deborah Cruz (Brazil) Assistant referees: Daiane Muniz (Brazil) Assistant referees: Leila Moreira (Brazil) Fourth official: Susana Corella (Ecuador)

9 August 2019 Pan American Games	Argentina	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	Colombia	Lima, Peru
20:30 UTC−5	Barroso 41'		Usme 33'	Stadium: Estadio Universidad San Marcos
	Penalties
	Larroquette Stábile Santana Cometti Oviedo Barroso⁴ Chávez		Usme Restrepo Gaitán Echeverri Santos Vanegas C. Arias

7 November 2019 Friendly	Argentina	1–0	Colombia	Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina
15:10 UTC−3	D.Arias 33' (o.g.)			Stadium: Predio Ezeiza Referee: Laura Fortunato

12 November 2019 Friendly	Argentina	2–2	Colombia	Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina
14:30 UTC−3	Menéndez 47', 90+3'		S.Sepúlveda 26' S.Martínez 50'	Stadium: Centro de Entrenamiento de Ezeiza Referee: Roberta Echeverria

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
Total	110	49	23	38	173	53

Honours

Copa América Femenina:
- Runners-up (2): 2010, 2014
- Third place (1): 2003
- Fourth place (1): 2018
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

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.

External links

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[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.

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-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.

Colombia national football team
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