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The '''Colombia women's national football team''' (''Las Cafeteras'') represents [[Colombia]] in international [[Women's association football|women's football]] competitions and are controlled by the [[Colombian Football Federation]]. They are a member of the [[CONMEBOL]]. They are currently ranked 28th in the |
The '''Colombia women's national football team''' (''Las Cafeteras'') represents [[Colombia]] in international [[Women's association football|women's football]] competitions and are controlled by the [[Colombian Football Federation]]. They are a member of the [[CONMEBOL]]. They are currently ranked 28th in the world and have qualified for two [[FIFA Women's World Cup]]s, in [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup|Germany 2011]] and [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup|Canada 2015]]. |
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Colombia is one of South America's best-ranked national teams, and are also the third nation of the continent to qualify for [[FIFA Women's World Cup|World Cup]] and the [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympics]], besides [[Brazil women's national football team|Brazil]] and [[Argentina women's national football team|Argentina]]. ''Las Cafeteras'' also had participated in four [[South American Women's Football Championship|Sudamericano Femenino]], in [[1998 South American Women's Football Championship|1998]], [[2003 South American Women's Football Championship|2003]], [[2006 South American Women's Football Championship|2006]] and [[2010 South American Women's Football Championship|2010]]. |
Colombia is one of South America's best-ranked national teams, and are also the third nation of the continent to qualify for [[FIFA Women's World Cup|World Cup]] and the [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympics]], besides [[Brazil women's national football team|Brazil]] and [[Argentina women's national football team|Argentina]]. ''Las Cafeteras'' also had participated in four [[South American Women's Football Championship|Sudamericano Femenino]], in [[1998 South American Women's Football Championship|1998]], [[2003 South American Women's Football Championship|2003]], [[2006 South American Women's Football Championship|2006]] and [[2010 South American Women's Football Championship|2010]]. |
Revision as of 15:26, 18 June 2015
Nickname(s) | [Las Cafeteras] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (The Coffee Growers) Las Chicas Superpoderosas (The Powerpuff Girls) |
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Association | Federación Colombiana de Fútbol |
Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) |
Head coach | Fabián Taborda |
Captain | Natalia Gaitán |
Most caps | Ingrid Vidal (50) |
Top scorer | Catalina Usme (21) |
Home stadium | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez |
FIFA code | COL |
FIFA ranking | |
Current | 28 (27 March 2015) |
Highest | 28 (December 2011) |
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 | Group stage (2011) |
South American Women's Championship | |
Appearances | 5 (first in 1998) |
Best result | Runner-up (2010, 2014) |
The Colombia women's national football team (Las Cafeteras) represents Colombia in international women's football competitions and are controlled by the Colombian Football Federation. They are a member of the CONMEBOL. They are currently ranked 28th in the world 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 four Sudamericano Femenino, in 1998, 2003, 2006 and 2010.
Colombia were runners-up in the 2010 South American Women's Championship, their best ever finish, earning the team a place in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in Germany.[1]
Tournament record
World Cup
Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | |
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1991 | Did Not Enter | |||||||
1995 | Did Not Enter | |||||||
1999 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
2003 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
2007 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
2011 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
2015 | Round of 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
Total | 2/7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Sudamericano Femenino
Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | |
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1991 | Did Not Enter | |||||||
1995 | Did Not Enter | |||||||
1998 | First Group Stage | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 16 | |
2003 | 3rd Place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 16 | |
2006 | First Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |
2010 | 2nd Place | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | |
2014 | 2nd Place | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | |
Total | 5/7 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 58 | 53 |
Schedule and results
Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Competition | Colombia scorers |
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9 June 2015 | Moncton, Canada | Mexico | 1–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup | Montoya 82' |
13 June 2015 | Moncton, Canada | France | 2–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup | Andrade 19', Usme 90+3' |
17 June 2015 | Montreal, Canada | England | 1-2 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup | Andrade 90+4' |
Current squad
Squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[2]
Head coach: Fabián Taborda
All Time Results
- As of 1 January 2014; Counted for the FIFA A-level matches only.
Nations | First Played | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Confederation |
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Argentina | 2003 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | CONMEBOL |
Bolivia | 2005 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | CONMEBOL |
Brazil | 1998 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 36 | -31 | CONMEBOL |
Canada | 2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | CONCACAF |
Chile | 1998 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 7 | +6 | CONMEBOL |
Denmark | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | UEFA |
Ecuador | 2003 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | CONMEBOL |
France | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | UEFA |
Haiti | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | CONCACAF |
Japan | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | AFC |
Mexico | 2011 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -7 | CONCACAF |
New Zealand | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | OFC |
North Korea | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | AFC |
Paraguay | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | +3 | CONMEBOL |
Peru | 1998 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | CONMEBOL |
Sweden | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | UEFA |
Trinidad and Tobago | 2011 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | CONCACAF |
Uruguay | 2006 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | CONMEBOL |
United States | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | CONCACAF |
Venezuela | 1998 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 4 | +23 | CONMEBOL |
Wales | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | UEFA |
References
- ^ "Brazil reign again, Colombia make history". FIFA. 22 November 2010.
- ^ 2015 World cup roster
External links