Colombia women's national football team

Colombia
Nickname(s)	Las Chicas Superpoderosas; (The Powerpuff Girls); Las Cafeteras; (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	23 (15 March 2024)
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
Summer Olympics
Appearances	2 (first in 2012)
Best result	11th (2012, 2016)
Medal record
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 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. 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]

History

Stadium

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Coaching staff

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 (age 21)	América de Cali
12	1GK	Laura Galindo	(2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 (age 22)	Fortaleza FC

3	2DF	Daniela Arias	(1994-08-31) 31 August 1994 (age 29)	Independiente Medellín
5	2DF	Paula Gómez	(2001-11-27) 27 November 2001 (age 22)	Bacatá
11	2DF	Daniela Orozco	(2001-01-08) 8 January 2001 (age 23)	Llaneras FC
13	2DF	Julieth Rubio	(2000-02-05) 5 February 2000 (age 24)	Cortuluá
14	2DF	Sofía García	(2000-10-18) 18 October 2000 (age 23)	Formas Íntimas
15	2DF	Daniela Caracas	(1997-04-25) 25 April 1997 (age 27)	Logroño
16	2DF	Ana María Bohórquez	(2001-07-14) 14 July 2001 (age 22)	La Equidad

2	3MF	Kelly Caicedo	(2002-11-26) 26 November 2002 (age 21)	América de Cali
4	3MF	Diana Ospina	(1989-03-03) 3 March 1989 (age 35)	Independiente Medellín
6	3MF	Daniela Montoya	(1990-08-22) 22 August 1990 (age 33)	Junior
7	3MF	Gisela Robledo	(2003-05-13) 13 May 2003 (age 21)	América de Cali
8	3MF	Ilana Izquierdo	(2002-06-14) 14 June 2002 (age 21)	Atlas CP
9	3MF	Maireth Pérez	(2001-03-31) 31 March 2001 (age 23)	Ñañas
10	3MF	María Camila Reyes	(2002-05-11) 11 May 2002 (age 22)	Sport Colombia
17	3MF	Wendy Bonilla	(2002-07-08) 8 July 2002 (age 21)	América de Cali
18	3MF	Manuela Pavi	(2000-12-23) 23 December 2000 (age 23)	América de Cali

19	4FW	Mayra Ramírez	(1999-03-23) 23 March 1999 (age 25)	Independiente Medellín
20	4FW	Sara Martínez	(2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 (age 23)	Independiente Medellín
21	4FW	Linda Caicedo	(2005-02-22) 22 February 2005 (age 19)	Deportivo Cali

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the Colombian squad within the past 12 months.

Previous squads

Individual records

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Managers

Fixtures and results

Colombia women's national football team results

Win Draw Loss

2019

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

2020

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

Achievements

*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 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

Notes

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. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
^ "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

[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. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

[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.

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