Colombia women's national football team

Colombia
Nickname(s)	[Las Chicas Superpoderosas] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help); (The Powerpuff Girls); [Las Cafeteras] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help); (The Coffee Growers)
Association	[[[Colombian Football Federation\|Federación Colombiana de Fútbol]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (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
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	24 (24 June 2016)
Highest	24 (March-June 2016)
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	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 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]

Honours

Copa América Femenina:
- Runners-up: 2010, 2014
- Third place: 2003
Bolivarian Games
- Winners: 2009 Sucre
- Runners-up: 2005 Colombia
Pan American Games
- Runners-up: 2015
- Fourth Place: 2011

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
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	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
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
Total	Runners-up	5/7	27	14	5	8	58	53

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
Total	First stage	2/6	6	0	1	5	2	13

Schedule and results

Win Draw Loss

2016

6 April Friendly	United States	7–0	Colombia	East Hartford, Connecticut, United States
19:30 ET	Dunn 27' Long 32', 65' Pugh 33' Lloyd 39' Heath 62' Press 74'	Report		Stadium: Pratt & Whitney Stadium Attendance: 21,792 Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

10 April Friendly	United States	3–0	Colombia	Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
14:00 ET	Press 26' Johnston 42', 79'	Report		Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 17,275 Referee: Margaret Domka (United States)

25 May Friendly	Venezuela	0–2	Colombia	Los Robles, Venezuela
		Report	Usme 59' Andrade 62'	Stadium: Centro Nacional de Alto Rendimiento

27 May Friendly	Venezuela	0–1	Colombia	Los Robles, Venezuela
		Report	Usme 79'	Stadium: Centro Nacional de Alto Rendimiento

29 May Friendly	Venezuela U20	1–2	Colombia	Los Robles, Venezuela
	García 72'	Report	Usme 51', 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Centro Nacional de Alto Rendimiento

31 May Friendly	Venezuela U20	0–8	Colombia	Los Robles, Venezuela
		Report	Ariza 29' Santos 33', 59' Rodallega 63' Usme 73' Ospina 81' Asprilla 85' Andrade 90'	Stadium: Centro Nacional de Alto Rendimiento

3 August 2016 Summer Olympics	France	4–0	Colombia	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
22:00	C. Arias 2' (o.g.) Le Sommer 14' Abily 42' Majri 82'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 6,847^[5] Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

6 August 2016 Summer Olympics	Colombia	0–1	New Zealand	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
20:00		Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Hearn 31'	Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 8,505^[6] Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)

9 August 2016 Summer Olympics	Colombia	2–2	United States	Manaus, Brazil
18:00	C. Usme 26', 90'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	C. Dunn 41' Pugh 59'	Stadium: Arena da Amazônia Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)

Team

Current squad

Template:2016 Summer Olympics Colombia women's football team roster

Coaching staff

As of 25 July 2015

Manager	Fabián Felipe Taborda
Assistant manager	Nelson Abadía
Physical trainer	Mario Janer
Goalkeeping coach	Jaime Quintero
Medic	Karen Cifuentes
Assistant	David Castro
Kinesiologist	Heinar Zorrilla

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.
^ "Brazil reign again, Colombia make history". FIFA. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
^ "Match Report: FRA vs COL" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
^ "Match Report: COL vs NZL" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved 6 August 2016.

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.

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

[FRA_vs_COL-5] "Match Report: FRA vs COL" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved 4 August 2016.

[COL_vs_NZL-6] "Match Report: COL vs NZL" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved 6 August 2016.

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