Colombia women's national football team
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Nickname(s) |
Las Chicas Superpoderosas (The Powerpuff Girls)[1][2] Las Cafeteras[3] (The Coffee Growers) | ||
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Association | Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (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 | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current |
24 ![]() | ||
Highest | 24 (March-June 2016) | ||
Lowest | 118 (June 2008) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Mar del Plata, Argentina; 2 March 1998) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Lima, Peru; 11 April 2003) ![]() ![]() (Barranquilla, Colombia; 6 June 2004) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (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:
- Bolivarian Games
- Winners: 2009 Sucre
- Runners-up: 2005 Colombia
- Pan American Games
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 |
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![]() | Did Not Enter | |||||||
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![]() | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
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![]() | Group Stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
![]() | Round of 16 | 12th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
![]() | 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 |
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![]() | Did Not Enter | |||||||
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![]() | First Stage | 6th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 16 |
![]() | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 16 |
![]() | First Stage | 7th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
![]() | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 |
![]() | 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 |
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![]() | Did not Qualify | |||||||
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![]() | First stage | 11th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
![]() | 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 | ![]() |
East Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
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19:30 ET | Dunn ![]() Long ![]() Pugh ![]() Lloyd ![]() Heath ![]() Press ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Pratt & Whitney Stadium Attendance: 21,792 Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada) |
10 April Friendly | United States ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States |
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14:00 ET | Press ![]() Johnston ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 17,275 Referee: Margaret Domka (United States) |
25 May Friendly | Venezuela ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
Los Robles, Venezuela |
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Report | Usme ![]() Andrade ![]() |
Stadium: Centro Nacional de Alto Rendimiento |
27 May Friendly | Venezuela ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Los Robles, Venezuela |
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Report | Usme ![]() |
Stadium: Centro Nacional de Alto Rendimiento |
29 May Friendly | Venezuela U20 ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
Los Robles, Venezuela |
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García ![]() |
Report | Usme ![]() |
Stadium: Centro Nacional de Alto Rendimiento |
31 May Friendly | Venezuela U20 ![]() |
0–8 | ![]() |
Los Robles, Venezuela |
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Report | Ariza ![]() Santos ![]() Rodallega ![]() Usme ![]() Ospina ![]() Asprilla ![]() Andrade ![]() |
Stadium: Centro Nacional de Alto Rendimiento |
3 August 2016 Summer Olympics | France ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
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22:00 | Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA) |
Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 6,847[5] Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea) |
6 August 2016 Summer Olympics | Colombia ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
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20:00 | Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA) |
Hearn ![]() |
Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 8,505[6] Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia) |
9 August 2016 Summer Olympics | Colombia ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() |
Manaus, Brazil |
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18:00 | C. Usme ![]() |
Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA) |
C. Dunn ![]() Pugh ![]() |
Stadium: Arena da Amazônia Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania) |
Team
Current squad
The following is the Colombia squad in the women's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 players was officially named on 14 July 2016.[7]
Head coach: Felipe Taborda
# | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Catalina Pérez | 8 November 1994 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | MF | Carolina Arbeláez | 8 March 1995 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | MF | Natalia Gaitán (c) | 3 April 1991 (aged 25) | 39 | 4 | ![]() |
4 | MF | Diana Ospina | 3 March 1989 (aged 27) | 33 | 3 | ![]() |
5 | DF | Isabella Echeverri | 16 June 1994 (aged 22) | 15 | 1 | ![]() |
6 | DF | Liana Salazar | 16 September 1992 (aged 23) | 13 | 0 | ![]() |
7 | FW | Ingrid Vidal | 22 April 1991 (aged 25) | 54 | 11 | ![]() |
8 | DF | Mildrey Pineda | 1 October 1989 (aged 26) | 25 | 2 | ![]() |
9 | DF | Oriánica Velásquez | 1 August 1989 (aged 27) | 41 | 2 | ![]() |
10 | MF | Leicy Santos | 16 May 1996 (aged 20) | 15 | 2 | ![]() |
11 | MF | Catalina Usme | 25 December 1989 (aged 26) | 44 | 20 | ![]() |
12 | FW | Nicole Regnier | 28 February 1995 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
13 | DF | Angela Clavijo | 1 September 1993 (aged 22) | 19 | 0 | ![]() |
14 | DF | Nataly Arias | 2 April 1986 (aged 30) | 58 | 6 | ![]() |
15 | MF | Tatiana Ariza | 21 February 1991 (aged 25) | 38 | 8 | ![]() |
16 | FW | Lady Andrade | 10 January 1992 (aged 24) | 45 | 9 | ![]() |
17 | DF | Carolina Arias | 2 September 1990 (aged 25) | 42 | 0 | ![]() |
18 | GK | Sandra Sepúlveda | 3 March 1988 (aged 28) | 39 | 0 | ![]() |
Coaching staff
- As of 25 July 2015
Manager | ![]() |
Assistant manager | ![]() |
Physical trainer | ![]() |
Goalkeeping coach | ![]() |
Medic | ![]() |
Assistant | ![]() |
Kinesiologist | ![]() |
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.
- ↑ "Convocatoria oficial Selecciones Colombia para Rio 2016" (in Spanish). Colombian Football Federation. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
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