Football Women's World Cup 2015 / Colombia

This article discusses the Colombian national football team of the women in the soccer World Cup Women 2015 in Canada . Colombia took part in the finals for the second time and scored a WN goal for the first time. With a surprise win against World Cup favorites France, the team even qualified for the round of 16, but failed there because of the USA. Colombia qualified for the 2014 World Cup as the unbeaten runner-up to the Sudamericano Femenino in 2014 .

qualification

For Colombia, the route to Canada led through the Sudamericano Femenino 2014 in Ecuador , in which all CONMEBOL members took part without prior qualifications. This was played over two group phases. In the first round five teams met each other, of which the two best qualified for the second round. Colombia did not lose a game, but only finished second with two draws in the second round, which directly qualifies the team for the World Cup.

First round

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Colombia	4th	4th	0	0	010: 100	+9	12
2.	Ecuador	4th	2	0	2	002: 200	± 0	06th
3.	Uruguay	4th	2	0	2	005: 900	−4	06th
4th	Venezuela	4th	1	1	2	004: 600	−2	04th
5.	Peru	4th	0	1	3	001: 400	−3	01

September 13, 2014 in Ambato
Colombia	-	Uruguay	4: 0 (1: 0)	Lady Andrade (6th) Arias (58th) Santos (69th), Ospina (90th)
September 15, 2014 in Riobamba
Colombia	-	Venezuela	4: 1 (2: 0)	Rincón (15th), Ortiz (40th), Velasquez (65th), Cosme (90 + 1.)
September 17, 2014 in Ambato
Ecuador	-	Colombia	0: 1 (0: 0)	Ariza (60.)
September 19, 2014 in Latacunga
Colombia	-	Peru	1: 0 (1: 0)	Rincon (39.)

Second round

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	2	1	0	010-000	+10	07th
2.	Colombia	3	1	2	0	002: 100	+1	05
3.	Ecuador	3	1	0	2	004: 800	−4	03
4th	Argentina	3	0	1	2	002: 900	−7	01

September 24, 2014 in Quito
Colombia	-	Argentina	0-0
September 26, 2014 in Quito
Colombia	-	Ecuador	2: 1 (1: 0)	Rincon (12th), Echeverry (55th)
September 28, 2014 in Quito
Colombia	-	Brazil	0-0

Colombia only qualified second in the group, but were the only South American team to qualify for the World Cup finals undefeated. In total, coach Fabián Taborda used 21 players, of which only Katherin Arias , Angela Clavijo and Yoreli Rincón took part in all seven games. In the last group game of the first round, some regular players were spared. The most goals scored Yoreli Rincón (3), the only player to score more than one goal.

preparation

After the Copa, the team took part in the soccer tournament at the Central America and Caribbean Games. All games took place in Boca del Río .

• November 17, 2014 against World Cup participants Mexico: 1: 1 (1: 0)
• November 19, 2014 against Haiti: 3-0 (1-0)
• November 21, 2014 against Trinidad and Tobago: 7-0 (4-0)
• November 25, 2014 semi-final against Venezuela: 1-0 (0-0)
• November 27, 2014 final against World Cup participants Mexico: 0: 2 (0: 0)
• March 17, 2015 against Venezuela 3-1
• March 19, 2015 against Venezuela 3-0
• April 11, 2015 against Ecuador 4: 1
• April 15, 2015 against Ecuador 2-1
• May 31, 2015 in Denver against Costa Rica 2: 1
• 0June 3, 2015 in Denver against Costa Rica 1-0

The team

Contingent

A preliminary roster of 25 players was named in April 2015. The final squad of 23 players (including three goalkeepers), which must be communicated to the FIFA general secretariat at least ten working days before the opening match, was announced on May 20. Colombia has the youngest squad with an average age of 23.7 years.

No.	Player	birth date	society	Country games	Country goals	World Cup games OS games	World Cup 2015
							Sp.	Gates
goal
1	Stefany Castaño	01/11/1994	Graceland University	009	00		2	0	0	0	0
22nd	Catalina Perez	11/08/1994	University of Miami	005	00		1	0	0	0	1
12	Sandra Sepúlveda	03/03/1988	Club Formas Íntimas	039	00	03 (2011) / 3 (2012)	2	0	2	0	0
Defense
5	Lina Granados	05/19/1994	Abilene Christian University	000	00		0	0	0	0	0
midfield
2	Carolina Arbeláez	03/08/1995	Club Formas Íntimas	001	00		0	0	0	0	0
17th	Carolina Arias	09/02/1990	Generaciones Palmiranas	042	00	05 (U20-2010)	4th	0	1	0	0
14th	Nataly Arias	04/02/1986	Atlanta Silverbacks	047	06th	03 (2011) / 3 (2012)	4th	0	0	0	0
13	Angela Clavijo	09/01/1993	Club Kamatsa	019th	00		4th	0	1	0	0
21st	Isabella Echeverri	06/16/1994	Toledo Rockets	015th	01		1	0	0	0	0
3	Natalia Gaitán	04/03/1991	Club Gol Star	039	04th	03 (2011) / 3 (2012)	4th	0	1	0	0
6th	Daniela Montoya	08/22/1990	Club Formas Íntimas	036	03	02 (2011) / 2 (2012)	4th	1	1	0	0
4th	Diana Ospina	03/03/1989	Club Formas Íntimas	033	03	03 (2011)	4th	0	1	0	0
8th	Mildrey Pineda	10/01/1989	Generaciones Palmiranas	025th	02		0	0	0	0	0
10	Yoreli Rincon	02/21/1991	SEF Torres 1903	049	09	02 (2011) / 1 (2012)	4th	0	0	0	0
19th	Leicy Santos	05/16/1996	Club better	015th	02		2	0	0	0	0
11	Catalina Usme	December 25, 1989	Club Formas Íntimas	044	20th	02 (2011) / 3 (2012)	4th	1	1	0	0
9	Orianica Velásquez	08/01/1989	Club Gol Star	041	02	02 (2011) / 3 (2012)	4th	0	1	0	0
attack
16	Lady Andrade	01/10/1992	Generaciones Palmiranas	045	08th	01 (2011) / 2 (2012)	4th	2	0	0	0
15th	Tatiana Ariza	02/21/1991	Club Gol Star	038	08th	00 (2011) / 3 (2012)	3	0	0	0	0
18th	Yisela Cuesta	09/27/1991	Club Formas Íntimas	005	01		1	0	0	0	0
20th	Laura Cosme	03/05/1992	Generaciones Palmiranas	005	01		0	0	0	0	0
23	Manuela Gonzalez	08/29/1995	Generaciones Palmiranas	001	00		0	0	0	0	0
7th	Ingrid Vidal	04/22/1991	Generaciones Palmiranas	054	11	02 (2011) / 3 (2012)	4th	0	0	0	0
Coaching staff
Director técnico	Fabián Felipe Taborda	09/19/1978	Federación Colombiana de Fútbol				4th
Assistant coach	Nelson Abadía Aragón						4th
Goalkeeping coach	Jaime Quintero Salazar						4th
Remarks: ↑ Numbers, positions and number of games as well as goals according to the FIFA squad list (published on May 28, 2015). ↑ a b c Status: June 22, 2015 after the round of 16 at the World Cup. ↑ Status before the World Cup. ↑ Replaces the first nominated Melissa Ortíz .

Players not included

Player	birth date	society	Country games	Country goals	World Cup games OS games
goal
Paula Forero Cabrera	10/14/1984	Barry University	011	00	5 (U20-2010)
midfield
Gavi Yorely Santos Robayo	02/01/1993	Liga del Tolima	00?	0?
Remarks: ↑ As of April 2015. ↑ a b Status: April 15, 2015. ↑ Status before the World Cup.

Games at the World Cup

Moncton Montreal Edmonton (AF)

Venues

When the groups were drawn, Colombia was not seeded and was drawn into Group F with France. England and Mexico were drawn as further opponents. There was only one game against France that was lost 1-0 in the preliminary round of the last Olympic Games in 2012 . There were six games against Mexico before the World Cup, one of which ended in a draw and five were lost. Colombia played a game in England at the Olympics , but had never played against England.

In the first group game against Mexico, the Colombians fell behind after 36 minutes and it looked like they would lose to Mexico for a long time. In the 82nd minute Daniela Montoya then scored the first World Cup goal for Colombia - four years earlier they hadn't scored - the equalizer and the final score. Against unimaginative French women, they surprisingly won the second group game and were thus leaders. When it came to the last group game, due to the other groups that had previously been concluded, it was already certain that Colombia had reached the knockout round at least as third party regardless of the outcome of the game. Against England they then conceded two goals in the first half, the equalization in stoppage time made Lady Andrade the Colombian top scorer, but did nothing to change the fact that Colombia finished third.

As the best third in the group, they will meet the USA in the round of 16 on June 22, 2015 in Edmonton and had to travel to the West to do so. There were only two games against the USA before, both were lost 3-0 - in the group games of the last World Cup and Olympic Games. Against the USA, the Colombians had to do without goalkeeper Sandra Sepúlveda , who received the second yellow card in the last group game . Substitute goalkeeper Catalina Pérez did well after an initial uncertainty, but was then given a red card in the 50th minute after an emergency brake in the penalty area . The substitute Stefany Castano had then initially fortunate that world record holder Abby Wambach scored the due penalty off target, shortly after she was a shot from Alex Morgan but divert attention into his own net. She was also powerless on the second penalty shot by Carli Lloyd . Then she stayed without another goal. Since their teammates did not succeed in putting the US goal in jeopardy and did not score a goal against the USA this time, there was no surprise again.

Group games

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	3	2	0	1	006: 200	+4	06th
2.	England	3	2	0	1	004: 300	+1	06th
3.	Colombia	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	04th
4th	Mexico	3	0	1	2	002: 800	−6	01

Tue. June 9, 2015, in Moncton
Colombia	-	Mexico	1: 1 (0: 1)
Sat. June 13, 2015, in Moncton
France	-	Colombia	0: 2 (0: 1)
Wed. June 17, 2015, in Montreal
England	-	Colombia	2: 1 (2: 0)

Knockout round

Mon June 22, 2015 in Edmonton
United States	-	Colombia	2: 0 (0: 0)

Web links

• conmebol.com: Copa América Femenina

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hazleidy Rincón mentioned in the CONMEBOL match reports.
2. ↑ Selección Femenina retomó su preparación en Bogotá ( Memento of 18 May 2015, Internet Archive ). In: fcf.com, accessed September 7, 2019.
3. ↑ Regulations for the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 ™. (PDF; 359 kB) In: fifa.com, accessed on September 7, 2019.
4. ↑ Selección Femenina retoma preparación final en Bogotá ( Memento from 1 July 2015, Internet Archive ). In: fcf.com, accessed September 7, 2019.
5. ↑ Women's World Cup 2015: group draw degenerates into a farce ( Memento from December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). In: framba.de, December 6, 2014, accessed on September 7, 2019.