Colombian women's national soccer team

Colombia
República de Colombia

Nickname (s)	Las cafeteras , la tricolor , las chicas superpoderosas
Association	Federación Colombiana de Fútbol
confederacy	CONMEBOL
Technical sponsor	lotto
Head coach	Nelson Abadía
captain	Natalia Gaitán
Record scorer	Catalina Usme (29)
Record player	Ingrid Vidal (50)
Home stadium	Changing stages
FIFA code	COL
FIFA rank	25. (1700 points) (as of August 14, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
105 games 49 wins 18 draws 38 losses
statistics
First international match Colombia 4-1 Venezuela ( Mar del Plata , Argentina ; March 2, 1998 )
Biggest wins Colombia 8-0 Venezuela ( Loja , Ecuador ; April 11, 2003 Uruguay 8-0 Colombia Cuenca , Ecuador ; November 13, 2010 )
Biggest defeat Brazil 12-0 Colombia ( Lima , Peru ; April 27, 2003 )
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	2 ( first : 2011 )
Best results	Round of 16 2015
South American Championship
Participation in the finals	6 ( first : 1998 )
Best results	2nd place 2010 , 2014
Olympic games Preliminary round 2012 Preliminary round 2016
(As of April 22, 2018 )

The Colombian national women's soccer team represents Colombia in international women's soccer . The national team is subordinate to the Football Association of Colombia. Colombia and Venezuela were the first countries in South America to host an international women's soccer match. On July 13, 1966, the Colombian team won 2-1 against Venezuela in Caracas . The game is not recognized by FIFA as an official international match.

The selection took part in four of the previously held CONMEBOL South American Championships , with second place in 2010 being the greatest success so far, which meant qualifying for the 2011 World Cup as well as the football tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and the Pan American Games in Guadalajara .

At the beginning of 2010, Colombia played for the first time against two non-South American countries (2-2 against Denmark and 2-4 against Japan ).

On June 15, Colombia played a game outside of South America for the first time. In Switzerland, the team met Denmark in preparation for the World Cup. The game ended 1-1, the subsequent penalty shootout was won by the Colombians 3-1. On June 20, they were able to win a game against a European team for the first time: A test match - also in Switzerland - was won 3-1 against Wales (FIFA world ranking 47th). Two days earlier they had played their first game against a team from Oceania against World Cup participants New Zealand and lost 1-0.

In the preliminary round of the World Cup, the World Cup newcomer first met Sweden . The first World Cup game was lost 0-1. In the second game, Colombia met the USA and lost 3-0. With that Colombia had already been eliminated and the last game against North Korea was insignificant for the further course of the tournament. It ended 0-0, making both teams the only ones who didn't score at the World Cup. After all, Colombia was the second South American team to win a point. Argentina failed to do this in two participations. Like two other teams, Colombia received neither a yellow card nor a red card in the preliminary round .

As very few games have been played in the past, Colombia was temporarily excluded from the FIFA world rankings (June 2008 to September 2009). Before the World Cup, Colombia was ranked 31st, which was the best placement so far. After the World Cup, Colombia ranked 29th. The improvement is mainly due to the draw against North Korea. Since December 2011, the 28th place has been the best so far.

At the 2012 Olympic Games , the team met France (0: 1) for the first time in the group stage , as well as the USA (0: 3) and North Korea (0: 2), against whom Colombia played at the 2011 World Cup. After the three defeats, Colombia was eliminated as the bottom group and the only team without a goal.

Tournament balance sheet

World Championship

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1991 - did not participate 1995 - did not participate 1999 - did not qualify 2003 - did not qualify

2007 - did not qualify 2011 - preliminary round 2015 - round of 16 2019 - did not qualify

South American Championship

1991 - did not participate 1995 - did not participate 1998 - preliminary round 2003 - third

2006 - preliminary round 2010 - second 2014 - second 2018 - fourth

Olympic games

→ Main article : Colombian Women's National Football Team / Olympic Games

1996 - did not participate 2000 - did not qualify 2004 - did not qualify 2008 - did not qualify

2012 - preliminary round 2016 - preliminary round 2020 - did not qualify

Pan American Games

The Colombian team took part twice in the women's soccer tournament of the Pan American Games, which has been held since 1999, finishing fourth and second once.

1999 : did not participate 2003 : did not participate 2007 : did not participate

2011 : fourth 2015 : second

Current squad

See also: Women's World Cup 2015 / Colombia # The team

A preliminary roster for the 2016 Olympic Games of 22 players was named on July 5th. The items correspond to the information provided by the Colombian Association and may in some cases differ from the information provided by FIFA.

No.	Player	birth date	society	Country games	Country goals	OS games
goal
1	Catalina Perez	11/08/1994	Miami Hurricanes	005	00
18th	Sandra Sepúlveda	03/03/1988	Club Formas Íntimas	039	00	3 (2012)
Defense and midfield
2	Carolina Arbeláez	03/08/1995	Club Formas Íntimas	001	00
17th	Carolina Arias	09/02/1990	Orsomarso SC	042	00
14th	Nataly Arias	04/02/1986	Club Formas Íntimas	058	06th	3 (2012)
13	Angela Clavijo	09/01/1993	Club Kamatsa	019th	00
5	Isabella Echeverri	06/16/1994	Toledo Rockets	015th	01
3	Natalia Gaitán	04/03/1991	Valencia CF	039	04th	3 (2012)
4th	Diana Ospina	03/03/1989	Club Formas Íntimas	033	03
8th	Mildrey Pineda	10/01/1989	Generaciones Palmiranas	025th	02
6th	Liana Salazar	09/16/1992	Futuro Soccer	013	00
10	Leicy Santos	05/16/1996	Club Gol Star	015th	02
11	Catalina Usme	December 25, 1989	Club Formas Íntimas	044	20th	3 (2012)
9	Orianica Velásquez	08/01/1989	Club Gol Star	041	02	3 (2012)
attack
16	Lady Andrade	01/10/1992	Western New York Flash	045	09	2 (2012)
15th	Tatiana Ariza	02/21/1991	Houston Aces	038	08th	3 (2012)
12	Nicole Regnier	02/28/1995	Rayo Vallecano	001	00
7th	Ingrid Vidal	04/22/1991	Generaciones Palmiranas	054	11	3 (2012)
Coaching staff
Director técnico	Fabián Felipe Taborda	09/19/1978	Federación Colombiana de Fútbol
Remarks: ↑ Numbers according to the squad list ↑ a b Status: June 22, 2015 after the round of 16 at the World Cup

Players of the provisional OS squad

Player	birth date	society	Country games	Country goals	OS games
goal
Stefany Castaño	01/11/1994	Futuro Soccer	009	00
Defense and midfield
Sonia Rada		Liga Vallecaucana de Fútbol	0	0
Yoreli Rincon	02/21/1991	Avaldsnes IL	049	09	1 (2012)
attack
Melissa Ortiz	01/24/1990	Team Boca Blast

1. ↑ ^{a b} Status: June 22, 2015 after the round of 16 at the World Cup

See also

• List of international matches for the Colombian women's national football team
• Colombian national soccer team

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months). 
2. ↑ Venezuela vs Colombia 1966
3. ↑ Selección Colombia Femenina Vencio a Dinamarca en penaltis
4. ↑ FIFA.com: Colombia featured in FIFA Women's World Ranking
5. ↑ fifa.com: Ranking Colombia
6. ↑ fcf.com: "Selección Femenina avanza con su ciclo de trabajo en Pereira"

Web links

Commons : Colombian Women's National Soccer Team  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the Colombian Football Association on the women's national team