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	21 (13 December 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 (first in 1998)
Best result	Runner-up (2010, 2014)
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 22nd 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]

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
- Runners-up (1): 2015 Toronto
- Fourth Place (1): 2011 Guadalajara

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	Did Not Qualify
Total	Round of 16	2/7	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

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

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

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	Qualified
Total	Runners-up	3/6	10	5	1	4	8	9

All Time Results

The following table shows Colombia's all-time international record, correct as of 1 June 2018.

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
Total	93	43	17	33	150	32

Schedule and results

Colombia women's national football team results

Win Draw Loss

2018

06 March Friendly	Chile	0–0	Colombia	Las Condes, Chile
		Report

04 April 2018 Copa América Femenina	Colombia	8–0	Uruguay	La Serena, Chile
16:45	Usme 2' (45+1), 57' (90+2) Montoya 17' Rincón 43' Echeverri 58'	Report		Stadium: Estadio La Portada Referee: Emikar Caldera (Venezuela)

06 April 2018 Copa América Femenina	Chile	1–1	Colombia	La Serena, Chile
19:00	Saéz 79'	Report	Usme 49'	Stadium: Estadio La Portada Referee: Edina Alves (Brazil)

08 April 2018 Copa América Femenina	Colombia	5–1	Paraguay	La Serena, Chile
19:00	Usme 41' (56), 65' Ospina 70' Santos 81'	Report	Cortaza 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio La Portada Referee: Maria Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

10 April 2018 Copa América Femenina	Colombia	3–0	Peru	La Serena, Chile
16:45	Usme 22' Santos 53' Echeverri 83'	Report		Stadium: Estadio La Portada

16 April 2018 Copa América Femenina	Colombia	1–3	Argentina	La Serena, Chile
16:45	Salazar 31'	Report	Bonsegundo 49' Jaimes 66' Coronel 70'	Stadium: Estadio La Portada Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)

19 April 2018 Copa América Femenina	Colombia	0–0	Chile	La Serena, Chile
		Report		Stadium: Estadio La Portada Referee: Claudia Umpiérrez (Uruguay)

22 April 2018 Copa América Femenina	Brazil	3–0	Colombia	La Serena, Chile
	Mônica 29', 71' Clavijo 45+2' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio La Portada Referee: Sirley Cornejo (Bolivia)

19 July 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games	Colombia	0–1	Costa Rica	Barranquilla, Colombia
15:00			G. Villalobos 8'	Stadium: Estadio Moderno Julio Torres Referee: Francia González (Mexico)

21 July 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games	Colombia	3–2	Venezuela	Barranquilla, Colombia
15:00	Usme 4' Vanegas 28' Restrepo 45'		Altuve 61', 71'	Stadium: Estadio Moderno Julio Torres Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

23 July 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games	Jamaica	2–1	Colombia	Barranquilla, Colombia
19:00	Asher 26' Brown 52'	Report	Echeverri 35'	Stadium: Estadio Moderno Julio Torres Referee: Maurees Skeete (Guyana)

2019

19 May Friendly	Chile	1–1	Colombia	Santiago, Chile
	Urrutia 69'	Report	Restrepo 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos

28 July 2019 Pan American Games	Paraguay	v	Colombia	Lima, Peru
				Stadium: Estadio Universidad San Marcos

1 August 2019 Pan American Games	Jamaica	v	Colombia	Lima, Peru
				Stadium: Estadio Universidad San Marcos

4 August 2019 Pan American Games	Mexico	v	Colombia	Lima, Peru
				Stadium: Estadio Universidad San Marcos

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2019 Pan American Games.^[6]^[7]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Stefany Castaño	(1994-01-11) 11 January 1994 (age 30)	Santa Fe
1GK	Michell Lugo	(2001-04-16) 16 April 2001 (age 23)	Millonarios
1GK	Catalina Pérez	(1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 (age 30)	New England Mutiny

2DF	Carolina Arias	(1990-09-02) 2 September 1990 (age 34)	Atlético Huila
2DF	Daniela Arias	(1994-08-31) 31 August 1994 (age 30)	Independiente Medellín
2DF	Daniela Caracas	(1997-04-25) 25 April 1997 (age 27)	Atlético Huila
2DF	Isa Echeverri	(1994-06-16) 16 June 1994 (age 30)	Sevilla
2DF	Natalia Gaitán	(1991-04-03) 3 April 1991 (age 33)	Valencia
2DF	Manuela Vanegas	(2000-11-09) 9 November 2000 (age 24)	Independiente Medellín

3MF	Jessica Caro	(1988-07-20) 20 July 1988 (age 36)	Cortuluá
3MF	Daniela Montoya	(1990-08-22) 22 August 1990 (age 34)	Junior
3MF	Diana Ospina	(1989-03-03) 3 March 1989 (age 35)	Independiente Medellín
3MF	Marcela Restrepo	(1995-11-10) 10 November 1995 (age 29)	Atlético Huila
3MF	Leicy Santos	(1996-05-16) 16 May 1996 (age 28)	Atlético de Madrid

4FW	Lady Andrade	(1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 33)	Milan
4FW	Mayra Ramírez	(1999-03-23) 23 March 1999 (age 25)	Independiente Medellín
4FW	Catalina Usme	(1989-12-25) 25 December 1989 (age 35)	América de Cali
4FW	Oriánica Velásquez	(1989-08-01) 1 August 1989 (age 35)	Independiente Medellín

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Sandra Sepúlveda	(1988-03-03) 3 March 1988 (age 36)	Independiente Medellín	2019 Pan American Games ^INJ
GK	Vanessa Córdoba	(1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 29)	La Equidad	v. Peru, 7 April 2019 ^PRE

DF	Korina Clavijo	(1993-09-01) 1 September 1993 (age 31)	Sporting Huelva	June 2019 trainings
DF	Gavy Santos	(1993-02-01) 1 February 1993 (age 31)	Atlético Huila	June 2019 trainings
DF	Ana María Bohórquez	(2001-07-14) 14 July 2001 (age 23)	Santa Fe	v. Peru, 7 April 2019
DF	Chelsea Cabarcas	(1992-05-19) 19 May 1992 (age 32)	Long Island Rough Riders (UWS)	v. Peru, 7 April 2019
DF	Sara Páez	(1998-06-10) 10 June 1998 (age 26)	Millonarios	v. Peru, 7 April 2019 ^PRE
DF	Valentina Jaramillo	(2001-02-10) 10 February 2001 (age 23)	Llaneras F.C.	2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
DF	Liana Salazar	(1992-09-16) 16 September 1992 (age 32)	Beijing BSU	2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

MF	Tannia Pérez	(1998-11-28) 28 November 1998 (age 26)	Ángeles F.C.	v. Peru, 7 April 2019
MF	Lina Jaime	(2001-11-22) 22 November 2001 (age 23)	Gol Star	v. Peru, 7 April 2019
MF	Aura Hoyos	(1998-04-16) 16 April 1998 (age 26)	Leones	v. Peru, 7 April 2019 ^PRE
MF	Mildrey Pineda	(1989-10-01) 1 October 1989 (age 35)	América de Cali	v. Peru, 7 April 2019 ^PRE
MF	Tatiana Castañeda	(1990-12-24) 24 December 1990 (age 34)	Independiente Medellín	2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
MF	Estefanía González	(2000-01-04) 4 January 2000 (age 25)	Atlético Nacional	2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
MF	Viviana Múnera	(1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 27)	Atlético Nacional	2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
MF	Geraldyne Saavedra	(1998-02-16) 16 February 1998 (age 26)	América de Cali	2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

FW	Yisela Cuesta	(1991-09-27) 27 September 1991 (age 33)	Independiente Medellín	2019 Pan American Games ^PRE
FW	Angie Castañeda	(1998-02-04) 4 February 1998 (age 26)	Millonarios	June 2019 trainings
FW	Katherin Castro	(1991-11-21) 21 November 1991 (age 33)	Amundsjö	June 2019 trainings
FW	Manuela González	(1995-08-29) 29 August 1995 (age 29)	Atlético Huila	v. Peru, 7 April 2019 ^PRE
FW	Carmen Rodallega	(1983-07-15) 15 July 1983 (age 41)	Deportivo Cali	2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

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. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
^ "Brazil reign again, Colombia make history". FIFA. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
^ "Selección Colombia femenina confirmó nómina para Juegos Panamericanos" (in Spanish). Antena 2. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
^ Dos bajas en Selección Colombia Femenina para los Panamericanos

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. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

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

[6] "Selección Colombia femenina confirmó nómina para Juegos Panamericanos" (in Spanish). Antena 2. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

[7] Dos bajas en Selección Colombia Femenina para los Panamericanos

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