Colombia women's national football team

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.

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Colombia national football team.
Colombia
Nickname(s)Las Chicas Superpoderosas
(The Powerpuff Girls)[1][2]
Las Cafeteras[3]
(The Coffee Growers)
AssociationFederación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachNelson Abadía
CaptainNatalia Gaitán
Most capsNataly Arias (60)
Top scorerCatalina Usme (20)
Home stadiumEstadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
FIFA codeCOL
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 26 1 (18 December 2020)[4]
Highest22 (December 2016–June 2017)
Lowest118 (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
Appearances2 (first in 2011)
Best resultRound of 16 (2015)
Copa América Femenina
Appearances5
Summer Olympics
Appearances2 (first in 2012)
Best result11th (2012, 2016)

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]

Team image

Home stadium

The Colombia women's national team plays their home matches on the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez.

Results and fixtures
  • The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2021
18 January Friendly United States  4–0  Colombia Orlando, Florida
19:00 ET
Report Stadium: Exploria Stadium
Attendance: 2,042
Referee: Karen Abt (United States)
22 January Friendly United States  6–0  Colombia Orlando, Florida
19:00 ET
Report Stadium: Exploria Stadium
Attendance: 3,202
Referee: Danielle Chesky (United States)

All-time results

The following table shows Colombia's all-time international record, correct as of 1 June 2020.

Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA
Total11049233817353

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff
PositionNameRef.
Head coach Nelson Abadía

Manager history
  • Updated on 18 January 2021 after the match against  United States.
Name Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Winning % Notes
Nelson Abadía –present 0 0 0 0 00.0%

Players

Current squad
  • The following players were called up for two friendlies against the United States on 18 and 22 January 2021.[6]
  • Caps and goals accurate up to and including date month year.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Natalia Giraldo (2003-05-19) 19 May 2003 América de Cali
12 1GK Sandra Sepúlveda (1988-03-03) 3 March 1988 Independiente Medellín
22 1GK Valentina González (2002-02-07) 7 February 2002 Llaneros
2 2DF Kelly Ibargüen (2002-11-26) 26 November 2002 Deportivo Cali
3 2DF Daniela Arias (1994-08-31) 31 August 1994 América de Cali
15 2DF Oriánica Velásquez (1989-08-01) 1 August 1989 Junior
16 2DF Jorelyn Carabalí (1997-05-18) 18 May 1997 Deportivo Cali
17 2DF Carolina Arias (1990-09-02) 2 September 1990 Deportivo Cali
23 2DF Viviana Acosta (1998-12-11) 11 December 1998 Independiente Santa Fe
2DF Ana María Bohórquez (2001-07-14) 14 July 2001 Fortaleza C.E.I.F.
4 3MF Diana Ospina (1989-03-03) 3 March 1989 América de Cali
5 3MF Gabriela Huertas (1991-06-17) 17 June 1991 Independiente Santa Fe
6 3MF Daniela Montoya (1990-08-22) 22 August 1990 Junior
7 3MF María Camila Reyes (2002-05-11) 11 May 2002 Llaneros
8 3MF Jessica Caro (1988-07-20) 20 July 1988 América de Cali
10 3MF Gisela Robledo (2003-05-13) 13 May 2003 América de Cali
18 3MF Manuela Pavi (2000-12-23) 23 December 2000 Deportivo Cali
19 3MF Kelly Caicedo (2002-11-26) 26 November 2002 Deportivo Cali
21 3MF Liana Salazar (1992-09-16) 16 September 1992 Independiente Santa Fe
9 4FW Kena Romero (1987-10-31) 31 October 1987 Independiente Santa Fe
11 4FW Catalina Usme (1989-12-25) 25 December 1989 América de Cali
14 4FW Ingrid Guerra (2001-08-04) 4 August 2001 Deportivo Cali
20 4FW Linda Caicedo (2005-02-22) 22 February 2005 Deportivo Cali

Recent call-ups
  • The following players have been called up for the Colombian squad within the past 12 months.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Sofía García (2000-10-18) 18 October 2000 Sporting Huelva v.  United States, 18 January 2021 PRE
MF María Morales (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996 Millonarios v.  United States, 18 January 2021 PRE
FW Sara Martínez (2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 Independiente Medellín v.  United States, 18 January 2021 PRE

Previous squads
FIFA Women's World Cup

Records
As of 1 January 2021
Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Honours
Intercontinental
Continental

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 Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
1991Did Not Enter
1995
1999Did Not Qualify
2003
2007
2011Group Stage14th301204
2015Round of 1612th411245
2019Did Not Qualify
2023TBD
TotalRound of 162/9712449
FIFA Women's World Cup history
YearRoundDateOpponentResultStadium
2011 Group stage28 June SwedenL 0–1BayArena, Leverkusen
2 July United StatesL 0–3Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
6 July North KoreaD 0–0Ruhrstadion, Bochum
2015 Group stage9 June MexicoD 1–1Moncton Stadium, Moncton
13 June FranceW 2–0
17 June EnglandL 1–2Olympic Stadium, Montreal
Round of 1622 June United StatesL 0–2Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Olympic Games
Summer Olympics record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
1996Did not Qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012First stage11th300306
2016First stage11th301227
2020Did not Qualify
2024TBD
TotalFirst stage2/76015213

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina
CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
1991Did Not Enter
1995
1998First Stage6th42021116
2003Third place3rd52121216
2006First Stage7th4112411
2010Runners-up2nd7412198
2014Runners-up2nd7520122
2018Fourth place4th7322178
TotalRunners-up6/834177107561

Pan American Games
Pan American Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
1999Did Not Enter
2003
2007
2011Fourth place4th520334
2015Runners-up2nd531155
2019Winners1st523096
TotalWinners3/6157441715

See also

References
  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. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. "Brazil reign again, Colombia make history". FIFA. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  6. "Convocatoria Selección Colombia Femenina de Mayores para juegos ante Estados Unidos". Colombian Football Federation (in Spanish). 7 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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