Argentina women's national football team

Argentina
Nickname(s)	La Albiceleste; (The White and Sky-Blues)
Association	Argentine Football Association (AFA)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Germán Portanova
Captain	Vanina Correa
Most caps	Gabriela Iacobellis
Top scorer	Gabriela Iacobellis (120)
FIFA code	ARG
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	28 1 (24 March 2023)[1]
Highest	27 (June 2008)
Lowest	38 (October 2003)
First international
	Argentina 3–2 Chile ; (Santiago, Chile; 3 December 1993)
Biggest win
	Argentina 12–0 Bolivia ; (Uberlândia, Brazil; 12 January 1995)
Biggest defeat
	Germany 11–0 Argentina ; (Shanghai, China; 10 September 2007)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 2003)
Best result	Group stage (2003, 2007, 2019)
Sudamericano Femenino and; Copa América Femenina
Appearances	8 (first in 1995)
Best result	Champions (2006)

The Argentina women's national football team represents Argentina in international women's football. Like their men's counterpart, the women's team has been known or nicknamed as "La Albiceleste (The White and Sky-Blues)".

Women's football in Argentina remains largely in the shadow of the men in terms of play development and fan support; in women's sports in Argentina, field hockey and volleyball are also more popular. Almost all its members were amateur players until 1991 when the Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino was founded to increase football popularity among women in Argentina.

The Argentina–Brazil football rivalry in women's football cannot be compared to that of men given the big differences between both countries; Brazil has the clear advantage in matches between them, and has been hosting a competitive professional women's league for many years, while Argentina recently introduced it in 2019.[2]

History

The team played its first match against Chile on 3 December 1993, which ended in a 3–2 defeat. Two years later, Argentina got its biggest win over Bolivia, winning 12–0 in a 1995 South American Women's Football Championship match played at Estádio Parque do Sabiá. Argentina reached the final of that tournament, losing to Brazil 2–0.

The team reached the final of the 1998 South American Women's Football Championship, losing to Brazil again, this time 7–1 in Mar del Plata. In the semi-finals, they beat Peru on penalties 4–3 in dramatic fashion, with the scores at 1–1 after extra time.

In the 2003 Pan American Games, the team reached the semi-finals, where Brazil won 2–1 in a tight match. In the Bronze Medal match, Argentina lost 4–1 to Mexico, and finished in fourth place. Despite a lack of investment and interest, the women's national team played its first World Cup in 2003. They were drawn in a group with Japan, Canada, and Germany; Argentina lost all three matches and scored only once.

After their world cup debut, the team went unbeaten for 14 matches from 2005 until 2007, including throughout the 2006 South American Cup, where they beat Brazil in the final 2–0 to become champions. Their run ended when they lost a friendly with China 1–0 in June 2007. Three days later it got revenge though, and beat China by the same score. Since the team won the South American Cup, there were high expectations for the 2007 World Cup, played in China. However, the squad lost all matches again, including a record 0–11 loss to Germany.

With the 2006 South American Cup title, the team qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics, their Olympic debut. Argentina finished last with no points and only one goal in favor, although less goals were conceded than in the World Cup the previous year.

The team returned to play in the 2014 South American Games, with new coach Luis Nicosia, losing the opening match against Chile 1–0, but winning against Bolivia 4–0 and advancing to the semi-finals, where they won against rivals Brazil on penalties after a 0–0 draw. In the final, they won the gold medal with a 2–1 victory against Chile, which meant they won their first tournament since the 2006 South American Cup.

In the 2014 Copa América Femenina, the team finished second in their group, behind Brazil, with three wins and one loss, and qualified for the Final Stage. The top two teams in the final stage qualified for the 2015 Women's World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, and the third-placed team qualified for a CONCACAF-CONMEBOL playoff for World Cup qualification. Argentina finished last in the final stage and missed out on the World Cup and Olympics.

In 2016 the team "effectively" did not exist, as the officials were more interested in investing in the men's side. Following a long struggle to demand for better treatment, the team was restarted in 2017 and its former coach Carlos Borrello was reappointed as coach of the side.[3]

Argentina playing South Korea at the 2019 Cup of Nations

In 2018, Argentina finished third at the Copa América which qualified them for the CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off. Argentina defeated the fourth-place finisher from the CONCACAF Championship, Panama, in a two-legged play-off in November 2018 to qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. In the team's debut, they managed a shocking 0–0 draw to Japan, former champions of 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, and gained its first ever point in any Women's World Cup. The next match was a narrow 1–0 loss to England, and then an exciting 3–3 draw to Scotland, after being down 3–0 with 25 minutes left. Although Argentina didn't qualify to the knockout stages, they put in a good performance, with two draws and one loss, finishing the tournament in the group's third place.[3] The women's team's performance was deemed to be one of the country's watershed moment for the long neglected women's side, especially after the disappointing shows of the Argentine men's side in the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 Copa América.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of recent match results, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

Win Draw Loss Void or postponed Fixture

2022

9 July Copa América GS	Brazil	4–0	Argentina	Armenia, Colombia
	Adriana 28', 58' Bia Zaneratto 36' (pen.) Debinha 87'	Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Estadio Centenario

12 July Copa América GS	Argentina	4–0	Peru	Armenia, Colombia
		Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Estadio Centenario

15 July Copa América GS	Argentina	5–0	Uruguay	Armenia, Colombia
		Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Estadio Centenario

21 July Copa América GS	Venezuela	0–1	Argentina	Armenia, Colombia
		Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Estadio Centenario

25 July Copa América SF	Colombia	1–0	Argentina	Bucaramanga, Colombia
19:00 UTC–05:00		Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Estadio Alfonso López

29 July Copa América 3rd	Argentina	3–1	Paraguay	Armenia, Colombia
19:00 UTC–05:00		Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Estadio Centenario

6 October Friendly	Canada	2–0	Argentina	Jerez, Spain
	Santana 68' (o.g.) Lacasse 87'			Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Chapín

9 October Friendly	Argentina	2–2	Poland	Jerez, Spain
				Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Chapín

11 November Friendly	Spain	7–0	Argentina	Melilla, Spain
20:00				Stadium: Álvarez Claro

2023

17 February 2023 (2023-02-17) Friendly	Argentina	4–0	Chile	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: North Harbour Stadium

20 February 2023 (2023-02-20) Friendly	New Zealand	0–2	Argentina	Hamilton, New Zealand
19:00 NZT		Report	Larroquette 17' Cometti 90'	Stadium: Waikato Stadium Attendance: 3,622[4] Referee: Lara Lee (Australia)

23 February 2023 (2023-02-23) Friendly	New Zealand	0–1	Argentina	Auckland, New Zealand
19:00 NZT		Report	Larroquette 77'	Stadium: North Harbour Stadium Attendance: 3,914[5] Referee: Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)[6]

6 April 2023 (2023-04-06) Friendly	Argentina	1–1 (6–7 p)	Venezuela	Córdoba, Argentina
20:00 UTC−3	Cometti 90+1'	Report	Speckmaier 38'	Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Attendance: 31,800 Referee: Adriana Álvarez (Argentina)
	Penalties
	Cometti Bonsegundo Banini Stábile Braun Núñez Gramaglia Troncoso		Villamizar Viso Speckmaier Romero Giménez Peraza Herrera Rodríguez

9 April 2023 (2023-04-09) Friendly	Argentina	3–0	Venezuela	La Rioja
16:00 UTC−3	Braun 4' Bonsegundo 56' Banini 61'			Stadium: Vargas Stadium

24 July 2023 (2023-07-24) FIFA WC Group	Italy	v	Argentina	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: Eden Park

28 July 2023 (2023-07-28) FIFA WC Group	Argentina	v	South Africa	Dunedin, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium

2 August 2023 (2023-08-02) FIFA WC Group	Argentina	v	Sweden	Hamilton, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: Waikato Stadium

Argentina Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com

Head-to-head record

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Australia	2	0	0	2	0	10	−10
Bolivia	6	6	0	0	37	0	37
Brazil	21	2	1	18	13	72	−59
Canada	5	0	0	5	2	14	−12
Chile	19	9	4	6	36	22	14
China	5	1	1	3	1	9	−8
Colombia	13	4	6	3	18	12	6
Costa Rica	6	2	2	2	12	12	0
Denmark	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6
Ecuador	9	5	2	2	25	10	15
El Salvador	1	1	0	0	6	0	6
England	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2
Germany	2	0	0	2	1	17	−16
Guatemala	1	1	0	0	5	0	5
Italy	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4
Japan	5	0	1	4	0	12	−12
Mexico	10	1	1	8	13	30	−17
New Zealand	6	3	1	2	6	5	1
Nicaragua	1	1	0	0	9	0	9
Panama	4	3	1	0	8	1	7
Paraguay	10	9	1	0	27	5	22
Peru	9	6	2	1	20	7	13
Poland	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Puerto Rico	2	1	1	0	4	1	3
Scotland	1	0	1	0	3	3	0
South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Korea	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8
Spain	1	0	0	1	0	7	-7
Sweden	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Trinidad and Tobago	2	1	1	0	4	2	2
United States	4	0	0	4	1	28	−27
Uruguay	14	14	0	0	51	5	46
Venezuela	5	3	2	0	7	1	6
Total	174	73	29	72	305	314	-9

By confederation

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North America	36	11	6	19	55	88	-33
South America	105	57	18	30	231	134	97
Asia	15	1	2	12	2	40	-38
Europe	12	1	2	9	11	47	-36
Oceania	6	3	1	2	6	5	1

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of July 2021

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Germán Portanova
Assistant coach	Sebastián Gómez
Fitness coach	Franco Caponetto
Team Manager	Osvaldo Conte
Goalkeeping coach	Mauro Dobler
Video analysis	Nicolás Valado

Manager history

Carlos Borrello (1998–2012)
Luis Nicosia (201?–201?)
Julio Olarticoechea (201?–201?)
Carlos Borrello (2017–2021)
Germán Portanova (2021–)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly home match against Chile on 10 April 2022.
Caps and goals accurate up to and including 23 March 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Vanina Correa	(1983-08-14) 14 August 1983
23	1GK	Laurina Oliveros	(1993-09-10) 10 September 1993	Boca Juniors

2	2DF	Agustina Barroso	(1993-05-20) 20 May 1993	Flamengo
3	2DF	Eliana Stábile	(1993-11-26) 26 November 1993	Santos
4	2DF	Julieta Cruz	(1996-06-04) 4 June 1996	Boca Juniors
6	2DF	Aldana Cometti	(1996-03-03) 3 March 1996	Madrid CFF
13	2DF	Sophia Braun	(2000-06-26) 26 June 2000	León
16	2DF	Marina Delgado	(1995-06-12) 12 June 1995	Lokomotiv Moscow
18	2DF	Romina Núñez	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994	UAI Urquiza
21	2DF	Adriana Sachs	(1993-12-25) 25 December 1993	Santos

5	3MF	Vanina Preininger	(1996-09-26) 26 September 1996	Boca Juniors
8	3MF	Marianela Szymanowski	(1990-07-30) 30 July 1990	Espanyol
10	3MF	Daiana Falfán	(2000-10-14) 14 October 2000	UAI Urquiza
14	3MF	Miriam Mayorga	(1989-11-20) 20 November 1989	Boca Juniors
15	3MF	Florencia Bonsegundo	(1993-07-14) 14 July 1993	Madrid CFF
19	3MF	Mariana Larroquette	(1992-10-24) 24 October 1992	León
20	3MF	Ruth Bravo	(1992-03-06) 6 March 1992	León
22	3MF	Estefanía Banini	(1990-06-21) 21 June 1990	Atlético Madrid

7	4FW	Amancay Urbani	(1991-12-07) 7 December 1991	Boca Juniors
9	4FW	Soledad Jaimes	(1989-01-20) 20 January 1989	Flamengo
11	4FW	Yamila Rodríguez	(1998-01-24) 24 January 1998	Palmeiras
17	4FW	Erica Lonigro	(1994-07-06) 6 July 1994	Rosario Central
24	4FW	Catalina Primo	(2000-05-19) 19 May 2000	River Plate

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	Latest call-up


MF	Lorena Benítez	(1998-12-03) 3 December 1998	Palmeiras	v. New Zealand, 23 February 2023
MF	Vanesa Santana	(1990-09-03) 3 September 1990	Sporting Huelva	v. Poland, 9 October 2022
MF	Dalila Ippólito	(2002-03-24) 24 March 2002	Parma	2022 Copa América Femenina

FW	Paulina Gramaglia	(2003-03-21) 21 March 2003	Red Bull Bragantino	v. Spain, 11 November 2022

Captains

Eva González (2006–2010)
Fabiana Vallejos (2014)
Florencia Bonsegundo (2018–2019)
Estefanía Banini (2019–2022)
Vanina Correa (2022–)

Records

Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 20 April 2021.

Most capped players

#	Player	Year(s)	Caps

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps

Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter									Did not enter
1995	Did not qualify									5	3	0	2	18	11
1999	Did not qualify									6	4	1	1	18	9
2003	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	1	15	Squad	5	3	1	1	17	6
2007	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	1	18	Squad	7	6	1	0	21	1
2011	Did not qualify									7	3	1	3	7	7
2015	Did not qualify									7	3	1	3	11	10
2019	Group stage	18th	3	0	2	1	3	4	Squad	7	4	0	3	15	14
2023	Qualified									6	4	0	2	13	6
Total	Group stage	4/9	9	0	2	7	5	37	—	50	30	5	15	120	64

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
2003	Group stage	20 September	Japan	L 0–6	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
		24 September	Canada	L 0–3	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
		27 September	Germany	L 1–6	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
2007	Group stage	10 September	Germany	L 0–11	Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
		14 September	Japan	L 0–1	Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
		17 September	England	L 1–6	Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
2019	Group stage	9 June	Japan	D 0–0	Parc des Princes, Paris
		14 June	England	L 0–1	Stade Océane, Le Havre
		19 June	Scotland	D 3–3	Parc des Princes, Paris
2023	Group stage	24 July	Italy		Eden Park, Auckland
		28 July	South Africa		Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
		2 August	Sweden		Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1996	Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	5
2012	Did not qualify
2016
2020
2024
Total	1/8	3	0	0	3	1	5

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter
1995	Runners-up	5	3	0	2	18	11
1998		6	4	1	1	18	9
2003		5	3	1	1	17	6
2006	Champions	7	6	1	0	21	1
2010	Fourth place	7	3	1	3	7	7
2014	Fourth place	7	3	1	3	11	10
2018	Third place	7	4	0	3	15	14
2022	Third place	6	4	0	2	13	6
Total	8/9	50	30	5	15	120	64

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1999	Did not qualify
2003	Fourth place	4	1	0	3	7	11
2007	Group stage	4	3	0	1	8	5
2011	Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	6
2015	Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	7
2019	Runners-up	5	3	2	0	8	1
2023	Qualified
2027	To be determined
Total	6/8	19	7	4	8	29	30

South American Games

South American Games record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
2014	Gold Medal	4	2	1	1	6	2
2018 to present	U-20 Tournament
Total	Gold Medal	4	2	1	1	6	2

SheBelieves Cup

The SheBelieves Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's football hosted in the United States.

SheBelieves Cup record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA	Coach
2016	Did not enter
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021	Fourth place	3	0	0	3	1	11	Carlos Borrello
Total	1/6	3	0	0	3	1	11

References

"The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
"Se firmó el acuerdo para que el fútbol femenino sea profesional en Argentina". infobae (in European Spanish). 16 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
Chapman, Caroline (19 June 2019). "Women's World Cup: How Argentina lost their team – and then fought back". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 14 June 2019.
Rollo, Phillip (20 February 2023). "Football Ferns have goal ruled out in 2-0 defeat to Argentina in Hamilton". Stuff. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
"Attendances rising for women's football games ahead of FIFA World Cup". friendsoffootballnz.com. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
"New Zealand–Argentina: Key details and streaming info". FIFA. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

External links

Official website (in Spanish)
FIFA profile, FIFA.com (in English)

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[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[2] "Se firmó el acuerdo para que el fútbol femenino sea profesional en Argentina". infobae (in European Spanish). 16 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

[:0-3] Chapman, Caroline (19 June 2019). "Women's World Cup: How Argentina lost their team – and then fought back". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 14 June 2019.

[4] Rollo, Phillip (20 February 2023). "Football Ferns have goal ruled out in 2-0 defeat to Argentina in Hamilton". Stuff. Retrieved 21 February 2023.

[5] "Attendances rising for women's football games ahead of FIFA World Cup". friendsoffootballnz.com. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.

[6] "New Zealand–Argentina: Key details and streaming info". FIFA. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.