Colombia women's national football team

Colombia
Nickname(s)	Las Chicas Superpoderosas; (The Powerpuff Girls)[1][2]; Las Cafeteras[3]; (The Coffee Growers)
Association	Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Nelson Abadía
Captain	Daniela Montoya
Most caps	Catalina Usme (75)
Top scorer	Catalina Usme (38)
FIFA code	COL
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	26 1 (24 March 2023)[4]
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	3 (first in 2011)
Best result	Round of 16 (2015)
Copa América
Appearances	7 (first in 1998)
Best result	Runners-up (2010, 2014, 2022)
Olympic Games
Appearances	3 (first in 2012)
Best result	Group stage (2012, 2016)
Medal record
Pan American Games
Bolivarian Games

The Colombia women's national football team (Spanish: Selección femenina de fútbol de Colombia) 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 28th in the FIFA Ranking and have qualified for three FIFA Women's World Cups, in Germany 2011, Canada 2015 and Australia–New Zealand 2023.

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 to win a game in the Women's World Cup and 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, 2014 and 2022.[5]

History

Team image

Nicknames

The Colombia women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Las Chicas Superpoderosas (The Powerpuff Girls)"[1][2] or "Las Cafeteras[3] (The Coffee Growers)".

Home stadium

The Colombia play 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 Void or postponed Fixture

2022

25 June Friendly	United States	3–0	Colombia	Commerce City, United States
19:30 ET	Smith 54', 60' Kornieck 90'			Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park

28 June Friendly	United States	2–0	Colombia	Sandy, Utah
22:00 ET	Vanegas 22' (o.g.) O'Hara 77'	Report		Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 16,077

8 July Copa América GS	Colombia	4–2	Paraguay	Cali, Colombia
19:00 UTC–05:00		Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero

11 July Copa América GS	Bolivia	0–3	Colombia	Cali, Colombia
19:00 UTC–05:00		Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero

17 July Copa América GS	Ecuador	1–2	Colombia	Cali, Colombia
19:00 UTC–05:00		Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Estadio Olimpico Pascual Guerrero

20 July Copa América GS	Colombia	4–0	Chile	Armenia, Colombia
19:00 UTC–05:00		Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Estadio Centenario

25 July Copa América SF	Colombia	1–0	Argentina	Bucaramanga, Colombia
19:00 UTC–05:00	Caicedo 63'	Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Estadio Alfonso López Referee: María Belén Carvajal (Chile)

30 July Copa América F	Colombia	0–1	Brazil	Bucaramanga, Colombia
19:00 UTC–05:00		Report (CONMEBOL)	Debinha 39' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso López Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

3 September Friendly

Colombia

1–0

Costa Rica

6 September Friendly

Colombia

2–0

Costa Rica

8 October Friendly

Colombia

1–0

Paraguay

Cali, Colombia

11 October Friendly

Colombia

4–0

Paraguay

Cali, Colombia

12 November Friendly

Colombia

1–0

Zambia

14 November Friendly

Colombia

1–0

Zambia

2023

15 February 2023 Women's Revelations Cup	Costa Rica	1–1	Colombia	León, Mexico
13:00 UTC−5	Chinchilla 45+1'		Rodríguez 56' (o.g.)

18 February 2023 Women's Revelations Cup	Colombia	1–0	Nigeria	León, Mexico
--:-- UTC−5	Caicedo 5'

21 February 2023 Women's Revelations Cup	Mexico	1–1	Colombia	León, Mexico
--:-- UTC−5

7 April Friendly	France	5–2	Colombia	Clermont-Ferrand, France
19:10	D. Cascarino 51', 73' Le Sommer 56', 59' Geyoro 90+1'	Report	Arias 36' Usme 50'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Referee: Deborah Bianchi (Italy)

11 April Friendly	Italy	2–1	Colombia	Rome, Italy
	Giacinti 13' Ramos 82' (o.g.)	Report	Usme 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Tre Fontane Referee: Zoe Stavrou (Cyprus)

14 July MS&AD Cup[6]	Japan	v	Colombia	Sendai, Japan
		Report		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai

25 July FIFA WC GS	Colombia	v	South Korea	Sydney, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium

30 July FIFA WC GS	Germany	v	Colombia	Sydney, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium

3 August FIFA WC GS	Morocco	v	Colombia	Perth, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Perth Rectangular Stadium

Colombia Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com

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	GD	Confederation
Argentina	13	3	6	4	12	18	-6	CONMEBOL
Bolivia	3	3	0	0	10	3	7	CONMEBOL
Brazil	10	0	1	9	4	43	-39	CONMEBOL
Canada	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	CONCACAF
Chile	14	6	6	2	20	10	10	CONMEBOL
China	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	AFC
Costa Rica	6	4	1	1	10	6	4	CONCACAF
Denmark	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	UEFA
Ecuador	12	10	2	0	26	7	19	CONMEBOL
England	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	UEFA
France	4	1	0	3	4	9	-5	UEFA
Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	UEFA
Guyana	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	CONCACAF
Haiti	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	CONCACAF
Italy	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	UEFA
Jamaica	2	1	0	1	3	2	-1	CONCACAF
Japan	1	0	0	1	2	4	-2	CONMEBOL
Morocco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	CAF
Mexico	11	1	4	6	10	18	-8	CONCACAF
Nigeria	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	CAF
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	1	4	-3	OFC
North Korea	2	0	1	1	0	2	-2	AFC
Paraguay	6	5	1	0	16	2	14	CONMEBOL
Peru	9	6	0	3	15	9	3	CONMEBOL
South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	AFC
Sweden	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	UEFA
Thailand	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	AFC
Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	1	0	9	1	8	CONCACAF
United States	10	0	1	9	2	35	-33	CONCACAF
Uruguay	7	7	0	0	31	2	29	CONMEBOL
Venezuela	16	14	1	1	47	10	37	CONMEBOL
Vietnam	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	AFC
Wales	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	UEFA
Zambia	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	CAF
Total	149	71	28	50	241	200	41

By Confederation

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
CONMEBOL	92	54	17	19	181	104	77
CONCACAF	37	11	7	19	40	65	-25
UEFA	9	2	2	5	11	16	-5
AFC	6	1	2	3	5	9	-4
CAF	3	3	0	0	3	0	3
OFC	3	0	0	3	1	4	-3

Source: FIFA, Worldfootball.net

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Nelson Abadía

Manager history

As of 18 January 2021, after the match against United States.

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Winning %	Notes
Nelson Abadía	20??–	0	0	0	0	00.0%

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly against Venezuela on 10 April 2022.[7]

Caps and goals accurate up to and including 4 October 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Catalina Pérez	(1994-11-08) 8 November 1994	Avaí
12	1GK	Sandra Sepúlveda	(1988-03-03) 3 March 1988	Independiente Medellín
25	1GK	Stefany Castaño	(1994-01-11) 11 January 1994	Deportivo Cali

3	2DF	Daniela Arias	(1994-08-31) 31 August 1994	América de Cali
13	2DF	Korina Clavijo	(1993-09-01) 1 September 1993	Colo-Colo
14	2DF	Viviana Acosta	(1998-12-11) 11 December 1998	Santa Fe
16	2DF	María Morales	(1996-02-22) 22 February 1996	Deportivo Cali
19	2DF	Jorelyn Carabalí	(1997-05-18) 18 May 1997	Atlético Mineiro
20	2DF	Mónica Ramos	(1998-10-14) 14 October 1998	Grêmio
22	2DF	Daniela Caracas	(1997-04-25) 25 April 1997	Espanyol

2	3MF	Manuela Vanegas	(2000-11-09) 9 November 2000	Real Sociedad
4	3MF	Diana Ospina	(1989-03-03) 3 March 1989	América de Cali
5	3MF	Lorena Bedoya	(1997-10-06) 6 October 1997	Real Brasília
6	3MF	Daniela Montoya (captain)	(1990-08-22) 22 August 1990	Atlético Nacional
8	3MF	Angie Castañeda	(1998-02-04) 4 February 1998	Cacereño
17	3MF	Carolina Arias	(1990-09-02) 2 September 1990	Junior
18	3MF	Gabriela Huertas	(1991-06-17) 17 June 1991	Santa Fe
21	3MF	Liana Salazar	(1992-09-16) 16 September 1992	Corinthians

9	4FW	Mayra Ramírez	(1999-03-23) 23 March 1999	Levante
10	4FW	Leicy Santos	(1996-05-16) 16 May 1996	Atlético Madrid
11	4FW	Catalina Usme	(1989-12-25) 25 December 1989	América de Cali
15	4FW	Tatiana Ariza	(1991-02-21) 21 February 1991	Deportivo Cali
23	4FW	Elexa Bahr	(1998-05-16) 16 May 1998	América de Cali

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Katherine Tapia	(1992-12-07) 7 December 1992	8	0	Palmeiras	v. Mexico, 21 February 2023

DF	Ángela Barón	(2003-09-18) 18 September 2003	1	0	Atlético Nacional	2022 Copa América Femenina

MF	Liced Serna	(2002-02-01) 1 February 2002	2	0	Valencia	v. Costa Rica, 6 September 2022

FW	Lady Andrade	(1992-01-10) 10 January 1992	33	3	Real Brasília	v. Mexico, 21 February 2023
FW	Linda Caicedo	(2005-02-22) 22 February 2005	18	5	Real Madrid	v. Mexico, 21 February 2023
FW	Yisela Cuesta	(1991-09-27) 27 September 1991	13	0	Ferroviária	v. Mexico, 21 February 2023
FW	Ingrid Guerra	(2003-04-02) 2 April 2003	6	0	Atlético Mineiro	v. Mexico, 21 February 2023
FW	Manuela Paví	(2000-11-09) 9 November 2000	8	1	Atlético Mineiro	v. Zambia, 15 November 2022
FW	Ivonne Chacón	(1997-10-12) 12 October 1997	2	0	Valencia	v. Costa Rica, 6 September 2022
FW	Gisela Robledo	(2003-05-13) 13 May 2003			Granadilla	2022 Copa América Femenina

Records

As of 1 January 2021

*Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Most capped players

#	Name	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Nataly Arias	60	6	2010–

Top goalscorers

#	Name	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Catalina Usme	20	44	0.45	2006–

Competitive record

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**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	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1991	Did not enter
1995	Did not enter
1999	Did not qualify
2003
2007
2011	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	0	4	Squad
2015	Round of 16	12th	4	1	1	2	4	5	Squad
2019	Did not qualify
2023	Qualified
Total	Round of 16	3/9	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
2023	Group stage	25 July	South Korea	TBD	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
		30 July	Germany	TBD	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
		3 August	Morocco	TBD	Perth Oval, Perth

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1996	Did not enter
2000	Did not qualify
2004
2008
2012	Group stage	11th	3	0	0	3	0	6	Squad
2016	Group stage	11th	3	0	1	2	2	7	Squad
2020	Did not qualify
2024	Qualified
Total	Group stage	3/8	6	0	1	5	2	13

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter
1995	Did not enter
1998	Group Stage	6th	4	2	0	2	11	16
2003	Third place	3rd	5	2	1	2	12	16
2006	Group 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
2022	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	0	1	14	4
Total	Runners-up	7/9	40	22	7	11	89	65

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1999	Did not enter
2003
2007
2011	Fourth place	4th	5	2	0	3	3	4	Squad
2015	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	5	5	Squad
2019	Champions	1st	5	2	3	0	9	6	Squad
2023	Did not qualify
2027	Qualified as host
Total	1 Title	4/8	15	7	4	4	17	15

Central American and Caribbean Games

Central American and Caribbean Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2010	Did not enter
2014	Silver medal	5	3	1	1	12	3
2018	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	5
2023	To be determined
Total	Silver medal	8	4	1	3	16	8

South American Games

South American Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2014	Groupe stage	3	1	0	2	3	3
2018 to present	U-20 Tournament
Total	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	3

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Bolivarian Games

Bolivarian Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2005	Silver Medal	6	4	0	2	12	7
2009	Gold Medal	4	4	0	0	10	3
2013 to present	U-20 Tournament
Total	2/2	10	8	0	2	22	10

Honours

Intercontinental

Pan American Games
- Champions (1): 2019 Lima
- Runners-up (1): 2015 Toronto
- Fourth place (1): 2011 Guadalajara

Continental

Copa América Femenina:
- Runners-up (3): 2010, 2014, 2022
- Third place (1): 2003
- Fourth place (1): 2018
Bolivarian Games
- Champions (1): 2009 Sucre
- Runners-up (1): 2005 Colombia

References

Boehm, Charles (10 June 2015). "OMG What a Goal! Colombia's Daniela Montoya smashes unreal WWC equalizer". SoccerWire.com.
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. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
"The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
"Brazil reign again, Colombia make history". FIFA. 22 November 2010. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
"List of International matches". jfa.jp. Japan Football Association (JFA). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
"Convocatoria Selección Colombia Femenina de Mayores para amistosos ante Argentina". Colombian Football Federation (in Spanish). 11 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

External links

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[SoccerWire-1] Boehm, Charles (10 June 2015). "OMG What a Goal! Colombia's Daniela Montoya smashes unreal WWC equalizer". SoccerWire.com.

[Grantland-2] Baker, Katie (23 June 2015). "Canadian Bacon: Watching the U.S. Women Bring Home a Win in Edmonton". Grantland.

[goal-3] "In Colombia, a Soccer Paradox". The New York Times. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2015.

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-4] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[5] "Brazil reign again, Colombia make history". FIFA. 22 November 2010. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

[List_of_International_matches-6] "List of International matches". jfa.jp. Japan Football Association (JFA). Retrieved 4 January 2022.

[7] "Convocatoria Selección Colombia Femenina de Mayores para amistosos ante Argentina". Colombian Football Federation (in Spanish). 11 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

Colombia national football team
General	Federación Colombiana de Fútbol History Managers
Statistics	World Cup record Copa América record CONCACAF Gold Cup record Head to head
Results	1938–79 1980–99 2000–19 2020–present
Players	International footballers World Cup & Copa América squads Category
Goals	Radamel Falcao
World Cups (6)	1962 1990 1994 1998 2014 2018
Copa América (21)	1945 1947 1949 1957 1963 1975 1979 1983 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2004 2007 2011 2015 2016 2019 2021
CONCACAF Gold Cups (3)	2000 2003 2005
Other tournaments	2003 FIFA Confederations Cup The Olympics
Rivalries	Venezuela
Related teams	U-23 (Olympic) U-20 U-17 U-15 Women Women U-20 Women U-17 Futsal (men, women) Beach

Football in Colombia
Colombian Football Federation
National teams	Senior men's U-23 (Olympic) U-20 U-17 U-15 Senior women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17 Futsal Women's Futsal Beach
League competitions	Primera A Primera B Primera C Women's Football League
Domestic cups	Copa Colombia Superliga Colombiana
Defunct competitions	Campeonato Nacional Copa Centenario Batalla de Boyacá
DIMAYOR El Dorado List of clubs List of venues

National sports teams of Colombia
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Colombia women's national football team

History

Team image

Nicknames

Home stadium

Results and fixtures

2022

2023

All-time results

By Confederation

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Records

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Olympic Games

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina

Pan American Games

Central American and Caribbean Games

South American Games

Bolivarian Games

Honours

See also

References

External links