Colombia women's national football team

Colombia
Nickname(s)	Las Cafeteras; (The Coffee Growers); Las Chicas Superpoderosas; (The Powerpuff Girls)[citation needed]
Association	Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Fabián Taborda
Captain	Natalia Gaitán
Most caps	Ingrid Vidal (54)
Top scorer	Catalina Usme (20)
Home stadium	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
FIFA code	COL
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	25 (25 September 2015)
Highest	25 (July-September 2015)
Lowest	118 (June 2008)
First international
	Colombia 4–1 Venezuela ; (Mar del Plata, Argentina; 2 March 1998)
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)

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.

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.

Las Cafeteras also had participated in all Copa América Femenina editions since 1998. Colombia were runners-up in 2010 and 2014.^[2]

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	To be Determined
Total	Round of 16	2/7	7	1	2	4	4	9

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
Total	Runners-up	5/7	27	14	5	8	58	53

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	Qualified
Total	First stage	1/5	3	0	0	3	0	6

Schedule and results

Win Draw Loss

2015

14 July 2015 Pan American Games	Colombia	1–1	Trinidad and Tobago	Hamilton, Canada
	Vidal 4'		Cordner 87'	Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

18 July 2015 Pan American Games	Argentina	0–2	Colombia	Hamilton, Canada
			Arias 44' Usme 51'	Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Referee: Alondra Arellano (Mexico)

22 July 2015 Pan American Games	Colombia	1–0	Canada	Hamilton, Canada
	Ospina 29'			Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Referee: Mirian Leon (El Salvador)

25 July 2015 Pan American Games	Brazil	4–0	Colombia	Hamilton, Canada
	Formiga 7' Maurine 75' Alves 86' Fabiana 90+3'			Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Referee: Mirian Leon (El Salvador)

Current squad

The following 18 players were named for the 2015 Pan American Games.
Caps and goals updated as 25 July 2015 after the match against Brazil.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Paula Forero	(1992-01-25) 25 January 1992 (age 32)	Barry University
12	1GK	Sandra Sepúlveda	(1988-03-03) 3 March 1988 (age 36)	Formas Íntimas

2	2DF	Isabella Echeverri	(1994-06-16) 16 June 1994 (age 29)	University of Toledo
9	2DF	Orianica Velasquez	(1989-08-01) 1 August 1989 (age 34)	Formas Íntimas
13	2DF	Angela Clavijo	(1993-09-01) 1 September 1993 (age 30)	Kamatsa
14	2DF	Nataly Arias	(1986-04-02) 2 April 1986 (age 38)	Formas Íntimas
15	2DF	Tatiana Ariza	(1991-02-21) 21 February 1991 (age 33)	Club Gol Star
17	2DF	Carolina Arias	(1990-09-02) 2 September 1990 (age 33)	Generaciones Palmirinas

3	3MF	Natalia Gaitán (c)	(1991-04-03) 3 April 1991 (age 33)	Valencia Féminas
4	3MF	Diana Ospina	(1989-03-03) 3 March 1989 (age 35)	Formas Íntimas
6	3MF	Daniela Montoya	(1990-08-22) 22 August 1990 (age 33)	Formas Íntimas
8	3MF	Carolina Pineda	(1989-10-01) 1 October 1989 (age 34)	Generaciones Palmiranas
11	3MF	Maria Usme	(1989-12-25) 25 December 1989 (age 34)	Formas Íntimas
18	3MF	Leicy Santos	(1996-05-16) 16 May 1996 (age 27)	Iowa Central Community College

7	4FW	Ingrid Vidal	(1991-04-22) 22 April 1991 (age 33)	Generaciones Palmiranas
22	4FW	Stefany Castaño	(1994-01-11) 11 January 1994 (age 30)	Graceland University

Honours

Copa América Femenina:
- Runners-up (2): 2010, 2014
- Third place (1): 2003
Bolivarian Games
- Winners (1): 2009 Sucre
- Runners-up (1): 2005 Colombia
Pan American Games
- Runners-up (1): 2015
- Fourth Place (1): 2011

Coaching staff

As of 25 July 2015

Manager	Fabián Taborda
Assistant manager	Nelson Abadía
Physical trainer	Mario Janer
Goalkeeping coach	Jaime Quintero
Medic	Karen Cifuentes
Assistant	David Castro
Kinesiologist	Heinar Zorrilla

References

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Colombia women's national football team

Contents

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Copa América Femenina

Olympic Games

Schedule and results

2015

Current squad

Honours

Coaching staff

References

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