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	Ángelo Marsiglia (interim)
Captain	Daniela Montoya
Most caps	Catalina Usme (78)
Top scorer	Catalina Usme (52)
Home stadium	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
FIFA code	COL
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	23 1 (15 December 2023)
Highest	22 (December 2016 – June 2017; August 2023)
Lowest	43 (March 2007)
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	Quarter-finals (2023)
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.^[6]

Team image

Nicknames

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

Home stadium

Cali, home of the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium, is the main playing site of the Colombia women's national football team. The stadium was the site for the 2022 Copa América Femenina, a tournament which consistently drew average crowds of 25,000 per match. Colombia made it to the finals in the tournament but ultimately lost to Brazil in the final.^[7]

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

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)

17 June Friendly	Panama	0–2	Colombia	Panama City, Panama
18:00			Usme 34' Montoya 87'	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández

21 June Friendly	Colombia	1–1	Panama	Cali, Colombia
19:30	Usme 17'		Riley 52'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero

14 July Friendly	Colombia	v	Republic of Ireland	Brisbane, Australia
				Stadium: Meakin Park Attendance: 0
Note: Match abandoned after 20 minutes due to "overly physical" play from Colombia that resulted in hospitalisation of one of the Ireland players.

16 July Friendly	China	2–2	Colombia	Sydney, Australia
--:-- UTC+10

25 July FIFA WC GS	Colombia	2–0	South Korea	Sydney, Australia
	Usme 30' Caicedo 39'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 24,323 Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

30 July FIFA WC GS	Germany	1–2	Colombia	Sydney, Australia
	Popp 89' (pen.)	Report	Caicedo 52' Vanegas 90+7'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 40,499 Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

3 August FIFA WC GS	Morocco	1–0	Colombia	Perth, Australia
	Lahmari 45+4'	Report		Stadium: Perth Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 17,342 Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi (Italy)

8 August FIFA WC Round of 16	Colombia	1–0	Jamaica	Melbourne, Australia
18:00 UTC+10	Usme 51'	Report		Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 27,706 Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)

12 August FIFA WC QF	England	2–1	Colombia	Sydney, Australia
20:30 UTC+10	Hemp 45+7' Russo 63'	Report	Santos 44'	Stadium: Stadium Australia Attendance: 75,784 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)

26 October Friendly	United States	0–0	Colombia	Sandy, United States
21:00 ET		Report		Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 13,058 Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

29 October Friendly	United States	3–0	Colombia	San Diego, United States
17:30 ET	Fishel 56' Horan 62' Shaw 83'	Report		Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Attendance: 16,202 Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

2 December Friendly	Colombia	0–0	New Zealand	Bogotá, Colombia
16:00				Stadium: Estadio El Campín

5 December Friendly	Colombia	1–0	New Zealand	Bogotá, Colombia
15:00				Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano de Techo

2024

21 February CONCACAF W Gold Cup GS	Panama	v	Colombia	San Diego, United States
				Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium

24 February CONCACAF W Gold Cup GS	Colombia	v	Brazil	San Diego, United States
				Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium

27 February CONCACAF W Gold Cup GS	Colombia	v	Haiti/ Puerto Rico	San Diego, United States
				Stadium: Snapdragon 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
Chile	14	6	6	2	20	10	10	CONMEBOL
Ecuador	12	10	2	0	26	7	19	CONMEBOL
Paraguay	6	5	1	0	16	2	14	CONMEBOL
Peru	9	6	0	3	15	9	3	CONMEBOL
Uruguay	7	7	0	0	31	2	29	CONMEBOL
Venezuela	16	14	1	1	47	10	37	CONMEBOL
Denmark	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	UEFA
England	2	0	0	2	2	4	-2	UEFA
France	4	1	0	3	4	9	-5	UEFA
Germany	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	UEFA
Italy	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	UEFA
Sweden	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	UEFA
Wales	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	UEFA
Canada	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	CONCACAF
Costa Rica	6	4	1	1	10	6	4	CONCACAF
Guyana	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	CONCACAF
Haiti	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	CONCACAF
Jamaica	3	2	0	1	4	2	2	CONCACAF
Mexico	11	1	4	6	10	18	-8	CONCACAF
Panama	2	1	1	0	3	1	2	CONCACAF
Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	1	0	9	1	8	CONCACAF
United States	10	0	1	9	2	35	-33	CONCACAF
Morocco	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	CAF
Nigeria	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	CAF
Zambia	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	CAF
China	2	0	1	1	2	4	-2	AFC
Japan	1	0	0	1	2	4	-2	AFC
North Korea	2	0	1	1	0	2	-2	AFC
South Korea	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	AFC
Thailand	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	AFC
Vietnam	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	AFC
New Zealand	4	0	1	3	1	4	-3	OFC
Total	153	73	30	50	247	202	45

By Confederation

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
CONMEBOL	90	54	17	19	181	104	77
CONCACAF	37	11	7	19	40	65	-25
UEFA	11	3	2	6	14	19	-5
AFC	8	2	3	3	9	11	-2
CAF	3	3	0	0	3	0	3
OFC	4	0	1	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 named to the squad for the friendlies against New Zealand on 2 and 5 December 2023, respectively.^[8]

Caps and goals accurate up to and including 20 July 2023 (prior the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup).

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Catalina Pérez	(1994-11-08) 8 November 1994	36	0	Werder Bremen
13	1GK	Luisa Fernanda Agudelo	(2007-03-27) 27 March 2007			Deportivo Cali
12	1GK	Sandra Sepúlveda	(1988-03-03) 3 March 1988	73	0	Independiente Medellín

14	2DF	Ángela Barón	(2003-09-18) 18 September 2003	3	0	Atlético Nacional
17	2DF	Carolina Arias	(1990-09-02) 2 September 1990	103	0	Santa Fe
3	2DF	Daniela Arias	(1994-08-31) 31 August 1994	23	4	América de Cali
22	2DF	Daniela Caracas	(1997-04-25) 25 April 1997	46	0	Espanyol
19	2DF	Jorelyn Carabalí	(1997-05-18) 18 May 1997	33	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
20	2DF	Mónica Ramos	(1998-10-14) 14 October 1998	8	0	Grêmio

6	3MF	Daniela Montoya (captain)	(1990-08-22) 22 August 1990	84	10	Atlético Nacional
16	3MF	Lady Andrade	(1992-01-10) 10 January 1992	63	17	Real Brasília
10	3MF	Leicy Santos	(1996-05-16) 16 May 1996	63	14	Atlético Madrid
5	3MF	Lorena Bedoya Durango	(1997-10-06) 6 October 1997	21	0	Real Brasília
2	3MF	Manuela Vanegas	(2000-11-09) 9 November 2000	43	10	Real Sociedad
8	3MF	Marcela Restrepo	(1995-11-10) 10 November 1995	28	4	DUX Logroño
7	3MF	María Camila Reyes	(2002-05-11) 11 May 2002	3	0	Santa Fe
9	3MF	Mayra Ramírez	(1999-03-23) 23 March 1999	53	12	Levante

11	4FW	Catalina Usme	(1989-12-25) 25 December 1989	93	72	América de Cali
23	4FW	Elexa Bahr	(1998-05-16) 16 May 1998	20	1	América de Cali
21	4FW	Ivonne Chacón	(1997-10-12) 12 October 1997	13	2	Valencia
	4FW	Manuela Paví	(2000-11-09) 9 November 2000	8	1	Atlético Mineiro

		Gabriela Huertas				Independiente Santa Fe
		Viviana Acosta				Independiente Santa Fe

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			Palmeiras	v. Italy, 11 April 2023
GK	Natalia Giraldo	(2003-05-19)19 May 2003 (aged 20)	3	0	América de Cali	v. United States,27 December 2023

DF	María Morales	(1996-02-22) 22 February 1996			Deportivo Cali	v. Panama, 21 June 2023
DF	Ana María Guzmán	(2005-06-11) 11 June 2005	1	0	Bayern Munich	v. United States,27 December 2023

MF	Liced Serna	(2002-02-01) 1 February 2002			Valencia	v. Panama, 21 June 2023
MF	Diana Ospina García	(1989-03-03) 3 March 1989	68	4	América de Cali	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

FW	Gabriela Urueña	(2003-03-29) 29 March 2003			Llaneros	v. Panama, 21 June 2023
FW	Ingrid Guerra	(2003-04-02) 2 April 2003			Atlético Mineiro	v. United States,27 December 2023
FW	Linda Caicedo	(2005-02-22) 22 February 2005	23	12	Real Madrid	v. United States,27 December 2023
FW	Yisela Cuesta	(1991-09-27) 27 September 1991			Ferroviária	v. United States,27 December 2023

	Ana María Huertas				Independiente Santa Fe	v. United States,27 December 2023

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	Quarter-finals	8th	5	3	0	2	6	4	Squad
2027	To be determined
Total	Quarter-finals	3/10	12	4	2	6	10	13

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	W 2-0	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
		30 July	Germany	W 2–1	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
		3 August	Morocco	L 0–1	Perth Oval, Perth
	Round of 16	8 August	Jamaica	W 1–0	Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne
	Quarter-finals	12 August	England	L 1–2	Stadium Australia, Sydney

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	Withdrew
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	5°	3	1	0	2	3	3
2018	2°	5	3	2	0	6	2
2022	3°	3	2	0	1	3	3
Total	4°	11	6	2	3	12	8