Colombia women's national football team

Colombia

Nickname(s)	Las Cafeteras (The Coffee Growers) Las Chicas Superpoderosas (The Powerpuff Girls)
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.

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
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
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

Colombia v Trinidad and Tobago

Argentina v Colombia

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)

Colombia v Canada

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)

Brazil v Colombia

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) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Paula Forero (1992-01-25) 25 January 1992 Barry University 12 1GK Sandra Sepúlveda (1988-03-03) 3 March 1988 Formas Íntimas 2 2DF Isabella Echeverri (1994-06-16) 16 June 1994 University of Toledo 9 2DF Orianica Velasquez (1989-08-01) 1 August 1989 Formas Íntimas 13 2DF Angela Clavijo (1993-09-01) 1 September 1993 Kamatsa 14 2DF Nataly Arias (1986-04-02) 2 April 1986 Formas Íntimas 15 2DF Tatiana Ariza (1991-02-21) 21 February 1991 Club Gol Star 17 2DF Carolina Arias (1990-09-02) 2 September 1990 Generaciones Palmirinas 3 3MF Natalia Gaitán (c) (1991-04-03) 3 April 1991 Valencia Féminas 4 3MF Diana Ospina (1989-03-03) 3 March 1989 Formas Íntimas 6 3MF Daniela Montoya (1990-08-22) 22 August 1990 Formas Íntimas 8 3MF Carolina Pineda (1989-10-01) 1 October 1989 Generaciones Palmiranas 11 3MF Maria Usme (1989-12-25) 25 December 1989 Formas Íntimas 18 3MF Leicy Santos (1996-05-16) 16 May 1996 Iowa Central Community College 7 4FW Ingrid Vidal (1991-04-22) 22 April 1991 Generaciones Palmiranas 22 4FW Stefany Castaño (1994-01-11) 11 January 1994 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

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile