Nickname(s) | Las Chicas Superpoderosas (The Powerpuff Girls) Las Cafeteras (The Coffee Growers) |
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Association | Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF) |
Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) |
Head coach | Felipe Taborda |
Captain | Natalia Gaitán |
Most caps | Ingrid Vidal (54) |
Top scorer | Catalina Usme (20) |
Home stadium | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez |
FIFA code | COL |
FIFA ranking | |
Current | 22 (23 December 2016) |
Highest | 22 (December 23 2016) |
Lowest | 118 (June 2008) |
First international | |
Colombia 4–1 Venezuela (Mar del Plata, Argentina; 2 March 1998) |
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Biggest win | |
Colombia 8–0 Venezuela (Lima, Peru; 11 April 2003) Uruguay 0–8 Colombia (Barranquilla, Colombia; 6 June 2004) |
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Biggest defeat | |
Brazil 12–0 Colombia (Lima, Peru; 27 April 2003) |
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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) |
Summer Olympics | |
Appearances | 2 (first in 2012) |
Best result | 11th (2012, 2016) |
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 22nd 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.
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