Argentina women's national football team

Argentina

Nickname(s)	Albicelestes
Association	Asociación del Fútbol Argentino
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Luis Nicosia
Captain	Fabiana Vallejos
Most caps	Gabriela Lacobellis (120)
Top scorer	Gabriela Lacobellis (88)
FIFA code	ARG
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	NR (26 August 2016)
Highest	27 (June 2008)
Lowest	38 (October 2003)
First international
Argentina 3–2 Chile  (Santiago de Chile, Chile; December 3, 1993)
Biggest win
Argentina 12–0 Bolivia  (Minas Gerais, Brazil; January 12, 1995)
Biggest defeat
Germany 11–0 Argentina  (Shanghai, China; September 10, 2007)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2003)
Best result	Group stage
Copa América Femenina
Appearances	6 (first in 1995)
Best result	Champions (2006)

The Argentina women's national football team represents Argentina in international women's football. Since there is no professional league in Argentina, almost all its members were amateur players until 1991.

Women's football in Argentina remains largely in the shadow of the men in terms of play development and fan support; in women's sports in Argentina, field hockey and volleyball are also more popular, both with professional leagues.

The Argentina v Brazil football rivalry in women's football cannot be compared to that of men given the big differences between both countries, with Brazil having a competitive professional women's league. Nevertheless, Argentina follows Brazil in the CONMEBOL standings.

On November 26, 2006, in the finals of the 2006 Sudamericano Femenino, Argentina beat Brazil (2–0) to take the title.

The team returned to play in the 2014 ODESUR South American Games, with new coach Luis Nicosia, losing 1–0 the opening match against Chile, winning against Bolivia 4–0 and advancing to the Semi Finals in where they won in against their rivals Brazil in penalties after a 0–0 draw. At the final, they win the gold medal by a 2–1 victory against Chile, making Argentina women's team won another gold medal after many years.

Despite a lack of investment, Argentina still managed to qualify for their first two Women's World Cup in USA 2003 and China 2007, though they were eliminated in the Group Stage of both tournaments.

World Cup record

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Did Not Enter
1995	Did Not Qualify
1999
2003	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	15
2007	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	18
2011	Did Not Qualify
2015
2019	To Be Determined
Total	2/7	6	0	0	6	2	33

Sudamericano Femenino record

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Did Not Enter
1995	2nd Place	5	3	0	2	18	11
1998	2nd Place	6	4	1	1	18	9
2003	2nd Place	5	3	1	1	17	6
2006	Champions	7	6	1	0	21	1
2010	4th Place	7	3	1	3	7	7
2014	4th Place	7	3	1	3	11	10
Total	6/7	37	22	5	10	92	44

Olympic games

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1996	Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	5
2012	Did Not Qualify
2016
Total	1/5	3	0	0	3	1	5

Current squad

Roster for the 2014 Copa América Femenina.

Head coach: Luis Nicosia

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Elisabeth Minnig	(1987-01-06)6 January 1987 (aged 27)		Boca Juniors
2	2DF	Florencia Quiñones	(1986-08-26)26 August 1986 (aged 28)		San Lorenzo
3	2DF	Noelia Espíndola	(1992-04-06)6 April 1992 (aged 22)		San Lorenzo
4	2DF	Agustina Barroso	(1993-05-20)20 May 1993 (aged 21)		Fylde Ladies F.C.
5	3MF	Fabiana Vallejos (c)	(1985-07-30)30 July 1985 (aged 29)		Boca Juniors
6	2DF	Adriana Sachs	(1993-12-25)25 December 1993 (aged 20)		Club Atlético Huracán
7	3MF	Vanesa Santana	(1990-09-03)3 September 1990 (aged 24)		Boca Juniors
8	4FW	Mariana Larroquette	(1992-10-24)24 October 1992 (aged 21)		River Plate
9	4FW	Soledad Jaimes	(1989-01-20)20 January 1989 (aged 25)		Foz Cataratas
10	4FW	Estefanía Banini	(1990-06-21)21 June 1990 (aged 24)		Washington Spirit
11	3MF	Florencia Bonsegundo	(1993-07-14)14 July 1993 (aged 21)		UAI Urquiza
12	1GK	Camila Roma	(1994-01-09)9 January 1994 (aged 20)		Boca Juniors
13	3MF	Camila Gómez Ares	(1994-10-26)26 October 1994 (aged 19)		Boca Juniors
14	3MF	Mercedes Pereyra	(1987-05-07)7 May 1987 (aged 27)		River Plate
15	4FW	Yael Oviedo	(1992-05-22)22 May 1992 (aged 22)		Foz Cataratas
16	2DF	Cecilia Ghigo	(1995-01-16)16 January 1995 (aged 19)		Boca Juniors
17	2DF	Aldana Cometti	(1996-03-03)3 March 1996 (aged 18)		Boca Juniors
18	3MF	Micaela Cabrera	(1997-07-18)18 July 1997 (aged 17)		San Lorenzo
19	3MF	Johanna Chamorro	(1992-04-27)27 April 1992 (aged 22)		Club Atlético Huracán
20	4FW	Marianela Szymanowski	(1986-03-27)27 March 1986 (aged 28)		Valencia
21	3MF	Karen Vénica	(1992-01-25)25 January 1992 (aged 22)		UAI Urquiza
22	1GK	Laurina Oliveros	(1993-09-10)10 September 1993 (aged 21)		UAI Urquiza

Recent games

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Competition
March 8, 2014	Chile	L	0–1	2014 South American Games
March 10, 2014	Bolivia	W	4–0	2014 South American Games
March 14, 2014	Brazil	D	0–0 (5–3 PSO)	2014 South American Games
March 16, 2014	Chile	W	2–1	2014 South American Games
August 4, 2014	Peru	W	2–1	International Friendly
September 12, 2014	Chile	L	0–1	2014 Copa América Femenina
September 14, 2014	Bolivia	W	6–0	2014 Copa América Femenina
September 16, 2014	Paraguay	W	1–0	2014 Copa América Femenina
September 20, 2014	Brazil	W	2–0	2014 Copa América Femenina
September 24, 2014	Colombia	D	0–0	2014 Copa América Femenina
September 26, 2014	Brazil	L	0–6	2014 Copa América Femenina
September 28, 2014	Ecuador	L	2–3	2014 Copa América Femenina
December 10, 2014	Brazil	L	0–4	2014 Torneio Internacional de Brasília de Futebol Feminino
December 14, 2014	China PR	L	0–6	2014 Torneio Internacional de Brasília de Futebol Feminino
December 14, 2014	United States	L	0–7	2014 Torneio Internacional de Brasília de Futebol Feminino
December 21, 2014	China PR	D	0–0	2014 Torneio Internacional de Brasília de Futebol Feminino

All-time record

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Australia	1	0	0	1	0	7	−7
Bolivia	5	5	0	0	34	0	+34
Brazil	12	2	1	9	9	40	−31
Canada	4	0	0	4	1	11	−10
Chile	12	5	3	4	17	16	+1
China PR	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2
Colombia	5	2	2	1	9	3	+6
Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	8	7	+1
Denmark	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Ecuador	5	3	0	2	10	5	+5
England	1	0	0	1	1	6	−6
El Salvador	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6
Germany	2	0	0	2	1	17	−16
Guatemala	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Japan	4	0	0	4	0	12	−12
Mexico	6	1	0	5	8	16	−8
New Zealand	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Nicaragua	1	1	0	0	9	0	+9
Panama	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Paraguay	6	5	1	0	17	3	+14
Peru	5	3	2	0	7	3	+4
South Korea	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3
Sweden	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
United States	3	0	0	3	1	22	−21
Uruguay	7	7	0	0	25	3	+22
Total	94	40	10	44	174	181	−7

See also

• Argentina national football team
• Argentina and Brazil football rivalry

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by 2003 Brazil	South American Champions 2006 (First title)	Succeeded by 2010 Brazil

Argentina squads – FIFA Women's World Cup
Argentina squad – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Ferro 2 Huber 3 Ricotti 4 Gonsebate 5 Gérez 6 López 7 Alvariza 8 Gatti 9 Arrien 10 Gómez 11 M. Medina 12 Correa 13 Díaz 14 Vallejos 15 Gaitán 16 A. Medina 17 Cotelo 18 Coronel 19 Barbitta 20 Villanueva Coach: Borrello Argentina squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Ferro 2 González 3 Cotelo 4 Chávez 5 Brusca 6 Barbita 7 Manicler 8 Huber 9 Gatti 10 Mendieta 11 Gómez 12 Correa 13 Quiñones 14 Pérez 15 Mandrile 16 Ojeda 17 Vallejos 18 Potassa 19 Almeida 20 Pereyra 21 Minnig Coach: Borrello

Argentina women's football squads – Summer Olympics
Argentina women's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics 1 Calello 2 González (c) 3 Arrien 4 Mandrile 5 Gerez 6 Chávez 7 Manicler 8 Mendieta 9 Potassa 10 Coronel 11 Vallejos 12 Cardone 13 Quiñones 14 Ojeda 15 Pereyra 16 Blanco 17 Almeida 18 Correa Coach: Borello

Football in Argentina
Bodies	Current Argentine Football Association Defunct Federación Argentina (1912–14) Asociación Amateurs (1919–26) Liga Argentina (1931–34) Liga Rosarina (1905–30)
National teams	National team History Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17 Women's
League system	Current: Primera División Primera B Nacional Primera B Federal A Primera C Primera D Regional leagues Fútbol Femenino Defunct: Intermedia Argentino A Argentino B
Domestic cups	Current: Copa Argentina Supercopa Argentina Defunct: Copa Bicentenario Copa Bullrich Copa Estímulo Copa de Honor MCBA Copa Jockey Club Copa La Nación Copa Ibarguren Copa de Competencia (AAm) Copa Adrián C. Escobar Copa de Competencia (LAF) Copa Beccar Varela Copa Gral. P. Ramírez Copa de Competencia Británica Copa Suecia Copa Centenario de la AFA Copa Campeonato Copa Presidente de la Nación
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Awards	Footballer of the Year Top scorers
Lists	Footballers Clubs Venues All-Time Table Torneos de Verano
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Football in South America (CONMEBOL)
Argentina (AFA)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Argentina
Bolivia (FBF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Liga de Fútbol Profesional Copa Aerosur
Brazil (CBF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Copa do Brasil
Chile (FFC)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Chile
Colombia (FCF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera A Copa Colombia
Ecuador (FEF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Serie A
Paraguay (APF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División
Peru (FPF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Inca
Uruguay (AUF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División
Venezuela (FVF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Venezuela
National team competitions	Men Copa América Copa América Centenario Under-20 Football Championship Under-17 Football Championship Under-15 Football Championship Pan American Games Superclásico de las Américas Bolivarian Games South American Games Futsal Championship Under-20 Futsal Championship Under-17 Futsal Championship Beach Soccer Championship Women Copa América Femenina Under-20 Women's Football Championship Under-17 Women's Football Championship Pan American Games South American Games Copa América Femenina de Futsal Under-20 Women's Futsal Championship
Club competitions	Men Copa Libertadores de América Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Copa Suruga Bank Copa Libertadores de Futsal U-20 Copa Libertadores Women Copa Libertadores Femenina Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal Defunct Intercontinental Cup Copa CONMEBOL Copa Interamericana Copa Iberoamericana Copa Mercosur Copa Merconorte Supercopa Libertadores Copa Master de Supercopa Copa de Oro Copa Master de CONMEBOL Copa Ganadores de Copa
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National sports teams of Argentina
Association football men M u-23 M U-20 M U-17 women cerebral palsy Baseball Basketball men M U-19 M u-17 men's 3x3 women W U-19 W U-17 women's 3x3 mixed 3x3 Beach handball men women Beach soccer Cricket men women Field hockey men women Futsal Handball men women Ice hockey men women Inline hockey Korfball Roller derby Roller hockey Rugby league Rugby union 15s 7s Softball men women women's u-19 Squash Tennis men women Volleyball men women Water polo
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