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	GK	Elisabeth Minnig	6 January 1987 (aged 27)		Boca Juniors
2	DF	Florencia Quiñones	26 August 1986 (aged 28)		San Lorenzo
3	DF	Noelia Espíndola	6 April 1992 (aged 22)		San Lorenzo
4	DF	Agustina Barroso	20 May 1993 (aged 21)		Fylde Ladies F.C.
5	MF	Fabiana Vallejos (c)	30 July 1985 (aged 29)		Boca Juniors
6	DF	Adriana Sachs	25 December 1993 (aged 20)		Club Atlético Huracán
7	MF	Vanesa Santana	3 September 1990 (aged 24)		Boca Juniors
8	FW	Mariana Larroquette	24 October 1992 (aged 21)		River Plate
9	FW	Soledad Jaimes	20 January 1989 (aged 25)		Foz Cataratas
10	FW	Estefanía Banini	21 June 1990 (aged 24)		Washington Spirit
11	MF	Florencia Bonsegundo	14 July 1993 (aged 21)		UAI Urquiza
12	GK	Camila Roma	9 January 1994 (aged 20)		Boca Juniors
13	MF	Camila Gómez Ares	26 October 1994 (aged 19)		Boca Juniors
14	MF	Mercedes Pereyra	7 May 1987 (aged 27)		River Plate
15	FW	Yael Oviedo	22 May 1992 (aged 22)		Foz Cataratas
16	DF	Cecilia Ghigo	16 January 1995 (aged 19)		Boca Juniors
17	DF	Aldana Cometti	3 March 1996 (aged 18)		Boca Juniors
18	MF	Micaela Cabrera	18 July 1997 (aged 17)		San Lorenzo
19	MF	Johanna Chamorro	27 April 1992 (aged 22)		Club Atlético Huracán
20	FW	Marianela Szymanowski	27 March 1986 (aged 28)		Valencia
21	MF	Karen Vénica	25 January 1992 (aged 22)		UAI Urquiza
22	GK	Laurina Oliveros	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